Elvis Costello: The King of America & Other Realms

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  • @danny1959
    @danny1959 Місяць тому +9

    They did “Radio Radio” on SNL, which resulted in his ban.

    • @jonwhite3776
      @jonwhite3776 Місяць тому

      He performed several times over the years on SNL, and that has nothing to do with this video

    • @danny1959
      @danny1959 Місяць тому

      @ What are you talking about? I was correcting something that Mazzy said in this video.

    • @MAC5REPORT
      @MAC5REPORT Місяць тому +2

      Didn’t EC started playing Less Than Zero, stopped it and said “this song is not appropriate here” and segued into playing Radio Radio?

    • @danny1959
      @danny1959 Місяць тому

      @@MAC5REPORT I think so. That was SO MANY years ago.

    • @bacarandii
      @bacarandii Місяць тому +1

      Yes. Sex Pistols were supposed to be the "musical guest" that night (my friends and I were glued to the TV in anticipation), but they supposedly had visa problems getting into the country (they were "controversial" in those days because they'd said rude things on the BBC) and had to cancel. As the producer of a live TV show (something quite rare in the 1970s), Lorne Michaels had what you might call a "zero tolerance policy" for deviating from the approved scripts, as performed in dress rehearsal just a few hours before the live show. Only his own authorized changes were allowed, for understandable reasons. All Elvis did was do exactly what he sang about in "Radio, Radio": "I want to bite the hand that feeds me/I want to bite that hand so badly..." I don't really think it was the satirical digs at corporate radio that upset Michaels and NBC, just the fact that he was told he couldn't do that song... and he did.

  • @waynedexter
    @waynedexter Місяць тому +6

    I met Elvis. He came into a coffee shop I worked at in SF. Late 90s. I was like “you’re Elvis Costello, right?”. He replied “yes, I am” and he smiled. Then I replied “nice to meet you” and we shook hands. I remember his hand being huge and buttery soft. I don’t know why the specifics of his hand stuck in my brain lol. I also remember his order which was a shot of espresso.
    Im grateful this experience, even though very brief, was a pleasant one. The End ☺️

    • @mazzysmusic
      @mazzysmusic  Місяць тому +1

      Are you sure it wasn’t me ? That’s what I would have ordered back then 🤠

    • @waynedexter
      @waynedexter Місяць тому +1

      @ Are your hands large and buttery soft? 😝

    • @mazzysmusic
      @mazzysmusic  Місяць тому +2

      @@waynedexter yes they are 🤠😵‍💫

  • @seanfoudy8829
    @seanfoudy8829 Місяць тому +1

    If truth had a sound, it’d be King of America. Elvis Costello strips it all down to the bone here-raw, real, and full of heart. Every track feels like it’s been lived, not just written. Damn fine work from one of the best.

  • @garygee1468
    @garygee1468 Місяць тому +2

    Saw him tour this album in Manchester 1986 James Burton on guitar great show

  • @LarsSjöberg-e7w
    @LarsSjöberg-e7w Місяць тому +1

    A brilliant album and CD-box. A work of beauty and passion!

  • @Doug_Piranha
    @Doug_Piranha Місяць тому +4

    Elvis Costello - one of the greats!

  • @JustFortheRecord66
    @JustFortheRecord66 Місяць тому

    I saw Elvis with T-Bone Burnett in 1981 or 82. A college campus show, with a young and very engaged and appreciative audience in Rochester NY.

  • @lawrencejhutchinson
    @lawrencejhutchinson Місяць тому +1

    I bought the first ten Costello albums the day they came out. I also had the 50,000,000 Elvis Fans boot. Agree with you about Almost Blue - very underrated!

  • @JustFortheRecord66
    @JustFortheRecord66 Місяць тому

    Great mix of records, Mazzy!

  • @papabear1417
    @papabear1417 Місяць тому +1

    I had this album on cassette. Good album. Thanks for the reminder.

  • @andrewt4042
    @andrewt4042 Місяць тому +1

    Met EC at a Santa Monica poetry reading. Very cordial with a friendly smile.

