Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Seriously, has the guy done anything that mattered in over 30 years? He's the Noam Chomsky of music. Said a few interesting things early on, lived off it ever since: Costello cancels Israel shows
Costello posted an announcement on his Web site over the weekend explaining his decision to join the boycott of Israel. "There are occasions when merely having your name added to a concert schedule may be interpreted as a political act that resonates more than anything that might be sung and it may be assumed that one has no mind for the suffering of the innocent," he wrote.
Saying he couldn't imagine receiving another invitation to perform in Israel, Costello wrote that since the conflict was "actually too grave and complex to be addressed in a concert, then it is also quite impossible to simply look the other way... sometimes a silence in music is better than adding to the static."
Costello was set to make his Israeli debut with his new folk/bluegrass band The Sugarcanes, and in his conversation with the Post two weeks ago, he said that he had given much thought to playing in the country, but decided that he was against efforts to boycott performances...
Bluegrass? Take your stupid hat and stay at home. He was so cool when I was in High School...in the 80's.
I've always enjoyed Elvis and considered myself a fan. Got lots of old vinyl and CDs. Pity. Such a lame asshole rationale. Why book the gig in the first place if you care so deeply for the "innocent." Putz, but understandably so. After all, he is a Brit.
here is what is sad and hypocritical.
elvis had no problem appearing in the us or england during the war in iraq or the subsequent ongoing occupation
he could use the concerts to voice his political views, just as he does at most of his concerts throughout the world
i would have been a bit more upset had this happened 20 years ago...but whatever, its his loss
Well he's british, so no surprise.
Other british "artists" who have take sides against Israel are julie christie and patrick stewart, annie lennox.
I hope the entire british entity is enveloped in a cloud of volcanic ash.
http://www.boycottscotland.com
Remember Pan Am 103 and british compassion for libyan oil contracts.
No need to impugn bluegrass. Bluegrass is great. Elvis Costello wasnt even cool in the 80s. He sucks.
I saw this link via CifWatch, and I left a comment there which I will reproduce here:
here’s a comment from Israelycool (scroll down to about the 7th comment by Jerusalems:
costello must have known months in advance he was going to play in israel....but waited until the dates were announced to cancel...cynical marketing ploy.
poor ticket sales perchance?
hell, lump him in with annie lennox and file under 'big in the 80s...was shit then, is shit now.'
and for g and eddie- stick it up yer holes xenophobes!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jec5fDw4e20
zoidburqa,
Happy DrawMuhammedDay!
http://www.drawmuhammadday.com/
http://www.boycottscotland.com
It's all about typical british compassion for libyan oil contracts.