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Spectacular
So, I bought the first series of Elvis Costello's US "chat show" dvd - "Spectacle" - this week and have started working through it.
Now as you might imagine, some of the music is (inevitably) great, what with James Burton in Elvis's backing band, along with Pete Thomas and Steve Nieve on occasion, but certainly at the start of the series, Elvis is 'on the learning curve' as far as interviewing is concerned - with Elton in the first episode and with Bill Clinton in the second.
He's getting there with Tony Bennett in the third - but in the fourth episode - well, was there ever a better interview with Lou Reed?
Spectacle - what 'Later...' ought to be.
Now bear in mind I'm only four episodes in - does it get better or has it peaked already? So far, I'm loving it!
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Yes Lou Reed
in not being a total twat in an interview shocker. The story about Julian Schnabel's father's death is a real moment. And even this little clip just shows that Reed ain't playing games
I wonder if the 2nd series will even get a UK airing as Channel 4 treated it so shabbily. Elvis has pitching this kind of idea since the late 80's AFAIK.
UI particularly liked the smokey Robinson ep from the Apollo Theatre and the Rufus Wainwright episode was excellent even though I'm nota real fan. His (sadly deceased) momma even turns up to sing
I think it gets better.
We're 6 episodes into the 2nd series over here (in the US). You have some good stuff to look forward to. Would I lie to you?
The second episode featured Sheryl Crow, Neko Case, Ron Sexsmith and Jesse Winchester. I'd certainly heard of Winchester before, but I don't think I'd ever heard anything by him before. I was so blown away by 'Sham-A-Ling-Dong-Ding' I bought the whole CD.
The third episode featured Levon Helm, Nick Lowe, Richard Thompson and Allen Toussaint, which was great, and the most recent one featured Bruce Springsteen. I think next week's show is The Boss part 2.
Set your Sky+ boxes, chaps!
Where is it?
I would love to set my Sky+ box but I haven't seen any sign of it on the horizon.
Jesse Winchester 'Sham-A-Ling-Dong-Ding'
Indeed, a beautiful song...
Unsold...
...in the UK as yet. I believe they're unwilling to go back to C4 after the debacle of the last series...
Seemed pretty consistent to me
We had the first series down here in the land of Oz. The only downer for me was the country-fest near the end of the season, but it still beats yet more repeats of useless American cop shows.