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<center><h3> Mellow Costello: <br> | <center><h3> Mellow Costello: Rock rebel Elvis <br> changes his angry tune </h3></center> | ||
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<center> Robert Hilburn / Los Angeles Times </center> | <center> Robert Hilburn / Los Angeles Times </center> | ||
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"I think I was definitely beginning to lose control of things." Costello | "I think I was definitely beginning to lose control of things." Costello, 27, said. "It's too personal to go into all of it, but I will say I made several wrong turns in succession around the time of the ''Armed Forces'' album. | ||
"I found myself getting farther and farther from what I started out to be and moving toward all the things I hated." | "I found myself getting farther and farther from what I started out to be and moving toward all the things I hated." | ||
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Trying to offend their sensibilities so they'd leave the bar, Costello later said, he made a racial slur against Ray Charles. After the other musicians reported the incident to the press, the tale was widely distributed, causing many rock fans to brand Costello a racist. | Trying to offend their sensibilities so they'd leave the bar, Costello later said, he made a racial slur against Ray Charles. After the other musicians reported the incident to the press, the tale was widely distributed, causing many rock fans to brand Costello a racist. | ||
Costello was so shaken by the reaction that he broke his press silence to meet reporters in New York to give his side of the story and apologize. | Costello was so shaken by the reaction that he broke his press silence to [[Event 1979-03-30 New York|meet]] reporters in New York to give his side of the story and apologize. | ||
Because of Costello's cool relations with the press, I felt like a man trapped behind enemy lines as Costello whisked into the hotel lobby here. But he posed patiently for the photographer and showed no uneasiness. | Because of Costello's cool relations with the press, I felt like a man trapped behind enemy lines as Costello whisked into the hotel lobby here. But he posed patiently for the photographer and showed no uneasiness. | ||
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[[Robert Hilburn]] | [[Robert Hilburn]] interviews Elvis Costello. {{t}}{{Robert Hilburn 1982 Los Angeles Times}} | ||
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