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Costello, who had fun with such cliches and puns like; "accident's will happen" "a death worse that fate" "the final solution" looking for a light in the darkness," proved to all his critics that Costello was a performer to bit reckoned with. On Costello's album "''Get Happy''" he toys with other cliches and puns like; "second place in the human race", "black and white world", "beaten to the punch," "human touch", "clowntime is over," "read you like a book." which are small samples of incorporation of cliches and wit into a delightful masterpiece. | Costello, who had fun with such cliches and puns like; "accident's will happen" "a death worse that fate" "the final solution" looking for a light in the darkness," proved to all his critics that Costello was a performer to bit reckoned with. On Costello's album "''Get Happy''" he toys with other cliches and puns like; "second place in the human race", "black and white world", "beaten to the punch," "human touch", "clowntime is over," "read you like a book." which are small samples of incorporation of cliches and wit into a delightful masterpiece. | ||
Costello writes basically a joke or two on society as Costello sees it. But, as the 25 year old grows older his themes about life become more pessimistic. | |||
On " | On "[[Opportunity]]", Costello sings "I'm in a foxhole, I'm in a trench, I'd be a hero, but I couldn't stand the stench ". | ||
On "[[Secondary Modern]]," Costello sings. "Is it out of the question between you and me, is it pleasure or business, or just a bag of fleas " | |||
Coming out of his recent marital problems and his old girlfriend problems, both have had an impact on Costello's "weltanschachuang." | |||
"Get Happy | Costello, a satirist if there ever was one, continues his brand of humor on "''Get Happy''". He makes the listener feel happy. most of the material is uptempo and danceable. The keyboards dominate the harmony lines, a driving bass line, an inspiring drum kit and, along with Costello vocals which are at times storytelling and pleading make "''Get Happy''" an album which should be commercially popular. | ||
"''Get Happy''" makes you feel happy in more ways than can be written. Who knows, if this album does become popular now, it will be a greatest hits package. Why? There are 20 songs, 12 of which are definite AM radio hits. | |||
On the back of the sleeve the liner notes say that in no way does the 20 song albino effect quality of the record. Many records following 1965 had less and less material on them. The reason the record companies gave was that groove cramming, (the records with 10 songs or more) were bad in sound quality. [[Nick Lowe]] the producer of the ''"Get Happy"'' continues that in no way does groove cramming effect sonic or sound quality | |||
At the $5 it costs to buy "''Get Happy''" one can not go wrong. It is a bargain at twice the price. How does that Toyota commercial go? Well, it holds true for Costello's "''Get Happy''", you get more for your Yankee dollar. | |||
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