I like pre-90s Costello very much, but greatest of his generation? That's a bold statement...and I don't think he was the best song writer on his first label (Joe Jackson). I definitely think he's behind Paul Weller, Robyn Hitchcock and Joe Strummer.

I saw Costello and the Impostors open for Steely Dan a few months ago and they were utter and total crap. Embarrassingly bad. I honestly felt sorry for them.

I will never understand the Eric Clapton thing. Never.