An unexpected moment of musical heaven. Two of the greatest ever British vocalists (and songwriters) singing one of the most beautiful songs ever written.
Definitely one of the loveliest ballads of the entire British Invasion! And another wonderful cover by my all-time favorite artist--Elvis of course and nice to see Squeeze and Brinsley Schwarz represented too! Fantastisch!
Brings back some awesome memories - I took my friend Ruth to a Costello concert on her 18th birthday in 1982 in London. Difford and Tillbrook were at the back of the hall and I went and spoke to them. Later fate had us sneak into the back stage do because the roadie thought Ruth was someone else and we spent the night in the company of Elvis, Chris, Glenn, Pete, Bruce and Steve (and one very friendly roadie). At the end of the evening Chris gave me his phone number and said we had to come to the concert in Brighton a few weeks later - he'd pick us up from the station if we called him when we arrived. He had just bought a new house there and we could stay over night, they'd get us into the concert on a pass and as he put it 'everyone was coming to the party afterwards' at his place. We were so thrilled and when we got home we checked out the date with horror as it was the night before Ruth's English A'level and my Maths A'level - two years of study verses the party of our lives! We were just too embarrassed to say that we were too nerdy to come as our A'levels came first to ring up and say thanks so much but we can't make it! Often wondered what I missed for the sake of my university - but what amazing guys the lot of them and Chris Difford - superstar!!!! Thanks for posting so I can see them together again.
@shb.hockey7555 What a ‘bloody’ amazing story. I’m in the US. so I still don’t know about A and O levels but we had (in NY State anyway) Regents exams in all subjects-Math, English, Biology, Foreign Language etc. but History was a killer coz it covered all 3 years of High School History so Idk what I wdve. done in a similar situ.
Hi Jeff, we do A'levels at 18 (usually in 3 subjects) as prep and entry to university. Around 8 months later I nearly relived the party I had missed. I got tickets to a New Year's concert in Birmingham. Costello was headline, then Rockpile (Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds) and the third band had just had their first hit UB40. I had gotten a ticket for a 14 year old lad who was a mad Costello fan and who could only go to gigs with an older chaperone. As we approached new years, the promoters added Squeeze, the 2-tone band Selector and then the night before Madness were added. All for a £3.50(about $5 in those days) ticket price. Because I had gotten the tickets early Alex and I were practically front row. As the evening started we learned the John Cooper-Clark had been recruited to compare between the acts as they set up the stage for the next band. The gig was totally out of this world but it stepped up a notch when Madness came on. Suggys walked to the front of the stage as he came on and brought both hands up from his sides in a "get up" kind of action. The audience had been seated through Rockpile, but at this 20,000 people were standing on their seats. I left my seat and Alex and I went right down the front, the stadium was sectioned off and hence only people from our area could hmget there and so I wasn't of around 20 people pressed up against the front of the stage for the rest of the concert which ran on way past its 11pm intended finish time. And so at 1:15 am as Elvis rounded off the set we found ourselves furthest from the exit right at the stage. We took our time walking out, as there was little point and as we passed the sound desk (which was in our zone at the front) I recognized Suggs listening to the playback of his set. We stopped and I Alex him to sign my program. He was just as cool as Chris Difford and as we were like the last people in the stadium ne suggested that we come back stage with him where the bands were celebrating new year. This time I had to consider how I was going to get Alex home the 50 miles when our only transport (as all the trains had finished for the night) was my dad who had no doubt been waiting for the past 2 and a half hours outside for the overdue concert to finish. This time I did get to say thanks for the invite and a big sorry. Nevertheless it was yet another great party missed!
Thanks so much for bringing this back, used to watch it loads. Fantastic period for Squeeze when Elvis Costello was working with them to produce the East Side Story Album. Brilliant live version of a classic song! Thanks again.
