Elvis Costello, Alison / I Hope (live), Fox Theater, Oakland, CA, November 14, 2021 (4K)

Elvis Costello & The Imposters play the songs "Alison" and "I Hope" live in concert at The Fox Theater in Oakland, California on November 14, 2021. Alison (often misspelled "Allison") appeared on Elvis Costello's debut album, My Aim Is True (1977). I Hope was a bonus track on National Ransom (2010). Costello is a Grammy Award winning English singer-songwriter who was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2003. The Imposters are Steve Nieve (keyboards), Pete Thomas (drums), and Davey Faragher (bass). Joining them onstage was special guest Charlie Sexton (guitar).

In his autobiography, Costello said about Alison: "I've always told people that I wrote the song 'Alison' after seeing a beautiful checkout girl at the local supermarket. She had a face for which a ship might have once been named. Scoundrels might once have fought mist-swathed duels to defend her honour. Now she was punching in the prices on cans of beans at a cash register and looking as if all the hopes and dreams of her youth were draining away. All that were left would soon be squandered to a ruffian who told her convenient lies and trapped her still further."

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Alison lyrics:

Oh, it's so funny to be seeing you after so long, girl
And with the way you look, I understand that you are not impressed
But I heard you let that little friend of mine
Take off your party dress
I'm not going to get too sentimental
Like those other sticky valentines
'Cause I don't know if you were loving somebody
I only know it isn't mine

Alison, I know this world is killing you
Oh, Alison, my aim is true

Well, I see you've got a husband now
Did he leave your pretty fingers lying in the wedding cake?
You used to hold him right in your hand
I'll bet he took all he could take
Sometimes, I wish that I could stop you from talking
When I hear the silly things that you say
I think somebody better put out the big light
'Cause I can't stand to see you this way

Alison, I know this world is killing you
Oh, Alison, my aim is true

My aim is true

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Hello Again live tour dates (2021):

Oct. 13 - Memphis, TN @ The Soundstage At Graceland
Oct. 15 - Louisville, KY @ The Louisville Palace
Oct. 16 - Cincinnati, OH @ ICON Music Center
Oct. 18 - Raleigh, NC @ Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
Oct. 19 - Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy
Oct. 20 - Charlotte, NC @ Belk Theater
Oct. 22 - Red Bank, NJ @ Count Basie Center For The Arts
Oct. 24 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Met
Oct. 25-26 - Port Chester, NY @ The Capitol Theatre
Oct. 28 - Providence, RI @ Providence Performing Arts Center
Oct. 29 - Portsmouth, NH @ The Music Hall
Oct. 30 - Brookville, NY @ Tilles Center
Nov. 2 - Ann Arbor, MI @ Michigan Theater
Nov. 3 - Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre
Nov. 4 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
Nov. 6 - Madison, WI @ The Sylvee
Nov. 7 - Indianapolis, IN @ Murat Theatre
Nov. 10 - Phoenix AZ @ Arizona Federal Theatre
Nov. 11 - San Diego, CA @ The Magnolia
Nov. 13 - Los Angeles, CA @ YouTube Theater
Nov. 14 - Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater

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Elvis Costello official bio:

Elvis Costello began writing songs at the age of thirteen. 2017 marked the 40th anniversary of the release his first record album, “My Aim Is True.” He is perhaps best known for the songs, “Alison,” “Pump It Up,” “Everyday I Write The Book,” and his rendition of the Nick Lowe song, “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace Love and Understanding.”

His record catalogue of more than thirty albums includes the contrasting pop and rock & roll albums, “This Year’s Model,” ”Armed Forces,” “Imperial Bedroom,” “Blood and Chocolate” and “King Of America” along with an album of country covers, “Almost Blue” and two collections of orchestrally accompanied piano ballads, “Painted From Memory” – with Burt Bacharach and “North.”

He has performed worldwide with his bands, The Attractions, His Confederates – which featured two members of Elvis Presley’s “T.C.B” band – and his current group, The Imposters – Steve Nieve, Pete Thomas and Davey Faragher – as well as solo concerts, most recently his acclaimed solo show, “Detour.”

During his career, Costello has received numerous prestigious honors, including two Ivor Novello Awards for songwriting, a Dutch Edison Award with The Brodsky Quartet for “The Juliet Letters,” the Nordoff-Robbins Silver Clef Award, a BAFTA for the music written with Richard Harvey for Alan Bleasdale’s television drama series “G.B.H.” and a Grammy for “I Still Have That Other Girl” from his 1998 collaboration with Burt Bacharach, “Painted From Memory.”

Elvis Costello and The Attractions were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003. In the same year, Costello was awarded ASCAP’s prestigious Founder’s Award. In 2004 Costello was nominated for an Oscar for Best Song – “The Scarlet Tide,” co-written with T Bone Burnett and sung by Alison Krauss in the motion picture “Cold Mountain.” In 2016 Elvis Costello was inducted into the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame in the company of Chip Taylor and Tom Petty.

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