10.05.2020
ELVIS COSTELLO AND BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: THEIR HISTORY TOGETHER
NJ Arts.net: Jay Lustig: October 3rd 2020.
Bruce Springsteen has been an influence on Elvis Costello from the very start of Costello’s career. “I wanted to somehow make magic out of the things around me, the way he did on his first two records before he broke through,” Costello has said.
Costello’s early work made a big impact on Springsteen, too. Appearing on the “Spectacle: Elvis Costello With …” television show in 2009, Springsteen said, “Elvis’ first three records were a hurricane. He’s made great ones, since, all of ’em. But you had the perfect storm, the first three records … It was just like, ‘Whoah.’ ”
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