Absolutely Fabulous. So nice to see the cream of late '70's pop all together. I think Elvis and Glen blend fantastic on vocal, mind you Glen would blend with anyone! Elvis vocal much more "believable" than the original. I am from the generation when bands created music in parts,so nice to hear a great bass player doing exactly that! Gives room
Give Elvis his dues. His voice has improved substantially over the past three decades. I heard him live recently and his singing was really accomplished. Back when he was in his 'prime' he probably hadn't put the effort into vocal training.
@@racketman2u Hey racketman. You are dead right. Of course it was the fabulous Manfred Mann. I was just being abbreviative, and had forgotten about the later manifestation of this great group. The Manfred Mann recording was meaningful and poignant, with such fabulous singing. Thank you for the heads up.All the best.
neither could I! oh,apart from "Oliver's Army", of course. and all those other great songs from "Armed Forces", like "Moods For Moderns", "Busy Bodies", "Chemistry Class", and "Senior Service", ooh, and "Watching The Detectives", oh, and "Veronica", that's a good one, but apart from that, ... nah, can't think of any.
A bigger UK hit for Manfred Mann. The Everly Brothers pulled off a great cover of this in the mid 1960s, using the Hollies and Jimmy Page as session cats.
Great notice a lyric change from manfred man , Elvia Costello a great version so together acoustic guitars brilliant love it so normal not plastic feel your there having a good time brilliant 😛x
Casino Montreux 11 juli 1989 Elvis Costello (g, voc, kbds), Gilson Travis (dr), Nick Lowe (b), Chris Difford (voc, g), Glen Tilbrook (g) 1 Pads Paws And Claws 2 She Feels Messed Around 3 Live My Kitten Alone 4 It's Crying Time Again 5 Loveable 6 Honey Are You Straight Or Are You Blind 7 Let's The Good Times Roll 8 Pretty Flamingo 9 Slow Down
e1 G C G C G C On our block all of the guys call her flamingo C D G C D G Cause her hair glows like the sun and her eyes can light the sky Verse 2 C G C G C When she moves she walks so fine like a flamingo C D G C D G Crimson dress that clings so tight she's out of reach and out of sight Bridge C D G When she walks by she brightens up the neighbourhood C D G D Oh every guy would make her his if he just could if she just would Verse 3 G C G C G C Some sweet day I'll make her mine pretty flamingo C D G C D G Then every guy will envy me cause paradise is where I'll be Bridge Verse 3 Tabs too difficult? Try these easy step-by-step video lessons and learn fast!
i've loved this song ever since i first heard it -- the rod stewart version in 1976 or so. probly cuz it reminded me of a particular female schoolmate :D i never owned up to liking it, my crowd were all into zz top, the stones skynyrd etc & it was 'too pop' & 'too romantic.' interestingly tonight i learn not only did elvis costello cover it live - springsteen did too. [i much prefer EC's version.]
I remember when the new family moved into the neighborhood. The youngest daughter was so pretty and sweet. I was too shy to do anything about it. Every time I hear this song I remember her, 45 years later. Saw her a few months ago, still looks fine. Kind of a dingbat, though.
Thank God you place it back again! I cannot believe some idiot in this day & age pushed for such a claim for a live cover song. Jesus... as if you would make money of of it...
In reply to: Joseph Schwartz's comment below: Well, no. This is NOT why this was the Internet was invented. But I will add this: it is about the ONLY reason why folks like us (yeah, real people) find it in any way worthwhile.
An unexpected moment of musical heaven. Two of the greatest ever British vocalists (and songwriters) singing one of the most beautiful songs ever written.
Songs way too under rated
...and obviously having the time of their lives.
Paradise is where I was listening was listening to it!
@@laurencesiegel9362 ...even if the harmonies were a little out of tune until halfway through the song.
You have to include Nick Lowe he got some sha la la's in.
Superb. Nothing else to say. Best pub band ever.
agreed, nothing else needs saying. perfect
I never get tired of this one.
The mother load of supergroup members. Nick Lowe, Squeeze and EC!!! Mind blown!
