Elvis Costello Wants Frank Sinatra To Record One Of His Songs | Letterman

Elvis talks about his music experiments, traveling to Japan and his love of Ol' Blue Eyes. (From "Late Night," air date: 8/23/82)
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[@johnsilva9139]

Was always a fan of Letterman"s from 1980 on but missed seeing many of his shows and interviews for one reason or another, and now 40 years later I finally get to see this very entertaining interview with Elvis Costello. Thanks. KZbin is a wonderful thing.

[@MarkThrustThusly]

Crazy to think that Elvis would fill in as a host someday...

[@hawsrulebegin7768]

Good to see a chat show actually ask the musician about the music.

[@declanapatricia636]

Or even interview the musician guests. They usually get just an introduction and the last few minutes of a show to play a song when they are the main attraction to talk shows.

[@GrantTarredus]

I remember calling a friend of mine who loves Costello as I do on the day Imperial Bedroom was released, which I see was 2 July 1982. It seems like yesterday, but somehow 39 years 8 months a week and 4 days have flown, and Elvis Costello has only thrilled me more and more through all that time. He gave us The Boy Named If a couple of months ago, and I can’t get enough of it. Thanks for a great upload! Somehow I missed this until now, and I enjoyed it so much.

[@JPMJPM]

Elvis Costello is this very minute on tour again with a brand new album!

[@GrantTarredus]

And what a great album it is! I couldn’t be more pleased with The Boy Named If.

[@TheMegapenthes]

Wow!

[@suzannefarrington4143]

Love to hear a group of EC nerds there for the talk. Looks like it pleases him, too.

[@satseetal]

Creativity at best!!!

[@ianstewart8301]

Thanks for posting this!

[@garrettdavis6500]

Greatest thing David Letterman ever did was champion Elvis Costello for American audience's.

[@Declan50]

It’s funny to hear Elvis do a southern accent. 😊

[@clayton3456]

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[@markjones952]

Liverpool native.

[@RSVPini]

He said he's from "West London" in this interview.

[@markjones952]

He lived in Liverpool as a teenager. His mother is from there.

[@stevejones3868]

@@markjones952 Birkenhead actually. It’s Liverpools New Jersey.

[@mortensenegbert6619]

Several apparent cutaways. Is it conceivable that someone edited out a song?? Something from Imperial Bedroom would've been brilliant.

[@slapstock6641]

Indeed, they cut out a fantastic "Kid About It".

[@mortensenegbert6619]

@@slapstock6641 Thanks - found it!

[@gash7278]

They cut out "Man Out of Time". That's the single track they talked about.