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<center> | <center><h3> Pop, rock, country, jazz, MOR, <br> classical and now hip-hop… </h3></center> | ||
<center> | <center>''' "I don't have to justify all the styles of music I've done" </center> | ||
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<center> Jacqui Swift </center> | <center> Jacqui Swift </center> | ||
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'''Elvis Costello is as outspoken as ever when he discusses his new album. | |||
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The legendary singer- songwriter admits Wise Up Ghost. his new collaboration with US hip-hop band [[The Roots]] | 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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"It's like asking 'Why did I ever have that haircut? What was I doing in those shoes? I don't understand why I have to justify the styles of music and list of people I have worked with over 30 years. | "It's like asking 'Why did I ever have that haircut? What was I doing in those shoes? I don't understand why I have to justify the styles of music and list of people I have worked with over 30 years. | ||
"The perception of me is so different from person to person and not everyone will like every album I ever make." | "The perception of me is so different from person to person and not everyone will like every album I ever make." | ||
Yet, for all Costello's changes in direction, teaming up with Grammy- winning band The Roots seems his most unusual. | Yet, for all Costello's changes in direction, teaming up with Grammy-winning band The Roots seems his most unusual. | ||
But Costello had been high up on The Roots' wish list of collaborations for many years. | But Costello had been high up on The Roots' wish list of collaborations for many years. | ||
And it was when Costello met the band's drummer Ahmir " | And it was when Costello met the band's drummer Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson on the set of American talk show ''Late Night With Jimmy Fallon'' in 2010 — where the hip—hop act are the house band — that the idea finally became a reality. | ||
"OK, Elvis and I are friends now so I was a stalker," I can admit confesses Thompson, 42. | "OK, Elvis and I are friends now so I was a stalker," I can admit confesses Thompson, 42. | ||
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In fact, when I meet the pair, who are tired but elated after performing together at Brooklyn Bowl last night, they laugh together like old friends. | In fact, when I meet the pair, who are tired but elated after performing together at Brooklyn Bowl last night, they laugh together like old friends. | ||
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, [[Ross MacManus|Ross McManus]], with a young Declan McManus, aka Costello, on backing vocals. | The song was the theme to a famed R. White's lemonade advert sung by Costello's dad, [[Ross MacManus|Ross McManus]], with a young Declan McManus, aka Costello, on backing vocals. | ||
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Since his first album, ''My Aim Is True'', released in 1971, he has covered a range of styles including country, jazz, pop and new wave. | Since his first album, ''My Aim Is True'', released in 1971, he has covered a range of styles including country, jazz, pop and new wave. | ||
Costello has worked with artists as diverse as | Costello has worked with artists as diverse as Burt Bacharach, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Bill Frisell, Marian McPartland, Allen Toussaint, Aimee Mann, Brian Eno and even Sir Paul McCartney. | ||
"If you told me years ago that I was going to write 12 songs with Paul McCartney, I would have said you are out of your mind," says Costello. | "If you told me years ago that I was going to write 12 songs with Paul McCartney, I would have said you are out of your mind," says Costello. | ||
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"And playing in front of President Obama (Costello headlined his 2009 inauguration concert in Washington DC) was special, too. | "And playing in front of President Obama (Costello headlined his 2009 inauguration concert in Washington DC) was special, too. | ||
"The one person we do have a friendly rivalry over is | "The one person we do have a friendly rivalry over is Prince," says Costello. | ||
He says he contacted Prince for permission to cover [[Pop Life]] for his 1997 best-of compilation, ''Extreme Honey''. | 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]]. | "[[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 [[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. | 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 [[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 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 [[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. | "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]]. | ||
"People were saying if I sang it, it would be in bad taste because Thatcher was ill. | "People were saying if I sang it, it would be in bad taste because Thatcher was ill. | ||
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"Everything has become blurred these days and it's not that hard to understand what is being said. | "Everything has become blurred these days and it's not that hard to understand what is being said. | ||
"The music is a reason to lift yourself out | "The music is a reason to lift yourself out of it rather than just wallowing in despair. | ||
''"That's why the album is called Wise Up Ghost. It's not called lie down and give up the ghost."'' | ''"That's why the album is called Wise Up Ghost. It's not called lie down and give up the ghost."'' | ||
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