Definitely one of the loveliest ballads of the entire British Invasion!
And another wonderful cover by my all-time favorite artist--Elvis of course and nice to see Squeeze and Brinsley Schwarz represented too! Fantastisch!
Brings back some awesome memories - I took my friend Ruth to a Costello concert on her 18th birthday in 1982 in London. Difford and Tillbrook were at the back of the hall and I went and spoke to them. Later fate had us sneak into the back stage do because the roadie thought Ruth was someone else and we spent the night in the company of Elvis, Chris, Glenn, Pete, Bruce and Steve (and one very friendly roadie). At the end of the evening Chris gave me his phone number and said we had to come to the concert in Brighton a few weeks later - he'd pick us up from the station if we called him when we arrived. He had just bought a new house there and we could stay over night, they'd get us into the concert on a pass and as he put it 'everyone was coming to the party afterwards' at his place. We were so thrilled and when we got home we checked out the date with horror as it was the night before Ruth's English A'level and my Maths A'level - two years of study verses the party of our lives! We were just too embarrassed to say that we were too nerdy to come as our A'levels came first to ring up and say thanks so much but we can't make it! Often wondered what I missed for the sake of my university - but what amazing guys the lot of them and Chris Difford - superstar!!!! Thanks for posting so I can see them together again.
@shb.hockey7555 What a ‘bloody’ amazing story. I’m in the US. so I still don’t know about A and O levels but we had (in NY State anyway) Regents exams in all subjects-Math, English, Biology, Foreign Language etc. but History was a killer coz it covered all 3 years of High School History so Idk what I wdve. done in a similar situ.
Hi Jeff, we do A'levels at 18 (usually in 3 subjects) as prep and entry to university. Around 8 months later I nearly relived the party I had missed. I got tickets to a New Year's concert in Birmingham. Costello was headline, then Rockpile (Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds) and the third band had just had their first hit UB40. I had gotten a ticket for a 14 year old lad who was a mad Costello fan and who could only go to gigs with an older chaperone. As we approached new years, the promoters added Squeeze, the 2-tone band Selector and then the night before Madness were added. All for a £3.50(about $5 in those days) ticket price. Because I had gotten the tickets early Alex and I were practically front row. As the evening started we learned the John Cooper-Clark had been recruited to compare between the acts as they set up the stage for the next band. The gig was totally out of this world but it stepped up a notch when Madness came on. Suggys walked to the front of the stage as he came on and brought both hands up from his sides in a "get up" kind of action. The audience had been seated through Rockpile, but at this 20,000 people were standing on their seats. I left my seat and Alex and I went right down the front, the stadium was sectioned off and hence only people from our area could hmget there and so I wasn't of around 20 people pressed up against the front of the stage for the rest of the concert which ran on way past its 11pm intended finish time. And so at 1:15 am as Elvis rounded off the set we found ourselves furthest from the exit right at the stage. We took our time walking out, as there was little point and as we passed the sound desk (which was in our zone at the front) I recognized Suggs listening to the playback of his set. We stopped and I Alex him to sign my program. He was just as cool as Chris Difford and as we were like the last people in the stadium ne suggested that we come back stage with him where the bands were celebrating new year. This time I had to consider how I was going to get Alex home the 50 miles when our only transport (as all the trains had finished for the night) was my dad who had no doubt been waiting for the past 2 and a half hours outside for the overdue concert to finish. This time I did get to say thanks for the invite and a big sorry. Nevertheless it was yet another great party missed!
It's funny how happy tears is often my response coming across something this beautiful.
I had totally forgotten about this song. Awesome tune and Elvis' rendition is terrific.
Brilliant!! Thanks for posting. I would have given my left anything to see these guys playing live.
WOW that was FAB!
The song gives me goosebumps and seeing a tribute to it by these great artists is awesome!
Great performance but I still like Paul Jones singing it.
