# Help me get started with Elvis Costello

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-started-with-elvis-costello/1002572>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [June 6, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-started-with-elvis-costello/1002572 "2024-06-06T23:31:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-started-with-elvis-costello/1002572/26 "2024-06-08T14:34:17Z")

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This older “Elvis Costello Appreciation Thread” should be of interest:

> [@Elvis Costello Appreciation Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elvis-costello-appreciation-thread/396564):
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> Seems to me the Dope would have some EC fans… So - let’s appreciate Elvis! He is the best lyricist of the past 30 years, IMHO. His experimentation with different musical styles is more controversial; I think that it sometimes works (his jazzy work with the Metropole Orkest) and sometimes doesn’t (The Juliet Letters is an interesting idea, but it just doesn’t come off). What’s your: Favourite album? Favourite song? Favourite cover? Anyone ever seen him live? Met him? Have any other interest…

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