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I'm reminded of that ''Honeymooners'' episode where, in Alice's absence, Ed gives Ralph a hand with the household chores by doing a little ironing. Stretched out on the board is Ralph's beloved bowling shirt with "Hurricanes" stitched across the back. Ed gets distracted, leaves the iron sitting on the shirt and before you can say "Bang! Zoom!" it's presto scorcho time. Just before he throws one of his gargantuan fits, Kramden inquires of Norton: "Is this your idea of a joke?" To which America's favorite engineer of subterranean sanitation replies: "No, that's my idea of a burn." | I'm reminded of that ''Honeymooners'' episode where, in Alice's absence, Ed gives Ralph a hand with the household chores by doing a little ironing. Stretched out on the board is Ralph's beloved bowling shirt with "Hurricanes" stitched across the back. Ed gets distracted, leaves the iron sitting on the shirt and before you can say "Bang! Zoom!" it's presto scorcho time. Just before he throws one of his gargantuan fits, Kramden inquires of Norton: "Is this your idea of a joke?" To which America's favorite engineer of subterranean sanitation replies: "No, that's my idea of a burn." | ||
''Almost Blue'' is my idea of a burn. It's certainly no joke. Costello has always had a soft spot in his solar plexus for country music; after all, the flipside of his first Stiff single was a C&W lamenter called "[[Radio Sweetheart]]." And even king weeper | ''Almost Blue'' is my idea of a burn. It's certainly no joke. Costello has always had a soft spot in his solar plexus for country music; after all, the flipside of his first Stiff single was a C&W lamenter called "[[Radio Sweetheart]]." And even king weeper George Jones thought enough of Elvis's "[[Stranger In The House]]" to record it himself. But they were side trips, not the sort of main roads an angry young rocker like Costello was meant to go careening down. | ||
''Almost Blue'' is one big side trip. The main problem is that he didn't ''write'' any of this stuff. Every damn song's a cover .{{nb}}.{{nb}}. although this shouldn't really be cause for any initial alarm. Recall the verve he implanted in Sam & Dave's "[[I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down]]" and Betty Everett's "[[Getting Mighty Crowded]]." But they were from the realm of soul music which is only a stone's throw from E.C.'s original rock 'n' roll base. But these country cuts, whilst sharing lyrical kinship with fave E.C. themes like betrayal and rejection, are musically turgid strangers in town. | ''Almost Blue'' is one big side trip. The main problem is that he didn't ''write'' any of this stuff. Every damn song's a cover .{{nb}}.{{nb}}. although this shouldn't really be cause for any initial alarm. Recall the verve he implanted in Sam & Dave's "[[I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down]]" and Betty Everett's "[[Getting Mighty Crowded]]." But they were from the realm of soul music which is only a stone's throw from E.C.'s original rock 'n' roll base. But these country cuts, whilst sharing lyrical kinship with fave E.C. themes like betrayal and rejection, are musically turgid strangers in town. | ||
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Elvis Costello & The Attractions place in the '81 Readers' Poll. | |||
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<center><h3> '81 Readers' Poll </h3></center> | |||
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''Elvis Costello, [[Steve Nieve]], [[Nick Lowe]] and [[Squeeze]] placed in the following categories: | |||
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'''TOP ALBUMS OF 1981 | |||
# Tattoo You — Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones Records) | |||
# Fair Warning — Van Halen (Warner Bros.) | |||
# Give The People What They Want — Kinks (Arista) | |||
# Sandinista! — Clash (Columbia) | |||
# Moving Pictures — Rush (Mercury) | |||
# Ghost In The Machine — Police (A&M) | |||
# Don't Say No — Billy Squier (Capitol) | |||
# Beauty & The Beat — Go-Go's (I.R.S.) | |||
# Escape — Journey (Columbia) | |||
# Foreigner 4 — Foreigner (Atlantic) | |||
# Hard Promises — Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (Backstreet) | |||
# High 'N' Dry — Def Leppard (Mercury) | |||
# Pretenders II — Pretenders (Sire) | |||
# Talk, Talk, Talk — Psychedelic Furs (Columbia) | |||
# Precious Time — Pat Benatar (Chrysalis) | |||
# Blizzard Of Ozz — Ozzy Osbourne (Jet) | |||
# <span style="font-size:108%"> '''Trust — Elvis Costello & the Attractions'''</span> (Columbia) | |||
# King Of The Wild Frontier — Adam & the Ants (Epic) | |||
# Hi Infidelity — REO Speedwagon (Epic) | |||
# Fire Of Unknown Origin — Blue Oyster Cult (Columbia) | |||
# New Traditionalists — Devo (Warner Bros.) | |||
# Bella Donna — Stevie Nicks (Modern) | |||
# El Loco — ZZ Top (Warner Bros.) | |||
# Exit Stage Left — Rush (Mercury) | |||
# Season Of Glass — Yoko Ono (Geffen) | |||
'''BEST R&B SINGLE | |||
