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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 [[
Costello was initially associated in the public mind with [[
Since 1989 or so, Costello's humor has been less brash and sarcastic, more jocular and [[Self-Deprecation|self-mocking]]. His musical output has covered country, jazz, and chamber music.
[[Television]] has seen him being banned from ''[[
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
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* [[The Band Minus the Face]] - The Attractions released ''Mad About the Wrong Boy'', a "solo" album without Costello, in 1980. Costello later covered one of its songs, "Sad About Girls".
* [[Canon Dis Continuity]] - Costello hates his 1982 single "Party Party" and has pretty much eradicated it from his discography, refusing to allow it to be included on any of his albums - not even expanded reissues or outtake collections. This includes the two-disc Rhino reissues, which gathered up pretty much every outtake and non-LP track which the compilers could find.
* [[Careful
* [[Checkpoint Charlie]] - Costello uses the phrase in "Oliver's Army".
* [[Concept Album]] - ''The Juliet Letters'' is based around the concept of letters, with different songs representing different types of correspondence.
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* [[Godwin's Law]] - "Two Little Hitlers".
* [[I Have Many Names]] - Names he's used in his songwriting credits include: Declan McManus, The Imposter, and Napoleon Dymamite<ref>No relation to [[Napoleon Dynamite|the movie]], apparently</ref>.
* [[Ink Suit Actor]] - On ''[[The Simpsons (
* [[Last-Note Nightmare]] - The sudden ending of the already unnerving "Night Rally".
* [[Lyrical Cold Open]] - "Mystery Dance", "Accidents Will Happen", "I Hope You're Happy Now", "Next Time Round", "Indoor Fireworks", "Poisoned Rose", and more.
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** An even more well-known example of this trope is "Oliver's Army", an upbeat [[
* [[Murder Ballad]] - His cover of Leon Payne's "Psycho", which overlaps with [[Nightmare Fuel]].
* [[Nerd Glasses]] - One of his visual trademarks.
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** "Room With No Number" is technically an example of this. The refrain is always sung as "room without a number", never as the exact title phrase.
* [[Obsession Song]] - "I Want You".
* [[
* [[Protest Song]]: "Shipbuilding," an anti-Falklands War song.
* [[Record Producer]] - As well as the producing credits on his own albums, Costello has also produced albums for The Specials, The Pogues and Squeeze.
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* [[The Troubles]] - "Oliver's Army".
* [[Vanilla Edition]] - Many of his Universal reissues.
* [[Witch
* [[Working Title]] - "Emotional Fascism" for ''Armed Forces''
* [[Wrote the Book]] - "Every Day I Write The Book"
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