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<center><h3> Elvis Costello's | <center><h3> Elvis Costello's musical aim is true </h3></center> | ||
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Part of that was due to Costello's slightly thick-toned voice and careless diction. More of it was due to the Attractions, who were in red-hot form and often drowned him out. So the music had to carry the ball, and it carried it more than well. | Part of that was due to Costello's slightly thick-toned voice and careless diction. More of it was due to the Attractions, who were in red-hot form and often drowned him out. So the music had to carry the ball, and it carried it more than well. | ||
Costello, whose real name is Declan Patrick MacManus, is the son of a former bandleader. Hence a lot of influences crop up bounce, jazz, Latin, lounge ballads, torch ballads, blues, just about everything but country and Dixieland. | Costello, whose real name is Declan Patrick MacManus, is the son of a former bandleader. Hence a lot of influences crop up: bounce, jazz, Latin, lounge ballads, torch ballads, blues, just about everything but country and Dixieland. | ||
And he and the Attractions do justice to them all. And let's take a moment to mention the Attractions, because they more than deserve it: drummer Peter Thomas, bassist Bruce Thomas (no relation) and fantastic keyboardist Steve Nieve, who carried the biggest load because Costello plays rhythm guitar, not lead. | And he and the Attractions do justice to them all. And let's take a moment to mention the Attractions, because they more than deserve it: drummer Peter Thomas, bassist Bruce Thomas (no relation) and fantastic keyboardist Steve Nieve, who carried the biggest load because Costello plays rhythm guitar, not lead. | ||
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