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Elvis Costello is undoubtedly one of the most important and challenging musicians of the last thirty years. A great read about an artist who's talents span and music span almost 40 years. A great companion book to this is @The Big [email protected] by ex-attractions Bass Player Bruce Thomas.

Elvis Costello is undoubtedly one of the most important and challenging musicians of the last thirty years. Complicated Shadows paints a detailed portrait of an intensely private.

A portrait of musician Elvis Costello contains an examination and analysis of his musical output, both in the studio and on stage, as it provides previously unknown details about the musician's youth, early years, rise to success, and turbulent personal life.

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Ah, not yet I'm not," Costello replies. And the week after that I'll be a fucking idiot again.

Complicated Shadows unearths many previously unknown details about Costello's childhood in London and Liverpool . Elvis Costello is undoubtedly one of the most important and challenging musicians of the last thirty years

Complicated Shadows unearths many previously unknown details about Costello's childhood in London and Liverpool and his early years as a struggling musician, as well as his turbulent personal life. It also reveals the circumstances surrounding his marriages to ex-Pogues bassist Cait O'Riordan and jazz singer Diana Krall, and the bitter breakup of his long-term backing band, the Attractions. Elvis Costello is undoubtedly one of the most important and challenging musicians of the last thirty years. Complicated Shadows paints a detailed portrait of an intensely private, complex, and creatively restless individual.

This is what Elvis Costello has most recently come to, though he is still everything else, too, having long turned himself into a walking agglomeration of musical genres, a man constantly adding difficult new formulae to the sum of his parts. His new pop albums range from jazzy ballads and country laments to electronic noodling and noisy bass, piano'n'dustbin lid workouts.

In his memoir, Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink, Costello writes that the lyrical inspiration for the song, as well as other songs on Trust such as "Pretty Words" . Complicated Shadows: The Life And Music Of Elvis Costello.

In his memoir, Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink, Costello writes that the lyrical inspiration for the song, as well as other songs on Trust such as "Pretty Words" and "White Knuckles", comes from the Get Happy!! tour. The song's lyrics detail the nightlife and club scene, containing multiple double entendres and puns. Musically, Costello claims that his guitar. Retrieved 8 November 2016. a b Costello, Elvis (13 October 2015). Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink. Blue Rider Press.

in the absence of Elvis Costello putting pen to paper himself, this is far and away the next best thing

in the absence of Elvis Costello putting pen to paper himself, this is far and away the next best thing. Record Collector; "A substantive record of the man's energy and brilliance after nearly 30 years of standing up when we might have expected him to be falling down. Observer Music Monthly; "Thomson's pop scholarship is strong: he has gone deep into the archives and immersed himself in the music.