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For five years, Elvis had to face us both, mouthing the words from the front row like a couple of theatre prompters. Our unfamiliarity with newer material could really bugger him up. Woodhead actually subscribed to a Dutch-based newsletter, disturbing in its obsessiveness, called something like Costello Watch. Together, we amassed and circulated an archive of bootlegs that could have caused the BPI a seizure. | For five years, Elvis had to face us both, mouthing the words from the front row like a couple of theatre prompters. Our unfamiliarity with newer material could really bugger him up. Woodhead actually subscribed to a Dutch-based newsletter, disturbing in its obsessiveness, called something like Costello Watch. Together, we amassed and circulated an archive of bootlegs that could have caused the BPI a seizure. | ||
I even appear in a supporting role on one of them. At one of the "Spin The Wheel" shows at London's Royalty Theatre in November 1986, Elvis relishing a short-lived role as Mr Showbiz, picked members of the audience to dance in a cage at the side of the stage and invited requests from the assembled. "You Win Again, Elvis!", I bellowed from the back. Instantly, he slipped into the Hank Williams lament. "And don't think Andy," he said at the end having recognised my voice from just four words, "that just by shouting that out you're going to get away with not coming up here." The audience rippled at the prospect of such public humiliation. Happily, I was not forced to dance. | I even appear in a supporting role on one of them. At [[Concert 1986-11-29 London|one]] of the "Spin The Wheel" shows at London's Royalty Theatre in November 1986, Elvis relishing a short-lived role as Mr Showbiz, picked members of the audience to dance in a cage at the side of the stage and invited requests from the assembled. "You Win Again, Elvis!", I bellowed from the back. Instantly, he slipped into the Hank Williams lament. "And don't think Andy," he said at the end having recognised my voice from just four words, "that just by shouting that out you're going to get away with not coming up here." The audience rippled at the prospect of such public humiliation. Happily, I was not forced to dance. | ||
This historic encounter on rock's lost highway is not, mysteriously, one of those captured in this box set. We do have some of the Charlie Gillett Honky Tonk demos, but I have my own collection of Elvis encounters. When I recall 'filling' dementedly at Live Aid — interviewing John Hurt for 20 minutes without knowing who he was — because Speccv was late on. I still want to go to the toilet. ("Four eyes, one vision" was the introduction to his singalong "All You Need Is Love"). And later, on the ''Whistle Test'', Elvis snuck up behind me during my long-winded introduction to his set and placed the crown from ''King Of America'' on my head. That night, I was the proudest kid on the planet. | This historic encounter on rock's lost highway is not, mysteriously, one of those captured in this box set. We do have some of the Charlie Gillett Honky Tonk demos, but I have my own collection of Elvis encounters. When I recall 'filling' dementedly at Live Aid — interviewing John Hurt for 20 minutes without knowing who he was — because Speccv was late on. I still want to go to the toilet. ("Four eyes, one vision" was the introduction to his singalong "All You Need Is Love"). And later, on the ''Whistle Test'', Elvis snuck up behind me during my long-winded introduction to his set and placed the crown from ''King Of America'' on my head. That night, I was the proudest kid on the planet. |
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