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<center><h3> Cruel summer </h3></center> | <center><h3> Cruel summer </h3></center> | ||
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<center> Jay Williams </center> | <center> Jay Williams </center> | ||
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'''Elvis Costello And The Attractions <br> | |||
Goodbye Cruel World <br> | |||
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One of my earliest impressions of Elvis Costello is of him getting involved in an argument with a bolshy northern punk at a Carlisle gig back in... well, when he was angry, abrasive, calculatedly graceless. | One of my earliest impressions of Elvis Costello is of him getting involved in an argument with a bolshy northern punk at a Carlisle gig back in... well, when he was angry, abrasive, calculatedly graceless. | ||
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On "Room With No Number," Elvis adopts an almost anecdotal approach lyrically, and there's some evocative interplay between percussion and piano which somehow manages to set the scene as succinctly as the theme itself. | On "Room With No Number," Elvis adopts an almost anecdotal approach lyrically, and there's some evocative interplay between percussion and piano which somehow manages to set the scene as succinctly as the theme itself. | ||
After "Worthless Thing," with its hectic, precise and awe- | After "Worthless Thing," with its hectic, precise and awe-inspiring rhymes (and reasons), "Love Field" is comparatively bereft of arrangement, and the sparseness of the backing — just the faintest touches of guitar giving way to an ebbing, pulsing organ and fairground sweet-notes — lends itself perfectly to Elvis' plaintive vocals. | ||
His natural ability to inject his songs with poignancy is a rare talent and nowhere does it shine harder than on "Joe Porterhouse," a muted requiem for doomed youth (how old were the sailors who died?). If he had just said ''"Don't let them see you crying"'' | His natural ability to inject his songs with poignancy is a rare talent and nowhere does it shine harder than on "Joe Porterhouse," a muted requiem for doomed youth (how old were the sailors who died?). If he had just said ''"Don't let them see you crying,"'' it wouldn't have meant anything. But ''"Don't let them see you crying THAT WAY"'' — everybody knows what that means. | ||
Space does not, unfortunately, allow a full synopsis, but suffice it to say that John Cooper | Space does not, unfortunately, allow a full synopsis, but suffice it to say that John Cooper Clarke would have loved to have written "The Deportees Club," and although you'll all be familiar with "Peace In Our Time" by now, it still raises hairs on ''this'' back, at any rate. | ||
I'm still trying to work out whether ''Goodbye Cruel World'' is a wedding or a wake, but I'm content with the knowledge that Elvis Costello is able (and willing) to produce consistently relevant and thought-provoking music. | I'm still trying to work out whether ''Goodbye Cruel World'' is a wedding or a wake, but I'm content with the knowledge that Elvis Costello is able (and willing) to produce consistently relevant and thought-provoking music. | ||
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A "Man Out Of Time"? No. A man for all seasons. | A "Man Out Of Time"? No. A man for all seasons. | ||
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{{tags}}[[Goodbye Cruel World]] {{-}} [[Punch The Clock]] {{-}} [[The Comedians]] {{-}} [[The Only Flame In Town]] {{-}} [[Daryl Hall]] {{-}} [[I Wanna Be Loved]] {{-}} [[Room With No Number]] {{-}} [[Worthless Thing]] {{-}} [[Love Field]] {{-}} [[Joe Porterhouse]] {{-}} [[John Cooper Clarke]] {{-}} [[The Deportees Club]] {{-}} [[Peace In Our Time]] | |||
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[[image:1984-06-30 Sounds photo 01.jpg| | <small>Photo by [[Brian Griffin]].</small><br> | ||
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