ELVIS COSTELLO - Armed Forces LP dream pop World Music is a sweaty

World Music is a sweaty

even the one with the use of a vocoder or processed vocals or whatever you want to call it

The uniqueness of Turkish psychedelia is hidden in the historical and geographical exposure of its musical psyche

listeners get the feeling that something special is going on here

the band underwent yet another lineup shift in late 1979

ELVIS COSTELLO - Armed Forces LP dream pop World Music is a sweatyIt could be said that Elvis Costello had the distinct pleasure of living out the ultimate dream of every sharp witted, incurably bitter young bastard with hopes of achieving stardom. In only two and a half years, he was propelled from an awkward, computer programming teenager with a Jazzmaster and ugly glasses to the prototype for chic geekdom. Virtually overnight, he established himself as among the most articulate songwriters rock music has ever