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<center><h3>Elvis Costello: a troubled troubadour </h3></center> | <center><h3> Elvis Costello: a troubled troubadour </h3></center> | ||
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<center> William Langley </center> | <center> William Langley </center> | ||
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'''He quit Britain in a huff | '''He quit Britain in a huff — now he's telling fans not to buy his latest album. There's still life in the old agitator. | ||
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Bono wants to feed the starving, Sting to save the rainforests, and Billy Bragg to end wars. From Elvis Costello this festive season comes a charitable appeal with a difference: "Don't buy my new record." | Bono wants to feed the starving, Sting to save the rainforests, and Billy Bragg to end wars. From Elvis Costello this festive season comes a charitable appeal with a difference: "Don't buy my new record." | ||
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Or is it something else entirely? Whispers in the music business suggest that the whole thing may, instead, be a crafty wheeze to get the record talked about while simultaneously refreshing Elvis's somewhat exhausted anti-Establishment credentials. The youthful post-punk agitator, possessed, in his Eighties heyday, of jibes sharper than his winklepickers, now lives in apparent domestic contentment in Vancouver, Canada, with his third wife, jazz singer Diana Krall, and their two young children. | Or is it something else entirely? Whispers in the music business suggest that the whole thing may, instead, be a crafty wheeze to get the record talked about while simultaneously refreshing Elvis's somewhat exhausted anti-Establishment credentials. The youthful post-punk agitator, possessed, in his Eighties heyday, of jibes sharper than his winklepickers, now lives in apparent domestic contentment in Vancouver, Canada, with his third wife, jazz singer Diana Krall, and their two young children. | ||
He no longer drinks, takes drugs or has to call emergency press conferences to explain his previous night's outrages, and, if it wasn't for the Joe 90 glasses and gappy teeth, his old fans might be hard put to recognise him. Thus, the release of The Return of the Spectacular Spinning Songbook has given Elvis a fresh chance to stand up for the exploited. In a website posting headlined, "Steal This Record" | He no longer drinks, takes drugs or has to call emergency press conferences to explain his previous night's outrages, and, if it wasn't for the Joe 90 glasses and gappy teeth, his old fans might be hard put to recognise him. Thus, the release of The Return of the Spectacular Spinning Songbook has given Elvis a fresh chance to stand up for the exploited. In a website posting headlined, "Steal This Record," Elvis explains his thinking: "There was a time when the release of a new title by your favourite record artist was a cause for excitement and rejoicing," he writes, "but sadly no more. Unfortunately, we find ourselves unable to recommend this item to you…" | ||
Elvis is in dangerous territory. Especially in Britain, where his once warm ties with the natives are currently, shall we say, shaky. Things began to go seriously wrong six years ago after an ill-received [[Concert 2005-06-24 Pilton|appearance]] at Glastonbury that the rocker described as "a f------ dreadful experience" and blamed on the poor attitude of the fans. "I don't care if I never play England again," he said later. "I'll say that right now. That gig made up my mind. I wouldn't come back." | Elvis is in dangerous territory. Especially in Britain, where his once warm ties with the natives are currently, shall we say, shaky. Things began to go seriously wrong six years ago after an ill-received [[Concert 2005-06-24 Pilton|appearance]] at Glastonbury that the rocker described as "a f------ dreadful experience" and blamed on the poor attitude of the fans. "I don't care if I never play England again," he said later. "I'll say that right now. That gig made up my mind. I wouldn't come back." | ||
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