Word: elvises
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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At first, this assertion is a little hard to swallow Lennon had the world at his fingertips, he was rich, could go any where, do anything But Lennon, like Elvis before him was averitable prisoner of fame. His was a constant struggle to find reality in the distorted, take environment...
But unlike most of his late '70s counterparts, Jackson has moved beyond the New Wave angry-young-man style. He recently denied being a rock and roller at all. He may be right. He may be more. Like Elvis Costello--a comparison which hounded him for years--Jackson has shown...
FOR A NEW recording artist, lavish praise and comparisons to heroes past or present can mean sudden death. The problem, simply put, is unfulfilled expectations. Robert Palmer and John Hiatt (remember "the American Elvis Costello"?) didn't survive them. Countless other saviors, long since forgotten, were also victims. And even...
Elvis has obviously poured his guts into the making of Imperial, but it is clear he poured without direction. It has been after all, about a year-and-a-half since he last released original material with Trust. Almost Blue was entirely country covers--and Elvis has never appeared more...
Costello once focused the same sorts of ideas and innovation into bitter anger. That approach worked for a while, but Elvis eventually crumbled under the weight of his own expections. It's time for him to focus his loosey-goosey energies once more. You know it's coming, and you...