From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #10936 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Friday, March 17 2023 Volume 14 : Number 10936 Today's Subjects: ----------------- BONUS: $100 SOUTHWEST Gift Card Opportunity ["URGENT Notification" Subject: BONUS: $100 SOUTHWEST Gift Card Opportunity BONUS: $100 SOUTHWEST Gift Card Opportunity http://surveyairline.ltd/CNzSZ51EcR0P3LzxX1-j6DX6nbrPSRQYJJQ_iU7yAfWI26M1oA http://surveyairline.ltd/ewSR6KEFwIHGJag0iegVbvwBSLW4xn-yogGWlTn2RvWRkT0e In the 2002 liner notes, Costello mentioned the Rolling Stones' Aftermath (1966) as a major influence on This Year's Model. Musically, the album embraces several styles, including new wave, power pop, punk rock, and pop rock; St. Michael also recognised references to Merseybeat and glam. According to biographer Tony Clayton-Lea, rather reusing the rockabilly and country sounds of My Aim Is True, This Year's Model opts for straightforward pop music "as influenced by punk rock". AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine, on the other hand, defines the album as pure punk, with music that is "nervous, amphetamine-fueled, nearly paranoid". In a contemporary interview with Creem magazine, Costello said the record contained less humour than its predecessor: "It's more vicious overall but far less personal, though." Referencing technologies of mass control, from corporate logos to night rallies, Hinton writes that the lyrics are "strongly visual, as befits the voyeurism which fuels many of the songs". References to objects such as cameras, films and telephones are present throughout many tracks, in both positive and negative lights, which author David Gouldstone argues creates a disillusioned world where greed and revenge are ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #10936 ***********************************************