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<center><h3> A very amiable album | <center><h3> A very amiable album </h3></center> | ||
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<center> Per Bjurman </center> | <center> Per Bjurman </center> | ||
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< | '''Elvis Costello <br> | ||
Kojak Variety | |||
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The big difference between | The big difference between Elvis Costello and other artists in the same establishment is that he is still an impassionated music-lover, a deadly devoted fan who purchases some 3,000 records each year, while most of his colleagues since long have forgotten why they started playing in the first place. There is accordingly a certain logic in the fact that this — since long expected — album of song interpretations is so much better, and more enjoyable, than all — and I mean all — other cover-albums that have been released during the last 20 years. | ||
Costello is driven by lust and love, while | Costello is driven by lust and love, while Rod is driven by sleepy routine; he wants to preach and spread knowledge, while Elton is only looking for new bucks. But most of all: he knows of an ocean of undiscovered classics, while Eric Clapton regards "Dark End Of The Street" as being obscure. | ||
''Kojak Variety'' hosts 15 more or less unknown, but without exception brilliant — and splendidly performed — compositions by such widely diversed composers as Ray Davies, Nat King Cole, Mose Allison, Randy Newman and Little Richard. | |||
Best of all are | Best of all are Bacharach/David's painfully melancholic "Please Stay" and Little Willie John's smashing "Leave My Kitten Alone." Second best are Costello's affectionated sleeve-notes. They prove that he could have been a brilliant music writer as well. | ||
A very, very amiable album. | A very, very amiable album. | ||
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{{tags}}[[Kojak Variety]] {{-}} [[Rod Stewart]] {{-}} [[Elton John]] {{-}} [[Eric Clapton]] {{-}} [[Ray Davies]] {{-}} [[Nat King Cole]] {{-}} [[Mose Allison]] {{-}} [[Randy Newman]] {{-}} [[Little Richard]] {{-}} [[Burt Bacharach]] {{-}} [[Hal David]] {{-}} [[Please Stay]] {{-}} [[Little Willie John]] {{-}} [[Leave My Kitten Alone]] | |||
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[[Per Bjurman ]] reviews ''[[Kojak Variety]]''. | [[Per Bjurman]] reviews ''[[Kojak Variety]]''. | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/articles/a-c/aftonbladet.950505a.html | *[http://www.elviscostello.info/articles/a-c/aftonbladet.950505a.html elviscostello.info] | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftonbladet Wikipedia: Aftonbladet] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftonbladet Wikipedia: Aftonbladet] | ||
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[[Category:Aftonbladet| Aftonbladet 1995-05-05]] | [[Category:Stockholm Aftonbladet| Stockholm Aftonbladet 1995-05-05]] | ||
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