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<center><h3> My Aim Is True </h3></center> | <center><h3> My Aim Is True </h3></center> | ||
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It's better to have loved and lost and written a whole album on the agonising experience, than never to have loved at all and kept schtum about it. | It's better to have loved and lost and written a whole album on the agonising experience, than never to have loved at all and kept schtum about it. | ||
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Honey! this definitely ain't no romance; more like sexual psychoanalysis set to a dozen superb juke joint anthems. | Honey! this definitely ain't no romance; more like sexual psychoanalysis set to a dozen superb juke joint anthems. | ||
'' | ''My Aim Is True'' isn't just the title track of Mr. Costello's auspicious album debut, but is indicative of a quirky line of vision which painfully — often to the point of total humiliation — examines the recurring traumas of love and other related adolescent dilemmas. Keeping a low emotional profile is one thing you can't accuse Costello of feigning. | ||
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Try this for size. On "[[Pay It Back]]," EC delves into the problem of a first-hand personality crisis ''"Auntie Annie told me I could be somebody if I didn't let too much get in my way / And I tried so hard just to be myself but I kept fading away".'' | Try this for size. On "[[Pay It Back]]," EC delves into the problem of a first-hand personality crisis ''"Auntie Annie told me I could be somebody if I didn't let too much get in my way / And I tried so hard just to be myself but I kept fading away".'' | ||
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[[Roy Carr]] reviews ''[[My Aim Is True]]''. | [[Roy Carr]] reviews ''[[My Aim Is True]]''. | ||
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''Teasers'' reports on EC & The Attractions' [[Concert 1977-07-14 Penzance|July 14]] debut at Penzance. | |||
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Includes ads for gigs [[Concert 1977-07-26 London|July 26]], Dingwalls and [[Concert 1977-07-27 London|July{{nb}}27]], Hope And Anchor. | |||
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Also includes parts 1 and 2 of a six-part, three-publication ad campaign for ''My Aim Is True''. (Parts 3 and 4 ran in ''[[Melody Maker, July 23, 1977|Melody Maker]]''; parts 5 and 6 ran in ''[[Sounds, July 23, 1977|Sounds]]''.) | |||
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<br><small>Two-page advertisement for ''My Aim Is True''.</small> | |||
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Secret Elvis Costello West Country gigs last weekend met with much acclaim. In [[Concert 1977-07-14 Penzance|Penzance]] a holidaymaker called Captain Sensible had to be restrained from leaping up onto the stage to "jam." He was restrained by Stiff employees because, they felt, he was unfamiliar with Costello's material. Would this really have made any difference, ''T-Zers'' wonders?... | Secret Elvis Costello West Country gigs last weekend met with much acclaim. In [[Concert 1977-07-14 Penzance|Penzance]] a holidaymaker called Captain Sensible had to be restrained from leaping up onto the stage to "jam." He was restrained by Stiff employees because, they felt, he was unfamiliar with Costello's material. Would this really have made any difference, ''T-Zers'' wonders?... | ||
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<small>Ad for [[Concert 1977-07-27 London|Hope And Anchor]].</small><br> | |||
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<small>Ad for [[Concert 1977-07-26 London|Dingwalls]].</small><br> | |||
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<br><small>Cover.</small> | [[image:1977-07-23 New Musical Express photo 01.jpg|x120px|border]] | ||
<br><small>Cover and photo.</small> | |||
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*[http://www.nme.com/ NME.com] | *[http://www.nme.com/ NME.com] | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NME Wikipedia: NME] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NME Wikipedia: NME] | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Carr Wikipedia: Roy Carr] | |||
*[http://www.barneybubbles.com/blog/archives/2797 BarneyBubbles.com] | |||
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/articles/n/nme.770723a.html elviscostello.info] | *[http://www.elviscostello.info/articles/n/nme.770723a.html elviscostello.info] | ||
*[http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2009/11/when-music-advertising%E2%80%99s-aim-was-true/ rocksbackpagesblogs.com] | *[http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2009/11/when-music-advertising%E2%80%99s-aim-was-true/ rocksbackpagesblogs.com] | ||
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