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<center><h3> Elvis Costello spurts growth in risky, | <center><h3> Elvis Costello spurts growth in risky,{{nb}}gutsy{{nb}}'Armed{{nb}}Forces' </h3></center> | ||
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Costello's voice has finally emerged as his most powerful device. When he snarlingly announces that ''"It's the words that we don't say that hurts me so,"'' one realizes the number of times this is true. Costello's lyrics are meant to be heard — not read — and that is why one can excuse their omission on the album's jacket. | Costello's voice has finally emerged as his most powerful device. When he snarlingly announces that ''"It's the words that we don't say that hurts me so,"'' one realizes the number of times this is true. Costello's lyrics are meant to be heard — not read — and that is why one can excuse their omission on the album's jacket. | ||
Costello's characters are still outcasts. Only now they are accepting their fate. On "Goon Squad" a boy grows up too soon, searching for his place. With fright, Costello admits the character never thought he was different — ''"never thought he'd end up in the Goon Squad"'' — but he is not thinking of leaving either. Lowe and Costello give this song, like many others on the album, a bigger, fuller sound than Costello has previously worked with. | Costello's characters are still outcasts. Only now they are accepting their fate. On "Goon Squad" a boy grows up too soon, searching for his place. With fright, Costello admits the character never thought he was different — ''"never thought he'd end up in the Goon Squad"'' — but he is not thinking of leaving either. Lowe and Costello give this song, like many others on the album, a bigger, fuller sound than Costello has previously worked with. "Goon Squad" is stuffed with added sound effects that pop out with each listening. Their novelty contrasts to a point of clearly displaying the character's isolation. | ||
Costello works with another type of isolation on "Big Boys." It is the story of the adolescent who insists on being accepted into his older brother's group of friends. Though the story line may sound as simple as a ''Leave It to Beaver'' episode, Costello injects it with images of sexual prowess that widens its emotional range. | |||
Again his character is outside, looking to be like the others but cannot for obvious reasons. | |||
A lot of rock music stems from this yearning to grow up. Costello has grown up, stylistically and intellectually, but he still has not lost his rebellious spirit. At the end of the 70s, Costello is looking around to find only ''"pain, hatred, and misery."'' He sings "What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding?," the album's finale, in such a cold tone that one hears Costello going onward without turning around to see the past. By relying on determination, Costello is winning. | |||
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{{tags}}[[Armed Forces]] {{-}} [[Senior Service]] {{-}} [[Goon Squad]] {{-}} [[Big Boys]] {{-}} [[(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?]] {{-}} [[Nick Lowe]] | |||
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[[Jim Czarnecki]] reviews ''[[Armed Forces]]''. | [[Jim Czarnecki]] reviews ''[[Armed Forces]]''. | ||
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