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<center><h3> | <center><h3> 'Bedroom' forecast: fair and partly cloudy </h3></center> | ||
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<center> Tony Kelly </center> | <center> Tony Kelly </center> | ||
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''' Elvis Costello <br> | |||
Imperial Bedroom | |||
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''"History repeats the old conceits / The glib replies, the same defeats." | ''"History repeats the old conceits / The glib replies, the same defeats." | ||
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Elvis. Costello wants to grow up to be just like his dear old dad. | Elvis. Costello wants to grow up to be just like his dear old dad. | ||
For those of you too hip to read ''Rolling Stone'', here's a little history. Ross | For those of you too hip to read ''Rolling Stone'', here's a little history. Ross MacManus, father of Declan (aka EC), was a cabaret singer in England for about 20 years. Hell, he may still be around, for all it matters to you and me. But for dutiful son Elvis, following in his father's footsteps in the slightly more profitable world of rock music, the past matters a lot. On ''Imperial Bedroom'', his latest album, Costello begs, borrows and steals from a whole field of musical straws, mostly remnants of his own career. The result isn't bad, after you factor in some style points for sheer diversity. But at the same time, the album seems malnourished, especially in the light of a bunch of well-fed previous albums. | ||
''"Giving you more of what for always worked for me before." | ''"Giving you more of what for always worked for me before." | ||
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''"Other boys use the splendor of their trembling lip / They're so teddy bear tender and tragically hip." | ''"Other boys use the splendor of their trembling lip / They're so teddy bear tender and tragically hip." | ||
Of course, it's far from reasonable to assume that Elvis and the boys should spend their time trying to be sincere in a business that rates about a 9.7 on the Fake-O-Meter. And for Costello, this type of artifice is probably a more personal form of expression than any single song he's written; he clearly loves the form of music he's performing right now, and he certainly has a load of musical tradition behind him (regardless of old Papa | Of course, it's far from reasonable to assume that Elvis and the boys should spend their time trying to be sincere in a business that rates about a 9.7 on the Fake-O-Meter. And for Costello, this type of artifice is probably a more personal form of expression than any single song he's written; he clearly loves the form of music he's performing right now, and he certainly has a load of musical tradition behind him (regardless of old Papa MacManus). What's more, the record seems to be a bona fide hit, currently sitting in the Top 10 of most record bins. However, there's a definite feeling of fatigue lurking around the end of ''Imperial Bedroom''; not from the expense of too much energy, but from tiring of a game that's gone on too long. Elvis Costello is clearly settled into Long-Term-Artist-land, and that's alright — the problem is that in doing so, the fog that surrounds him seems to have stagnated. | ||
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