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'''Forged in the unlikely surroundings of an American late-night TV show, the transatlantic union between Elvis Costello and The Roots' drummer and co-frontman Questlove has resulted in one of the landmark albums of the year. | |||
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It's 5.30PM on a Tuesday afternoon in the studio of ''Late Night With Jimmy Fallon'' at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York. Showtime. Fallon, an affable ''Saturday Night Live'' graduate with none of the thorny egotism of a Jay Leno or David Letterman, likes to create an atmosphere of relaxed goofing around and his favourite playmates are the men he proudly calls "the greatest band in late night": Philadelphia hip hop crew The Roots. | |||
It's 5.30PM on a Tuesday afternoon in the studio of ''Late Night With Jimmy Fallon'' at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York. Showtime. Fallon, an affable ''Saturday Night Live'' graduate with none of the thorny egotism of a Jay Leno or David Letterman, likes to create an atmosphere of relaxed goofing around and his favourite playmates are the men he proudly calls "the greatest band in late night": Philadelphia hip hop crew | |||
Tonight, as every night, the eight members squeeze themselves onto a compact, split-level stage, anchored by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, the huge, teddy-bear-shaped drummer that ''Rolling Stone'' has dubbed "America's bandleader." In this role Questlove possesses the comical hangdog demeanour of a sitcom dad, and wears a suit like he's been blackmailed into it. | Tonight, as every night, the eight members squeeze themselves onto a compact, split-level stage, anchored by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, the huge, teddy-bear-shaped drummer that ''Rolling Stone'' has dubbed "America's bandleader." In this role Questlove possesses the comical hangdog demeanour of a sitcom dad, and wears a suit like he's been blackmailed into it. | ||
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Since Fallon took the ''Late Night'' reins from Conan O'Brien four years ago, the show has transformed The Roots from well-regarded if low-profile workhorses into national treasures. In a country that has no dedicated national music programming, the late-night talk Show is live music's most important shop window. Driven by Fallon's fandom, ''Late Night'' attracts guests of the calibre of Prince and Bruce Springsteen while spurring rival shows to raise their own game musically. The Roots are its engine room. Now the show has indirectly allowed the group to make an album with Questlove's hero, Elvis Costello, the brilliantly ominous ''Wise Up Ghost''. | Since Fallon took the ''Late Night'' reins from Conan O'Brien four years ago, the show has transformed The Roots from well-regarded if low-profile workhorses into national treasures. In a country that has no dedicated national music programming, the late-night talk Show is live music's most important shop window. Driven by Fallon's fandom, ''Late Night'' attracts guests of the calibre of Prince and Bruce Springsteen while spurring rival shows to raise their own game musically. The Roots are its engine room. Now the show has indirectly allowed the group to make an album with Questlove's hero, Elvis Costello, the brilliantly ominous ''Wise Up Ghost''. | ||
Costello's own history at 30 Rockefeller is somewhat more chequered. Just two floors above the ''Late Night'' studio is the home of ''Saturday Night Live'', where Costello made his live US TV [[TV 1977-12-17 Saturday Night Live|debut]] in 1977. Midway through the agreed performance of his debut US single " | Costello's own history at 30 Rockefeller is somewhat more chequered. Just two floors above the ''Late Night'' studio is the home of ''Saturday Night Live'', where Costello made his live US TV [[TV 1977-12-17 Saturday Night Live|debut]] in 1977. Midway through the agreed performance of his debut US single "Less Than Zero," the spiky 23-year-old — whom the ''Village Voice'' nicknamed the "Avenging Dork" — called a halt and led the Attractions into "Radio Radio," his as-yet-unreleased dig at censorious broadcasters: ''"I{{nb}}wanna bite the hand that feeds me."'' ''SNL''{{nb}}producer Lorne Michaels was so enraged that he told this limey upstart that he'd never work in television again. | ||
"We rubbed each other the wrong way," Costello later tells ''Mojo''. "They were kind of pleased with themselves and we were super-arrogant on our first trip to America. We thought we knew everything. We knew nothing." | "We rubbed each other the wrong way," Costello later tells ''Mojo''. "They were kind of pleased with themselves and we were super-arrogant on our first trip to America. We thought we knew everything. We knew nothing." | ||
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Ever since he outgrew his youthful Mr Angry persona in the mid-'80s, Costello has been one of music's most relentlessly agreeable participants. Booking a benefit gig, tribute album or awards show? Costello's your man. Such sociability is new to Questlove. Playing up to 230 shows a year left The Roots little time for networking, and Questlove is naturally shy. "Even 18 years into our career, the idea of shaking hands with people we admired was new," he says. "I thought this was a retirement gig, Every act falls off so we might as well fall off gracefully. I forgot to consider the possibility that things could get better." | Ever since he outgrew his youthful Mr Angry persona in the mid-'80s, Costello has been one of music's most relentlessly agreeable participants. Booking a benefit gig, tribute album or awards show? Costello's your man. Such sociability is new to Questlove. Playing up to 230 shows a year left The Roots little time for networking, and Questlove is naturally shy. "Even 18 years into our career, the idea of shaking hands with people we admired was new," he says. "I thought this was a retirement gig, Every act falls off so we might as well fall off gracefully. I forgot to consider the possibility that things could get better." | ||
When Costello, who currently lives in New York with his wife Diana Krall and their twin boys, first appeared on ''Late Night'' in November 2009, The Roots set about seducing him with arcane knowledge. For his walk-on music they played the old [[Secret Lemonade Drinker|jingle for R White's Lemonade | When Costello, who currently lives in New York with his wife Diana Krall and their twin boys, first appeared on ''Late Night'' in November 2009, The Roots set about seducing him with arcane knowledge. For his walk-on music they played the old [[Secret Lemonade Drinker|jingle]] for R White's Lemonade, composed by Costello's dad Ross MacManus, and featuring the young Declan MacManus on backing vocals and bass. For the actual performance, the band prepared "High Fidelity" in its slower, Bowie-inspired demo form. By Costello's third visit to ''Fallon'', last March, Questlove had summoned the courage to ask him about working together, no strings attached. | ||
Costello had in fact decided he was done making albums, and would be happy just performing live from now on; but, true to type, he was hooked by the prospect of an unusual alliance. | Costello had in fact decided he was done making albums, and would be happy just performing live from now on; but, true to type, he was hooked by the prospect of an unusual alliance. | ||
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