Smash Hits, December 1978: Difference between revisions
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<center><h3> | <center><h3> Biting the hand and biting back! </h3></center> | ||
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<center>'' Smash Hits </center> | |||
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Since it's absolutely vital for a single to get played on the radio if it stands any chance of being a hit, it takes a lot of nerve to release a record which describes disc jockeys and radio bosses as "fools". | |||
It sounds like commercial suicide, but that's precisely what Elvis Costello has done on his single "[[Radio, Radio|Radio Radio]]". Whichever way you look at it, it's a petty scathing attack on the people who control what you hear on your radio. | It sounds like commercial suicide, but that's precisely what Elvis Costello has done on his single "[[Radio, Radio|Radio Radio]]". Whichever way you look at it, it's a petty scathing attack on the people who control what you hear on your radio. | ||
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'''Smash Hits, December, 1978''' | '''Smash Hits, December, 1978''' | ||
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''Smash Hits'' | ''Smash Hits'' reports on Elvis Costello's [[TV 1978-10-26 Top Of The Pops|October 26, 1978]] appearance on ''[[Top Of The Pops]]''. | ||
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smash_Hits Wikipedia: Smash Hits] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smash_Hits Wikipedia: Smash Hits] | ||
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/articles/s/smash_hits.781201a.html elviscostello.info] | *[http://www.elviscostello.info/articles/s/smash_hits.781201a.html elviscostello.info] | ||
* | *[http://www.flickr.com/photos/51106326@N00/sets/72157624050534435/with/4657175524/ Brian McCloskey's Smash Hits archive] | ||
[[Category:Bibliography|Smash Hits 1978-12-00]] | [[Category:Bibliography|Smash Hits 1978-12-00]] |
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