Thanks so much for bringing this back, used to watch it loads. Fantastic period for Squeeze when Elvis Costello was working with them to produce the East Side Story Album. Brilliant live version of a classic song! Thanks again.
this is wonderful ,elvis costello is the only person i will allow to sing my very favourite song ever ......xx
elvis costello you have done a fantastic job with my all time favourite song xxxxxxx
Wow. Squeeze, Elvis C and Nick Lowe singing the best Manfred Mann song. Brill.
Absolutely Fabulous.
So nice to see the cream of late '70's pop all together. I think Elvis and Glen blend fantastic on vocal, mind you Glen would blend with anyone! Elvis vocal much more "believable" than the original.
I am from the generation when bands created music in parts,so nice to hear a great bass player doing exactly that! Gives room
This is why the internet was invented.
thanks for posting this fantastic song, one of my favorites
Absolutely brilliant.
My grandpa Mark, wrote this song in 1966, and I just released my cover of it on my TH-cam channel! I would greatly appreciate any support I can get
Amazing! As a huge Sq fan, I've never seenn/heard this, nor been aware that it happened. Love Chris's smiles - pure joy!
It's Nick who makes this really enjoyable...thanks for this!
Just brilliant!
Wow. EC with most of Squeeze and Nick Lowe. The best.
Give Elvis his dues. His voice has improved substantially over the past three decades. I heard him live recently and his singing was really accomplished. Back when he was in his 'prime' he probably hadn't put the effort into vocal training.
Vicky Verky
This was such a charming and beautifully sung song by the Manfreds.
by Manfred Mann, actually, the Manfreds were the later revival of the band less its founder.
@@racketman2u Hey racketman. You are dead right. Of course it was the fabulous Manfred Mann. I was just being abbreviative, and had forgotten about the later manifestation of this great group.
The Manfred Mann recording was meaningful and poignant, with such fabulous singing.
Thank you for the heads up.All the best.
Paul Weller does a nice cover, too.
Thanks for reposting this. Great performance.
oh my godddd i am SO in love with this!!!!
Thank you!!!!! This is a perfect start to 2013 - where would music be without Squeeze and Elvis?? BEST!!!!
Love Squeeze and Elvis Costello.
And very glad to see it back too!
Wow !! What a treat !!
this is a proper 'supergroup'
I agree with you❤
Fantastic line-up. What a great vid.
Love. Love. Love.
Thanks, excellent!
Thanks for saving this great performance!
lovin this version ...... it's great
Mark Barkan wrote this - an amazing talent. So many amazing songs.
R.I.P., he has a flamingo on his gravestone as tribute.
@@sebastianbarks1847 Wow, I didn't know that. Awesome.
One could go to the grave content that the world is a better place for having written this beauty
i was bluffing madly, but i had a nice drink!
You drank. HEH.
Go on son!!
L-R: Tilbrook, Costello, Difford, Lowe. Rear: Levis
Squeeze brightens up any neighborhood.
LAVIS!
The drummer is Gilson Lavis, lives in Pinchbeck Lincolnshire. I was his postman, no kidding!….
best on the net. nice one!
I couldn't name an Elvis Costello song if my life depended on it. But I like this.
neither could I! oh,apart from "Oliver's Army", of course. and all those other great songs from "Armed Forces", like "Moods For Moderns", "Busy Bodies", "Chemistry Class", and "Senior Service", ooh, and "Watching The Detectives", oh, and "Veronica", that's a good one, but apart from that, ... nah, can't think of any.
Couldn’t name Allison?
Not an Elvis Costello fan. I'm so old, I remember when Manfred Mann did this song; and when Elvis meant Presley.
That drummer has backed more of the worlds best than any drummer in music history.
Gilsoni Lavis , lives in Pinchbeck Lincolnshire. I was his Postman!.. no kidding
@@terrybarton8388 I’ve had many laughs with Gilson. He’s one of the best.
Think that was at Montreaux jazz festival. I was there
Fucking brilliant.
GREAT!
