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"Shipbuilding" is a song with lyrics by Elvis Costello and music by Clive Langer. [1] Written during the Falklands War of 1982, Costello's lyrics highlight the irony of the war bringing back prosperity to the traditional shipbuilding areas of Clydeside, Merseyside (Cammell Laird), North East England and Belfast (Harland and Wolff) [2] to build new ships to replace those being sunk in the war ...
(1980). The songs are filled with catchy choruses and lyrics covering relationships and political themes. The record contains Costello's version of "Shipbuilding", co-written with Langer and featuring a trumpet solo by Chet Baker. The album takes its title from a lyric in "The Greatest Thing" and the cover artwork was designed by Phil Smee.
Pages in category "Songs written by Elvis Costello" The following 87 pages are in this category, out of 87 total. ... Shipbuilding (song) So Like Candy; Stranger in ...
Elvis Costello and T Bone Burnett might seem like portraits in courage, for anyone who has followed their individual and collective musical trail-blazing, but at the moment, they’re studies in ...
Shipbuilding is a mini album by the English singer Tasmin Archer, released in the US in 1994. [2] [3] Archer decided to follow up her successful 1992 debut Great Expectations with an EP of four covers of songs written by Elvis Costello, which was released in January 1994 in the singer's homeland of the UK.
Elvis Costello is performing 200+ songs from his 600+ songbook over 10 nights at the Gramercy Theatre in New York from Feb. 9-22. Costello superfan (and comedian) Connor Ratliff is bringing us the ...
Langer co-wrote the song "Shipbuilding" with Elvis Costello, and played organ on the version by Robert Wyatt which was a Top 40 hit in the UK.
Girls Girls Girls is a 1989 compilation album collecting various previously released songs by British singer/songwriter Elvis Costello [1] from 1977–86. Costello chose and ordered the tracks on the album himself, and accompanied them with extensive liner notes. The title of the album is sometimes rendered as Girls! Girls!