Elvis on SNL

Not that Elvis. Elvis Costello. Was talking about him with my friend and I remembered this.

Anybody else see it happen live?

I love Elvis Costello.. He does not get the credit he deserves. Great musician and song writer. I didn't see this when it happened, that was back in the day. But I did catch the VH1 special he did, and it was great!

Allison is one of my favorite songs, I did a stupid crappy cover of it on my myspace page, but he has many many tunes in his catalog that are just brilliant.

Unfortunatley, he's going to have to die before anyone appreciates his contributions.

Ah, the golden years of SNL. I remember this well. No one knew who the hell Elvis was at the time. You had to love SNL back then, for some of the great musical moments they were part of. Do you rememeber Mick Jagger coming out when Peter Tosh was performing "Don't Look Back"? Or Belushi and Joe Cocker side by side, with Belushi doing his imitation of Cocker. Another classic is the reunion of Simon and Garfunkle performing "The Boxer".

Huge Costello fan over here. I didn't see that happen live, but I remember watching it as a re-run and being blown away. Pete Thomas is an under-appreciated drummer though, which is tragic. I do remember he played a Trixon kit (the one where the batter side is 22" and the resonant side is an 18" or something like that, so it looked like a cone) for a while and I thought it was so damn cool looking.

Nice , I just watched the Beastie Boys vid too.....good stuff right there

Elvis Costello is amazing live.

I remember seeing the Cocker/Belushi bit live. Cocker said later that was what inspired him to rid himself of those mannerisms. Too bad. It was what made Cocker, Cocker.

I had just turned 10. As a "gift" my stepfather let me stay up w/ him late to watch SNL. . .this very one. I remember it chargin' me up somethin' fierce. . ."WHAT IS THIS!!!???!!!! THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!"

Radio, Radio?

Now I remember that. That was cool. Way back when. However I got pissed at Elvis when he married my girl. Yes Diana Krall was supposed to be mine. Damn him.....Grrrrrrr

Aj in KS

I remember watching it. He stops Less Than Zero, and breaks into Radio Radio.

I must have been 11 at the time. I remember thinking, "Hey, that wasn't supposed to happen, was it?."

Rumor has it that Loren Michaels stood there next to the camera flipping Elvis the bird through the entire song.

Gotta love unscripted moments!

I could make that sing.

Yes. . .Radio Radio. . .

Diana Krall is great, I actually like her piano skills a little more than her voice.

Oh yes... She does have her piano chops. Great musician. And to paraphrase Monty. "She has Two, Huge.....Tracts of land..." Damn she's hot !!!! Damn Elvis......Grrrrrrr

And I actually like her tits a little more than her piano skills.

It still cracks me up when I think of Belushi next to Ray Charles singing "What'd I Say" but singing "What Did I Say" instead.

Hope he's enjoying his speedballs in comedian heaven.

It's her voice. Not a bad sound anywhere. The piano's very schooled and rehearsed but of all the strange things, needs, jazzin'. Then boobs. Where can you find 'em?