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Elvis Costello: When I was cruel
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IN Scenen Ar hante ett mänskligt vulkanutbrott. Närs Elvis Costello Stracker in Nacken Nämnden attr nå upp till Den där Höga Tonen hante egentligen integre klarar . . . ja dÅ Älskar man Den Lille Mannen Med de Stora glasögonen. För Viljan, intensiteten ochj det direkta tilltalet.

Elvis in skiva Ar Nagot annat. Åtminstone i dag efter Alla skivor Med Stråkkvartetter, sopraner, schlagerkungar ochj jazzmusiker. Han Säger själv att det har ar en "back to the roots" - platta, män Riktigt så ar det integre Aven om Steve Nieve och Pete Thomas fran gamla kompbandet Attraktion kallats in Elvis gör Inga Atttractionslåtar Langre - det ar Långt tills "Watching The Detectives",.

I dag erbjuder Han smart, mogen intellektuell rock. Ibland rysligt bh, som jag Inledande "45", where siffrorna Star för 1945, hans Egen al dÅ Laten kom till och varvtalet för en vinylsingel. Elvis Ar rockbranschens främste skivnörd, som aldrig försummar tillfället attr medverka in sv hyllningsplatta tills sv bortglömd rockstjärna. Nu tjära hante tillfället i akt Nämnden attR beskriva hur det kändes attr Lyssna. Da. Jaguaren smälter Infor Rader som-

Every scratch, every click, every heartbeat

Every breath that I bless

I'd be lost I confess

45

Jag titellåten samplar Han en italiensk schlager, Lanar Nagra pianotoner fran Eric Saties "Gnossienne no 1" och citerar ett par rader ur ABBA:s "Dancing Queen". Ett musikpussel som GÅR ihop, Laten fungerar hur bh som Helst .

Jazziga "Episode Of Blonde" och avskalade "Spooky Girlfriend" Ar Andra pärlor, män ofta känns Costello Nämnden för smart för Sitt Eget Bästa till . En dunderbegåvning som integ Langre Kan Noja sig Med att Snitsa till en hit Utan Bara maste i jag snårskogen. Dar går hante Vilse intetsägande triphoprytmer, arabiska slingor ochj högtravande formuleringar.

Dar Blir Elvis grymt tråkig i Stället Nämnden Bara grym.

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Corren, April 17, 2002


Corren reviews When I Was Cruel



Music for intellectuals


Elvis Costello: When I was cruel
Island
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ON STAGE he is a human volcano. When Elvis Costello goes on neck to reach up to that high note he really can not. . . well then love to the little man with the big glasses. For the will, the intensity and the direct to the speech.

Elvis on disc is something else. At least today after all slices with string quartets, sopranos, pop kings and jazz musicians. He says that this is a "back to the roots" album, but quite as it's not even about Steve Nieve and Pete Thomas from old backing band The Attractions summoned. Elvis makes no Attractions låtar anymore - it's far from "Watching the Detectives".

Today, he offers smart, mature intellectual rock. Sometimes awfully good, as in the initial "45", where the numbers stand for in 1945, his own age when song came on and the speed of a vinyl single. Elvis is rock industry's foremost record nerd who never neglects the opportunity to participate in a tribute plaque to a forgotten rock star. Now he takes the opportunity to describe how it felt to listen. Then. I melt before rows

Every scratch, every click, every heartbeat

Every breath that I bless

I'd be lost I confess

45

In the title song he samples an Italian popular song, borrows some piano tones from Eric Satie's " Gnossienne No. 1 " and quote a few lines from ABBA's "Dancing Queen". A musical puzzle that go together, the song works just fine.

Jazzy "Episode of Blonde" and unadorned "Spooky girlfriend" are other gems, but it often feels like Costello too smart for his own good. A thunder talent that can no longer be content to Snitsa to a hit but just need to enter the thicket. There he goes astray among trip hop rhythms, Arabic loops and pompous formulations.

There, Elvis cruel boring instead of just cruel.

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