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<center><h3> Elvis Costello </h3></center> | <center><h3> Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True </h3></center> | ||
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Anyway, to cut to the chase, one of the characters in the movie that seemed to resonate deeply with these blokes for some strange reason was a particularly unpleasant thug called Luca Brazi who was a kind of Mafia enforcer and Marlon Brando's go-to guy whenever some serious, don't- | Anyway, to cut to the chase, one of the characters in the movie that seemed to resonate deeply with these blokes for some strange reason was a particularly unpleasant thug called Luca Brazi who was a kind of Mafia enforcer and Marlon Brando's go-to guy whenever some serious, don't-fuck-with-me message-sending ultra-violence was deemed necessary. | ||
Luca, if memory serves, finally got garrotted in a bar after being stabbed through the hand and this time the message got relayed ''back'' to Papa Brando: "Luca Brazi sleeps with the fishes." Which means, apparently, that they've dumped his remains in the river. I believe it's the same as being told someone's wearing a concrete overcoat. | Luca, if memory serves, finally got garrotted in a bar after being stabbed through the hand and this time the message got relayed ''back'' to Papa Brando: "Luca Brazi sleeps with the fishes." Which means, apparently, that they've dumped his remains in the river. I believe it's the same as being told someone's wearing a concrete overcoat. | ||
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The D{{nb}}P refers to the singer's time spent trundling around the pre-pub rock circuit under the moniker D{{nb}}P Costello. | The D{{nb}}P refers to the singer's time spent trundling around the pre-pub rock circuit under the moniker D{{nb}}P Costello. | ||
His real name was actually Declan Patrick | His real name was actually Declan Patrick MacManus, but his dad — a musician too — occasionally traded under the Costello brand so his son took it on as a tribute. | ||
He then started calling himself Elvis once he'd fallen under the influence of a feisty fellow called Andrew Jakeman who had managed Chili Willi & The Red Hot Peppers and The Feelgoods under his own gangster-ish nom de plume, Jake Riviera. Riviera had selected Costello from a pile of hopefuls who'd sent cassettes to the new Stiff label and soon had him penning ditties for Welsh rocker Dave Edmunds who, for some reason, rejected them. | He then started calling himself Elvis once he'd fallen under the influence of a feisty fellow called Andrew Jakeman who had managed Chili Willi & The Red Hot Peppers and The Feelgoods under his own gangster-ish nom de plume, Jake Riviera. Riviera had selected Costello from a pile of hopefuls who'd sent cassettes to the new Stiff label and soon had him penning ditties for Welsh rocker Dave Edmunds who, for some reason, rejected them. | ||
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And it didn't even stop there! Oh no! Styled like a bitter and (literally) twisted Buddy Holly (all knock-knees and spittle), Mr Costello went the whole ten yards and beyond to get his album noticed. | And it didn't even stop there! Oh no! Styled like a bitter and (literally) twisted Buddy Holly (all knock-knees and spittle), Mr Costello went the whole ten yards and beyond to get his album noticed. | ||
First he plugged in outside a convention of CBS record executives in London and busked a protest at not being picked up by an American distributor. He got arrested and his album got a deal. Then he broke America on his own terms, taking the opportunity to play ''Saturday Night Live'' when The Sex Pistols couldn't get visas and, inspired by what Jimi Hendrix once did on the ''Lulu'' show, he stopped playing "Less Than Zero," the song he was scheduled to play, and launched into something new called "Radio Radio," which was critical of the corporations who owned the airwaves. It was a song which he had been specifically requested not to play. | First he plugged in outside a convention of CBS record executives in London and busked a protest at not being picked up by an American distributor. He got arrested and his album got a deal. Then he broke America on his own terms, taking the opportunity to play ''Saturday Night Live'' when The Sex Pistols couldn't get visas and, inspired by what Jimi Hendrix once did on the ''Lulu'' show, he stopped playing "Less Than Zero," the song he was scheduled to play, and launched into something new called "Radio, Radio," which was critical of the corporations who owned the airwaves. It was a song which he had been specifically requested not to play. | ||
An ''SNL'' ban followed toot sweet and bad boy Elvis was on his way. He's surely mellowed by now, but I'm still watching my back all the same. | An ''SNL'' ban followed toot sweet and bad boy Elvis was on his way. He's surely mellowed by now, but I'm still watching my back all the same. | ||
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<center><h3> My Aim Is True </h3></center> | <center><h3> My Aim Is True </h3></center> | ||
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This Mobile Fidelity release has been half-speed mastered from the original analogue tapes by Shawn Britton. The gatefold sleeve is made of heavy cardstock and inside carries photos of the original analogue tapes inside their boxes. Unlike the UK Stiff original, this MoFi reissue also includes "Watching The Detectives," recorded by Costello in 1977 with future backing band, The Attractions. Cleaner and somewhat brighter-sounding than the UK original, this 180g reissue comes heartily recommended. | This Mobile Fidelity release has been half-speed mastered from the original analogue tapes by Shawn Britton. The gatefold sleeve is made of heavy cardstock and inside carries photos of the original analogue tapes inside their boxes. | ||
Unlike the UK Stiff original, this MoFi reissue also includes "Watching The Detectives," recorded by Costello in 1977 with future backing band, The Attractions. Cleaner and somewhat brighter-sounding than the UK original, this 180g reissue comes heartily recommended. | |||
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