Costello’s second album, This Year’s Model, was his first with backing band The Attractions, and the difference in sound was immediately obvious. Where My Aim is True had a low-key, almost honky-tonk sound, This Year’s Model was a punk-infused burst of pure attitude.
A bit of Costello trivia: His backing band on My Aim is True would go on to become The News of Huey Lewis and the News fame. Not to disparage Huey Lewis, but I wonder if those guys are still kicking themselves over that change in lineup. To be fair, though, Huey Lewis has probably had more actual hits than Elvis.
My latest featured artists is one of the most prolific and talented songwriters in my collection — the peerless Elvis Costello.
OK, enough of the light stuff, it’s time for something meaty.
OK, it’s come to this. Remember that scene in The Dark Knight where Alfred tells Bruce Wayne about a terrible bandit who wreaked havoc on a village for no reason but the sheer thrill of it? “Did you finally catch him?,” Bruce asks. Alfred says yes. “How?” “We burned the forest down.”
