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<center><h3> Elvis sings for neurotic lovers only </h3></center> | <center><h3> Elvis sings for neurotic lovers only </h3></center> | ||
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Elvis Costello is a special kind of romantic—constantly trying to reconcile his vision of ideal love with the reality of day-to-day relationships, he's produced a series of anxious, exhilarating records, any of which could be sub-titled For Neurotic Lovers Only. | Elvis Costello is a special kind of romantic—constantly trying to reconcile his vision of ideal love with the reality of day-to-day relationships, he's produced a series of anxious, exhilarating records, any of which could be sub-titled For Neurotic Lovers Only. | ||
The new record, '' | The new record, ''Imperial Bedroom'' is a novel Costello album because, unlike the ironically titled ''Get Happy'' and ''Trust'', it offers a relatively optimistic vision of romance. But that's not saying a whole lot, considering the bleak outlook of Elvis' earlier songs. In other words, he has yet to write anything like "Surfer Girl;" on the other hand, nothing on ''Imperial Bedroom'' is as cynical as "Lip Service." | ||
The glimmers of hope on this album show that Elvis is moving towards a more comprehensive vision of love. No longer bitterly pessimistic, he sings ''"When will you realize / There are 10 commandments of love?,"'' and means it. There's not a hint of cynicism as Elvis declares, "P.P.S. I L-O-V-E / I love you" in "The Loved Ones." There are even a few tracks that approach being love songs. "Almost Blue" and "Human Hands" are Elvis's admissions that romance can result in something other than anger. | The glimmers of hope on this album show that Elvis is moving towards a more comprehensive vision of love. No longer bitterly pessimistic, he sings ''"When will you realize / There are 10 commandments of love?,"'' and means it. There's not a hint of cynicism as Elvis declares, ''"P.P.S. I L-O-V-E / I love you"'' in "The Loved Ones." There are even a few tracks that approach being love songs. "Almost Blue" and "Human Hands" are Elvis's admissions that romance can result in something other than anger. | ||
None of this means that Costello is becoming complacent as he gets older. He still acknowledges brutal reality in the form of: bullies ("The Loved Ones"), the unfaithful ("The Long Honeymoon"), and the manipulative ("Tears Before Bedtime"). There are some characteristic Costello sneers — ''"He wants to be a fancy man / but he's nothing but a nancy-boy / he's all pride and no joy."'' Yet even in his attacks. Elvis has grown away from his early, angry young man stance. He is now capable of expressing his anger without condemning the entire human race. And he's capable of expressing more than anger. | None of this means that Costello is becoming complacent as he gets older. He still acknowledges brutal reality in the form of: bullies ("The Loved Ones"), the unfaithful ("The Long Honeymoon"), and the manipulative ("Tears Before Bedtime"). There are some characteristic Costello sneers — ''"He wants to be a fancy man / but he's nothing but a nancy-boy / he's all pride and no joy."'' Yet even in his attacks. Elvis has grown away from his early, angry young man stance. He is now capable of expressing his anger without condemning the entire human race. And he's capable of expressing more than anger. | ||
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Like the pre-Christian Dylan, Costello revels in word play while aspiring to make some profound statements about love. Like Dylan, he often manages to get away with both. On ''Imperial Bedroom'' Elvis has revealed the tenderness under the bitter wit, the romance doesn't suffer at the expense of the puns. | Like the pre-Christian Dylan, Costello revels in word play while aspiring to make some profound statements about love. Like Dylan, he often manages to get away with both. On ''Imperial Bedroom'' Elvis has revealed the tenderness under the bitter wit, the romance doesn't suffer at the expense of the puns. | ||
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''I wake up in the morning / There's frogs inside my socks / The mailman he's hiding behind the icebox / your mother she's wearing a Napoleon Bonaparte mask. | ''I wake up in the morning / There's frogs inside my socks / The mailman he's hiding behind the icebox / your mother she's wearing a Napoleon Bonaparte mask. | ||
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