My personal favourite performance of a song ever.

[Morrissey the 23rd]

Perfection personified.

I've Changed My Plea To Guilty - on J Ross, The last resort 10/12/90.

After many, many searches. I finally found this. Perhaps I was scuppered by my poor memory. I thought it was Jools Holland on piano.

I have this on a VHS tape that has been in storage since not long after I recorded it. I remembered the plaster, which made me think that it was recorded around the time of the Boxers tour but this was wrong, as Boxers was in early '95. Wasn't it? It was the Boxers tour that Moz got plastered (sic) wasn't it?

Kids - Don't do drugs.

Further proof of how much I love this performance, how long it has took me to track down and why it took me so long is printed in The Guardian below. Although my Altzimer's quality memory can't tell you when that was printed either.

I'm really happy to have found this on Youtube today.

Thank you very, very much lilyboobear whoever you are! It was lilyboobear's upload that I discovered. This lead me to djfrankiez's upload where I discovered when it was first broadcast. Thanks to djfrankie's too, as this lead to a google search where I discovered it was not Jool's Holland on piano but the shows band. Does anybody know their names?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUBHq5ErVCg

[Kewpie]

Actually last year King Leer posted the link of Campfreddie's upload which is better. :)

fB-CQvEWmkw

[Mook_from_Manchester]

My personal favourite performance that I was lucky enought to go to was the one where all the fans went onto the stage and trashed the stage. I think it was in Texas or something. I can’t remember what year. It was a good night, and also a good lay.

[Morrissey the 23rd]

Actually last year King Leer posted the link of Campfreddie's upload which is better. :)

fB-CQvEWmkw

I need a Kewpie for life when I'm not logged on here. Thanks!!

[Sheridan Whiteside]

Perfection personified.

I've Changed My Plea To Guilty - on J Ross, The last resort 10/12/90.

After many, many searches. I finally found this. Perhaps I was scuppered by my poor memory. I thought it was Jools Holland on piano.

I have this on a VHS tape that has been in storage since not long after I recorded it. I remembered the plaster, which made me think that it was recorded around the time of the Boxers tour but this was wrong, as Boxers was in early '95. Wasn't it? It was the Boxers tour that Moz got plastered (sic) wasn't it?

Kids - Don't do drugs.

Further proof of how much I love this performance, how long it has took me to track down and why it took me so long is printed in The Guardian below. Although my Altzimer's quality memory can't tell you when that was printed either.

I'm really happy to have found this on Youtube today.

Thank you very, very much lilyboobear whoever you are! It was lilyboobear's upload that I discovered. This lead me to djfrankiez's upload where I discovered when it was first broadcast. Thanks to djfrankie's too, as this lead to a google search where I discovered it was not Jool's Holland on piano but the shows band. Does anybody know their names?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUBHq5ErVCg

It was Steve Nieve on the piano. He used to play with Elvis Costello and teh Attracions in the late 70's.

[Corrissey]

Here it is live on Jonathan Ross:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=PUBHq5ErVCg

starless had posted this on the Moz Hair Thread last month ("a gravity defying quiff in action" =o) and I absolutely love it (esp those last few notes *goosebumps*!) I've watched it a bunch of times since star posted it...& yep, just watched it again. What a gorgeous song, sung so beautifully and effortlessly. I agree with your excellent choice, Morrissey the 23rd :)

[Not Right in the Head]

It was Steve Nieve on the piano. He used to play with Elvis Costello and teh Attracions in the late 70's.

Are you positive about that? Passions just says it's "a pianist." Looks kinda like him, though, I'll admit.

[joey]

This one, the Johnny Carson taping, and Moonriver from Introducing Morrissey are my 3 favourite videos I've ever seen of Morrissey. I nearly died when I heard this on tour in Indy this year. It's been one of my absolute favourites for a long time.

[Sheridan Whiteside]

Are you positive about that? Passions just says it's "a pianist." Looks kinda like him, though, I'll admit.

Yeah, 100% - if you watch the end of the clip it name checks him and the Love Band on the credits.

[Not Right in the Head]

Yeah, 100% - if you watch the end of the clip it name checks him and the Love Band on the credits.

Oh. Next time I'll watch the whole thing. :(

[Chad]

Actually last year King Leer posted the link of Campfreddie's upload which is better. :)

fB-CQvEWmkw

Ohhhh...

[vivabob]

It was Steve Nieve on the piano. He used to play with Elvis Costello and teh Attracions in the late 70's.

didnt he have a band called stevie nieve and the playboys as well ?

[Morrissey the 23rd]

It was Steve Nieve on the piano. He used to play with Elvis Costello and teh Attracions in the late 70's.

Thanks!

[Morrissey the 23rd]

Perfection personified is worth a bump.