A bigger UK hit for Manfred Mann. The Everly Brothers pulled off a great cover of this in the mid 1960s, using the Hollies and Jimmy Page as session cats.
Love it
A song about a beautiful woman! And what's wrong about a beautiful woman, cod all woman are beautiful
Great notice a lyric change from manfred man , Elvia Costello a great version so together acoustic guitars brilliant love it so normal not plastic feel your there having a good time brilliant 😛x
I remember this from when it was posted previously. This version of the old Manfred Mann standard is excellent.
great
Superb
Sounds great. Greetings all from the Justmadeit2 channel
FYI, the drummer here is Gilson Lavis, Squeeze's drummer at the time.
wow 10/10 thanx
There's only one Elvis I love this version
sir bob dylan likes this
Sing it. Lallalala . . .Pretty Flamingo . . .
Casino Montreux 11 juli 1989
Elvis Costello (g, voc, kbds), Gilson Travis (dr), Nick Lowe (b), Chris Difford (voc, g), Glen Tilbrook (g)
1 Pads Paws And Claws
2 She Feels Messed Around
3 Live My Kitten Alone
4 It's Crying Time Again
5 Loveable
6 Honey Are You Straight Or Are You Blind
7 Let's The Good Times Roll
8 Pretty Flamingo
9 Slow Down
Gilson LAVIS! GLENN Tilbrook!
The old Manfred Mann hit!!
e1 G C G C G C On our block all of the guys call her flamingo C D G C D G Cause her hair glows like the sun and her eyes can light the sky Verse 2 C G C G C When she moves she walks so fine like a flamingo C D G C D G Crimson dress that clings so tight she's out of reach and out of sight Bridge C D G When she walks by she brightens up the neighbourhood C D G D Oh every guy would make her his if he just could if she just would Verse 3 G C G C G C Some sweet day I'll make her mine pretty flamingo C D G C D G Then every guy will envy me cause paradise is where I'll be Bridge Verse 3
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The drummer is Gilson Lavis.
paul jones kills it!
written by friend bridget barkan's dad, mark barkan!
lucky you!!!
i've loved this song ever since i first heard it -- the rod stewart version in 1976 or so. probly cuz it reminded me of a particular female schoolmate :D i never owned up to liking it, my crowd were all into zz top, the stones skynyrd etc & it was 'too pop' & 'too romantic.' interestingly tonight i learn not only did elvis costello cover it live - springsteen did too. [i much prefer EC's version.]
See, you were in good company all along.
I remember when the new family moved into the neighborhood. The youngest daughter was so pretty and sweet. I was too shy to do anything about it. Every time I hear this song I remember her, 45 years later. Saw her a few months ago, still looks fine. Kind of a dingbat, though.
Ah! Let's take a listen to Baltimore's Tommy Vann and the Echos version.
Elvis does the best cover ever. But Manfred Mann original is better.
No! Elvis owns it...
Thank God you place it back again! I cannot believe some idiot in this day & age pushed for such a claim for a live cover song. Jesus... as if you would make money of of it...
Look how 'appy Chris is.
In reply to: Joseph Schwartz's comment below: Well, no. This is NOT why this was the Internet was invented. But I will add this: it is about the ONLY reason why folks like us (yeah, real people) find it in any way worthwhile.
You gotta love a mustang bass
Tillbrook looks like he's going through withdrawals
Or sweating out the booze
Elvis
Squeeze
Rockpile
Wow
A purist version!
Nice to see that Nick finally learned how to play the bass. Took what 20 years?
have you heard 'I love the sound of breaking glass'? nifty bass in there
Squeeze were great! Super lyricists - tho this song is by Mark Barkan. Elvis isn't the world's greatest singer. Check out the Manfred Mann version.
Most covers are dreadful. This isnt, Top track!
I guess one learns this when listening to this after hearing Paul Jones ... Elvis Costello cannot sing. It is, however, a rockin' version.
He was the WORST choice to sing this!