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Elvis Costello is a missile among mortars. | Elvis Costello is a missile among mortars. | ||
The days of cuteness and cuffed dungarees are gone. | ''Armed Forces'', his latest triumph, is confidence and chutzpah rising out of the plastic stare constipating the recording industry. The lanky curious-looking bespectacled Costello has clearly had enough of his former image. | ||
Costello is | |||
The AM schtick factories that push the likes of Hot Chocolate and the Bee Gees can ill-afford to ignore Costello for long, even though the man in the corduroy jacket himself could care less. | The days of cuteness and cuffed dungarees are gone. The Briton is fed up. | ||
Moving to the front lines is the Sergeant Pepper of the 80s. | |||
Consider the cuts on the album | Costello is not punk or new wave. He is a powerful rocker-songwriter with a Fender guitar, crisp three-piece band (the Attractions) and the production genius of Nick Lowe. | ||
The AM schtick factories that push the likes of Hot Chocolate and the Bee Gees can ill-afford to ignore Costello for long, even though the man in the corduroy jacket himself could care less. | |||
Costello makes a cynical observation: | |||
So you think that you have seen her | Moving to the front lines is the Sergeant Pepper of the 80s. | ||
When | |||
But you | Consider the cuts on the album: | ||
"Goon Squad," a rock anthem for proletarians. | |||
You say | "Busy Bodies," an indictment of the synthetic love made to fit human needs. Costello makes a cynical observation: | ||
He | {{n}}''So you think that you have seen her<br> | ||
He wants what no one can<br> | {{n}}''When you're lying in between her…<br> | ||
He wants to know the names of<br> | {{n}}''But you don't care<br> | ||
All those | {{n}}''Busy bodies gettin' nowhere | ||
Two little Hitlers will fight it out until<br> | |||
One little Hitler does the other | "Moods for Moderns," an expose of beautiful people. Listen to this number the next time you flip through Cosmopolitan magazine. | ||
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This riff puts Bruce Springsteen to shame. | "Chemistry Class," a tender tune about the physical properties of human emotion. | ||
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Accidents will happen<br> | "Two Little Hitlers," a political study of a menage-a-trois. | ||
You used to be the victim<br> | {{n}}''You say you'll never know him<br> | ||
Now | {{n}}''He's an unnatural man<br> | ||
Accidents will happen<br> | {{n}}''He doesn't want your pleasure<br> | ||
{{n}}''He wants what no one can<br> | |||
I | {{n}}''He wants to know the names of<br> | ||
I know what | {{n}}''All those he's better than.<br> | ||
" | {{n}}''Two little Hitlers will fight it out until<br> | ||
" | {{n}}''One little Hitler does the other one's will | ||
"What's so Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding," a blitzkrieg of keyboards, guitars and drums herald Costello as he asks ''"Where is the harmony, sweet harmony."'' | |||
Also included in the record is an extended-play disc with live versions of | This riff puts Bruce Springsteen to shame. | ||
"Accidents Will Happen," a telling assessment of the frailty in human relations and the insensitivity that can result when a love goes awry. | |||
{{n}}''Accidents will happen<br> | |||
{{n}}''We're only hit and run<br> | |||
{{n}}''You used to be the victim<br> | |||
{{n}}''Now you're not the only one<br> | |||
{{n}}''Accidents will happen<br> | |||
{{n}}''We're only hit and run...<br> | |||
{{n}}''I don't want to hear it cos<br> | |||
{{n}}''I know what I've done | |||
"Senior Service," an angry piece blaming ''"the death that's worse than fate."'' | |||
"Oliver's Army" a satirical snipe at soldiers-for-hire. | |||
"Big Boys," a slicing narrative of misplaced masculinity. | |||
"Green Shirt," an eerie Vincent Price-like parable about a temptress and her blouse. | |||
"Party Girl," an electric yet satin-smooth love song, in the tradition of Costello's earlier "Alison," a poignant piece without being drippy. | |||
Also included in the record is an extended-play disc with live versions of "Alison" and "Accidents Will Happen." | |||
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