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Line 1: {{~~work~~creator}} [[File:elviscostello.jpg\|frame]] '''Declan Patrick Aloysius McManus''', better known by his [[Stage Names\|stage name]] "'''Elvis Costello"''', has been a sometimes popular and always respectable musician and songwriter since the late [[The Seventies\|seventies]]. He honed his skills playing in the pub rock band Flip City at night while working as a computer operator at Revlon's London branch. Soon after that he signed a contract with fledgling record label Stiff and a new name--an ironic [[Shout-Out]] to [[Elvis Presley]] (who died soon afterward) and his mother's maiden name. Costello was initially associated in the public mind with [[Punk Rock]], and in terms of attitude there was a resemblance. (He had enjoyed seeing the [[Sex Pistols]] go head to head with morning TV host Bill Grundy.) Musically his closest kinship was to classic [[The Sixties\|sixties]] pop: [[The Kinks]], [[Bob Dylan]], early [[The Who\|Who]] and especially [[The Beatles (band)\|The Beatles]]. While he had a [[Creative Differences\|troubled relationship]] with his backup band the Attractions, they were fully able to keep up with his musical vision. Line 11 ⟶ 12: He also hosted [[Too Good to Last\|two seasons]] of a music/interview show called ''Spectacle: Elvis Costello with...'' which aired on the Sundance Channel in the US and [[Channel 4]] in the UK. {{creatortropes}} ~~----~~ ~~Costello's career provides examples of the following tropes:~~ * [[Album Title Drop]] - ''My Aim Is True'' (from a line in "Alison"), ''Punch the Clock'' (from "The Greatest Thing"), ''King of America'' (from "Brilliant Mistake"), ''Blood and Chocolate'' (from "Uncomplicated"), and ''Brutal Youth'' (from "Favourite Hour"). And played with on ''This Year's Model'' (a line in "(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea" refers to "''last'' year's model", and another song on the album is titled "This Year's Girl"). * [[Answer Song]] - Costello has said that "This Year's Girl" is more or less an answer song to the song "Stupid Girl" by [[The Rolling Stones]]. Line 65: [[Category:Music]] [[Category:New Wave]] [[Category:Record Producer]] [[Category:Presenters]] [[Category:Singer-songwriter]] [[Category:Names to Know in Music]]