To our highly trained ears, the subject of this weeks eipsode, Elvis Costello, sounds a lot like.... well, Elvis Costello. That's all I got. There really isn't anyone like the second most famous Elvis in the music industry. Long before this consummate and staggeringly prolific musician was making really serious grown up music like jazz, opera, lounge, blues, he was a staggeringly prolific purveyor of wirey post-punk power pop with hooks for miles and one the best rhythm sections in popular music. And all while rollicking along with his trademark twitchy nasal croon. Geek rock before geeks rocked, Elvis stood out like a sore thumb; too cerebral for New Wave and too caustic for mainstream play. We strut through his roots, his early days and the making of this, his second platter, go track by track, tapping our feet incessantly and then recounting the ambitions that took him far beyond the confines of skinny tie wearing, energy packed, jerky pop gems and into feuds, seemingly endless collaborations and 'very serious' muso territory. Geek interrupted.
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