Elvis Costello - The Scarlet Tide

Is that Craig Kilborn? That guy is such a moron. A great performance on his crappy show and all he has to say is 'Good night everybody' afterwards -- 'Huh? Huh? Sounds good!' -- Geez, thanks Craig. What a douche

what gauge are they?

I like this.

youre all going too far. its just a bloke with a ukelele singing a great song. get out of the house

let's see you do it.

dorotwhy, I agree, the host definitely has an odd affect, and does seem a bit off.

he's sitting there smiling like crazy going "j.c., i can't believe Elvis Costello is on my show singing right next to me" What would you rather he be doing...touching himself?

The host is like "DUH" !! IMO he doesn't look star struck, he just looks like an idiot. This was a serious performance and maybe he was smiling, not because "j.c., i can't believe Elvis Costello is on my show, etc" but because he WAS "touching himself" as you so eloquently phrased it. That would explain his idiotic grin

Although Elvis' recorded version of this song might not be as good as the Cold Mountain version, I think this and other live performances of it that can be found on youtube (or seen at his concerts) are the definitive ones. Alison's version is nice, but sung too sweetly. Elvis' voice injects more passion, sobriety, and even a little anger into this song that reflects this range of emotions.