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<center><h3> Elvis Costello </h3> | <center><h3> Elvis Costello — His battle against himself </h3></center> | ||
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"My approach to music is different in that I pick up things that are new and not accepted in hip, critical terms. I don't like a lot of the shouters aspect of entertainment. I think that's a phoney emotion that's sold to people. But then people are basically phoney anyway. | "My approach to music is different in that I pick up things that are new and not accepted in hip, critical terms. I don't like a lot of the shouters aspect of entertainment. I think that's a phoney emotion that's sold to people. But then people are basically phoney anyway. | ||
"Everybody complains about the state of the music market being filled with disco and the Eagles but they refuse to try and do anything about it unless it involves a compromise. People have become obsessed with making rock | "Everybody complains about the state of the music market being filled with disco and the Eagles but they refuse to try and do anything about it unless it involves a compromise. People have become obsessed with making rock 'n' roll something special but it isn't. Rock 'n' roll is the lowest form of life known to man." | ||
Hey! Now that's what rock | Hey! Now that's what rock 'n' roll has been needing, an Archie Bunker father figure to look up to. I'll bet he even voted Republican in the last election. But wait a minute; before you start calling the rock kettle black I suggest you check out your own pot because from where I'm listening you're strictly Tupperware. Sure, you may be able to string your lyrics together better than a lot of songwriters but your trip isn't Strawberry Fields. What I'm saying Elvis is that your music isn't the Holy Grail. | ||
"I never said I was injecting anything moral into my music. I just do the thing the way I feel I should do it. I know the weaknesses in my music and that's what I have to live with. All the time I'm fighting a battle against myself to escape mediocrity and to do better. All creative people are like that. But the difference between myself and the vast majority of songwriters is that I'm not content with a sloppy phrase when a better one will do. How many people can honestly say that?" | "I never said I was injecting anything moral into my music. I just do the thing the way I feel I should do it. I know the weaknesses in my music and that's what I have to live with. All the time I'm fighting a battle against myself to escape mediocrity and to do better. All creative people are like that. But the difference between myself and the vast majority of songwriters is that I'm not content with a sloppy phrase when a better one will do. How many people can honestly say that?" | ||
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As the duel of words continued, it dawned on me that the reason that Costello on record may be a bit hard to swallow is that the very nature of his music is so concise and to the point that we are literally shocked by this intrusion into our realm of excess. | As the duel of words continued, it dawned on me that the reason that Costello on record may be a bit hard to swallow is that the very nature of his music is so concise and to the point that we are literally shocked by this intrusion into our realm of excess. | ||
"I like to think of my music as being of the moment. Throughout the history of popular music, the best of it has been that way. Once an inventive style stops and decides it wants to set itself up as a culture, I think it begins to get boring. What's been missing | "I like to think of my music as being of the moment. Throughout the history of popular music, the best of it has been that way. Once an inventive style stops and decides it wants to set itself up as a culture, I think it begins to get boring. What's been missing in music since 1967 is that kind of immediate feeling. Now people are trying to make it into art which it isn't. People are being put to sleep by the excess of most of today's music and the only hope for the form is for musicians and songwriters to bring the music back to the land of the living." | ||
Costello's manager entered at this point and reminded Elvis that he had another interview scheduled for nine. Costello sighed complete and absolute boredom. | Costello's manager entered at this point and reminded Elvis that he had another interview scheduled for nine. Costello sighed complete and absolute boredom. | ||
"I guess I just have to accept the fact that there's all kinds of fools in the world and I don't have time to deal with them all." | "I guess I just have to accept the fact that there's all kinds of fools in the world and I don't have time to deal with them all." | ||
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