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<center><h3>Elegant Elvis - This year's model</h3></center> | <center><h3> Elegant Elvis - This year's model</h3></center> | ||
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<center>Russell Baillie</center> | <center> Russell Baillie </center> | ||
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'''Not bitter but twisted, Elvis Costello talks to Russell Baillie about grooving with Burt Bacharach and returning to Sweetwaters after 20 years. | |||
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Sometimes you just like to spring the occasional impossible question on them. | Sometimes you just like to spring the occasional impossible question on them. | ||
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"I have no idea," he fires back. "What is the point of that thought? I think I was a very nauseating puritan a lot of the time, who also was having the time of his life being as rude and drunk and lecherous as possible — and isn't that right at 23? | "I have no idea," he fires back. "What is the point of that thought? I think I was a very nauseating puritan a lot of the time, who also was having the time of his life being as rude and drunk and lecherous as possible — and isn't that right at 23? | ||
"You are all of those conflicting things and probably very, very intolerant. But I had a deep love of Burt Bacharach's music then, otherwise I wouldn't have been playing it. It meant the world to me. | "You are all of those conflicting things and probably very, very intolerant. But I had a deep love of [[Burt Bacharach]]'s music then, otherwise I wouldn't have been playing it. It meant the world to me. | ||
"[[Dusty Springfield]] is, if not my favourite singer, among the five or six singers who matter the most to me. Her relationship with Burt's music alone would have made me love it. | "[[Dusty Springfield]] is, if not my favourite singer, among the five or six singers who matter the most to me. Her relationship with Burt's music alone would have made me love it. | ||
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Costello's partnership with Bacharach is but the latest in a list of get-togethers over the years which have included [[Paul McCartney]] (a few songs), [[the Brodsky Quartet]] (the baroque-pop ''[[The Juliet Letters|Juliet Letters]]'' album, sort of Costello's cello years) as well as jazz guitarist [[Bill Frisell|Bill Frissell]], [[Brian Eno]], gospel group [[the Fairfield Four]], the [[Mingus Big Band]] .... | Costello's partnership with Bacharach is but the latest in a list of get-togethers over the years which have included [[Paul McCartney]] (a few songs), [[the Brodsky Quartet]] (the baroque-pop ''[[The Juliet Letters|Juliet Letters]]'' album, sort of Costello's cello years) as well as jazz guitarist [[Bill Frisell|Bill Frissell]], [[Brian Eno]], gospel group [[the Fairfield Four]], the [[Mingus Big Band]] .... | ||
The latest collaboration began with the song [[God Give Me Strength]], which Bacharach and Costello wrote for the soundtrack of ''[[Grace Of My Heart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|Grace of My Heart]]'', a half-realised film loosely based on the life of [[Carole King]] and the changing American pop scene of the 60s. | The latest collaboration began with the song "[[God Give Me Strength]]," which Bacharach and Costello wrote for the soundtrack of ''[[Grace Of My Heart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|Grace of My Heart]]'', a half-realised film loosely based on the life of [[Carole King]] and the changing American pop scene of the 60s. | ||
That turned to plans for a full album with Costello's singing framed by Bacharach's subtly symphonic arrangements. | That turned to plans for a full album with Costello's singing framed by Bacharach's subtly symphonic arrangements. | ||
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"It was largely about lost love, and we'd stay within that world because there is plenty to be said on that topic and I think the album proves it." | "It was largely about lost love, and we'd stay within that world because there is plenty to be said on that topic and I think the album proves it." | ||
Painted from Memory has already achieved a profile higher than most of his recent efforts, though he says it should also prove to be an album with a long shelf-life. | ''Painted from Memory'' has already achieved a profile higher than most of his recent efforts, though he says it should also prove to be an album with a long shelf-life. | ||
"It obviously doesn't compete in terms of, `That has got to be on the radio next week otherwise it's a disaster.' | "It obviously doesn't compete in terms of, `That has got to be on the radio next week otherwise it's a disaster.' | ||
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"I remember the journey more than anything else. I remember taking the band on a round-the-world trip. We more or less spent the fee just going on that trip. We flew to Singapore on the Concorde, then we flew to New Zealand. I think we probably enjoyed the trip more than the concert. Does anyone remember it? Have you found anybody who will admit to having been there? | "I remember the journey more than anything else. I remember taking the band on a round-the-world trip. We more or less spent the fee just going on that trip. We flew to Singapore on the Concorde, then we flew to New Zealand. I think we probably enjoyed the trip more than the concert. Does anyone remember it? Have you found anybody who will admit to having been there? | ||
"I don't know how good the show was, it was probably pretty ropey. I do remember sitting on the beach in New Zealand in my suit in the sweltering heat and people coming up to me like I was really weird. I would never loosen my tie in those days. That is the kind of guy I was." | "I don't know how good the show was, it was probably pretty ropey. I do remember sitting on the beach in New Zealand in my suit in the sweltering heat and people coming up to me like I was really weird. I would never loosen my tie in those days. That is the kind of guy I was." | ||
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'''Who: Elvis Costello<br> | |||
'''Where: Sweetwaters<br> | |||
'''When: Sunday, January 24<br> | |||
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