Big Elvis Update

Very briefly, I met Elvis Costello tonight!! Paul and I were walking on the side of the symphony building when I saw someone get out of a car who I thought I recognized as Steve Nieve, who has played piano with Elvis since the beginning. And then we saw Elvis.

About four people hightailed it over with albums and papers for him to sign. Someone got their picture taken. Paul, noticing that I was getting no attention, told Elvis, "She's got posters of you all over her house!" Elvis looked over with a "huh?" expression. After he was done signing, I asked, "Can I shake your hand?" He shifted his suit jacket from his right arm to his left and shook my hand and smiled. Awesome.

The concert was really good. Elvis was really belting them out. He sounded operatic with the symphony. The first half began with Il Sogno Suite, a classical piece he wrote based on A Midsummer Night's Dream. Then he sang with the symphony.

Sometimes I drive myself crazy trying to recall exact songs that were sung at concerts, so in the calmer symphony setting, I wrote 'em down this time. Some were orchestra-esque and others jazzy. The songs he sang were:

1. All This Useless Beauty
2. Still Too Soon to Know
3. The Girl in the Other Room
4. The Birds Will Still Be Singing
5. Still
6. Green Shirt
7. Shipbuilding
8. Veronica
9. Watching the Detectives
10. My Flame Burns Blue
11. She
12. God Give Me Strength
13. I Still Have That Other Girl
14. Accidents Will Happen
15. Scarlet Tide
16. Couldn't Call It Unexpected no. 4 (without mike)