Elvis Costello

It's hard for Americans to understand, but we didn't have the 24 hour pop radio that you all had. And everything was decoded through a series of other interpretations. So you would hear these very bizarre versions of The Four Tops or The Who played by a Glenn Miller-style swing band with a guy who was – A really elderly guy who was like 35. You know, my dad was about 35 when he was doing this.

It's hard for Americans to understand, but we didn't have the 24 hour pop radio that you all had. And everything was decoded through a series of other interpretations. So you would hear these very bizarre versions of The Four Tops or The Who played by a Glenn Miller-style swing band with a guy who was – A really elderly guy who was like 35. You know, my dad was about 35 when he was doing this.

You know, it seemed really weird, but that was the way I saw music first. I would go to the dance hall with him on a Saturday afternoon. I'd go to the radio broadcast when school schedule would allow it. which was get there at 8 in the morning and watch a bunch of musicians smoke cigarettes and scratch themselves until it was time to go on the BBC and play an hour-long show with guest singers.

You know, it seemed really weird, but that was the way I saw music first. I would go to the dance hall with him on a Saturday afternoon. I'd go to the radio broadcast when school schedule would allow it. which was get there at 8 in the morning and watch a bunch of musicians smoke cigarettes and scratch themselves until it was time to go on the BBC and play an hour-long show with guest singers.

You know, it seemed really weird, but that was the way I saw music first. I would go to the dance hall with him on a Saturday afternoon. I'd go to the radio broadcast when school schedule would allow it. which was get there at 8 in the morning and watch a bunch of musicians smoke cigarettes and scratch themselves until it was time to go on the BBC and play an hour-long show with guest singers.

And those guest singers could be anybody from the Hollies to Engelbert Humperdinck. But it was a glimpse, and it took away some of the mystique, but it also made me realize this strange exchange between the mundanity of the workaday job and the magic when the light went on.

And those guest singers could be anybody from the Hollies to Engelbert Humperdinck. But it was a glimpse, and it took away some of the mystique, but it also made me realize this strange exchange between the mundanity of the workaday job and the magic when the light went on.

And those guest singers could be anybody from the Hollies to Engelbert Humperdinck. But it was a glimpse, and it took away some of the mystique, but it also made me realize this strange exchange between the mundanity of the workaday job and the magic when the light went on.

Elvis, you've done a new project called 50 Songs for 50 Days. And these are political songs, a lot of them. What role does music play in politics for you?

Elvis, you've done a new project called 50 Songs for 50 Days. And these are political songs, a lot of them. What role does music play in politics for you?

Elvis, you've done a new project called 50 Songs for 50 Days. And these are political songs, a lot of them. What role does music play in politics for you?

I never think of it as political in the sense because I don't have a manifesto and I don't have a slogan other than I might have the title of the song, but I try to avoid the simplistic slogan nature in songs. I try to always look for the angle that somebody else isn't covering because there's other people doing the other thing really well. It's the same with the heartfelt love song.

I never think of it as political in the sense because I don't have a manifesto and I don't have a slogan other than I might have the title of the song, but I try to avoid the simplistic slogan nature in songs. I try to always look for the angle that somebody else isn't covering because there's other people doing the other thing really well. It's the same with the heartfelt love song.

I never think of it as political in the sense because I don't have a manifesto and I don't have a slogan other than I might have the title of the song, but I try to avoid the simplistic slogan nature in songs. I try to always look for the angle that somebody else isn't covering because there's other people doing the other thing really well. It's the same with the heartfelt love song.

The heartfelt love song is something that other people can carry off. From the get-go, I always thought, well, maybe that's not my job. I don't have the matinee idle looks to carry off that. So maybe I'll go the other way. And that's what I did. And with this, I think of it like an installation. That's the way I referred to it. Like you would do an art installation.

The heartfelt love song is something that other people can carry off. From the get-go, I always thought, well, maybe that's not my job. I don't have the matinee idle looks to carry off that. So maybe I'll go the other way. And that's what I did. And with this, I think of it like an installation. That's the way I referred to it. Like you would do an art installation.

The heartfelt love song is something that other people can carry off. From the get-go, I always thought, well, maybe that's not my job. I don't have the matinee idle looks to carry off that. So maybe I'll go the other way. And that's what I did. And with this, I think of it like an installation. That's the way I referred to it. Like you would do an art installation.

It's not supposed to do anything other. I said in the note that I put up with it, you know, console installation.

It's not supposed to do anything other. I said in the note that I put up with it, you know, console installation.

It's not supposed to do anything other. I said in the note that I put up with it, you know, console installation.