  • @csgband
    @csgband Місяць тому

    Such a great collection, on of my favorites. I got my first copy when it first came out at Tower in NYC. Great review, thanks

  • @ihavenoquarrelwithyou3249
    @ihavenoquarrelwithyou3249 Місяць тому +1

    Thanks for sharing all of that. Your personal recollections of seeing Elvis in '77 were great.
    King of America is Elvis' best and deserves much more recognition. I can't wait to get my hands on the expanded edition.
    One minor correction. The Coward Brothers recordings were only The People's Limousine/They'll Never Take Her Love From Me. There are no other Coward recordings on Out Of Our Idiot. The recording of Baby It's You is EC & Nick Lowe.
    I say all that to emphasize how exciting upcoming The Coward Brothers album is after 40 years. If the one released track Always is indicative of the whole it will be amazing.
    Thanks again for highlighting this release so comprehensively.

    • @mazzysmusic
      @mazzysmusic  Місяць тому +1

      Thanks for the correction. Yes of course that was with Nick Lowe 😳🤓😵‍💫😝🤨

  • @willieluncheonette5843
    @willieluncheonette5843 Місяць тому +1

    Really good video. I love his first 3 albums but must plead ignorance about everything that followed, and that is a lot for sure
    One thing I can relate. In the late 70's I was eating in a health food restaurant here in NYC called the Cauldron. He came in and asked everyone there if they wanted free tickets to see his show the next day at the Palladium, just 8 blocks away. My hand shot up as if it was shot from a cannon. Well, the tickets were backstage passes and I saw a GREAT show from backstage. With the Attractions!! Yes!!. He's a good bloke.

  • @JohnWilliams-dr6hi
    @JohnWilliams-dr6hi Місяць тому +1

    good vid Mazzy. Love EC,

  • @birdy1numnum
    @birdy1numnum Місяць тому +1

    *1986 Los Angeles, Elvis played 5 nights and highlighted tons of material with the Confederates featuring James Burton and many other musiciansyou mentioned. Also, the Spinning Wheel of Songs one debuted with John Doe and Tom Waits hosting. Epic.*

  • @aronpolasek4506
    @aronpolasek4506 Місяць тому +2

    "King of America" is fantastic. Costello has had a pretty consistent career in my book. A few dips in quality here and there, but he usually rights the ship pretty quickly. And for those that bailed on his output in the 90s or 00s, there are some really high quality releases available for discovery. Not all of them received a ton of fanfare, but albums like "When I Was Cruel" will surprise some.
    Also, I'm glad you mentioned Ricky Nelson. He had that run of recordings in the early 70s when he was playing with The Stone Canyon Band that I never hear people talk about. He was going by Rick Nelson by that point. Those early 70s albums aren't absolute masterpieces, but I enjoy most of that material. It has the Laurel Canyon / Country Rock vibe, but isn't as country leaning as the Burritos. Some solid Dylan covers in there too.

  • @7BobbyGaylor7
    @7BobbyGaylor7 Місяць тому

    Hey Mazzy. Great video and info. Thanks! Cheers

  • @duckbrew
    @duckbrew Місяць тому

    Righteous ! Had that one on cassette b.i.t.d. jamming it on my walkman of course back in summer I think of '86 ;) Remember that day well as I snapped up J&M Chains 'Psycho Candy' the same day.✌

  • @MAC5REPORT
    @MAC5REPORT Місяць тому +1

    King of America and Blood & Chocolate came out in the same year. That’s some great songwriting and musical composition to come out in a short period in the 80’s. Rivals Mel Brooks Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein both coming out in 1974.

  • @sproutstanding
    @sproutstanding Місяць тому +1

    Totally agree with you Mazzy - my favourite Costello album - had it from day 1- the new set has some great alternate versions - live Scarlet Tide is a gem

  • @markwade2530
    @markwade2530 Місяць тому

    I've been an EC fan from the start & seen him about 9 times. King of America has always been a favourite of mine, along with his other 1986 album Blood &Chocolate. Like you, I've enjoyed his musical detours even though I've not always liked every song he's done but, what an artist. His recent The Boy Named If is a top-notch album too but his classic first 3 albums really established his career. This Year's Model will always be my favourite of his although King of America runs a close second (or maybe third).

