I saw a wonderful television program-Spectacle, with Elvis Costello hosting a group of musicians. They play their own songs, and Elvis' songs, and just generally talk about music and songwriting. The one I caught was with Sheryl Crow and 3 other people I should probably have heard of, and I really enjoyed it. I know Sheryl Crow is kind of, I don't know, commercial and hackneyed-but I like her, and I really enjoyed watching her reinterpret her work with Costello playing with her.
This is probably one of those things where we disagree more than politics. Elvis Costello.
ReplyDeleteI might watch it if he went on vacation and had a guest host.
That's really interesting. Music is intensely personal, of course, but would you care to elaborate? Has he ever done or said anything that offended you?
ReplyDeleteNope. I just think he's one of a couple of musicians I've heard whose music is like the equivalent of what they say about Chinese food: unremarkable tunes that go in ear and out the other, not one note to be remembered.
ReplyDeleteThat is, to me. I know it's very personal.