So Like Candy - Paul McCartney & Elvis Costello

[applewhiteroad]

this is a cool song. i pretty sure i ve heard elvis play it before. but i like this arrangement with sir paul!

[kuba99pp]

maybe their best song

[sillycivilian]

"note aa-aa-ttached" <33333333333

[katkal3]

man this song gives me a sweet tooth

[charlyW34]

There are around 14 to 18 of these Elvis and Macca demos, all are more pleasing to my ear than the full studio versions! Please, declan and paul, let them be issued legit. For Charity perhaps? peace and love!

[italoscozzese]

This sounds like only Elvis to me...double tracked vocal? Great tune..

[spongebobnik]

@italoscozzese I know how your ears tricked you into hearing only one voice: they are so well matched in the quality of their voices (ie. some are nasal, throaty...) AND they match almost exactly-the melody and the harmony. Listen at 2:39 and 3:14. Otherwise they are so in sync. It's hard for a musician to lose his "fingerprint" when he's singing with others. I've had to do it.

[hildaatje]

Why cant I find the studio version,still after all these years?

This is great,but allready stored.......Who can help me out please?

[CostelloFan29]

Breathtaking. Amazing. Whoever called this "buried treasure" was right on!

[spongebobnik]

I played this for a friend and she asked "So did she melt?"

Couldn't explain it. Either you get it or you don't. Maybe you get it only if you've been there. Great lyrics, vocals.

[smeghan1]

This is an incredible song!

So how was this song not famous?

Don't knock Crowded House-they do indeed rock!.......Peace and Love

[JazzyMagician]

- this version has such a Beatles feeling to it,,, its just amazing,,,

[ZJProz]

Paul and Elvis........

[deborahsuewho]

Buried treasure - thank you - this made my day.

[teleman84]

Two songwriting genius's.Great vocals together also.Reminds me of Paul and John in the old days.This was only a demo also....not released on an album as far as i know.

[ddill2000]

One word WOW!!! You clearly hear what Paul contributed (music) to what is obviously an EC lyric. That makes goosebumps on me. The harmony is ripe Beatles territory. A-Maze-Ing. It was the pinnacle of their collaboration.

[ZJProz]

McCartney Costello.......

[ckesquivel]

Hope this doesn't sound too nutty but the opening cord of So Like Candy fr. Mighty Like A Rose always reminds me of the opening cord of A Hard Days Night. Maybe its just me. Great song, but still hurts to hear it. Reminds me of someone who scratched & broke my records on her way out...

[korvallinen]

@ckesquivel, you´re right about the opening chord - I´ve always felt there´s something familiar there but couldn´t quite catch it... thanks! 

[ckesquivel]

@korvallinen Got 1 more 4 you. The start-up tone to iMac reminds me of the opening of Sinead O'Conner's version of Nothing Compares 2 U. Again maybe its just me...

[59simonh]

two guitars,two singers and 1 great tune...it's all you really need!..'nuff said...

[verbusen]

That one minute of silence at the end is awesome! Really makes me reflect about Candy, thanks.

[TheAgentChaos]

I loved this on "Mighty Like a Rose"--I played it over and over again.

[CostelloFan29]

@TheAgentChaos - I listened to "Mighty Like a Rose" for about a year straight. Amazing album! I love "The Invasion Hit Parade."

[TheNicholas0202]

The songs Elvis and Paul wrote back in 1988/89 were great

[OneWorldGoverment1]

Jesteś kompletnym kretynem smeeange. Twoja rodzina to zapewne osły pozbawione słuchu muzycznego. Nie dziedziczysz muzykalności w genach - stąd twoje kompleksy.

[smeeange]

Sorry Paul lovers his voice is so bland and lacks any soul EC solo version far superior.

[Atomicflash500]

they should finish this song mix it and release it

[verbusen]

I like the one that made the album better. My preference. It's nice though. One singer, either one, makes the song more dramatic for me. Could be that I'm just used to the other version since I've heard it a hundred times. Thanks for posting.

[ProgEchoes]

Agreed, it's either one or the other, or both - but not at the same time (one verse by Paul the other by Elvis, that could work).

[GoDofD4Ng3r]

knew it by paul dempsey's cover. I love that version

[gwjak]

Classic , didn't know the track.....loved it .Thanks for posting

[Santi66]

Their job in Flower in the dirt was great

[MFarmSteve]

Great version. Where is this from??

EC did a great live version of this song on SNL. I think it was around 1989/1990. If anyone has it, please post it. It was a great performance.

[verbusen]

I think it's on the extra's disc when Rhino re-released the CD

[punkeruit1965]

wow. even bigger goosebumps than the original form ec (is it?).

thanx 4 posting it.

cheers

[keydiver1]

The SNL version was here a few years ago, but was removed. That was the first time I heard the song ... very cool.

[harvard11]

Perfect version! Much better than the official Elvis Costello version. Their co-written songs are magnificent!

[Crisstti]

Thanks for uploading.

Great photographs.

[hildaatje]

Dizwah7;I so do agree!

