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I've bought the product since 1977. ''Trust'' doesn't have any wrongheaded moves. So what's wrong with the picture? | I've bought the product since 1977. ''Trust'' doesn't have any wrongheaded moves. So what's wrong with the picture? | ||
Maybe just changing times. What was brash and powerful four years ago has become Costello's success formula now. The new wave is moving on and new artists like UA, the Teardrop Explodes, the Psychedelic Furs, Joy Division and Adam and the Ants are stretching the boundaries, much like Costello did back when new wave was just a cleaner name for punk rock, and rock needed a profound kick in the rear. With ''Trust'' Costello shows signs of becoming a craftsman first and foremost. He has carved out a market. He | Maybe just changing times. What was brash and powerful four years ago has become Costello's success formula now. The new wave is moving on and new artists like UA, the Teardrop Explodes, the Psychedelic Furs, Joy Division and Adam and the Ants are stretching the boundaries, much like Costello did back when new wave was just a cleaner name for punk rock, and rock needed a profound kick in the rear. With ''Trust'' Costello shows signs of becoming a craftsman first and foremost. He has carved out a market. He is (although this is probably a contradiction in terms) a new wave superstar. He's brought something that was once radical — cutting, poppy vignettes about emotional complications and hurt — into the mainstream. But that necessarily means that the center has shifted. To think of Costello as merely a popular entertainer with a quick and biting wit does not do justice to those memories of 1977 and 1978. | ||
Elvis Costello once jerked your head around and made you pay attention. Now, you'll pay attention, but you'll fed like you ought to — not that you have to. It's the difference between rock 'n' roll at the edge, the kind that demands a reaction, and rock 'n' roll practiced within limits, the kind that pleases if you like the sound. | Elvis Costello once jerked your head around and made you pay attention. Now, you'll pay attention, but you'll fed like you ought to — not that you have to. It's the difference between rock 'n' roll at the edge, the kind that demands a reaction, and rock 'n' roll practiced within limits, the kind that pleases if you like the sound. |
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