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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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''Teasers'' reports on EC & The Attractions' [[Concert 1977-07-14 Penzance|July 14]] debut at Penzance. | ''Teasers'' reports on EC & The Attractions' [[Concert 1977-07-14 Penzance|July 14]] debut at Penzance. | ||
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Includes | 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 | 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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<small>Ad for [[Concert 1977-07-26 London|Dingwalls]] | <small>Ad for [[Concert 1977-07-26 London|Dingwalls]].</small><br> | ||
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*[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://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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