I saw Elvis that year, 1981 and it was a blast, Squeeze opened up for him and it was my most memorable concert of hundreds!

Rest in peace, my old friend, Tom. The best.

It was a good time to be between colleges and available to see this live.

If my memory serves correct, I believe Tom Snyder was nervous interviewing EC at this time because his interview with Johnny Rotten the year before had been a disaster, and he wasn't sure what to expect from another edgy rock star. But Elvis surprised him with his intelligence and respect. You can almost see Snyder's sense of relief as the interview progresses and he realizes Elvis is responding reasonably. Also, the music is great!

Tom Snyder....greatest interviewer EVER!

i love this song

Thank you! Great interview and great performance. So exciting!

fantastic. thank you!!!

Thank you so much for posting! Indoorgames...you rock! Cheers!

love elvis and loved tom he had real conversations with his guests not a lot of sarcasm and insults like todays late nite hosts

This guy does the best interviews

Yay! New Lace Sleeves! Probably my favourite Elvis Costello song, thanks loads for uploading this!

I remember seeing this when it first came on back then..I think you can get this on dvd..

Thanks

Wow funny looking at the information on this video I'm noticing that this interview was performed on the day I was born 2/3/81. Hard to imagine Elvis costello as an outlaw today as tom snyder impresses on the audience at this time. I guess 30 years of relevancy will strip away those feelings after a while. Now one can look back at an amazing career and body of work. Ive always felt that Elvis possessed a certain vertiousity (sp)?

He is hilarious!!! Very intelligent man is Elvis!

Hahaha he's very very sharp:') awesome guy

Oh... my... god. Snyder just winked @ 0:24 Tom Snyder was absolutely gorgeous.

"Oh, well, you're such a flatterer..."

I'm sure CBS will be very upset that NBC content is on KZfaq.

@PAULLONDEN Armed Forces was a great album

@PAULLONDEN You have no clue!!

Good manners and bad breathe gets you nowhere. It's true.

FAK !! EC was a computer programmer ? I have hope after all.

Too bad the mix is so fucked up; the organ is way too loud.

Great song, horrible mix.