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<center><h3> Elvis Costello in no mood for a little conversation </h3></center> | <center><h3> Elvis Costello in no mood for a little conversation </h3></center> | ||
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Heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali was once asked what he would do if someone came up to him and tried to pick a fight. | |||
"I'd run like hell," a wide-eyed Ali shot back, "cause he must be crazy." | "I'd run like hell," a wide-eyed Ali shot back, "cause he must be crazy." | ||
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One of the world's most talented songwriters is no mood for a quiet conversation. | One of the world's most talented songwriters is no mood for a quiet conversation. | ||
The 59-year-old, who is hours away from his | The 59-year-old, who is hours away from his last gig of the year — at Zepp Namba music hall in [[Concert 2013-12-15 Osaka|Osaka]] last Sunday afternoon — has a reputation for being prickly. | ||
His trademark black-rimmed plastic spectacles and pork-pie hat thinly disguise the soul of a punk, even more than 35 years after he rode New Wave music into the '80s. | His trademark black-rimmed plastic spectacles and pork-pie hat thinly disguise the soul of a punk, even more than 35 years after he rode New Wave music into the '80s. | ||
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"We seem to have lost the line," the operator chips in, too quickly. He then adds, "I'll get it back ..." | "We seem to have lost the line," the operator chips in, too quickly. He then adds, "I'll get it back ..." | ||
Costello | Costello — also known as Declan Patrick MacManus — has had a big year. More than 100 live shows began in Australia, and stormed through the United States, Britain, Europe and, eventually, Japan for the first time. And he released a critically-acclaimed soul-funk album with [[The Roots]]. | ||
And now all he wants to do is visit his mum, Lily, in England, before flying to Vancouver to spend Christmas with his wife, Canadian jazz singer | And now all he wants to do is visit his mum, Lily, in England, before flying to Vancouver to spend Christmas with his wife, Canadian jazz singer Diana Krall, and their twin boys and family. | ||
Costello returns. | Costello returns. | ||
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"I live with them." | "I live with them." | ||
Take 1977. During his first visit to the US and on the cusp of success with his first album, he and his band | Take 1977. During his first visit to the US and on the cusp of success with his first album, he and his band The Attractions took the place of The Sex Pistols after they dropped out of a live spot on NBC's high-profile ''Saturday Night Live''. | ||
Less than a minute into the live-to-air performance, he swapped the scheduled song for | Less than a minute into the live-to-air performance, he swapped the scheduled song for "Radio Radio," a number critical of corporate-controlled broadcasting that the show's creator Lorne Michaels had asked he not play. | ||
Michaels | Michaels — who since has produced ''Seinfeld'' and ''30 Rock'', as well as movies such as ''Three Amigos'', ''Coneheads'', ''Enigma'' and ''Wayne's World'' — was furious. | ||
Costello was banned from the show for more than 10 years. | Costello was banned from the show for more than 10 years. | ||
But in typical unsinkable Costello style, he appeared on the SNL's 25th anniversary show | But in typical unsinkable Costello style, he appeared on the <i>SNL</i>'s 25th anniversary show — parodying, of course, the 1977 debacle. | ||
Costello, who can simply ooze sarcasm, says the song-swap was homage to Jimi Hendrix, who did the same thing on BBC TV show Lulu years before. Hendrix was banned, too. | Costello, who can simply ooze sarcasm, says the song-swap was homage to Jimi Hendrix, who did the same thing on BBC TV show Lulu years before. Hendrix was banned, too. | ||
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But what about other TV spots? | But what about other TV spots? | ||
How did you get on The Simpsons? | How did you get on ''The Simpsons''? | ||
"Well, that wasn't me." | "Well, that wasn't me." | ||
Frasier? | ''Frasier''? | ||
"That shouldn't have been me." | "That shouldn't have been me." | ||
Thirty 30? | ''Thirty 30''? ''Sesame Street''? | ||
"They're all distractions, really," Costello says, annoyed again. "You're asked to do them because someone on the show's crew likes your music ... that's all ... | "They're all distractions, really," Costello says, annoyed again. "You're asked to do them because someone on the show's crew likes your music ... that's all ... | ||
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"No, on the contrary. Some of them were great. | "No, on the contrary. Some of them were great. | ||
"Doing Two and a Half Men with Sean Penn was a real buzz ..." | "Doing ''Two and a Half Men'' with Sean Penn was a real buzz ..." | ||
You've collaborated, writing songs and performing with some of the greats | You've collaborated, writing songs and performing with some of the greats — Paul McCartney and Burt Bacharach. | ||
"Yes, and they both are great," he says. | "Yes, and they both are great," he says. | ||
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"But you have to remember they get things out of a collaboration too," he says a little defensively. "They wouldn't do it otherwise." | "But you have to remember they get things out of a collaboration too," he says a little defensively. "They wouldn't do it otherwise." | ||
His latest album, [[Wise Up Ghost]], is another collaboration, this time with US hip-hop quartet | His latest album, ''[[Wise Up Ghost]]'', is another collaboration, this time with US hip-hop quartet The Roots. | ||
It is another change of direction for him, a jazz-funk tilt at a windmill. | It is another change of direction for him, a jazz-funk tilt at a windmill. | ||
But his music, which includes classical work with | But his music, which includes classical work with the Brodsky Quartet, writing a ballet and seeing it performed, and singing in [[Welcome To The Voice|a modern opera]] with Sting, has never been just a dream. He works hard at it. | ||
Costello has an encyclopaedic knowledge of music. He is a renaissance man who celebrates change. | Costello has an encyclopaedic knowledge of music. He is a renaissance man who celebrates change. | ||
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Maybe there is something to grumpy old men after all. | Maybe there is something to grumpy old men after all. | ||
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'''Elvis Costello and The Imposters play the 25th anniversary Byron Bay Blues Festival at Easter from April 17 to 25. | |||
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'''The Queensland Times, December 23, 2013 | '''The Queensland Times, December 23, 2013 | ||
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[[ Trevor Hockins]] | [[Trevor Hockins]] interviews Elvis Costello ahead of his appearance at the East Coast Blues and Roots Festival, Monday, [[Concert 2014-04-21 Byron Bay|April 21, 2014]], Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia. | ||
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