Just how great is Elvis Costello

I realize someone would point a blaspheme finger on me for speaking of Declan’s namesake from Memphis with such seeming disregard. But it is like this, the subject of this thread has penned and performed more of his own songs (as I understand it) than the movie star sang in totality and tried to take credit for between him and the Colonel Tom and their games. Read your history, that’s what stinks like vomit. He was far from the beginning, he was just one of the first caucasian ones to get recognition for rock ’n roll. I’ll give Elvis Presley one credit, if not for him, we may well not have had Declan, or Lennon, or ... the same way. And that would be a true crime, perhaps even a sine.

"Well, I use’ta be disgusted, now I try to be amused..."

Happy Listening!

He's real good, but not in my great category.  Dug his first few LPs, lost interest.  Re D. Krall, so what?  Great to me (in singer/songwriter land) = Dylan, Otis Rush, Muddy, Brother Ray, Neil Young, Joni, Kevin Ayers, Robert Wyatt, John Cale, Lou Reed, Van Morrison, Bowie . . . and quite a few more.  Elvis C. works hard, is sincere and has a whole lotta talent and I have a lot of respect for him.  That said, he just doesn't have quite the magical factor that puts him in the top rank.

Nice sentiment- bondmanp-

With me, I've had several, no, quite a lot of artists that I've either had a passing interest in or always loved but never purchased many of their lps. EC happens to be one of them. So I just began the journey with MFSL "My Aim Is True". A line in the song "Sneaky Feelings" kind of sums this up, "I still got a long way to go"........