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<center><h3> Elvis Costello | <center><h3> Elvis Costello is no imitator </h3></center> | ||
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<center> Al Walentis </center> | <center> Al Walentis </center> | ||
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There's a new singer around who's going to have a tough time convincing people he's for real. | There's a new singer around who's going to have a tough time convincing people he's for real. | ||
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Costello, a 22-year-old Britisher, links the brute power of Graham Parker with the sardonic wit of Randy Newman. It is easy to pick out his musical influences almost lick for lick — the early Beatles, the Stones, the Phil Spector stable. But the straightforward rock 'n' roll is joined with an unexpected choice of themes — and makes Costello an artist to be reckoned with. | Costello, a 22-year-old Britisher, links the brute power of Graham Parker with the sardonic wit of Randy Newman. It is easy to pick out his musical influences almost lick for lick — the early Beatles, the Stones, the Phil Spector stable. But the straightforward rock 'n' roll is joined with an unexpected choice of themes — and makes Costello an artist to be reckoned with. | ||
The album roars out of the starting block with "Welcome to the Working Week," an occupational salute to the Monday-through-Friday grind. ("I know it won't thrill you, I hope it don't kill you.") Before you can catch your breath, the song roars right out; at 1:22, it is the shortest of the 13 cuts. | The album roars out of the starting block with "Welcome to the Working Week," an occupational salute to the Monday-through-Friday grind. (''"I know it won't thrill you, I hope it don't kill you."'') Before you can catch your breath, the song roars right out; at 1:22, it is the shortest of the 13 cuts. | ||
Elsewhere, the innocuous sounding "Mystery Dance" actually is a cry for sex education, and "Blame It on Cain" is an attempt to assign biblical responsibility for mundane troubles. "It's nobody's fault," Costello sings, "but we need somebody to burn." (To give you an idea of Costello's musical quirkiness, another song, "Watching the Detectives," starts off with a light reggae beat and moves instantly to a Ventures-styled guitar). | Elsewhere, the innocuous sounding "Mystery Dance" actually is a cry for sex education, and "Blame It on Cain" is an attempt to assign biblical responsibility for mundane troubles. ''"It's nobody's fault,"'' Costello sings, ''"but we need somebody to burn."'' (To give you an idea of Costello's musical quirkiness, another song, "Watching the Detectives," starts off with a light reggae beat and moves instantly to a Ventures-styled guitar). | ||
Costello's odd image is enhanced by his public temperament. He doesn't like to talk about his past. ("Nobody showed any interest in me then. If you weren't there, you missed it and that's it.") And he steadfastly refused to give any individual credits for his album. | Costello's odd image is enhanced by his public temperament. He doesn't like to talk about his past. ("Nobody showed any interest in me then. If you weren't there, you missed it and that's it.") And he steadfastly refused to give any individual credits for his album. ''My Aim Is True'', he said, is meant for tinny car radios at 60 mph. | ||
Although Costello grinds out some pretty good guitar solos, the whole idea of instrumental virtuosity bores him. Partly from this supposed laxity, Costello has been lumped with the New Wave of rock 'n' roll artists. | Although Costello grinds out some pretty good guitar solos, the whole idea of instrumental virtuosity bores him. Partly from this supposed laxity, Costello has been lumped with the New Wave of rock 'n' roll artists. | ||
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Elvis Costello, in other words, is a New Wave singer who can be enjoyed by fans who still remember the Old Wave. | Elvis Costello, in other words, is a New Wave singer who can be enjoyed by fans who still remember the Old Wave. | ||
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