  • @davidhoward3376
    @davidhoward3376 Місяць тому

    Love all of these EC LPs, and still own most of them. I also have many of the 12 inch singles and EPs he put out during his career. All are Good Stuff!

  • @jodygoeler586
    @jodygoeler586 Місяць тому

    Great review. Thank you. Ordered!

  • @teckertime
    @teckertime Місяць тому

    Got the 6 CD Box set. Fantastic set. Also picked up the Coward Brothers today!

  • @williamcardina89
    @williamcardina89 Місяць тому +1

    Elvis on SNL what great memory!

  • @jaxnider
    @jaxnider Місяць тому +2

    If you think about it; The Coward Brothers with their nom de plumes & faux history beats out The Traveling Wilburys by 2 or 3 years. I got my copy of their LP last night, will have a listening party tonight with the missus. Also; I was the Columbia promo guy (think Arnie Fufkin/Jerry Aldini) here in Cleveland in the early 80s, took EC record shopping at the original store where Alan Freed would get all his “race” records. We also ran into him at a hotel in Toronto 2 years ago…he didn’t remember me.

    • @jaxnider
      @jaxnider Місяць тому

      P.S. - EC & T-Bone are on the Naked Lunch podcast this week, fun interview/conversation.

  • @bacarandii
    @bacarandii Місяць тому +2

    On "Live Stiffs Live" (1978), Elvis introduces his rendition of "I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself" by citing the songwriters, Burt Bacharach and Hal David. I thought that was a gutsy move, since the names probably meant nothing to the punkish crowd, and by 1978 there was nothing more unhip than your parents' Bacharach records and "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" soundtrack album. By the time of "Imperial Bedroom," though (just after the country album "Almost Blue"), I think it was clear that Elvis wasn't thinking of himself as a rock star. With his intricate melodies and rich wordplay, he was proving himself a sophisticated songwriter more in the vein of Cole Porter. Sure enough, he eventually collaborated with Paul McCartney, Allen Toussaint... and Bacharach himself. ("Painted From Memory" is another EC masterpiece.)

    • @mazzysmusic
      @mazzysmusic  Місяць тому

      @@bacarandii well said. Agree all around ✌🏼

  • @ChristopherClause
    @ChristopherClause Місяць тому

    I'm sure someone has mentioned this already but the song he was banned on SNL for was performing RADIO RADIO, not Pump It Up. LOVE King of America - thank you for the video. One more boxed set I don't have room for lol. :)

  • @franksmusic2880
    @franksmusic2880 Місяць тому

    Hey Mazzy, there’s also a two cd set available. I’m ordering that one. Great album, looking forward to hearing the bonus material.

    • @mazzysmusic
      @mazzysmusic  Місяць тому

      Great. That should be good 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @bacarandii
    @bacarandii Місяць тому +1

    All Hail Declan Patrick Aloysius Mac Manus!
    I published one of the first American reviews of "My Aim is True" in the UW Daily in Seattle when I was in college, thanks to the local Columbia rep. I was immediately struck by his humor and anger, and the intriguing mixture of '50s rock 'n' roll energy (especially "Mystery Dance" and "Miracle Man") with a punk/"new wave" edge. I'll never forget the night some friends came over and asked me to play my advance promo copy of the record by "that Buddy Holly-looking guy." Not long thereafter we saw Elvis at a "Catch a Rising Star" show (for a couple bucks) at the Paramount -- where the tickets listed Talking Heads as the opening act (that didn't pan out.)
    "King of America" is not only one of Elvis Costello's greatest records (I have that amazing b&W cover framed in my living room alongside other favorite monochromatic photo album covers: Joni Mitchell's "Hejira," Bowie's "Heroes," the Stones' "Sticky Fingers," "Ramones," the Red Garland Trio's "Groovy"), it was one of two masterpieces he put out in 1986, along with the rough, raw, electric "Blood & Chocolate" (with its sinister answer song to John Lennon's "I Want You"). I guess it is indeed "ironic" that "King of America" is being re-released at this moment in history. I first learned about the British fascist precursors to MAGA from "Less Than Zero" (off 1977's "My Aim is True"), the acerbic "Night Rally" (off 1978's "This Year's Model") and "Green Shirt" (off 1979's "Armed Forces"). They should have played "Night Rally" (instead of "You Can't Always Get What You Want") at the Republican National Convention:
    "You think they're so dumb, you think they're so funny
    Wait until they've got you running to the
    Night rally...

