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<center><h3> Wasn't I stupid! </h3></center> | <center><h3> Wasn't I stupid! </h3></center> | ||
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<center> Kristine | <center> Kristine McKenna </center> | ||
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'''A mellower Elvis Costello talks to Kristine McKenna | |||
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Declan Patrick Aloysius | Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus was born In 1954 and raised in a blue-collar section of London. In 1977 he took the name Elvis Costello and released an album called ''My Aim Is True'' that catapulted him to the front ranks of the first wave of English punk. By 1980 the first blush of success had faded and the next five years were a period of controversy and trouble. The quality of Costello's music has never been in question; instead, the problem has been what Costello himself dubbed his "mouth almighty." | ||
Costello recently released a new album, ''King of America'' | Costello recently released a new album, ''King of America'', which he hopes will set the record straight. "Though it's not without anger, there's more generosity and love in this record," he explains. | ||
Fuelling himself with mineral water, carrot sticks and cigarettes, he responded to questions with wit and honesty. It's no news to anyone who's followed Costello's music that he's a smart and clever man; what did come as a surprise is that he seems uncommonly happy and light hearted. | Fuelling himself with mineral water, carrot sticks and cigarettes, he responded to questions with wit and honesty. It's no news to anyone who's followed Costello's music that he's a smart and clever man; what did come as a surprise is that he seems uncommonly happy and light-hearted. | ||
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''Ideally, how should the press function in relation to music? | ''Ideally, how should the press function in relation to music? | ||
It should shut up and listen. Still, the press must be more than just an information channel because there's such a lot of terrible stuff put out that wouldn't go uncriticised. But the press tends to imagine itself much more important than it actually is and, occasionally, behaves in an outrageously presumptuous way. My new album was recently reviewed in England This guy hated the record but he wouldn't just leave it at that. He went on to worry about my troubled mental state, my artistic block and my troubled love life. I haven't got any trouble in my love life. | It should shut up and listen. Still, the press must be more than just an information channel because there's such a lot of terrible stuff put out that wouldn't go uncriticised. But the press tends to imagine itself much more important than it actually is and, occasionally, behaves in an outrageously presumptuous way. My new album was recently reviewed in England. This guy hated the record but he wouldn't just leave it at that. He went on to worry about my troubled mental state, my artistic block and my troubled love life. I haven't got any trouble in my love life. | ||
Over the past couple of years my marriage reached an unhappy level. I failed in keeping that relationship going but hopefully nobody has lost and she and I will be stronger apart than we were together. And I love Cait (of the Pogues) very much, so I'm not unhappy and I'm not an alcoholic. I can drink a lot when I want to. I don't take any drugs. That London critic's review didn't just infer these things — he stated them as though they were fact. | Over the past couple of years my marriage reached an unhappy level. I failed in keeping that relationship going but hopefully nobody has lost and she and I will be stronger apart than we were together. And I love Cait (of the Pogues) very much, so I'm not unhappy and I'm not an alcoholic. I can drink a lot when I want to. I don't take any drugs. That London critic's review didn't just infer these things — he stated them as though they were fact. | ||
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{{tags}}[[King Of America]] {{-}} [[Eisenhower Blues]] {{-}} [[My Aim Is True]] {{-}} [[Mouth Almighty]] {{-}} [[Cait O'Riordan]] {{-}} [[The Pogues]] {{-}} [[Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus]] | |||
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