[Hellie]

OMG:eek:I remember that and cannot believe it was 18 years ago!!......i was only 20!! ****hyper ventilates*****:(....he looks sooooo young.

Brilliant performance.

[left out]

My personal favorite too.

[Morrissey the 23rd]

I've sent an email to Steve Nieve to thank him for the part he played. I've sent him a link to this thread. So, he'll probably read this thread sometime in the next week or so.

Once again, cheers Steve!

[Morrissey the 23rd]

I forgot to say, he did and he sent thanks including a thank you for the Youtube link.

[Not Right in the Head]

I forgot to say, he did and he sent thanks including a thank you for the Youtube link.

And has the vid been taken down yet due to copyright violations? :D

Steve is a fantastic piano player. Many of Elvis Costello's songs wouldn't have been nearly as memorable, musically, at least, without his contributions. I've been hunting for years for the limited edition 5 CD set of just Steve & Declan playing live.

[DAVID is my HERO]

My personal favourite performance that I was lucky enought to go to was the one where all the fans went onto the stage and trashed the stage. I think it was in Texas or something. I can’t remember what year. It was a good night, and also a good lay.

June 17 1991 Starplex, Dallas, TX

[Kilt Uncle]

You're right. It is an incredible performance.

[Christenson]

My favourite live Smiths performance is of (also my favourite song) William, It Was Really Nothing from Apollo theatre in -85. I love the intro with the prominent bass guitarr, and the thing that Morrissey says. "Hello. We're the other funny Mancherster group". You know the Peel version of William.. ? That used to be my favourite version, because the second time Morrissey sings 'rain' he goes up a bit more than usual! It's small, but in a 2:09 song i makes all the difference. But this live version even beats that version.

I'm 18, so it's a bootleg I've heard it on.

[Morrissey the 23rd]

My favourite live Smiths performance is of (also my favourite song) William, It Was Really Nothing from Apollo theatre in -85. I love the intro with the prominent bass guitarr, and the thing that Morrissey says. "Hello. We're the other funny Mancherster group". You know the Peel version of William.. ? That used to be my favourite version, because the second time Morrissey sings 'rain' he goes up a bit more than usual! It's small, but in a 2:09 song i makes all the difference. But this live version even beats that version.

I'm 18, so it's a bootleg I've heard it on.

That is on the CD bootleg 'Before love' and has live material, including the soundcheck of Purple Haze at Glasgow Barrowlands (16/07/86).

[Jamie]

And has the vid been taken down yet due to copyright violations? :D

Steve is a fantastic piano player. Many of Elvis Costello's songs wouldn't have been nearly as memorable, musically, at least, without his contributions. I've been hunting for years for the limited edition 5 CD set of just Steve & Declan playing live.

Oh, that one is a beaut! It goes for a pretty penny nowadays. I had the pleasure of borrowing it from a friend about a year or two before I got a CD burner and, at the time, I didn't want to take the time to dub it on cassette. Oops. Double-oops: I had tickets to his first tour with the Impostors (two-thirds of the original Attractions) and gave them away b/c I had a conflict--which was later rescheduled. I missed out on two hours and 45 minutes of Costello classics.

I remember an outstanding themed medley that included Clowntime is Over and ended with the old Motown song No More Tear-Stained Make-Up. Made my neck hair stand on end.

Do you favor a particular Elvis period or set of albums? I profess a preference for the albums including the Attractions--a tighter, more proficient band hardly ever existed. I lean towards This Year's Model, Get Happy!! and Imperial Bedroom as favorites. Until Morrissey arose, Elvis was unmatched as a lyricist in those awkwards years transitioning from punk into the overblown Eighties.

Cheers,

Jamie

[Not Right in the Head]

Do you favor a particular Elvis period or set of albums? I profess a preference for the albums including the Attractions--a tighter, more proficient band hardly ever existed. I lean towards This Year's Model, Get Happy!! and Imperial Bedroom as favorites. Until Morrissey arose, Elvis was unmatched as a lyricist in those awkwards years transitioning from punk into the overblown Eighties.

I didn't start listening to EC seriously until Morrissey's wilderness years, but once I started, I snapped up everything in a very short period of time and listened to little else for a couple years. Trust and Get Happy!! are the ones that I reach for most often, but I listen to just about everything up through Blood and Chocolate regularly. "Shipbuilding" is his finest song, bar none, IMHO--which gets this thread back on topic, since it's my absolute favorite Steve Nieve performance.

We had an Elvis Costello thread a few months ago; maybe it's been archived due to lack of activity.

[fredhenson]

this one of Jack the Ripper, from Introducing Morrissey:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soqoh9lTe94
The intro is just amazing. Watching videos of recent performances of this song however, ive noticed that the intro is much weaker. can anybody who has seen it live (lucky devil) tell me if this is true or just the bad recording?