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Singing of a cynic's world-view in "A Sad Burlesque," Elvis Costello mentions ''"The pitying smirk."'' Funny, a pitying smirk is exactly what the young and splenetic punk laureate would have mustered for anyone that suggested that one day he would be making not LPs but "song cycles for string quartet and voice." Derision will follow hot on the heels of this project, words like "pretentious" will be bandied about and Costello, no enthusiast for rock critics, will be as sour and grumpy as usual, And all this will be a pity, for ''The Juliet Letters'' is the best thing to bear Costello's name in five years. | Singing of a cynic's world-view in "A Sad Burlesque," Elvis Costello mentions ''"The pitying smirk."'' Funny, a pitying smirk is exactly what the young and splenetic punk laureate would have mustered for anyone that suggested that one day he would be making not LPs but "song cycles for string quartet and voice." Derision will follow hot on the heels of this project, words like "pretentious" will be bandied about and Costello, no enthusiast for rock critics, will be as sour and grumpy as usual, And all this will be a pity, for ''The Juliet Letters'' is the best thing to bear Costello's name in five years. | ||
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The shame is that, whilst his last few albums have been praised beyond their worth, ''The Juliet Letters'' — a bold, flawed, encouraging affair — is probably on course for a pasting by virtue of not being a rock record. Let's hope not, not least for The Brodsky Quartet, as this is every bit as much their record and they should be proud. ''The Juliet Letters'' really is something to write home about. | The shame is that, whilst his last few albums have been praised beyond their worth, ''The Juliet Letters'' — a bold, flawed, encouraging affair — is probably on course for a pasting by virtue of not being a rock record. Let's hope not, not least for The Brodsky Quartet, as this is every bit as much their record and they should be proud. ''The Juliet Letters'' really is something to write home about. | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[ | *[https://www.nme.com/ NME.com] | ||
*[ | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NME Wikipedia: NME] | ||
*[ | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Maconie Wikipedia: Stuart Maconie] | ||
*[ | *[https://www.elviscostello.info/articles/n/nme.930123a.html elviscostello.info] | ||
*[ | *[https://www.flickr.com/photos/littletriggers/15129902834 Flickr:] [[Stephen McCathie]] | ||
*[https://twitter.com/nothingelseon/status/1644821584799207426 Twitter: nothingelseon] | |||
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