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Sitting in a hotel room here last week on the eve of a U.S. tour, Costello acknowledged that the controversial image initially helped him attract attention, but he feels it eventually threatened to smother him, emotionally and creatively. | Sitting in a hotel room here last week on the eve of a U.S. tour, Costello acknowledged that the controversial image initially helped him attract attention, but he feels it eventually threatened to smother him, emotionally and creatively. | ||
"I think I was definitely beginning to lose control of things," Costello, 27, said. "It's too personal to go into all of it, but I will say I made several wrong turns in succession around the time of the 'Armed Forces' album. I found myself getting farther and farther from what I started out to be and moving toward all the things I hated." | "I think I was definitely beginning to lose control of things," Costello, 27, said. "It's too personal to go into all of it, but I will say I made several wrong turns in succession around the time of the ''Armed Forces'' album. I found myself getting farther and farther from what I started out to be and moving toward all the things I hated." | ||
In the five years since the release of his first album, Costello has established himself as one of | In the five years since the release of his first album, Costello has established himself as one of the most enigmatic and volatile figures in rock. | ||
the most enigmatic and volatile figures in rock. | |||
Alarmed by seeing the pop machinery strip the creativity from many of his own favorite artists, the Englishman challenged pop conventions at every turn avoiding interviews, refusing to court radio stations and frequently showing little regard for his audience. It wasn't uncommon for him to walk off stage after only 40 minutes during his early tours. | Alarmed by seeing the pop machinery strip the creativity from many of his own favorite artists, the Englishman challenged pop conventions at every turn avoiding interviews, refusing to court radio stations and frequently showing little regard for his audience. It wasn't uncommon for him to walk off stage after only 40 minutes during his early tours. | ||
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The most dramatic of the Costello explosions occurred in 1979 when the singer got into a drunken dispute with Bonnie Bramlett and other rock musicians in a Columbus, Ohio, bar. Trying to offend their sensibilities so they'd leave the bar, Costello later said, he made a racial slur against Ray Charles. After the other musicians reported the incident to the press, the tale was widely distributed, causing many rock fans to brand Costello a racist. | The most dramatic of the Costello explosions occurred in 1979 when the singer got into a drunken dispute with Bonnie Bramlett and other rock musicians in a Columbus, Ohio, bar. Trying to offend their sensibilities so they'd leave the bar, Costello later said, he made a racial slur against Ray Charles. After the other musicians reported the incident to the press, the tale was widely distributed, causing many rock fans to brand Costello a racist. | ||
Costello was so shaken by the reaction that he broke his press silence to meet with reporters in New York to give his side of the story and apologize for the misunderstanding. He then resumed the media blackout. | Costello was so shaken by the reaction that he broke his press silence to [[Event 1979-03-30 New York|meet]] with reporters in New York to give his side of the story and apologize for the misunderstanding. He then resumed the media blackout. | ||
Asked why he is doing interviews again, he said: | Asked why he is doing interviews again, he said: |
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