Elvis Costello -"..Working Week/...Go To Chelsea" Letterman

[MrFreako2010]

2:27 - really gotta get a new keyboard stand, this one's kinda wobbly

[crw007]

It's not that the rhythm section sucks, it sounds completely different because he changed the structure of the song. Dave F. is a good bassist, but it's like a different song. Elvis has done this kind of thing before; he used to play a different version of High Fidelity that was slow and brooding, much different than the Get Happy version. I like the original better, but c'mon, it's 20-30 years later! Things change, but these guys are still great!

[kwakky]

spottedliver is right, this is messy as fuck. no way to do justice to two great songs.

[spottedliver]

Sorry, but sloppy band.

[eminemdisstopia]

@spottedliver It's rock music dude, not Wagner

[nick1137]

he should sing chelsea more aggressively

[cantonadenmark]

great band and I love Elvis...but Farragher is NOT Bruce Thomas

[kenjames64]

@cantonadenmark he's not, but he's good enough for me.

[sprocketman14]

I love how Letterman blows by the bassist to get to Elvis. "Excuse me..pardon me"....might as well have said get the fuck out of my way!! lol.

[suburiboy]

steve is still king :)

[allanosterm]

Yesss! But maybe we're just Naive:)

[youtubifex]

Great versions - especially Go To Chelsea! As for not being 'angry enough', I like hearing him play around with the songs: it's testament to how solid they are in the first place. If you want it to sound like the album then listen to that instead!!

[sirslice]

different bassist = imposters (the attractions less one)

[Iamkeller]

hah. Yall are all silly. Elvis Costello still kicks ass! ilovehim!

[brabon]

this isnt angry enough...somebody spit on elvis so he can get pissed

[deltoro05]

come on..its just a tv show, i still like the bass live though and the band seems to please mr costello, anyways, there must be a reason why hi kept this band for a while...shoot me if im wrong.

[ydocrednamoc]

somebody shoot the bassist for me,please.

love elvis all the same...songs are hooky as it gets.

[Tatlock]

Davy Faragher is a great bassist but he doesn't synch with Elvis Pete and Steve here like Bruce did.

[deadelectromix]

Rhythm section sucks.

Nothing compares to the Attractions.

[AlexandriaM]

There's only a one-man difference between the Imposters and the Attractions -- so I'd say it is pretty comparable.

[REDHAIREDMONSTER]

yeah, the bands rock solid, and pretty much the same band as always, only thing is now Elvis seems to have a problem keeping up vocaly at least

[eleanorruby]

dude, do your homework.

[deadelectromix]

Pwnd.

[selfgen]

what a lame audience , what with the handclaps. they obviously weren't down with EC back in 77-78. Thanks to my older brother, i've been listening to Elvis from the get go, he's been a tremendous influence on my life. Saw him live in 81, 84 and 96.

[eleanorruby]

um, this audience was in the ed sullivan theatre, where you're pretty much forced to do whatever they ask, what with the "applause" signs and all. i am a die-hard elvis costello fan, as were most of the people there. it was a free show and you were notified with only a couple days' notice that you would be allowed into the show, so most of the people sacrificed a lot to be there.

hand-claps aside, it was an amazing night.

[eleanorruby]

actually, scratch that. i was speaking of the hour-long concert that followed this performance. here we only see letterman's crowd, who may very well only be there for letterman (or to do something tourist-y in the city).