  • @kevtruth
    @kevtruth Місяць тому

    I went to see EC & the Attractions in 1996 @ the Rosemont Theater in Chicago by myself. I was able to buy a ticket directly from the booth on the side of the bldg. The ticket booth guy told me to go around the back saying "You might be able to see him hanging out back there, Springsteen was throwing the football with fans last year." I take his advice, a limo pulls up as I'm walking past a loading dock. EC and Steve Nieve get out and walk down the ramp. I call out to him, he stops and shakes my hand, we chat for about 1 minute and that was that. Ron Sexsmith opened. Good show.

    • @mazzysmusic
      @mazzysmusic  Місяць тому +1

      @@kevtruth good story ✌🏼

  • @MichaelRMarshall1
    @MichaelRMarshall1 Місяць тому

    A great album and one of my favorites from Mr Costello. The song that got him banned from SNL ironically was "Radio Radio". Unfortunately, his early work only got "mainstream" appeal/exposure in the States via the mid-80's "Best Of" release. Columbia Records really had no clue on how to market him or this type of music (see also The Clash). Regardless, he and the Talking Heads can be thanked for pretty much being the "blueprint" for what we refer to today as "college rock". And Village Music in Mill Valley was truly a record store's "Record Store".

  • @postiepaul
    @postiepaul Місяць тому

    Talented Mrs. Costello too, Diana Krall!

  • @southsheff
    @southsheff Місяць тому

    I wasn't going to get tis due to the price and some tracks that I have elsewhere but as a completist am waiting for it to arrive from Germany as found a better price. Thanks for the review

  • @mondoenterprises6710
    @mondoenterprises6710 Місяць тому +3

    I wish that I could push a button and talk in the past and not the present tense.

  • @thomasscharf8886
    @thomasscharf8886 Місяць тому

    Hello Mazzy, there is a funny story about the recording sessions that James Burton loves to tell:
    As they had rehearsals for the album, James Burton and Jerry Sheff were playing very fast, so Elvis Costello was not able to follow them. So they stopped and asked: „Hey Elvis, what‘s wrong?“ And he said: „You‘re playing too fast - I can‘t sing that fast!“
    So James said: „I can‘t understand. When we were playing with Elvis (Presley), we always played that fast !!!“ 😅😅😅
    Greetings from Germany, Thomas.

  • @davidbarnes3232
    @davidbarnes3232 Місяць тому

    Elvis is one of the greats and this is one of his best. According to Discogs the reissue is remastered by Ryan Smith

  • @neilcarmouche5402
    @neilcarmouche5402 Місяць тому

    My favourite Elvis album, I played it non stop in 1986 and return frequently to many songs , Little palaces, Sleep of the Just, Brilliant Mistake , possibly too many songs (15) and a few okay fillers that could have been pruned. Dont let me be misunderstood was an odd choice for a single, it was, for him, just too safe, find the live version on WNEW radio, it spits and crackles where the single doesnt and he makes it his song rather than a safe cover retread. The price of thi boxset is concerning as have been the prices of his concert tickets recently, it appears he has settled for becoming an `American` musician and exploiting his fanbase to a larger extent than ever before. Having said all that this album is essential if too long.

  • @Mfidelity
    @Mfidelity Місяць тому

    Great bounce back album after Goodbye Cruel World. Not sure I need an LP reissue as originals sound good and are cheap. CD set is tempting. Thanks for the review.

  • @jettlightning
    @jettlightning Місяць тому

    My favorite Costello album is King Of America. Ordered this box set, still hasn't arrived.

