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Elvis Presley. The King is dead. Long live the King!

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 12, 1977 | 12/12/1977 | See Source »

Now that marriage is becoming chic again, Zero Population Growth, the group that worries about overcrowding the planet, has launched a pre-emptive counterattack. The November issue of the ZPG National Reporter runs a list of "exceptional" only children in an attempt to bolster the argument of some psychologists that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Making a Little List | 11/28/1977 | See Source »

IF THERE WERE such a thing as a death wish for albums, this one would have it--it is a record that fairly thumbs its nose at the Intelligent Rock Listener, inside and out. The cover art, for one thing, is nightmarish--bright red lettering, a black-and-white checkerboard...

Author: By Bill Barol, | Title: Rock and Roll Never Forgives | 11/21/1977 | See Source »

Elvis Costello is a British rocker in the grand tradition of his namesake, but he infuses that tradition with a deep and unsubtle sense of '70s neurosis. Look at his picture; listen to his lyrics. He is (or would have us believe he is) far gone in bitterness and anger...

Author: By Bill Barol, | Title: Rock and Roll Never Forgives | 11/21/1977 | See Source »

IN "ALISON," as in "I'm Not Angry" and throughout My Aim Is True, Elvis Costello anticipates our reactions and responds by ringing changes on them. Comparisons are inevitable--to Presley, from whom he took his name; to Springsteen, and Mick Jagger, and Graham Parker, like all of whom he...

Author: By Bill Barol, | Title: Rock and Roll Never Forgives | 11/21/1977 | See Source »

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