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   Elvis Costello, bah. Only had a couple of decent songs. Too full of his own   
   importance.   
   In 1979, it was well publicized that Bonnie Bramlett was verbally assaulted   
   by a drunk   
   Elvis Costello over some derogatory comments towards Ray Charles and the   
   status of   
   black music in America; she subsequently punched him out.   
      
      
      
      
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   >I recall that story. Watching EC sit there and praise John   
   > Mellencamp's writing a few weeks back left me sort of speechless.   
   >   
   > John Mellencamp?   
   >   
   > But the difference between Elvis and Steely Dan is that the Dan is   
   > still putting out vital music.   
   >   
   > Noam   
   >   
   > On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:12:04 -0000, "IanKR"    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>> ...on his "Spectacle" interview show. Anybody catch it? It was pretty   
   >>> terrible. Not the best interpreter, Elvis. But he gave it a shot.   
   >>>   
   >>> I'm not sure why he played it (a quite short version, but with the   
   >>> F-bomb line) to open the show, as the Dan were nowhere to be found   
   >>> interview-wise. Guests were She & Him, I believe, among others I'd   
   >>> never heard of.   
   >>   
   >>That generated a wry smile. I remember reading that when EC was   
   >>auditioning   
   >>musos for The Attractions, he asked Steve Nieve what sort of music he was   
   >>listening to. Nieve mentioned Steely Dan, upon which the air was allegedly   
   >>blue with EC's expletives. What goes around...   
      
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