http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Thu, 9 Oct 2003 00:23:16 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/07/145459.php#comment-22516 You guys should get together and hold a Costello pity-party. Boo-friggin-hoo, he didn't put out an album that met your expectations. Guess what? There are people who think this is a fantastic album and a very proud addition to his catalog and their collections. This album is exactly what I expected and exactly what Elvis said it would be - an album of moody jazz ballads. And it's an excellent one at that. Here's a perfect summation of the album: http://pressuredrop.blogspot.com/2003_09_21_pressuredrop_archive.html#106443329257312156 I've said it before, I'll say it again: all you people who immediately say something sucks, you're going to stick this in your collection, rip it to shreds in any conversation you can, and in a couple years you're going to pull it out again and find that you love it. 22516@blogcritics.org Thu, 9 Oct 2003 00:23:16 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/07/145459.php#comment-22500 Well, how do you think I feel, after getting through all the packaging, to find out the album sucks? Y'know, Elvis has done schmaltz before, and done it well. But this time (and releasing it on DG, c'mon pull the other one, it's got bells on it) it is just forgetable. It's really depressing when the best thing Elvis Costello has done this year is appear on the David Letterman show. 22500@blogcritics.org Wed, 8 Oct 2003 21:54:06 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/07/145459.php#comment-22485 Thing is, the song "North" just isn't worth the bother of downloading. I know that it's the principle of the thing, but the album pretty much sucks, let alone the bonus track that didn't merit inclusion on the album in the first place. 22485@blogcritics.org Wed, 8 Oct 2003 18:56:22 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/07/145459.php#comment-22241 By the way any of you Windoze lusers want it go to www.elviscostello.com and the code is rbCnM 3l1te!!! rulz3! 22241@blogcritics.org Tue, 7 Oct 2003 16:39:19 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/07/145459.php#comment-22235 That's what pisses me off so much, that's it's dumbass marketing, which winds up pissing off the fans, and does nothing to develop new fans. What's next? they'll only release sheet music versions of an Elvis Costello song which can only be read in Word? That'll show them! You need to both read sheet music and have Word installed. Then we're releasing his next album in Esperanto. Bwhahwhawhahahaha! We'll take over the world! 22235@blogcritics.org Tue, 7 Oct 2003 15:44:25 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/10/07/145459.php#comment-22233 Don't write off the 3-track live DVD that comes with it - the title song is included on that, so unless you absolutely have to have the studio version, you've still got it. (PC user here, haven't even bothered to download the song yet . . . just don't care - this is BS marketing. Either release the song or don't, but don't pull a download-only stunt. It pisses me off.) 22233@blogcritics.org Tue, 7 Oct 2003 15:34:18 EDT