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Location: Michigan | If you get a chance check out Elvis Costello's Spectacle this month with John Prine, Lyle Lovett, and Ray LaMontagne. Lovett's Collings sounds amazing to me. Great show, Prine is a national treasure.
Can't help but think a nice "O" would add to both Elvis' and Prine's songs. |
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Location: east coast usa | how about a link?  |
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Location: Michigan | It is on the Sundance Channel:
http://www.sundancechannel.com/spectacle/episodes/season-2/ |
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Location: east coast usa | way cool rich ...thanks  |
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Location: Warren,Pa. | OK...I have to step in and say something here. I have never been a fan of Elvis Costello. I just missed his work somehow. It didn't interest me when I heard it so I'm just not familiar with him.
I have always thought his LOOK was a little off, though. Maybe I just never gravitated toward artists who had a "show" image. So my question is: how does someone like him wind up married to DIANNA KRALL??? I can not for the life of me... |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | OK, I have to step in and agree with you....
Elvis is one of those geniuses who does great work...
Or so I am told. I personally don't like his music.
You can be a great musician, but if I don't like your music I won't listen.
The only song that he played that I liked is "What's So Funny (about Peace, Love & Understanding)"
And he didn't write that!
That is not to say that it ain't a good TV show.
(Kinda like "Shatner's Raw Nerve"?) |
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Location: Ohio | The shoe is VERY good. Had James taylor a few weeks back and The Police a few weeks brfore that.
Always has some talented guests and good talk and music.
Steve |
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Location: Whitecourt, Ab | I too love this show. I was never a big Elvis fan back in the day, but one day I was channel surfing and came across his show. He introduced Sir Elton who introduced Dianna Krall, and at first I thought it was just another show of celebs fluffing each others egos:"you're the best" "no YOU'RE the best"
Then I listened to Dianna croon and play the piano, and was mesmerized.
I thought it was cool the way they talked (unscripted) of who influenced them and how they write songs etc
Since then I have caught a few different shows, and one that really sticks out is the one with Sting. He related how "Roxanne" was actually written with a Latin/rumba kinda beat and evolved into its present version.
Every one at one time or another seems to reference "Alison" as inspiring them in one form or another (which gets a bit much) but on the other hand it inspired me to learn the song, which is one of those songs that never sounds the same twice when I play it, depending on my mood |
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Elvis Costello-Spectacle this month
