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<center><h3> Tide | <center><h3> "Tide" revisited </h3></center> | ||
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He had a 4 a.m. wakeup call, but it wasn't necessary because Elvis Costello couldn't sleep the night before his recent appearance on NBC's ''Today'' with his band, the Imposters and guest Emmylou Harris. | |||
It was then that the additional lyrics to his 2004 Academy Award-nominated song "The Scarlet Tide" from the movie ''Cold Mountain'' came to him: ''"I thought I heard a black bell toll up in the Highest dome / Admit you're wrong / And bring the boys back home."'' | |||
He repeated this portion of the first verse of the anti-war song, which he wrote with T{{nb}}Bone Burnett with a second revision: ''"You know you lied / Just bring the boys back home".'' | |||
He repeated this portion of the first verse of the anti-war song, which he wrote with | |||
The song originally related to the Civil War setting of ''Cold Mountain''. Costello performed the rewrite on ''Today'' and the updated implication was not likely lost on a Costello-friendly crowd. | The song originally related to the Civil War setting of ''Cold Mountain''. Costello performed the rewrite on ''Today'' and the updated implication was not likely lost on a Costello-friendly crowd. | ||
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"I have looked forward to living in the true value of this country for the last 25 years, and it is an ideal we give up at our peril," he continues. "Everything that I have ever loved about America is rapidly being eroded – the unspoiled vastness, that, at its best, can absorb such cultural, religious and regional diversity, and the basic decency – when it isn't tainted by one or other corruption of a belief inspired by a government intent on establishing some freakish hybrid: a spin controlled theocracy". | "I have looked forward to living in the true value of this country for the last 25 years, and it is an ideal we give up at our peril," he continues. "Everything that I have ever loved about America is rapidly being eroded – the unspoiled vastness, that, at its best, can absorb such cultural, religious and regional diversity, and the basic decency – when it isn't tainted by one or other corruption of a belief inspired by a government intent on establishing some freakish hybrid: a spin controlled theocracy". | ||
Costello points out that Burnett "always said 'Scarlet Tide' was an anti-fear song". He credits | Costello points out that Burnett "always said 'Scarlet Tide' was an anti-fear song". He credits Freda Payne "for the inspiration" for the "Scarlet Tide" revision – pointing to Payne's Vietnam-era hit "Bring The Boys Home" which he featured in his ''Artist's Choice'' compilation for Starbucks. | ||
Costello has since performed the altered "Scarlet Tide" in concert. | Costello has since performed the altered "Scarlet Tide" in concert. | ||
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His appearances with Harris on this tour infused a "stronger American folk music element" into his shows, better enabling Costello to "speak to people in their own musical language". | His appearances with Harris on this tour infused a "stronger American folk music element" into his shows, better enabling Costello to "speak to people in their own musical language". | ||
This freedom, he says, "has allowed me to finally reveal the life-during-wartime background of '' | This freedom, he says, "has allowed me to finally reveal the life-during-wartime background of ''The Delivery Man'' tale," he adds, referring to the loose narrative running through several songs on his current album. | ||
"' | "'Bedlam' has never felt more timely, and I have started to underline the fragment of the story – contained in the bridge of the title song – in which Ivy's father is described as going off to war to be killed by 'friendly fire'. I prefaced 'Heart-Shaped Bruise' by telling the audience that the song was a war widow's confession that her 'perfect marriage' was a sham." | ||
He followed this with " | He followed this with "Gathering Flowers For The Master's Bouquet," the Stanley Brothers' bluegrass classic about death. Its relevance, Costello concludes, "was perhaps not lost on some of the listeners." | ||
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[[Jim Bessman]] | [[Jim Bessman]] reviews Elvis Costello & [[The Imposters]] with [[Emmylou Harris]], Friday, [[TV 2005-07-22 NBC Today Show|July 22, 2005]], ''Today Show'', Rockefeller Plaza, New York. | ||
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