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<center><h3> Costello: music to torture yourself by </h3></center> | <center><h3> Costello: music to torture yourself by </h3></center> | ||
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''' Elvis Costello ''' / Imperial Bedrooms | |||
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I used to like — even love — Elvis Costello, the ex-new wave star from England. But lately his records have gotten really rotten. The latest one is pompous, narrow-minded, pseudo-literary hooey mired in incoherent, desultory musical forms, boring, lifeless melodies and log-jammed lyrics. | I used to like — even love — Elvis Costello, the ex-new wave star from England. But lately his records have gotten really rotten. The latest one is pompous, narrow-minded, pseudo-literary hooey mired in incoherent, desultory musical forms, boring, lifeless melodies and log-jammed lyrics. | ||
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Costello was a great rock innovator once — "I Don't Want to Go to Chelsea" remains one of the finest rock efforts of the past decade — and he has certainly produced many other gems of that quality. But his new mellow, Tin Pan Alley style doesn't suit me at all. | Costello was a great rock innovator once — "I Don't Want to Go to Chelsea" remains one of the finest rock efforts of the past decade — and he has certainly produced many other gems of that quality. But his new mellow, Tin Pan Alley style doesn't suit me at all. | ||
He doesn't have the voice for it — too moody and depressing and of slight musical timbre — or the lyrical instincts for the mass audience. Great writers never write about themselves. And Costello's noted reputation for being aloof and downright nasty in | He doesn't have the voice for it — too moody and depressing and of slight musical timbre — or the lyrical instincts for the mass audience. Great writers never write about themselves. And Costello's noted reputation for being aloof and downright nasty in public reeks of artistic arrogance. | ||
So get off your high horse and start rockin' again, Elvis, or you'll soon be looking for a day job. | So get off your high horse and start rockin' again, Elvis, or you'll soon be looking for a day job. | ||
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