Twitter Takeover
Elvis answered fan questions on Twitter on June 5, 2014.
BenjaminPring: #AskElvisNYC! Always wanted to know and never seen it mentioned anywhere; who are the girl singers on Watching the Detectives?
EC: Those "girl singers" are me and Nick Lowe. In matching frocks, naturally. @BenjaminPring
emilysipiora: #AskElvisNYC @ElvisCostello will you go to prom with me
EC: How big is your Dad? @emilysipiora @ElvisCostello
jeaic2009: @elviscostello @livenationnyc Has anyone ever approached you about doing a movie musical based on a collection of your songs? #askelvisnyc
EC: Not as such. Burt Bacharach and I are writing more songs for a "Painted From Memory" musical. Nine or ten, so far @jeaic2009 @ElvisCostello
GaryHodgkison: #AskElvisNYC my wife says sorry for heckling you in Manchester in the 1990s. She was ill at the time. What's your top stiff record?
EC: You're looking pretty hairy yourself @GaryHodgkison
GregoireSwan: @ElvisCostello @LiveNationNYC 2 Does the ghost of Buddy Holly ever bug you over royalties for "Veronica" or image copyright? ;) #AskElvisNYC
EC: Does "Ms Lake" ever bug you? Anyway the bass player is a friend of the family @GregoireSwan @ElvisCostello
cinemaparker: If you had to pick one album and update it (replaying and re-recording all the songs on it basically), which one would it be? #askElvisNYC
EC: Thriller @cinemaparker
Lieve71: @ElvisCostello @LiveNationNYC I'm also a ronan fan, happy hes supporting kew. Will he support you also in belgium in octobre ? #AskElvisNYC
EC: Wait until you hear the new MacManus Brother record Rocking Raws and Raving Ro @Lieve71 @ElvisCostello
sylvieYannello: the beatles played 8-hour shifts in hamburg, paul shaffer played several sets nightly at a strip club. #AskElvisNYC
EC: I played "The Three Ps": Pubs, Poetry Societies and Prisons. Every little helps @sylvieYannello
Sulky_Girl: @LiveNationNYC Could you be persuaded to perform Sulky Girl at Kew The Music or Bluesfest? #AskElvisNYC
EC: Now you mention it. Yes @Sulky_Girl
RoxethMyLord: @LiveNationNYC How do you feel about 'Pathway Studios' having been converted into a flat/apartment? #AskElvisNYC pic.twitter.com/6VBwzhowG9
EC: That "vocal booth" would have made for a very different sound @RoxethMyLord
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EC: I'm still reading "From Out Of The City" (Dalkey Archive) by John Kelly. It's been a busy week @jeanlass @ElvisCostello
MonkTurner: @LiveNationNYC #AskElvisNYC You are my musical idol. You're so prolific. When do you find the time to write new music? What time of day?
EC: I wrote "The Last Year Of My Youth" in the last year of my youth, specifically, Tuesday night @MonkTurner
ayako445: @ElvisCostello @LiveNationNYC How many songs did you write to Dylan lyrics for the forthcoming "Lost On The River" project? #AskElvisNYC
EC: Depends on how long the record is @ayako445 @ElvisCostello
JenARoper: Hey Elvis Costello! Cant wait to see the show - I know you have a bday coming up! Any big plans? #AskElvisNYC @LiveNationNYC
EC: Play Carnegie Hall in the last year of my youth. June 24th and 25th @JenARoper
lesliemolson: #AskElvisNYC When are you gonna play New Orleans next?
EC: Whenever we are invited @lesliemolson
jeffhitzzzzz_se: @ElvisCostello Hey Now Elvis. What is your favorite Grateful Dead song? Favorite Beatles song?
EC: Today: "Stella Blue" and "I'm Only Sleeping" @jeffhitzzzzz_se @ElvisCostello
Frankie_GJ: How did Dusty Springfield end up singing your song Just A Memory? (I adore yours and Dusty's versions!) #AskElvisNYC
EC: I had a dream and my dream came true @Frankie_GJ
MonkTurner: @LiveNationNYC #AskElvisNYC When writing a song, what comes first for you; the words or the music? #songwriting
EC: The pen and the ink (and occasionally the paper, although the back of the hand will do) @MonkTurner
PLUChris: @LiveNationNYC #AskElvisNYC Will Brendan Rogers be the man to bring silverware back to Anfield?
