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Elvis Costello's musical career recalls a remark someone once made in describing China: "an enigma wrapped in a riddle" for something like that). The man has broken so much new musical ground in the last four years that he should be a multi-platinum success by now. But he's not, and it hasn't been a result of Costello putting out bad LPs; his worst would put the best of some so-called "superstars" to shame. | |||
Perhaps it's a matter of perception. Costello always has been slightly out of sync with the times. visually: in 1977, when everybody in Britain wanted to look like the Sex Pistols, he looked slightly like Buddy Holly. Now, when certain Americans want to look like everybody in Britain looked four years ago (or worse yet, like the Plasmaties look now), he still looks slightly like Buddy Holly. | |||
Costello's tours (at least before this year's) have not helped much either. The ''Armed Forces'' excursion was a case of bad feelings on all sides. Sets tended to he short, encores non-existant. Costello was notorious for not speaking a word between songs. | |||
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Words of another sort tended to get him in trouble as well. Calling Ray Charles a "dumb, blind nigger" in a bar incident two years ago lingered long in the public's mind. | |||
But Elvis means to change all that with his newest album, Trust. On what may be their most access ible disc ever, | |||
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