Plattsburgh Press-Republican, November 19, 1986: Difference between revisions
(formatting) |
(formatting) |
||
(2 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
Line 9: | Line 9: | ||
<center> Mary Campbell / Associated Press </center> | <center> Mary Campbell / Associated Press </center> | ||
---- | ---- | ||
{{Bibliography text | {{Bibliography text}} | ||
NEW YORK (AP) — Elvis Costello, considered the most talented songwriter to emerge from English new-wave rock, has released two records this year with songs he considers to be more compassionate than usual. | NEW YORK (AP) — Elvis Costello, considered the most talented songwriter to emerge from English new-wave rock, has released two records this year with songs he considers to be more compassionate than usual. | ||
''King of America'' was released last spring, co-produced with T-Bone Burnett and used country studio musicians. | |||
"It's a more open record, more clear lyrically and more generous in emotion," Costello said in an interview. | "It's a more open record, more clear lyrically and more generous in emotion," Costello said in an interview. | ||
Line 18: | Line 18: | ||
"There are not so many mean songs on it. Some of my most successful songs have been quite malevolent. Those things are in me, like in everybody else. When I start thinking about angry things I become meaner. I've got some pretty mean songs lying festering away in my songbag, you know." | "There are not so many mean songs on it. Some of my most successful songs have been quite malevolent. Those things are in me, like in everybody else. When I start thinking about angry things I become meaner. I've got some pretty mean songs lying festering away in my songbag, you know." | ||
''Blood and Chocolate'', Costello's 13th LP in the United States, uses his long-time band, the Attractions. | |||
"I very much want the new record to be successful because I've had few commercial successes," he said. "Over the last couple of years I haven't been doing songs of great emotional substance. People's feelings have been strong for more vivid material that came earlier in my career. I haven't gone to the hearts of people. The ones they get excited about are the old songs, still." | "I very much want the new record to be successful because I've had few commercial successes," he said. "Over the last couple of years I haven't been doing songs of great emotional substance. People's feelings have been strong for more vivid material that came earlier in my career. I haven't gone to the hearts of people. The ones they get excited about are the old songs, still." | ||
Line 28: | Line 28: | ||
An aura of mystery and unavailability has surrounded Costello through much of his career. "It was for avoiding having to do interviews," he said in an interview. "They had written the article before they came to you. There was very little point in saying anything. It was easier to foster being difficult or mysterious or violent or all three, so people stayed away from you. I was working at a very furious pace. Let them write the stupid nonsense they were going to write anyway. All I wanted to do was get on with the work." | An aura of mystery and unavailability has surrounded Costello through much of his career. "It was for avoiding having to do interviews," he said in an interview. "They had written the article before they came to you. There was very little point in saying anything. It was easier to foster being difficult or mysterious or violent or all three, so people stayed away from you. I was working at a very furious pace. Let them write the stupid nonsense they were going to write anyway. All I wanted to do was get on with the work." | ||
Costello lives in London. He put his real name, Declan McManus, on | Costello lives in London. He put his real name, Declan McManus, on ''King of America''. | ||
"I'm 32. I was 22 when I started. It's a way of saying that a period of time has elapsed and that's my name. You're not to take my name changing too seriously. There's no psychoanalytical reasoning behind it." | "I'm 32. I was 22 when I started. It's a way of saying that a period of time has elapsed and that's my name. You're not to take my name changing too seriously. There's no psychoanalytical reasoning behind it." | ||
Line 42: | Line 42: | ||
"I made my first records while still working," he said. "I'd take sick days off. I gave up the bank when they said I had to stand outside when the bullion was delivered and blow a whistle if there was a raid. The first person they're going to shoot is the guy with the whistle." | "I made my first records while still working," he said. "I'd take sick days off. I gave up the bank when they said I had to stand outside when the bullion was delivered and blow a whistle if there was a raid. The first person they're going to shoot is the guy with the whistle." | ||
Costello's 1981 | Costello's 1981 ''Almost Blue'' and this year's ''King of America'' are country. "I wasn't born in Kentucky," he said. "It doesn't mean the music isn't real to me. I have as much right to sing it as anybody. It was all stolen from English and Irish folk music in the first place." | ||
But he doesn't care for his two 1984 albums. "I think 'Punch the Clock' was ill-conceived and very badly arranged. There were some quite good songs. And the record wasn't very humorous. I think I'm getting funnier as I'm getting better looking. 'Goodbye, Cruel World' was well executed and well produced, of quite slight songs." | But he doesn't care for his two 1984 albums. "I think ''Punch the Clock'' was ill-conceived and very badly arranged. There were some quite good songs. And the record wasn't very humorous. I think I'm getting funnier as I'm getting better looking. ''Goodbye, Cruel World'' was well executed and well produced, of quite slight songs." | ||
Costello has recently been doing some record producing for the Irish band the Pogues. "I'm not technically minded as a producer. I'm more like a musical director. | Costello has recently been doing some record producing for the Irish band the Pogues. "I'm not technically minded as a producer. I'm more like a musical director. | ||
Line 55: | Line 55: | ||
'''The Press-Republican, November 19, 1986 | '''The Press-Republican, November 19, 1986 | ||
---- | ---- | ||
[[Mary Campbell]] profiles Elvis Costello. | [[Mary Campbell]] profiles Elvis Costello. | ||
{{Mary Campbell-AP-1986}} | |||
{{Bibliography images}} | {{Bibliography images}} | ||
Line 72: | Line 74: | ||
*[http://www.pressrepublican.com/ PressRepublican.com] | *[http://www.pressrepublican.com/ PressRepublican.com] | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Press-Republican Wikipedia: Press-Republican] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Press-Republican Wikipedia: Press-Republican] | ||
*[http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn88074101/ | *[http://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn88074101/1986-11-19/ed-1/seq-11/ NYSHistoricNewspapers.org] | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Plattsburgh Press-Republican 1986-11-19}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Plattsburgh Press-Republican 1986-11-19}} |
Latest revision as of 16:05, 8 August 2016
|