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<center><h3> Pop, rock, country, jazz, MOR, | <center><h3> Elvis Costello and The Roots </h3></center> | ||
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'''Elvis Costello is as outspoken as ever when he discusses his new album. | '''Elvis Costello is as outspoken as ever when he discusses his new album. | ||
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The legendary | The legendary singer-songwriter admits ''Wise Up Ghost'', his new collaboration with US hip-hop band The Roots, may not be to everyone's taste — but he is totally unapologetic for yet another change in musical direction. | ||
Over the years, Costello has abandoned the spiky rock sound that made his name for country, jazz, easy listening and even classical albums. | Over the years, Costello has abandoned the spiky rock sound that made his name for country, jazz, easy listening and even classical albums. | ||
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"When we first got the job interview for the show, Elvis was one of the three artists used as an example of who could sit in with the band. | "When we first got the job interview for the show, Elvis was one of the three artists used as an example of who could sit in with the band. | ||
"I went back to Philly to tell | "I went back to Philly to tell Steve (Mandel — the band's engineer/collaborator), 'Steve we have to take this gig. If we are on the show, we can meet Elvis Costello and even play with Elvis Costello. And just maybe make a record with him, too.'" | ||
Costello, 59, smiles at this praise and says: "We've both been called serial collaborators but this is more friendship has than that. A real friendship developed out of it." | Costello, 59, smiles at this praise and says: "We've both been called serial collaborators but this is more friendship has than that. A real friendship developed out of it." | ||
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The first chance for The Roots to impress Costello was when the band played "Secret Lemonade Drinker" as his walk-on jingle when he appeared on the Jimmy Fallon show. | The first chance for The Roots to impress Costello was when the band played "Secret Lemonade Drinker" as his walk-on jingle when he appeared on the Jimmy Fallon show. | ||
The song was the theme to a famed R. White's lemonade advert sung by Costello's dad, | The song was the theme to a famed R. White's lemonade advert sung by Costello's dad, Ross MacManus, with a young Declan McManus, aka Costello, on backing vocals. | ||
"We had to show him we were fans" says Thompson. "Playing that was a little joke and he understood where we were coming from." | "We had to show him we were fans" says Thompson. "Playing that was a little joke and he understood where we were coming from." | ||
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"I was also curious about The Roots," adds Costello. "When I was in England to do a show I didn't have my band so I was looking for help. | "I was also curious about The Roots," adds Costello. "When I was in England to do a show I didn't have my band so I was looking for help. | ||
"I rang up Ahmir's friend | "I rang up Ahmir's friend Karriem Riggins who plays drums with my wife (Canadian jazz singer Diana Krall) and asked, 'Did he think The Roots would consider backing me, as I don't know how to ask them?' | ||
Thompson admits he was nervous to suggest an album to Costello so in his spare time he began working on ideas which were then sent to Mandel. | Thompson admits he was nervous to suggest an album to Costello so in his spare time he began working on ideas which were then sent to Mandel. | ||
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"The one person we do have a friendly rivalry over is Prince," says Costello. | "The one person we do have a friendly rivalry over is Prince," says Costello. | ||
He says he contacted Prince for permission to cover " | He says he contacted Prince for permission to cover "Pop Life" for his 1997 best-of compilation, ''Extreme Honey''. | ||
"I'd already been playing it live with The Attractions but was refused, via threatening legal letters from the lawyers. | "I'd already been playing it live with The Attractions but was refused, via threatening legal letters from the lawyers. | ||
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''Wise Up Ghost'', on the new album, references some of Costello's back catalogue, updating lyrics with new music. | ''Wise Up Ghost'', on the new album, references some of Costello's back catalogue, updating lyrics with new music. | ||
" | "Stick Out Your Tongue" revisits "Pills And Soap," his protest song from 1983, in a groovier style; the dreamy "Tripwire" is based on a sample of 1989s "Satellite." | ||
And " | And "Cinco Minutos Con Vos," a duet with Mexican singer La Marisoul, of La Santa Cecilia, is the next chapter of "Shipbuilding," his famous 1982 song about an English father working on a boat that will take his son to Argentina to be killed in the Falklands War. | ||
"Shipbuilding was never a big anti-war song but was about a father getting his job back so he could send is son off to an uncertain end. "With Cinco Minutos I tried to think back to before the Falklands catastrophe. Humans have always done terrible things to other humans. People are taken off the streets, supposedly because they are a threat to us. | "Shipbuilding was never a big anti-war song but was about a father getting his job back so he could send is son off to an uncertain end. "With Cinco Minutos I tried to think back to before the Falklands catastrophe. Humans have always done terrible things to other humans. People are taken off the streets, supposedly because they are a threat to us. | ||
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"But I'm not lecturing anybody. I'm simply singing a song on a stage. | "But I'm not lecturing anybody. I'm simply singing a song on a stage. | ||
"I sang ' | "I sang 'Tramp The Dirt Down' at [[Concert 2013-06-29 Pilton|Glastonbury]] this summer. Not because Margaret Thatcher had died, but because it was a song. | ||
"I'd been singing it all the year before. It was never just about wishing someone dead. | "I'd been singing it all the year before. It was never just about wishing someone dead. | ||
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"And you know people can walk out if they choose. I've seen it happen before. | "And you know people can walk out if they choose. I've seen it happen before. | ||
"I had a song called ' | "I had a song called 'The Scarlet Tide' about the Iraq war. I was booed in Ohio when I sang it and then, six months later, when the tide turned, it was cheered at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. | ||
"When I started singing 'Tramp The Dirt Down' again in 2011 I was kind of shocked it was such vociferous reaction in places, particularly the further north you went and in [[Concert 2012-05-11 Glasgow|Scotland]]. | "When I started singing 'Tramp The Dirt Down' again in 2011 I was kind of shocked it was such vociferous reaction in places, particularly the further north you went and in [[Concert 2012-05-11 Glasgow|Scotland]]. | ||
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