  • @mondoenterprises6710
    @mondoenterprises6710 Місяць тому +2

    I was a fine idea at the time, now I'm a brilliant mistake.

  • @Rosyglowofchristmas
    @Rosyglowofchristmas Місяць тому

    Hoover Factory does it everytime........caught him in London with Richard Hell and The Voidoids / Subway Sect supporting........ way back when . Ace album!

    • @neilcarmouche5402
      @neilcarmouche5402 Місяць тому

      Worked right next to this building in the 90s, they turned part of it into a Tesco supermarket but thankfully they couldnt touch the protected art deco exterior

  • @rexnorris3586
    @rexnorris3586 Місяць тому

    Hopefully we will get an expanded "Almost Blue" in the future....

  • @robotubetwob
    @robotubetwob Місяць тому

    I was at that show in SF in 1977. Did you ever see that interview where he talks about meeting Iggy Pop and Tom Waits at that same time/place?

  • @Doug_Piranha
    @Doug_Piranha Місяць тому +1

    On SNL 1977 Costello started to perform “Less Than Zero,” which his label wanted him to do on the show and had been agreed on with producer Lorne Michaels, but then stopped it and said “I’m sorry, ladies and gentlemen, but there’s no reason to do this song here”. They then started playing “Radio, Radio” instead. This led Michaels to ban Costello from SNL.
    From what I've heard, EC deliberately mimicked Jimi Hendrix, who, at BBC's "Lulu show" in 1969 midways into "Hey Joe" (which the show's producer had requested JHE play... and where Jimi slipped in the riff from "I Feel Fine"!), stopped playing, and said: "We're gonna stop playing this rubbish" and launched into "Sunshine Of Your Love" in honor of Cream, who had just broken up. Because of this, JHE was banned from the BBC. History repeats the old conceits! 😉

  • @gruesometwosome6098
    @gruesometwosome6098 Місяць тому

    Yeah we share a birthday 😎

  • @Mfidelity
    @Mfidelity Місяць тому

    EC was a regular at Village Music.

  • @MarkDoyle-tt5sf
    @MarkDoyle-tt5sf Місяць тому

    D J Oedipus from Boston was also key breaking him on East Coast on the overnight show Nocturnal Emissions

  • @kingelvis1956
    @kingelvis1956 Місяць тому

    Hopefully, you saved that Shrink Sticker and placed it either inside of the album or positioned it so it may be viewed within the clear resealable outer protective sleeve! 😮

    • @mazzysmusic
      @mazzysmusic  Місяць тому +1

      @@kingelvis1956 I did on the original. The reissue is for a friend. 🤠

    • @kingelvis1956
      @kingelvis1956 Місяць тому

      @ That’s good! At least it’s saved. Great video once again!

  • @robuloid
    @robuloid Місяць тому

    Bonnie Simmons and KSAN are responsible for the majority of my music collection. You can hear Bonnie Thursday nights on KPFA.

  • @chrisnicol1644
    @chrisnicol1644 Місяць тому

    Maz.... I rolled the dice and ordered Dave Brubeck, live in the Netherlands, 1958... Burned and pressed in Germany from the analog tapes, I am just curious enough....

  • @AdrianNicholls
    @AdrianNicholls Місяць тому

    Spike was the last one I really loved. Mainly due to burying Thatcher.

  • @bwpm1467
    @bwpm1467 Місяць тому

    Shipbuilding wasn't from the 70s. 1982/1983.

  • @robotubetwob
    @robotubetwob Місяць тому

    EC being the KOA is ironic in the first place.

  • @neilbruce4201
    @neilbruce4201 Місяць тому

    Bit harsh, Mazzy😮.

  • @MichaelLisk
    @MichaelLisk Місяць тому

    The Elvis Costello memoir was a snooze. Almost as bad as Neil Young's.

  • @neilbruce4201
    @neilbruce4201 Місяць тому

    I struggle to get past my dislike for Costello to listen to the music.

    • @mazzysmusic
      @mazzysmusic  Місяць тому +2

      Then why did you even watch and comment ?