02 Mar
2012
2012
Elvis Costello performed “Brilliant Disguise” and “Fire” (web only) with the Roots as part of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band week on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Watch the videos below:
Brilliant Disguise
Fire
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[...] As a part of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Week on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Elvis Costello performed Brilliant Disguise and Fire (web only) with The Roots last night. Costello is one of our best performers extant. We’ll write more about Costello and Fallon’s Springsteen Week later (along with our thoughts on Springsteen’s impending new album), but in the meantime check out the performances below courtesy of the Audio Perv. [...]
[...] Costello – Brilliant DisguiseVideo by the Audio PervLate Night with Jimmy Fallon – March 1, [...]
I can’t believe Elvis still plays guitar with the wrap around thumb… man, that shit’s old school blues style all the way…
I LOVED Elvis Cost Ellis version of Brilliant Disguise!! Can’t stop listening to it!!!
[...] Jimmy Fallon’s week-long ode to Bruce Springsteen continued last night with a unique performance by Elvis Costello. With support from The Roots, Costello offered his own spin on “Brilliant Disguise”, one of the more popular tracks off Springsteen’s 1987 LP, Tunnel of Love, by injecting some of his trademark English soul into the original self-defeating Jersey confession-turned-ballad. It’s at a slower pace, but it doesn’t burn as much. Also, for a web-only exclusive, Costello reworked past live favorite ”Fire”, which originally came to fruition in the tumultuous post-Born to Run sessions and finally found a home on 2010′s The Promise. It’s pretty cool what he does with it, so check out both performances below, courtesy of The Audio Perv. [...]