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<center><h3> Soundtrack of my life </h3></center> | <center><h3> Soundtrack of my life </h3></center> | ||
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''The song I would like played at my funeral but only if I don't have to attend: | ''The song I would like played at my funeral but only if I don't have to attend: | ||
"Out Of Left Field" (From ''Uncle Penn'') — Elvis Presley | "[[Out Of Left Field]]" (From ''Uncle Penn'') — Elvis Presley | ||
''"When you least expect it, fate stumbles in."'' From these opening lines, this is a triumph. Recuperating from his near-death experience in the summer of 1977, Presley turned not to gospel but to Southern soul ballads and, specifically, the songs of Dan Penn. His voice unshackled from the pharmaceutical fog of years of abuse, this was his best performance since 1969. His rendition of "Raining in Memphis" would be played at his state funeral, when the end finally came, but it is this moment of self-realisation that is most affecting. | ''"When you least expect it, fate stumbles in."'' From these opening lines, this is a triumph. Recuperating from his near-death experience in the summer of 1977, Presley turned not to gospel but to Southern soul ballads and, specifically, the songs of Dan Penn. His voice unshackled from the pharmaceutical fog of years of abuse, this was his best performance since 1969. His rendition of "Raining in Memphis" would be played at his state funeral, when the end finally came, but it is this moment of self-realisation that is most affecting. | ||
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2. Costello's golf addiction surfaced on 1979's "Green Jacket," a homage to the US Masters. Producer Nick Lowe, an Aussie Rules fan, forced him to call the song "Green Shirt." | 2. Costello's golf addiction surfaced on 1979's "Green Jacket," a homage to the US Masters. Producer Nick Lowe, an Aussie Rules fan, forced him to call the song "Green Shirt." | ||
3. Costello produced '' | 3. Costello produced ''Rum, Sodomy and the Lash'' by the Pogues, but only after Rod Stewart had turned it down. | ||
4. '' | 4. ''Almost Blue'', Costello's country album, was so called because in the early Eighties he had seriously considered switching his football loyalties to Everton. | ||
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''The River in Reverse'' by Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint is released on Verve next week | '''''The River in Reverse'' by Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint is released on Verve next week | ||
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'''Observer Music Monthly, No. 33, May 2006 | '''Observer Music Monthly, No. 33, May 2006 | ||
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