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ELVIS COSTELLO
"North"
Deutsche Grammophon
"North," the latest from Elvis Costello, is a
musically pretty disc that's also pretty boring as it
tells a boy-loses-girl,
boy-finds-himself-and-rediscovers-love story.
Inspired by loss and propelled by mopey, moody music,
"North" heads South because all of the songs sound
alike. Die-hards will take umbrage and cite the
subtleties within individual tunes, but after several
spins it seems as if he's lost his pop compass and
drifted into the land of background music.
Be warned: This is a quiet strings 'n' things record
that's closer to easy listening than rock 'n' roll.
New York Post review of North
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Mike Carter contributed this to COSTELLO-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM -
Found this on the Rhino website:
"Rhino records presents....GET MOPEY!!! The new, not-so-fun album from
Elvis Costello!
"The noted performer, praised for his chameleon-like musical abilities,
releases this material after an unfortunately well-publicized
controversial incident. Costello is alleged to have drunkenly said aloud to
performers John Meyer and Suzanne Vega in a bar that legendary
singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen was "a derelict, horny, morose Canuck". A angry
scuffle nearly broke out, but everybody instead remained where they were
and quietly rocked back and forth, sniffling.
"Once word of this major bum out reached the music press, Costello
hastily assembled an awkward press conference to put his actions in
context. 'I love depressing music,' he stammered. 'I mean, to a certain
extent. Sure. But would any of you here honestly want to spent five minutes
with Morrissey? He's like Bob's Big Boy constantly at a funeral. Robert
Smith looks like my aunt. And Michael Stipe calls me to talk about how
sad the squirrels make him. Swear to God, that's what he said. Well,
that's what I could make out between the sobs. Maybe I should sing about
sad squirrels. Is that what you people want from me?'
"Rhino records believes GET MOPEY!!! will nevertheless will prove
Costello's respect for the melancholy masters. Get your copy and a box of
tissues today!"
Found this on the Rhino website:
"Rhino records presents....GET MOPEY!!! The new, not-so-fun album from
Elvis Costello!
"The noted performer, praised for his chameleon-like musical abilities,
releases this material after an unfortunately well-publicized
controversial incident. Costello is alleged to have drunkenly said aloud to
performers John Meyer and Suzanne Vega in a bar that legendary
singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen was "a derelict, horny, morose Canuck". A angry
scuffle nearly broke out, but everybody instead remained where they were
and quietly rocked back and forth, sniffling.
"Once word of this major bum out reached the music press, Costello
hastily assembled an awkward press conference to put his actions in
context. 'I love depressing music,' he stammered. 'I mean, to a certain
extent. Sure. But would any of you here honestly want to spent five minutes
with Morrissey? He's like Bob's Big Boy constantly at a funeral. Robert
Smith looks like my aunt. And Michael Stipe calls me to talk about how
sad the squirrels make him. Swear to God, that's what he said. Well,
that's what I could make out between the sobs. Maybe I should sing about
sad squirrels. Is that what you people want from me?'
"Rhino records believes GET MOPEY!!! will nevertheless will prove
Costello's respect for the melancholy masters. Get your copy and a box of
tissues today!"