Friday, April 06, 2007

Elvis Costello: "Rock and Roll Music"

Andrew at Jimmy Page's Sweater Vest wrote to remind me that one of Elvis Costello's new collections of hits is called "Rock and Roll Music." As most of you know, embracing rock and roll (and using the term in song and album titles) is almost as important to the Advanced Artist as wearing black leather jackets and dark sunglasses.

Side note: Remember when he had that beard? Has anyone ever heard an explanation for that (other than Advancement)?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Reminds me of what keith richards just said in NME:
The biggest cliché in rock'n'roll is...
There's no roll
"They forgot the roll and they only kept the rock. The roll's the whole damn thing dude, the rock is nothing, deal with it, the roll is king. Unfortunately most cats don't get behind the roll."

Do advanced artists prefer "rock n roll" to "rock"?

Philco Brothers said...

He was trying to hide his "writer's block" underneath his beard.