A Live One – Elvis Costello & The Attractions 1.27.79 @ Sophia Gardens
If good looks was a minute/ You know that you could've been an hour- Smokey Robinson, 'The Way You Do The Things You Do'
This is how a real rocker plays with himself.
Elvis Costello & The Attractions Live ‘79 At The Sophia Gardens in 320 mp3
Elvis Costello was the first rock n roller to which I felt a personal connection. From his first album in 1977, Elvis was on heavy rotation in the Brett household. Elvis, Bruce, Fleetwood Mac, Elton John, and Michael Jackson made up the musical Mt. Rushmore of my childhood. I enjoy all of them immensely to this day, but to a five- or six-year old the the rest of them were glitzy and alien. Elvis wore big, thick glasses, like I did. He stared back from his album covers uncomfortably, like a caged animal. His songs combined smart lyrics with a burning restlessness. His music was frustration. I ate it all up. To this day, I believe if I were to run into Elvis in a pub, we’d share a couple of pints and be the best of friends. Elvis is one of those top echelon pop artists who mastered the album form. From his debut, My Aim Is True, through ’82’s Imperial Bedroom, he released six perfect albums (and one very good one). Today, these albums have not aged one bit. When you hear me turn old fogey on you, and say, “They don’t make music like the old days” it is to Elvis Costello’s early work I’m referring.
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