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<center><h3> ''Spike'' makes point for Costello, if you can grasp | <center><h3> ''Spike'' makes point for Costello, if{{nb}}you{{nb}}can{{nb}}grasp{{nb}}its{{nb}}meaning </h3></center> | ||
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"They don't always grasp everything," said Elvis Costello to an Associated Press interviewer. He was speaking about critics. "They're saturated with free music to the point where they can only listen to eight bars of it. The people actually putting their money down to buy the record have a different relationship with{{nb}}it." | |||
"They don't always grasp everything," said Elvis Costello to an Associated Press interviewer. He was speaking about critics. "They're saturated with free music to the point where they can only listen to eight bars of it. The people actually putting their money down to buy the record have a different relationship with it." | |||
From the rest of the [[Kentucky New Era, April 1, 1989|article]], it was painfully obvious that the writer he was speaking to fell into this class. She ''couldn't'' have listened to the record which was being discussed, Costello's ''Spike''. For starters, she never talked about how any song sounded, what any song said. | From the rest of the [[Kentucky New Era, April 1, 1989|article]], it was painfully obvious that the writer he was speaking to fell into this class. She ''couldn't'' have listened to the record which was being discussed, Costello's ''Spike''. For starters, she never talked about how any song sounded, what any song said. | ||
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But I did listen to the record. And a lot more than eight bars. I went out and spent the money for a CD (although Warner Brothers did later send us a copy of ''Spike'' when we requested photos), listened closely and took notes. | But I did listen to the record. And a lot more than eight bars. I went out and spent the money for a CD (although Warner Brothers did later send us a copy of ''Spike'' when we requested photos), listened closely and took notes. | ||
So let's look at Elvis' statement again "They don't always grasp everything." Okay, check this out. This is the last verse of "Deep Dark Truthful | So let's look at Elvis' statement again "They don't always grasp everything." Okay, check this out. This is the last verse of "Deep Dark Truthful Mirror": | ||
''A stripping puppet on a liquid stick gets into it pretty thick / A butterfly drinks a turtle's tears, but how do you know he really needs it? / 'Cos a butterfly feeds on a dead monkey's hand / Jesus wept he felt abandoned / You're spellbound baby there's no doubting that / Did you ever see a stare like a Persian cat? | ''A stripping puppet on a liquid stick gets into it pretty thick / A butterfly drinks a turtle's tears, but how do you know he really needs it? / 'Cos a butterfly feeds on a dead monkey's hand / Jesus wept he felt abandoned / You're spellbound baby there's no doubting that / Did you ever see a stare like a Persian cat? | ||
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That's okay, Elvis. I think we can figure it out for ourselves. | That's okay, Elvis. I think we can figure it out for ourselves. | ||
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<br><small>Photo by [[Keith Morris]].</small> | <br><small>Photo by [[Keith Morris]].</small> | ||
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