Elvis Costello turns 60 years young this week – and his music is as timely as ever. Covers of and by the former angry young man on today’s show. (93 minutes)
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| 1 | Girls Talk | Superscope | Girls Smile Girls Talk (EP) | Elvis Costello | |
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| 2 | Pump It Up | Mudhoney | Freedom Of Choice | Elvis Costello | |
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| 3 | You’re No Good | Elvis Costello | Spike | Dee Dee Warwick/Linda Ronstadt | |
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| 4 | Welcome to the Working Week | The Methadones | 21st Century Power Pop Riot | Elvis Costello | |
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| 5 | Oliver’s Army | Peter Mulvey | Ten Thousand Mornings | Elvis Costello | |
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| 6 | Alison | Brandon Boyd | Gap Favorite Songs: Fall 2005 | Elvis Costello | |
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| 7 | The Other End (of the Telescope) | Elvis Costello | All This Useless Beauty | Til Tuesday | |
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| 8 | Shipbuilding | Suede | Help: A Charity Project For The Children Of Bosnia | Robert Wyatt | |
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| 9 | Amor, Paz Y Entendimiento | Kabah | La Más Completa Colección | Brinsley Schwartz | |
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| 10 | I Want You | Lucretia | Altijd Over Liefde | Elvis Costello | |
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| 11 | (Yo No Quiero Ir a/ I Don’t Want to Go to) Chelsea | Los Desterrados | London’s Calling | Elvis Costello | |
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| 12 | No Hay Baile (No Dancing) | Jose Casas y la Pistola de Papá | No Hay Baile (bonus track) | Elvis Costello | |
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| 13 | Veronica | Penny Loafers | Nabot | Elvis Costello | |
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| 14 | Lip Service | Dan & Matt Wilson | Minneapolis 2010 | Elvis Costello | |
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| 15 | Don’t Throw Your Love Away | Elvis Costello & Amsterdam | The Number Ones Album | Searchers | |
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| 16 | New Amsterdam | Tasmin Archer | Shipbuilding e.p. | Elvis Costello | |
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| 17 | Watching the Detectives | The Henry Girls | December Moon | Elvis Costello | |
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| 18 | Everybody’s Crying Mercy | Elvis Costello & The Imposters | Peace Songs | Mose Allison | |
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| 19 | Radio Sweetheart | Guana Batz | Best Of The Guana Batz | Elvis Costello | |
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| 20 | Sleep Of The Just | The Mendoza Lane | Almost You: The Songs Of Elvis Costello | Elvis Costello | |
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| 21 | Brown To Blue | Elvis Costello & The Attractions | Almost Blue | George Jones | |
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| 22 | Possession | Jamie Leonhart | Methuselah Jones | Elvis Costello | |
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| 23 | Pouring Water On A Drowning Man | Elvis Costello | Kojak Variety | Drew Baker | |
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Aimee Mann co-wrote “The Other End of the Telescope” with Elvis. Her version has a different middle verse lyric, so I always imagine the two of them arguing over which lyric to keep… ^_^
Having taken an extra Pedant Pill today, I am compelled to point out that “Don’t Throw Your Love Away,” before it was a Searchers hit, was an Orlons (!) B-side.
Still wondrous to hear the Costello take.
No austin powers reference in the show?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK2ABpZ4F3s
Just chanced upon the podcast. Huge EC fan – this is fabulously entertaining stuff! especially loved the Irish folk treatment of “Chelsea”. Some real gems here. Good work Sir!