Elvis
Costello (Kill Your Idols Series)
by David Sheppard
Book Description: Any man who is prepared to take on the first name
of the King of Rock 'n' Roll has to have enough confidence in his own talent
not to care what the critics think of him, and this is certainly the case
with Mrs. McManus' little boy. From the sneering 'psychotic bank clerk'
look and short, sharp, splenetic singles of his early days with the Attractions,
through the period when he wore a beard and made serious music with the
Brodsky Quartet, to his mellow, tuneful songs written with Burt Bacharach,
Costello has always been a musical chameleon. Commercial success has been
sporadic, but Costello's refusal to follow fashion or bow in the face of
often vitriolic criticism has marked him out as uncompromising, determined,
and focused on exploring the boundaries of his craft. His influence on
the next generation of artists remains unquestioned, and his acceptance
as one of the greatest singer-songwriters of the last twenty years is assured.
The book includes a chronology and complete discography.
Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press; (January 27, 2001)
Elvis
Costello : a Bio-Bibliography
by James E. Perone
Book Description: The influential rock musician Elvis Costello is recognized
for the impressive breadth and scope of his music. His collaborations with
such musicians as Tony Bennett and the Count Basie orchestra, however,
attest to the many contradictions that define Elvis Costello, the punk
rocker. This important guide to his music and career contains over 800
bibliographic citations and a complete discography of Costello's commercially
released recordings. The discography, divided into two sections, separately
details Costello's career as performer and composer. A brief biography
traces his critically acclaimed career and highlights both the influences
on his music and the myriad ways in which his music has influenced others.
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group; (November 30, 1998)
Elvis Costello: Let Them All Talk
by Brian Hinton
Publisher: Sanctuary Pub Ltd; (June 1, 1998)
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Elvis
Costello - God's Comic
by David Gouldstone
Publisher: St. Martin's Press; (June 1990)
Elvis
Costello With Burt Bacharach : Painted from Memory
Elvis Costello : A Biography
by Tony Clayton-Lea
Tony Clayton-Lea's Elvis Costello is a perfect example of the cobbled-together
rock biography. With no cooperation from Costello, and apparently no means
by which to contact his past or present associates for comment, Clayton-Lea
scoured the press files again and again to fill his thin narrative. The
result will fail to intrigue the uninitiated and will tell the committed
fan little he or she doesn't already know. Given Costello's status as one
of the most impressive and enduring music talents to emerge in the past
quarter century, not to mention his many adventures on and off the job,
this book must be counted as yet another failed attempt at telling his
story. It doesn't help that Clayton-Lea's writing is sloppy and that some
of the simplest facts--for instance, how much of "Less Than Zero" Costello
and his band the Attractions played on the Christmas 1977 episode of Saturday
Night Live before abandoning it for "Radio Radio"--escape his pages. (The
author also sets a new record for misspellings of King of America coproducer
T-Bone Burnett's name.) Clayton-Lea provides the reader plenty to argue
with, but not in the manner of, say, Marcus Gray's entertaining, infuriating
Last Gang in Town: The Story and Myth of the Clash. In fact, many lay fans'
critical takes on Costello's work are bound to be more interesting than
those of this supposed professional critic's. Hardly a must. --Rickey Wright
- Amazon.com
ASIN: 0880642556
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