Elvis , Time magazine interview

[johnfoyle]

see
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/artic ... 28,00.html
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Q & A With Elvis Costello
Elder rocker Elvis Costello's new album of ballads,
North, arrives in stores Sept. 23.

This album is very quiet. You're croonin'. What's got
into you?

That's the way the songs came out. It would have lost
a lot in the feeling of the songs if I raised my
voice. It's about starting out in a more desolate
place and going to a more optimistic place. That's
what I was feeling, and so that's what I wrote.

Why did you call the album North?

You know the expression "That's gone south"? What's
the opposite of that?

So life is good. It was fun to watch you and [BRACKET
{fiance Canadian jazz singer}] Diana Krall perform at
Willie Nelson's birthday concert. Will you collaborate
in the future?

We're just gonna do 70th-birthday parties. You just
have to work out which one's coming up next and get
your tickets now.

What do you make of record companies suing people who
download songs online?

People pirating other people's work is theft. And
record companies suing those people is one pirate
suing another. But there's an awful lot of bands that
can't take the loss, you know. That's actually how
they make their living.

Just what is so funny about peace, love and
understanding?

I have no idea. You tell me. Why don't you ring up the
President and ask him?

What's your favorite thing about Canada?

I can't possibly tell you. This is a family magazine.

So it's not Labatt's.

I don't drink. Nor is it hockey.

[Poppet]

that made me smile!!!!!

i wasn't around (actually, i wasn't paying any attention) when WIWC/CS came out - was there any press blitz similar???

[migdd]

Yes, Poppet! WIWC saw an onslaught of EC-related promotion including interviews, TV appearances and, as they say in the advertising business, much, much more! Record companies seem to be scrimping more and more on advertising dollars (especially for non top-10 acts) so EC has become increasingly willing to be his own promotional machine. He probably thinks (rightly so) that if he doesn't do it, nobody will!

[laughingcrow]

All he'd have to do is post here and I'm sure that 99% of us would harrass people in the street into buying the records...a crude but effective marketing strategy.

I'm sure most everyone is like me in that we try and force feed everyone we know EC records.