I Confess! tm....I am a little bit in love with Elvis Costello still...

[ScreamingMeemie]

Part of me never grew past 14 and the summer of playing "Veronica" over and over again and sobbing. In fact, it's what I'm doing this morning. I can get away with it because MrG is gone, the kids are still asleep...and it's just me and about a couple hundred of you guys. :hi:

[billyskank]

1. Hi MrsG!

:bounce: :hi:

:hug: :loveya:

[ScreamingMeemie]

2. Hi billy! How are you?

I'm a little late getting here this morning because MrG got off to work a little late. He just looked way to comfy and warm in bed so he slept in (if you can call it that when it's dark out still) until 5. :hug: :loveya: :hi:

[billyskank]

3. I am quite happy thanks

A 5AM lie-in. I wish I could get up early! I am having to get up at 6:45 which is not early at all. I am supposed to be on the 'early' shift. But I got stuck in traffic jams and behind slow drivers so I still didn't make it in until 8:45! x(

Think I'll have to get up at 6:30 tomorrow instead!

I am, as ever, very happy to see you. :hug:

[ScreamingMeemie]

4. And I you! Heidi had a great idea for your static cling yesterday!

I think that look would go very well for you.

I hate traffic jams. I am usually running behind on my appointments because homeowners like to talk...and the traffic here rarely cuts me a break.

6:30 your time is like 1AM our time, right? You're 5 and a half hours ahead of Eastern time? I could almost give you a wake up call. ;) :hi:

[billyskank]

5. Yes...I was so happy to see that thread...

Not. :P

I think you are 5 hours behind us. If you are on the same time as progmom anyway, which I assume you are! ;)

It is just after 11am here.

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. Yep! Only five hours away then!

progmom lives about an hour down I-94 from me. I used to go to Ann Arbor quite a bit to the UM Med Center...but I haven't been in over a year now. Heidi is very good with the photoshop. :)

[billyskank]

7. I think that a wake-up call from you

might be the only thing that would make me happy to be woken up! ;)

[ScreamingMeemie]

8. and it would be a great way for me to end the day!

:) :hug: Although I should allow myself much more sleep! :hi:

[billyskank]

9. Yes you should

Especially if MrG is depending on you. :hug:

[ScreamingMeemie]

10. i'll be right back! I've got to get my daughter off to school!

:hug:

[billyskank]

11. Go do your job, mom

:hug: :hi:

[ScreamingMeemie]

12. I am back. It is really, super c-c-cold out there today.

:scared: :hi:

[billyskank]

13. Glad you made it!

It is just above freezing here, or was when I left this morning. It is a bright sunny day. :hi:

[ScreamingMeemie]

14. It looks like it's going to be sunny here...

It also looks like I have hijacked my own thread. :hi:

[billyskank]

15. Well I think you have the right to do that!

:rofl:

:pals:

[ScreamingMeemie]

16. True! I just thought we might have more Elvis Costello fans here.

;) :rofl: :hug:

[stellanoir]

17. count me in

A friend recently described Costello as "the Sinatra of out generation."

Though I sorta agree, far beyond that I think Declan Patrick McManus (Costello's birthname) is far more versatile vocally, plays instruments, and is the most prolific composer and astute lyricist of several generations as well.

So there.

There are few things that cheer me up more than blaring "Imperial Bedroom" really loudly. That whole disk is a vastly underated masterpiece.

You are not alone in the fan camp Mrs Grumpy. He's phenomenally gifted.

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. MrG makes fun of me, saying I was the only girl he knew with Elvis

Costello posters on her wall.

I think he should have kept his birthname though. I would have won a million bucks for knowing that on the first season of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire".

[billyskank]

19. Maybe we scared 'em away

:D

[ScreamingMeemie]

20. Who? Us?

Maybe. ;) :hi:

[bbernardini]

21. One of the most brilliant songwriters of our time!

Any time, for that matter. His version of "My Funny Valentine" with Steve Nieve is one of the most beautiful creations ever to exist in the history of mankind.

[stellanoir]

22. Very few are aware of that

version. It's so-o-o moving. I put it on my answering machine for Valentine's Day for many many years.

[ScreamingMeemie]

23. Agreed. He was underrated then and he still is now.

His range is incredible, his songwriting skills unparalleled. :hi:

[Call Me Wesley]

24. He's my science-fiction twin!

My science fiction twin
Is doing better than expected
He captured a little blonde trophy wife
Who's really very well connected
And when he calls home with his alibi
She says "Is this really necessary?"
But she knows that a man can't be a man
Unless he's punishing his secretary
He sips in the glow of a '61 vintage
Just as the day is dimming
With every intention of surrendering
To fifty-foot women
Who put the fascination back into my science fiction twin

My science fiction twin
Decided to become invisible
He has my eyes, my face, my voice
But he's only happy when I'm miserable
The words flew from his mouth
And they were gently gathered by reporters
Trying to frame his once infamous flame
With tattered pictures of her daughter
Her hair is all made out of porcupine
Her figure is fantastic
But as you know, they corrupted her
So they're being sarcastic
Who put the fascination back into my science fiction twin

He'll scream and shout
Everything is working out just as he predicted
Pride and position in the gallery of attempted people
Oh and the pain is so sweet
Better stamp his little feet
And you'll even have time to pity me
How can you feel content?
You wonder where this fellow went

My science fiction twin
Escorted by his lovely nieces
Filled up his purse dictating verse
While painting masterpieces
His almost universal excellence
Is starting to disturb me
They asked how in the world he does all these things
And he answered "Superbly"
He's trapped in his own parallel dimension
That's why I'm so forgiving
But how could I possibly forget to mention those fifty-foot women
Who put the fascination back into my science fiction twin

[Orsino]

25. Elvis Was King...

Up through Punch The Clock, anyway. And after "The Only Flame in Town," he got kind of mannered and even dull, with few of those marvelous melodies that fueled his first years.

[Patiod]

28. I don't know about that - I LOVED "When I Was Cruel"

and saw him twice on tour for that album. And yet the album after that was boring.

"Tear Off Your Own Head/It's a Doll Revolution" rocks like the old Elvis - fun and melodic and a little twisted. "45," "Alibi," and "Spooky Girlfriend" from the same album are pretty cool as well.

[miss_american_pie]

26. Well she used to have a carefree mind of her own

with a devilish look in her eye...

Good morning. Thanks for the earworm. :hi:

[ScreamingMeemie]

29. You're welcome. I think that's the first time ever that I've done that!

:woohoo: :hi:

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

27. I'm telling Mr. G.

:evilgrin:

[ScreamingMeemie]

30. He knows!

;) :hi: