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It Is no secret that Elvis Costello has tired of popular music. From being one of its most eloquent and articulate interpreters (as "pure pop for now people," Country, R&B, Philly soul), DP MacManus has distanced himself from the superficiality and limitations of pop. ''Mighty Like A Rose'' was a deeply and fundamentally flawed album. His soundtrack to ''GBH'' was a clear indication of his musical direction, his comments on ''Desert Island Discs'' revealed just how uncomfortable a fellow traveller he now was. | It Is no secret that Elvis Costello has tired of popular music. From being one of its most eloquent and articulate interpreters (as "pure pop for now people," Country, R&B, Philly soul), DP MacManus has distanced himself from the superficiality and limitations of pop. ''Mighty Like A Rose'' was a deeply and fundamentally flawed album. His soundtrack to ''GBH'' was a clear indication of his musical direction, his comments on ''Desert Island Discs'' revealed just how uncomfortable a fellow traveller he now was. | ||
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''The Juliet Letters'' conjures the spectres of progressive rock; of musicians tiring of pop limitations and keen to flex their creative muscles by forging rock with "the classics." Such ambition belongs to Deep Purple and The Nice; it shouldn't happen to Elvis Costello. | ''The Juliet Letters'' conjures the spectres of progressive rock; of musicians tiring of pop limitations and keen to flex their creative muscles by forging rock with "the classics." Such ambition belongs to Deep Purple and The Nice; it shouldn't happen to Elvis Costello. | ||
The fatal flaw, however, is that Costello's voice Is no match for the pseudo-classicism here. It sounds pathetically stretched and vulnerable. Elvis had one of the great pop voices; he was capable of breaking your heart with a syllable. Now with ''The Juliet Letters'', he just makes you want to cry for all the wrong reasons. | The fatal flaw, however, is that Costello's voice Is no match for the pseudo-classicism here. It sounds pathetically stretched and vulnerable. Elvis had one of the great pop voices; he was capable of breaking your heart with a syllable. Now with ''The Juliet Letters'', he just makes you want to cry for all the wrong reasons. | ||
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