![]() ![]() As he became a greater student, he became a greater teacher, giving credit in word and action to his influences, penning a well-received autobiography, and hosting the talk/music show Spectacle, where he interviewed and played with his peers. He delved into other genres, starting with country & western (to the dismay of both Costello fans and C&W fans, and to the pleasant surprise of music fans) and moving on to blues, jazz, orchestral, classical pop, and more. He began expanding his musical palette, making more complex songs with more complex rhymes. “I’m not angry,” Costello protested on My Aim Is True, and everyone nodded and smiled and patted his head.Ĭostello wasn’t interested in living on that particular cul-de-sac. Most commonly, he was lumped in with Graham Parker, Joe Jackson, Billy Joel, and others as an Angry Young Man. ![]() He was a nerd, what with his glasses and gawky suits (Dave Marsh memorably said that “Elvis Costello looks like Buddy Holly after drinking a can of STP Oil Treatment”). When Elvis Costello first appeared on the scene, the press fell over themselves not only to praise him, but to pigeonhole him. ![]()
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