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Elvis Costello has been dubbed | Elvis Costello has been dubbed "The Quiet Man of Rock." And he certainly lives up to his reputation. | ||
For in spite of the fact that Costello now has everything going for him, and has been acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic as something of a genius, he still likes to remain Mr. Silent. | For in spite of the fact that Costello now has everything going for him, and has been acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic as something of a genius, he still likes to remain Mr. Silent. He gives interviews 'once in a blue moon' and he doesn't like to talk about himself. He likes to let his music do the talking for him. | ||
To look at, Elvis is a gawky, emaciated chap who is shortsighted and wears thick-lensed spectacles. | To look at, Elvis is a gawky, emaciated chap who is shortsighted and wears thick-lensed spectacles. But when it comes to creating his own music, that's another thing — he's in a class of his own. | ||
He came out of the punk stable, but unlike so many of the other dreary rebellious characters of that era, he emerged with a lasting musical talent. | He came out of the punk stable, but unlike so many of the other dreary rebellious characters of that era, he emerged with a lasting musical talent. | ||
He has been described as a | He has been described as a "surly Superstar," and accused of being arrogant, self-opinionated and quite ruthless. But Costello doesn't care about the labels they put on him. | ||
Elvis' No 1 fan is his father Ross MacManus. He was a singer with the old Joe Loss Band for 14 years, and Elvis appeared on the TV show ''This Is Your Life'' when Joe Loss was the 'victim; in October 1980. | |||
As Elvis explained: | As Elvis explained: "It was seeing the Joe Loss band for the first time, when I was a youngster, that made me realise I wanted to lead my own band one day." Well, he's done that all right. | ||
The songs he writes reflect his serious thoughts | The songs he writes reflect his serious thoughts — about racial discrimination, injustice, modern living. But he is worried, he has said, about being categorised as a writer of political protest songs. | ||
"Once you get involved in that kind of thing, there's a great danger of falling into the trap of preaching to the converted," he said. | |||
"The problem with a lot of protest singers is that their songs lack wit. They become just a dull repetition of pamphleteering, which is no good. | |||
"In my songs I like to get an angle which hasn't been worked at and then come up with something new. " | |||
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