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<center><h3> 'New Wave' rock </h3></center> | <center><h3> 'New Wave' rock </h3></center> | ||
<center>'''Ronstadt provides stamp of legitimacy to the <br> movement inspired by Costello </center> | |||
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<center> Jack Lloyd / Knight-Ridder Newspapers </center> | <center> Jack Lloyd / Knight-Ridder Newspapers </center> | ||
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This will be a crucial year for "New Wave" rock in general and Elvis Costello in particular. | This will be a crucial year for "New Wave" rock in general and Elvis Costello in particular. | ||
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All things considered, Linda Ronstadt would have to be viewed as one of the last persons to go New Wave. | All things considered, Linda Ronstadt would have to be viewed as one of the last persons to go New Wave. | ||
But on the new Ronstadt album for Asylum Records, Mad Love, she has indeed gone New Wave. | But on the new Ronstadt album for Asylum Records, ''Mad Love'', she has indeed gone New Wave. | ||
The first clue is right on the album jacket. Miss Ronstadt, her hair cropped short, is pictured in stark, somewhat fuzzied black and white. The classic vulnerability associated with Linda Ronstadt has been replaced by an aura of toughness. "She looks like a Nazi," is the way one observer put it. | The first clue is right on the album jacket. Miss Ronstadt, her hair cropped short, is pictured in stark, somewhat fuzzied black and white. The classic vulnerability associated with Linda Ronstadt has been replaced by an aura of toughness. "She looks like a Nazi," is the way one observer put it. | ||
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Whether this superstar boost will ultimately benefit the movement in general remains to be seen, of course. | Whether this superstar boost will ultimately benefit the movement in general remains to be seen, of course. | ||
What remains apparent, though, is that Costello's long-range potential is still questionable. He, too, has a new album, Get Happy, for Columbia Records, and his limitations are as evident as ever. Costello's chief problem is that he is burdened with a thoroughly unappealing voice. | What remains apparent, though, is that Costello's long-range potential is still questionable. He, too, has a new album, ''Get Happy'''', for Columbia Records, and his limitations are as evident as ever. Costello's chief problem is that he is burdened with a thoroughly unappealing voice. | ||
The Costello album — once again produced by Nick Lowe — is crammed with 20 songs, most of them feverish rockers with Costello's whiny voice scatter-gunning generally unintelligible lyrics. Even Lowe's understated, usually tasteful production values are not enough to disguise Costello's weakness as a singer. | The Costello album — once again produced by Nick Lowe — is crammed with 20 songs, most of them feverish rockers with Costello's whiny voice scatter-gunning generally unintelligible lyrics. Even Lowe's understated, usually tasteful production values are not enough to disguise Costello's weakness as a singer. | ||
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'''St. Petersburg Evening Independent, The Scene, March 15, 1980 | '''St. Petersburg Evening Independent, The Scene, March 15, 1980 | ||
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[[Jack Lloyd]] profiles Elvis Costello. | [[Jack Lloyd]] profiles [[Linda Ronstadt]] and Elvis Costello. | ||
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<small>Photo by [[Bob Ross]].</small><br> | <small>Photo by [[Bob Ross]].</small><br> | ||
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