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Rome -[[Paul McCartney]]? "Is very musical" Thatcher? "Yes, it is true, I'd like to dance on her grave "- and video? "They are like buses: if you miss one of them another one comes right after. " | Rome -[[Paul McCartney]]? "Is very musical" Thatcher? "Yes, it is true, I'd like to dance on her grave "- and video? "They are like buses: if you miss one of them another one comes right after. " | ||
"Elvis Costello goes on like this, like a version of Jiminy Cricket in rock, mixing response effect and grand gestures, easy jokes and irony UK: guest in this week's Night on Rai 2 to present his new LP Spike, the singer, with | "Elvis Costello goes on like this, like a version of Jiminy Cricket in rock, mixing response effect and grand gestures, easy jokes and irony UK: guest in this week's Night on Rai 2 to present his new LP Spike, the London singer, with Irish and Italian heritage, met reporters and fans of his music yesterday morning, in the penumbra of a large hotel in the center of Rome. | ||
Paul McCartney said, after having worked with Costello, he felt like in the days when composing with Lennon: "''It's definitely a compliment'' - Said the ineffable Costello - ''maybe Paul has tried this feeling between us because it was the same kind of friction that existed between him and John Lennon. A constructive friction, of course, that contributed to the result of collaborations.'' | Paul McCartney said, after having worked with Costello, he felt like in the days when composing with Lennon: "''It's definitely a compliment'' - Said the ineffable Costello - ''maybe Paul has tried this feeling between us because it was the same kind of friction that existed between him and John Lennon. A constructive friction, of course, that contributed to the result of collaborations.'' | ||
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Some have likened the music of Costello to none other than that of Gershwin: "''It depends on what wanted to say'' - we think of the hilarious Elvis - Gershwin Someone is dead .... Another Costello asks if she has a literary model, providing guidance for write the lyrics: '''No, I write as I can and if I have a good inspiration I can also compose a song in twelve minutes. Needless to dig, try to go beyond the barrier of pseudo-originality of circumstance:'' | Some have likened the music of Costello to none other than that of Gershwin: "''It depends on what wanted to say'' - we think of the hilarious Elvis - Gershwin Someone is dead .... Another Costello asks if she has a literary model, providing guidance for write the lyrics: '''No, I write as I can and if I have a good inspiration I can also compose a song in twelve minutes. Needless to dig, try to go beyond the barrier of pseudo-originality of circumstance:'' | ||
'Ireland? 'I love too many things in that country, it is too difficult to | 'Ireland? 'I love too many things in that country, it is too difficult to summarise | ||
in a single sentence: I especially like the climate of anarchy in mixed repression that reigns in these parts. "The record companies, the new wave old, confusing -Stiff records "? 'I always try to create a good relationship with the record companies, especially I'm interested in the ability to produce novelty, imagination, the sense of humour. | in a single sentence: I especially like the climate of anarchy in mixed repression that reigns in these parts. "The record companies, the new wave old, confusing -Stiff records "? 'I always try to create a good relationship with the record companies, especially I'm interested in the ability to produce novelty, imagination, the sense of humour. | ||
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