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A bit o' Costello

Apr 22, 2008, 10:04 AM
Authors : Daniel
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Post date : Apr 22, 2008, 10:04 AM
For many years, I was a big, big fan of the musician born Declan Patrick MacManus.
Every album he released would be a big event in my little world.
Eventually, however, familiarity and a string of duff platters ended our relationship.
He'll never be a stranger to me, though.
I still love his early long players, especially those recorded with his backing band, The Attractions; This Year's Model and Get Happy!! being the twin zeniths of the period.
So, when I saw in a Google news alert the headline 'Costello defends tax record', my mind immediately went to the Englishman named Elvis.
Had he been reduced to making music simply to pay off a hefty tax bill, I wondered.
At least, I thought, if he ended under the thumb of the taxman he'd be in the good company of country and western master Willie Nelson.
Imagine my relief, then, when I visited the full online story to discover it was about former Australian government treasurer Peter Costello getting all defensive about his career.
I couldn't give monkey's about him. He didn't write Pump it Up.

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