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| From | "Will Harris" <NonStopPop@cox.net> |
| Subject | Re: costello |
| Date | Wed, 17 Dec 2003 19:33:25 -0700 |
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>> From: Tim Leonard <timleonard2004@yahoo.com>
>> sorry to chime in late on this one. my biggest disappointment would be
Elvis
>> Costello. hasn't had a good one since " Blood and Chocolate". came out in
>> what, 88 or 89?.>>>>
>
> From: "Seaman, Dave" <seamand@upmc.edu>
> really? I like Spike, and I like some of Mighty Like a Rose (So Like
Candy
> is killer Costello, if you ask me). i agree that much of whatever else
> follows doesn't float my boat, except there are some good moments on ...
> uh... whats the CD with "13 steps down " or something like that???
>
> I could probably combine the good tracks from everything after Rose and
make
> one likeable CD. Its a shame, because his pre Rose stuff is for the most
> part really good or really great...
From me:
I've said this before about other artists and I'll say it again with our man
Elvis: I think it really depends on where you come into the picture with an
artist's catalog. How else to explain the fact that one of my favorite Paul
McCartney albums is "Press To Play"? :-)
Me, the first studio album I ever bought by Costello was "Spike," and it's
how I gauge all of his work released before or since. I didn't like "Mighty
Like A Rose" as much, but I loved "Brutal Youth," even if "All This Useless
Beauty" disappointed me a bit. Beyond that, "When I Was Cruel" is pretty
consistent and, hell, I absolutely LOVE his collaboration with Burt
Bacharach...
Latah,
WILL
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