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Post by mcallan on Oct 29, 2005 15:16:05 GMT -5
As was mentioned in another section of this message board, Elvis Costello was nominated for a 1978 Grammy Award for Best New Artist. He did not win. A Taste of Honey, a one-hit disco wonder, won on the merits of their song, "Boogie Ooggie Oogie." Truly, this was one of the original musical INjustices. In the one-minute and twenty-three seconds of the first track on "My Aim is True," Declan Patrick McManus displayed more raw talent than any new artist since Randy Newman, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie or even Bob Dylan.
In 1977, Costello was hailed as rock and roll's new "angry young man," part of a "new wave," and a leader in the burgeoning Punk scene. However, as Greil Marcus astutely noted, Costello was "no punk in terms of craft," that he was more a classic singer-songwriter like Randy Newman (whom Costello himself cites as a major influence during his early years). Costello's inaugural blitz of three albums (and at least one other album of great b-side material) in two and half years has never been matched in the history of rock and roll.
So, where's the justice for Costello?
Simple. I'll answer that question with another.
Where is A Taste of Honey now?
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