This is a special version and I will treasure it,but still there,s no studio version to be found!

I,d like to hear the orchestra(flute) that is so beautifully present in te original......

Can anyone help us out.....please.....?

[icanwaitanotherday]

Amazing version! Both of them sound just fantastic! Oh and there's absolutely nothing wrong with Crowded House- they rock!

[punkeruit1965]

dont try this at home. throat killing, i tell ya. there's your resemblance with c.h. i guess

[Dizwah7]

why are there no versions with just elvis costello on you tube??/ help please!!!!!

[Atomicflash500]

Costello has a little different writing style then Lennon .has the edge and lyric intensity but his melody is pure Costello

[Sizzletube]

great , have not heard this version befor ,better than the elvis version,

love the sound thay got , very beatlish. 5*****

love is all

trevor sizzle

[Atomicflash500]

This actually sounds like a Wings song

[whatsetyouapart]

which wings song?

[Atomicflash500]

Im a Blue bird .

[duhzzzz]

I feel in love with this song after Elvis preformed it on Saturday Night Live ,years ago....If anyone could post that clip...It's one of the greatest musical moments of all time.

[TheIcemanComethLtd]

I'm a big fan of both. A very interesting version, but lacks the haunted nature of the final Elvis product.  This sounds like Crowded House.

[neanderpaul]

Agreed 100%.

[harrystad]

What's wrong with  Crowded House?

[eteachout]

Very true, this reminds me of Crowded House very much... Which of course is good.

[laloisaac]

like candy !!!

[droid740]

You can hear that Paul isn't vicious enough for this kind of song. He's holding back. Elvis is doing a lot of what John would have done. I can totally hear John lennon doing this with paul. And yet I like Elvis'. Damned brilliant.

[Yogurt2345]

nice

[PaulMcCartneyologist]

Elvis Costello, who's birth name is really Declan Patrick MacManus, had a great collaboration with McCartney in the 80's

[suburbanindie]

I hear Elvis, but this doesn't like Paul McCartney

[dragan0405]

try wings...

[peterfalahee]

there is a great song by elvis costello and paul on flowers in the dirt album .....paul and elvis produced it together back in 1989/90 elvis asked paul to bring his beatle bass out of retirement to record a few tracks elvis loved the sound and the whole vibe of the hofner bass ..anyway it recorded great so paul took the hofner out of retirement and has used it on every tour and album since then and had the hofner insured for two million back in 1998/99 more useless info for ye cheers peter

[barrieev]

Good harmonies by them for a demo. I wish they'd do more together.

[Griwhoolda]

Cool; I'd never heard this before. Thanks for posting.

[1beatles]

Im betting a majority of ppl haven't heard the compilation at all~

[1beatles]

Hey if you happen to put together teh foloowing please let me know I dont know how to post my downloads on my blog lol

I dont have mistress and maid-

I'd like to see vid

-You want her too

don't be careless love

the lovers that never were..

can't find anything on the net!

[1beatles]

I has this booteleg but cannot find it dangit!! I have searched since last night for the entire album for sownload for a musician in Aus, and I eveb can't come thru

I love the lovers that never were

mistress and maid

one after 909

[catgumart]

I have this bootleg it is great!

[boybandmassacre]

where did you get this?

[Joeydback]

There is an amazing version of this song from his appearance on SNL from around 89'. I know George Wendt was the host. As cheesy as he is, G.E Smith made this song really smokey. It was much slower than this.

[randy1979]

I didn't even realize this was a Elvis and Paul song. Really wish these guys had done more together. Veronica and My Brave Face are two of my favorites of theirs.

[suexian]

Wow. Thanks for posting this.

[ClueSign]

"Veronica" which they wrote together, is good.

[beatleboybob]

They done a song called Playboy To Man together, Cosetllo released it, but i dont like his arrangement

[Landrew120880]

Elvis recorded a half decent version of Yoko's "Walking on thin ice" back in 84.

[beatleboybob]

That'll be worth a listen, someimes i like covers neally as much as the original

[linclink]

Those Macca-Costello demos are incredible!! There are a few tracks that ended up as b-sides/extra tracks, and some great ones that are still unreleased to this day. I LOVED "Flowers In The Dirt", & "Off The Ground" even more..."Spike" was very good too..."Mighty Like A Rose", good but less so. Blessings!

[beatleboybob]

I'm not too big on Costello, Prehaps i should, i like Oliver's Army i've heard Costello's version of this song and it's pretty good. One thing i thought was unusal for demos is this is in stereo

[beatleboybob]

well, this is definatily one for the divorce funding antholigy

[beatleboybob]

I,m sorry i accidentaly clicked remove instead of reply on you't last comment, any way this is the only one i have i found it on a bootleg ironicaly called "The Paul McCartney Antholigy" got a simelar demo for "Mistress and Maid"

[jzerony]

@beatleboybob Have you heard the boot where Paul and Elvis play LIVE together for the first time? I think it was at one of those Prince's Trust thingys... they do Mistress and Maid and One After 909 together - very cool!!