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Backstage before Elvis' set, there was none of the wrath and bashing that one has heard about; Lowe and British rocker [[Dave Edmunds]] are leaning back after a hard-driving set, and Elvis is a still centre of concentration, writing a song list on a napkin, as his band (The Attractions) jive and uncap beers. Though he peers about amiably enough, half-grinning as his manager [[Jake Riviera]] impersonates a TV news personality they call "Horrendo," Elvis opens his mouth only once in 20 minutes. Organist [[Steve Nieve]] (a classically-trained 19-year-old whose Vox Continental organ sound stokes the band) has bought a fancy shirt, and is taking abuse for it. "Must be overpaid," says Elvis, effectively deadpan. | Backstage before Elvis' set, there was none of the wrath and bashing that one has heard about; Lowe and British rocker [[Dave Edmunds]] are leaning back after a hard-driving set, and Elvis is a still centre of concentration, writing a song list on a napkin, as his band (The Attractions) jive and uncap beers. Though he peers about amiably enough, half-grinning as his manager [[Jake Riviera]] impersonates a TV news personality they call "Horrendo," Elvis opens his mouth only once in 20 minutes. Organist [[Steve Nieve]] (a classically-trained 19-year-old whose Vox Continental organ sound stokes the band) has bought a fancy shirt, and is taking abuse for it. "Must be overpaid," says Elvis, effectively deadpan. | ||
Elvis' reclusive nature has kept biographical details scant. Said to have been born in London as Declan Patrick MacManus, raised in Liverpool as a Catholic, Costello is 23, and has a son, 3, from a marriage at the age of 19. Shortly before his discovery and subsequent induction into the star-making machinery of Columbia Records, Costello was still working as a computer operator at a division of Elizabeth Arden Cosmetics. For a spell, as D.P. Costello, Elvis fronted a country-rocking band called "[[Flip City]]" (His father, as the story goes, was a band-leader.) In a boozy interview with a British writer, Costello made a statement that has caused more than a ripple of interest in his way-overgrown cult: "The only two things that matter to me, the only motivation points for writing these songs, are revenge and guilt." | Elvis' reclusive nature has kept biographical details scant. Said to have been born in London as Declan Patrick MacManus, raised in Liverpool as a Catholic, Costello is 23, and has a son, 3, from a marriage at the age of 19. Shortly before his discovery and subsequent induction into the star-making machinery of Columbia Records, Costello was still working as a computer operator at a division of Elizabeth Arden Cosmetics. For a spell, as D.P. Costello, Elvis fronted a country-rocking band called "[[Flip City]]" (His father, as the story goes, was a band-leader.) In a boozy [[New Musical Express, August 27, 1977|interview]] with a British writer, Costello made a statement that has caused more than a ripple of interest in his way-overgrown cult: "The only two things that matter to me, the only motivation points for writing these songs, are revenge and guilt." | ||
''This Year's Model'' reflects that, and the onstage Elvis puts the lyrics across even more heatedly than the recorded one. In Syracuse, he delivered a series of indignant stabs at womankind. "[[This Year's Girl]]," for example, feels like a ride on a carousel that's slipped its drive chain as Elvis excoriates Farrah Fawcett-Majors types: ''"See her picture in a thousand places / Cause she's this year's girl... You see yourself rollin' on the carpet with this year's girl..."'' | ''This Year's Model'' reflects that, and the onstage Elvis puts the lyrics across even more heatedly than the recorded one. In Syracuse, he delivered a series of indignant stabs at womankind. "[[This Year's Girl]]," for example, feels like a ride on a carousel that's slipped its drive chain as Elvis excoriates Farrah Fawcett-Majors types: ''"See her picture in a thousand places / Cause she's this year's girl... You see yourself rollin' on the carpet with this year's girl..."'' |
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