New Amsterdam: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
(+2024 last known performance) |
||
(41 intermediate revisions by 5 users not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{song header}} | |||
{{ | |||
{{song lyrics | |||
|lyrics = {{New Amsterdam}} | |||
}} | |||
{{song credits header}} | |||
{{song credits | |||
|title = New Amsterdam | |||
|writer = [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocals, all instruments | |||
|producer = [[Elvis Costello]] | |||
|record_info = 1979, Archipelago Studios, London | |||
|release_info = February 1980 | |||
|length = 2:10 | |||
|albums = [[Get Happy!!]], 1980 | |||
|singles = [[Single: New Amsterdam|New Amsterdam]], 1980<br>[[Single: London's Brilliant Parade|London's Brilliant Parade]], 1994 | |||
|collections = [[The Man (The Best Of Elvis Costello)]], 1985<br>[[Girls Girls Girls]], 1989<br>[[The Very Best Of Elvis Costello & The Attractions]], 1994<br>[[The Very Best Of Elvis Costello]], 1999<br>[[Singles, Volume 2]], 2003 | |||
|soundtracks = | |||
|various_artists = [[Was Het Nu 70 Of 80? Vol. 3]], 1996<br>[[Good Vibes]], 2003<br>[[Timeless]], 2004<br>[[Alternative Acoustic]], 2006<br>[[Senses Working Overtime]], 2006<br>[[Soft Rock Ballads]], 2006 | |||
|promos = [[Get Happy!! (Promo Album)]], 1980<br>[[Spectrum USA - New Horizons In Music (Vol. 12, Programs 1-13)]], 1980<br>[[UK Elvis Costello (2006)]], 2006<br>[[Promo: Visa Sampler|Visa Sampler]], 2007 | |||
|videos = [[The Right Spectacle: The Very Best Of Elvis Costello - The Videos]], 2005 | |||
}}<br> | |||
{{song notes | |||
|first = [[Concert 1980-04-16 Maastricht|April 16, 1980, Maastricht, Netherlands]] | |||
|last = {{2024}} | |||
}}{{song quote | |||
| quote = Recorded in a fifteen quid-an-hour demo studio (backwhenfifteenpoundswasalotofmoneyIcantellyou). As you might guess I didn't use a metronome but I did employ the owner's exotic equipment; vibes! a fretless bass! a very nasty synth! even, God forbid, DRUMS!!! The first in an occasional series: A bewildered lad, alone in New York, except for his rhyming dictionary. | |||
| source = [[Girls Girls Girls]] liner notes, 1989. | |||
}} | |||
==Alternate versions== | |||
{{song credits | |||
|title = New Amsterdam (Alternate Version) | |||
|performer = [[Elvis Costello]] & [[The Attractions]] | |||
|producer = | |||
|musicians = [[Elvis Costello]] - vocal, guitar<br>[[Steve Nieve]] - keyboards<br>[[Bruce Thomas]] - bass<br>[[Pete Thomas]] - drums | |||
|record_info = 1980, Olympic Studios, London | |||
|release_info = | |||
|length = 2:29 | |||
|albums = [[Get Happy!! (Rhino/Edsel reissue)]], 2003 | |||
|promos = [[Punch The Clock, Trust & Get Happy!! Sampler]], 2003 | |||
}} | |||
{{thumbs header}} | |||
{{thumb: Get Happy!!}} | |||
---- | |||
{{thumb: Single: New Amsterdam}} | |||
---- | |||
{{thumb: The Man (The Best Of Elvis Costello)}} | |||
---- | |||
: | {{thumb: Girls Girls Girls}} | ||
---- | |||
{{thumb: The Very Best Of Elvis Costello & The Attractions}} | |||
: | ---- | ||
{{thumb: Single: London's Brilliant Parade (Part 2)}} | |||
---- | |||
{{thumb: The Very Best Of Elvis Costello}} | |||
---- | |||
<imagemap> | |||
Image:Good Vibes album cover.jpg|99px|center | |||
rect 0 0 300 300 [[Good Vibes]] | |||
desc none | |||
</imagemap> | |||
---- | |||
{{thumb: Singles, Volume 2}} | |||
---- | |||
{{thumb: The Right Spectacle}} | |||
---- | |||
{{thumb: Visa Sampler}} | |||
|} | |} | ||
{{song covers | |||
|covers = {{:New Amsterdam covers}} | |||
}} | |||
= | |||
== | ==Internal links== | ||
*[[Template: New Amsterdam|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[New Amsterdam covers|Covers]] | |||
==External links== | |||
*[https://reclinernotes.com/2022/05/15/new-amsterdam/ Recliner Notes] | |||
*[http://www.inanotherroom.com/gh.html Elvis Costello Reissues: Get Happy!!] | |||
[[Category:1980]] | |||
[[Category:Get Happy!!]] | |||
[[Category:Songs]] | [[Category:Songs]] | ||
[[Category:Lyrics]] | [[Category:Lyrics]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Alternate versions]] |
Latest revision as of 15:19, 12 April 2024
You're sending me tulips mistaken for lilies |
First known performance:
“Recorded in a fifteen quid-an-hour demo studio (backwhenfifteenpoundswasalotofmoneyIcantellyou). As you might guess I didn't use a metronome but I did employ the owner's exotic equipment; vibes! a fretless bass! a very nasty synth! even, God forbid, DRUMS!!! The first in an occasional series: A bewildered lad, alone in New York, except for his rhyming dictionary.” — Girls Girls Girls liner notes, 1989.
Alternate versions
|
|
Covers
Tasmin Archer | Shipbuilding (EP) | 1994 | AllMusic • Amazon |
Lou Dalgleish | performed live | info needed |
Dimit | Rock 'N' Lull, Vol. 2 | 1992 | AllMusic • info |
Robbie Fulks | performed live, 2015-03-30, The Hideout, Chicago | 2015 | YouTube |
Steve Hogarth | Live Spirit, Live Body | 2002 | info • info |
Barb Jungr | Chanson: The Space In Between | 2000 | AllMusic • Amazon |
Steve Nieve and AJUQ | performed live, 2020-04-24, The Daily Improvisation, France | 2020 | Facebook - 19:30 |
Oliver's Army (Dallas) | performed live, Dallas-area Costello tribute band | 2003- | OliversArmyBand |
Emma Pollock | Red Orange Green digital single | 2010 | website • Chemikal.co.uk • iTunes |
Erich Sellheim | home studio production, sung in German | 2014 | YouTube |
Solipsistics | performed live, 2003-03-27, EC tribute, Knitting Factory, Los Angeles | 2003 | archive.org |