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<center><h3> | <center><h3> Armed Force Accidents </h3></center> | ||
<center> Notations Re: Peace, Love, and Understanding Elvis Costello </center> | |||
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As we move along, let me interject that Elvis' new album, ''Armed Forces'', is not as good as ''This Year's Model''. The later album has two hot sides, one of the few records sold in the last five years that you can actually listen to band for band, side one and side two. Armed Forces, disappointingly, has only one completely hot side (side one), and one that's barely so-so. I presume this doesn't mean that Elvis has peaked, but you never. His next album, whenever it's released, will be the key that tells us if Elvis has flashed his pan or if he's here for good with his catchy songs and snappy observations on the passing scene. For me, the verdict isn't in yet. | As we move along, let me interject that Elvis' new album, ''Armed Forces'', is not as good as ''This Year's Model''. The later album has two hot sides, one of the few records sold in the last five years that you can actually listen to band for band, side one and side two. Armed Forces, disappointingly, has only one completely hot side (side one), and one that's barely so-so. I presume this doesn't mean that Elvis has peaked, but you never. His next album, whenever it's released, will be the key that tells us if Elvis has flashed his pan or if he's here for good with his catchy songs and snappy observations on the passing scene. For me, the verdict isn't in yet. | ||
A large number of reviewers who criticized the Armed Forces album make mention of the fact that the original title was to be "Emotional Fascism" | A large number of reviewers who criticized the Armed Forces album make mention of the fact that the original title was to be "Emotional Fascism." As witty a title as we've heard in these parts since "Footsteps On The Ceiling." | ||
Is Elvis angry with us. Is he one of the new wave of angry young men who have something to say about how we chose to waste our time. Come to think of it, is he the only angry young man in rock and roll. Maybe, depends on who's emotional and who's the fascist. In my experience among the fields of rock stardom, I've encountered a few artistes who are both fascist and emotional when it comes to what they've got to say, though what they say may not spell out the fascism except by audience participation. | Is Elvis angry with us. Is he one of the new wave of angry young men who have something to say about how we chose to waste our time. Come to think of it, is he the only angry young man in rock and roll. Maybe, depends on who's emotional and who's the fascist. In my experience among the fields of rock stardom, I've encountered a few artistes who are both fascist and emotional when it comes to what they've got to say, though what they say may not spell out the fascism except by audience participation. | ||
My favourite description of Elvis comes from the April ''[[Trouser Press, April 1979|Trouser Press]]'' when Ira Robbins refers to him as "the Sultan of Spite" | My favourite description of Elvis comes from the April ''[[Trouser Press, April 1979|Trouser Press]]'' when Ira Robbins refers to him as "the Sultan of Spite." | ||
Maybe that's true. But the Private Elvis (you know, the one who won't do interviews) isn't saying. | Maybe that's true. But the Private Elvis (you know, the one who won't do interviews) isn't saying. | ||
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Elvis Costello Facts: And who knows if they're true: Elvis' real name is Declan Patrick MacManus. He was born in London and although his father was a jazz musician, it wasn't until he was in his late teens that he got involved in rock. He's 24 or 25 years old and has a wife and a child. He got discovered through an audition cassette that he dropped off at Stiff Records in London. | Elvis Costello Facts: And who knows if they're true: Elvis' real name is Declan Patrick MacManus. He was born in London and although his father was a jazz musician, it wasn't until he was in his late teens that he got involved in rock. He's 24 or 25 years old and has a wife and a child. He got discovered through an audition cassette that he dropped off at Stiff Records in London. | ||
"Actually I think I'm more devious than obsessive," says Elvis in the only in-depth interview with him we've seen. It appeared in London's ''New Music Express'' last spring. In it he talked about himself and his music. It's peppered with words like "disorientates" | "Actually I think I'm more devious than obsessive," says Elvis in the only in-depth interview with him we've seen. It appeared in London's ''New Music Express'' last spring. In it he talked about himself and his music. It's peppered with words like "disorientates," "one-dimensional," "revengeful," "vicious," "emotions," "hate," "viewpoint," "impersonal"... and by the time you've finished reading it you know less about Elvis Costello than you did when you started, except that he doesn't know [[Nick Lowe]] (his producer) very well (they work together but don't socialize). Wonder what the socialists have to say about that. | ||
Are you beginning to get the impression it's impossible to write a feature about Elvis Costello that says anything worth reading? | Are you beginning to get the impression it's impossible to write a feature about Elvis Costello that says anything worth reading? | ||
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<br><small>Photos. </small><br> | <br><small>Photos.</small><br> | ||
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