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Three years ago when Elvis Costello made his American debut on Saturday Night Live, he risked acceptance in the States to make a stinging, though valid, comment un the dismal state of American popular music. | Three years ago when Elvis Costello made his American debut on ''Saturday Night Live'', he risked acceptance in the States to make a stinging, though valid, comment un the dismal state of American popular music. | ||
Many people considered his performance a disaster, and it has been an uphill struggle for Costello ever since. | Many people considered his performance a disaster, and it has been an uphill struggle for Costello ever since. | ||
Costello's first three albums have chalked up respectable sales, his last album ''Armed Forces'' going gold. But he has yet to make the big breakthrough. | Costello's first three albums have chalked up respectable sales, his last album ''Armed Forces'' going gold. But he has yet to make the ''big breakthrough''. | ||
''Get Happy!!'' (Columbia JC-36347) just might be the album Costello haters will learn to love. Gone is the image of the little beady-eyed, spike-topped geek snarling his way into your living room. This year's model comes complete with a conspiratorial smirk and wink from those Buddy Holly horn-rims. Elvis wants to be friends. | ''Get Happy!!'' (Columbia JC-36347) just might be the album Costello haters will learn to love. Gone is the image of the little beady-eyed, spike-topped geek snarling his way into your living room. This year's model comes complete with a conspiratorial smirk and wink from those Buddy Holly horn-rims. Elvis wants to be friends. |
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