EC: If the unthinkable happens and he buys Ross Barkley @PLUChris
Harrco: @LiveNationNYC The Attractions was a great name for your backing band - who idea was it? #AskElvisNYC
EC: We read it on a poster and it seemed a popular choice @Harrco
adlandjones: @LiveNationNYC On Wise Up Ghost, what did @StevenMandel bring out of you? #AskElvisNYC
EC: Is that you Steven? @adlandjones @StevenMandel
CaptainFantast: @LiveNationNYC Have you ever at Carnegie Hall, Did you heard a performance of someoneever? Who are you playing was the best? #AskElvisNYC
EC: In the words of Eric Morecambe...@CaptainFantast
Frankie_GJ: @LiveNationNYC @ElvisCostello What's your favourite song you wrote with Paul McCartney? #AskElvisNYC
EC: "The Lovers That Never Were" (Original Version) @Frankie_GJ @ElvisCostello
adlandjones: Ha! No, I'm @StevenMandel 's second biggest fan, right after @StevenMandel #AskElvisNYC
EC: In that case, I'd have to say "my boyish charm (and my girlish blush)" @adlandjones @StevenMandel
adlandjones: @LiveNationNYC did you really record "The Puppet Has Cut His Strings" on an iPad? #AskElvisNYC
EC: Nothing so shabby. A MacBookPro. Just the vocal @adlandjones
jeffhitzzzzz_se: @LiveNationNYC Now that you've worked with Paul McCartney, any plans to record with Ringo? #AskElvisNYC
EC: There were in 1982 or anytime at all @jeffhitzzzzz_se
CaptainFantast: @LiveNationNYC Eric Morecambe is looks like you. #AskElvisNYC
EC: Like I said. "I'm playing all the right notes. But not necessarily in the right order." @CaptainFantast
emilysipiora: @LiveNationNYC @ElvisCostello #AskElvisNYC he is a small man
EC: Sorry, my dance card is already full. I was just curious @emilysipiora @ElvisCostello
_zuza_: That book you've been writing... will we ever see it? #AskElvisNYC
EC: You didn't get it? There's only one. I hid it at Shakespeare and Co. @_zuza_
RobSchnapp: .@LiveNationNYC #AskElvisNYC BTW, thanks for the mention of my name in Deportees Club, which u did a great version of last I time I saw you.
EC: Thanks for the loan. As someone once said. @RobSchnapp
bronxapostle: #AskElvisNYC @ElvisCostello are you thinking like i'm thinking: ELVIS LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL double LP?
EC: We would we bother? Someone will steal it @bronxapostle @ElvisCostello
apresliv: #AskElvisNYC come 2 nottingham pleas
EC: Gladly. @apresliv
ayako445: @ElvisCostello @LiveNationNYC What's your favourite Japanese food? #AskElvisNYC
EC: Natto @ayako445 @ElvisCostello
CostaHere: #AskElvisNYC hey @ElvisCostello, why can't I buy this acoustic version of "Little Atoms" anywhere? http://youtu.be/unpbrKHtSSE
EC: I think you can @CostaHere @ElvisCostello
MonkTurner: @LiveNationNYC #AskElvisNYC Which DAW do you prefer to use when recording song ideas? #protools, #ableton, #logic, or #noneoftheabove?
EC: Not so much DAW as paw @MonkTurner
purpleisland: @LiveNationNYC #AskElvisNYC will you please come back to play at the @DPAC
EC: I'll be right over @purpleisland @DPAC
SanibelWriters: #AskElvisNYC: We'd love for you to be the keynoter speaker at our writers conference. What would it take?
EC: For me to finish my boo....@SanibelWriters
ajc6789 (Allison): It would probably just make my day if @ElvisCostello tweet-serenaded me with my namesake song. Will you do the honor? :) #AskElvisNYC
EC: How to do you feel about people mis-spelling your name? @ajc6789 @ElvisCostello
emilysipiora: @LiveNationNYC @ElvisCostello #AskElvisNYC My AP Psychology teacher and I bonded bc we both like yr music. What album should I get him?
EC: "Rubber Soul"@emilysipiora @ElvisCostello
EC: Thanks for the questions. That vinyl? That song request? A visit to your town? "You never know". Watch this space: http://www.elviscostello.com/homepage
will_shepard: #AskElvisNYC what's your favorite venue to play in NYC? @LiveNationNYC
EC: Carnegie Hall, of course @will_shepard
EC: Signing off. Thanks for the questions.The answer to any I didn't get to is: "You never know" WTS: http://www.elviscostello.com/homepage
