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Elvis Costello the Rocker

Postby pcqgod » 23 Sep 2018, 21:24

Pick up to three.

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Re: Elvis Costello the Rocker

Postby Matt Wilson » 23 Sep 2018, 23:31

All of 'em.
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Re: Elvis Costello the Rocker

Postby Nuts » 24 Sep 2018, 11:25

Ditto
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Re: Elvis Costello the Rocker

Postby The Modernist » 24 Sep 2018, 12:20

Most of them are dreadful. Lame pub rock and terrible Americanised vocals.
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Re: Elvis Costello the Rocker

Postby naughty boy » 24 Sep 2018, 12:31

The Modernist wrote:Most of them are dreadful. Lame pub rock and terrible Americanised vocals.
Pump it up is alright.


Yeah.

I quite like this one:

Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
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Re: Elvis Costello the Rocker

Postby The Modernist » 24 Sep 2018, 12:37

Yeah that's better. It's a Dylan 66 rip off, but it's done with a certain spirit.
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Re: Elvis Costello the Rocker

Postby Matt Wilson » 24 Sep 2018, 14:33

The Modernist wrote:Most of them are dreadful. terrible Americanised vocals.
The Modernist wrote:Yeah that's better. It's a Dylan 66 rip off, but it's done with a certain spirit.


:roll:

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Re: Elvis Costello the Rocker

Postby The Modernist » 24 Sep 2018, 14:46

It wasn't included in the original selection we were asked to comment on..capiche?
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Re: Elvis Costello the Rocker

Postby Matt Wilson » 24 Sep 2018, 15:56

Either 'Americanized vocals' are a bad thing or they aren't. Just because he's doing a Dylan on that track, doesn't mean it's not an Americanized vocal. capiche?
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Re: Elvis Costello the Rocker

Postby Hightea » 24 Sep 2018, 16:14

pump it up and Chelsea!
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Re: Elvis Costello the Rocker

Postby sloopjohnc » 24 Sep 2018, 16:43

I picked the songs off of This Year's Model, his most rocking album.

The first and King of America have some good ones, but he put it all together, rockin' wise, on that one.
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Re: Elvis Costello the Rocker

Postby pcqgod » 24 Sep 2018, 17:33

Elvis Costello doesn't sound American. Stop being silly, people.
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Re: Elvis Costello the Rocker

Postby Sneelock » 24 Sep 2018, 18:05

Matt Wilson wrote:All of 'em.

I agree. I just love 'em because they sound so American! :lol:
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Re: Elvis Costello the Rocker

Postby Count Machuki » 24 Sep 2018, 18:06

Chelsea, Oklahoma...right?
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Re: Elvis Costello the Rocker

Postby naughty boy » 24 Sep 2018, 18:29

Matt Wilson wrote:
The Modernist wrote:Most of them are dreadful. terrible Americanised vocals.
The Modernist wrote:Yeah that's better. It's a Dylan 66 rip off, but it's done with a certain spirit.


:roll:

Make up your mind.


Bit early for Matty to work out the difference between 'Dylan 66 rip off' and 'Americanised vocals', I suppose...
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Re: Elvis Costello the Rocker

Postby Matt Wilson » 24 Sep 2018, 19:23

Bit early for you two to tell us the difference between Dylan's vocals and an Americanised vocal too. I guess if it's an NME-approved yank like Zimmie, then it's okay.

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Re: Elvis Costello the Rocker

Postby naughty boy » 24 Sep 2018, 20:49

Matt Wilson wrote:Americanised



:o
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Re: Elvis Costello the Rocker

Postby sloopjohnc » 24 Sep 2018, 21:12

I guess it could be said about hundreds of BCB threads, but how did such an innocent topic degrade so quickly?
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Re: Elvis Costello the Rocker

Postby Mike Boom » 24 Sep 2018, 21:34

Matt Wilson wrote:All of 'em.



This

The Modernist wrote:Yeah that's better. It's a Dylan 66 rip off, but it's done with a certain spirit.


... actually its a Stones rip off (The Last Time) , but its still pretty great.
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Re: Elvis Costello the Rocker

Postby naughty boy » 24 Sep 2018, 22:32

Mike Boom wrote:
The Modernist wrote:It's a Dylan 66 rip off, but it's done with a certain spirit.


... actually its a Stones rip off (The Last Time)


:?
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