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It is curious that critics have waited this summer, with the release of ''Imperial Bedrooms'', to proclaim Elvis Costello a major pop talent. I remember when his first album, ''My Aim is True'' was released, and we all wondered how he could possibly follow that explosive debut. It was so fresh and uncompromising, the songs were short and cunning, and his voice sounded hurt and angry. | It is curious that critics have waited this summer, with the release of ''Imperial Bedrooms'', to proclaim Elvis Costello a major pop talent. I remember when his first album, ''My Aim is True'' was released, and we all wondered how he could possibly follow that explosive debut. It was so fresh and uncompromising, the songs were short and cunning, and his voice sounded hurt and angry. | ||
Next he put out ''This Year's Model'', which sounded like a cousin to Revolver, and better yet, he had formed a band, the Attractions, which shared his disillusioned view of the world. | Next he put out ''This Year's Model'', which sounded like a cousin to ''Revolver'', and better yet, he had formed a band, the Attractions, which shared his disillusioned view of the world. | ||
When I saw Elvis and the Attractions in Phoenix in the Spring of 1979, they did a 50-minute set with no encores and then the roadies turned on a loud droning buzz to disperse the crowd which still screamed for more. I wasn't disappointed, though, because in that fifty minutes Costello had been more impassioned than some performers are during an entire tour. | When I saw Elvis and the Attractions in Phoenix in the Spring of 1979, they did a 50-minute set with no encores and then the roadies turned on a loud droning buzz to disperse the crowd which still screamed for more. I wasn't disappointed, though, because in that fifty minutes Costello had been more impassioned than some performers are during an entire tour. |
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