# Start Me Up — Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones Records) | |||
# Super Freak — Rick James & The Stone City Band (Motown) | |||
# Centerfold — J. Geils Band (EMI America) | |||
# Being With You — Smokey Robinson (Motown) | |||
# Controversy — Prince (Warner Bros.) | |||
# Endless Love — Diana Ross & Lionel Richie (Motown) | |||
# Oh, No — Commodores (Motown) | |||
# Slowhand Pointer Sisters (Planet) | |||
# <span style="font-size:108%"> ''' [[Tempted]] — Squeeze '''</span>(A&M) | |||
# Too Hot Kool & the Gang (De-Lite) | |||
'''TOP THREE GROUPS | |||
# Rolling Stones | |||
# The Clash | |||
# Van Halen | |||
# The Kinks | |||
# The Pretenders | |||
# AC/DC | |||
# Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band | |||
# Led Zeppelin | |||
# The Police [[image:1982-03-00 Creem pg 38.jpg|120px|border|right]] | |||
# Rush | |||
# The Who | |||
# Journey | |||
# The Ramones | |||
# [[Squeeze]] | |||
# The Cars | |||
# Def Leppard | |||
# The Jam | |||
# Tom Petty & Heartbreakers | |||
# Devo | |||
# <span style="font-size:108%"> ''' Elvis Costello & the Attractions '''</span> | |||
# Foreigner | |||
# Judas Priest | |||
# Talking Heads | |||
# Blue Oyster Cult | |||
# Adam & the Ants | |||
'''TOP THREE LIVE GROUPS | |||
# The Rolling Stones | |||
# Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band | |||
# Van Halen | |||
# The Kinks | |||
# AC/DC | |||
# Rush | |||
# The Pretenders | |||
# The Clash | |||
# The Ramones | |||
# The Who | |||
# Journey | |||
# Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | |||
# Devo | |||
# <span style="font-size:108%"> ''' Elvis Costello & the Attractions '''</span> | |||
# The Plasmatics | |||
# Judas Priest | |||
# The Police | |||
# Cheap Trick | |||
# The Tubes | |||
# Def Leppard | |||
# Blue Oyster Cult | |||
# Rick James & Stone City Band | |||
# U2 | |||
# Foreigner | |||
# ZZ Top | |||
'''BEST MALE SINGER | |||
# Bruce Springsteen | |||
# Mick Jagger | |||
# David Lee Roth | |||
# Steve Perry | |||
# <span style="font-size:108%"> ''' Elvis Costello '''</span> | |||
# Robert Plant | |||
# Ray Davies | |||
# Billy Squier | |||
# Joe Strummer | |||
# Robin Zander | |||
'''BEST KEYBOARD PLAYER | |||
# John Paul Jones | |||
# Roy Bittan | |||
# Jonathan Cain | |||
# Greg Hawkes | |||
# Keith Emerson | |||
# Rick Wakeman | |||
# <span style="font-size:108%"> ''' Steve Nieve '''</span> | |||
# Ian Stewart | |||
# Brian Eno | |||
# Mickey Gallagher | |||
'''BEST BASS PLAYER | |||
# John Entwistle | |||
# Bill Wyman | |||
# Geddy Lee | |||
# Sting | |||
# Paul Simonon | |||
# Michael Anthony | |||
# John Paul Jones | |||
# Tina Weymouth | |||
# <span style="font-size:108%"> ''' Nick Lowe '''</span> | |||
# Robbie Shakespeare | |||
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'''BEST PRODUCER | |||
# The Glimmer Twins | |||
# Ted Templeman | |||
# Jimmy Page | |||
# <span style="font-size:108%"> ''' Nick Lowe '''</span> | |||
# Steve Lilywhite | |||
# Roy Thomas Baker | |||
# Ray Davies | |||
# Brian Eno | |||
# Robert John "Mutt" Lange | |||
# Jimmy Iovine | |||
'''BEST SONGWRITER | |||
# Jagger / Richards | |||
# Ray Davies | |||
# Strummer / Jones | |||
# Bruce Springsteen | |||
# <span style="font-size:108%"> ''' Elvis Costello '''</span> | |||
# Page / Plant | |||
# Pete Townshend | |||
# Tom Petty | |||
# Chrissie Hynde | |||
# Sting | |||
'''BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT | |||
# Bob Marley's Death | |||
# ''Pretenders II | |||
# Led Zeppelin didn't reform. | |||
# The Who | |||
# The Rolling Stones | |||
# Ronald Reagan | |||
# [[Rockpile]] break-up. | |||
# ''Creem'' price hike | |||
# Debbie Harry's ''Koo Koo'' | |||
# PiL | |||
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