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NEW YORK — Elvis Costello, considered the most talented songwriter to emerge from English new-wave rock, has released two records this year with songs he considers to be more compassionate than usual. | NEW YORK — Elvis Costello, considered the most talented songwriter to emerge from English new-wave rock, has released two records this year with songs he considers to be more compassionate than usual. | ||
''King of America'' was released last spring, co-produced with T | ''King of America'' was released last spring, co-produced with T{{nb}}Bone Burnett and used country studio musicians. | ||
"It's a more open record, more clear lyrically and more generous in emotion," Costello said in an interview. | "It's a more open record, more clear lyrically and more generous in emotion," Costello said in an interview. | ||
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"There are not so many mean songs on it. Some of my most successful songs have been quite malevolent. Those things are in me, like in everybody else. When I start thinking about angry things I become meaner. I've got some pretty mean songs lying festering away in my songbag, you know." | "There are not so many mean songs on it. Some of my most successful songs have been quite malevolent. Those things are in me, like in everybody else. When I start thinking about angry things I become meaner. I've got some pretty mean songs lying festering away in my songbag, you know." | ||
''Blood | ''Blood & Chocolate'', Costello's 13th LP in the United States, uses his long-time band, the Attractions. | ||
"I very much want the new record to be successful because I've had few commercial successes," he said. "Over the last couple of years I haven't been doing songs of great emotional substance People's feelings have been strong for more vivid material that came earlier in my career. I haven't gone to the hearts of people. The ones they get excited about are the old songs, still." | "I very much want the new record to be successful because I've had few commercial successes," he said. "Over the last couple of years I haven't been doing songs of great emotional substance People's feelings have been strong for more vivid material that came earlier in my career. I haven't gone to the hearts of people. The ones they get excited about are the old songs, still." | ||
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An aura of mystery and unavailability has surrounded Costello through much of his career, "It was for avoiding having to do interviews," he said in an interview. "They had written the article before they came to you. There was very little point in saying anything. It was easier to foster being difficult or mysterious or violent or all three, so people stayed away from you. I was working at a very furious pace. Let them write the stupid nonsense they were going to write anyway, All I wanted to do was get on with the work." | An aura of mystery and unavailability has surrounded Costello through much of his career, "It was for avoiding having to do interviews," he said in an interview. "They had written the article before they came to you. There was very little point in saying anything. It was easier to foster being difficult or mysterious or violent or all three, so people stayed away from you. I was working at a very furious pace. Let them write the stupid nonsense they were going to write anyway, All I wanted to do was get on with the work." | ||
Costello lives in London. He put his real name, Declan | Costello lives in London. He put his real name, Declan MacManus, on ''King of America''. | ||
"I'm 32. I was 22 when I started. It's a way of saying that a period of time has elapsed and that's my name. You're not to take my name changing too seriously, There's no psychoanalytical reasoning behind it," | "I'm 32. I was 22 when I started. It's a way of saying that a period of time has elapsed and that's my name. You're not to take my name changing too seriously, There's no psychoanalytical reasoning behind it," | ||
About changing Declan | About changing Declan MacManus to Elvis Costello, he said, "MacManus was hard to say over the phone, the N and M. And teachers had great difficulty pronouncing Declan, My great-grandfather's name was Costello, My manager added Elvis, like a stunt, a life-long stunt. | ||
"There was a sense of 'How dare you appropriate that name?' There was an attraction in that. I thought he (Elvis Presley) was pretty good. I never was a big fan. His name wasn't taken out of reverence or disrespect. I've worked with musicians who were in his band. They were good-humored about it." | "There was a sense of 'How dare you appropriate that name?' There was an attraction in that. I thought he (Elvis Presley) was pretty good. I never was a big fan. His name wasn't taken out of reverence or disrespect. I've worked with musicians who were in his band. They were good-humored about it." | ||
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