“Mirror Star,” the first song on this album,was the single and maybe the only songI’d heard from this British pre-new wavepower pop band in 1978. It’s a song about a young man who pretends to be famous, a kind of Walter Mitty of rock and roll. It’s a damncatchy tune. However enticed I may havebeenContinue reading “#688: F is for Fabulous Poodles”
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#654: C is for Costello, Elvis (The Spanish Model)
The first Elvis album I listen to doesn’t haveElvis’s voice anywhere on it, or hardly. A testament to Costello’s cross-cultural reach, Elvishanded over 16 of the original instrumentaltracks from This Year’s Modelto 16+ different Spanish speakingsingers. As a listener, and a huge Elvis fan, and a guy who does not speak Spanish, it’s a tripContinue reading “#654: C is for Costello, Elvis (The Spanish Model)”
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