It's not going too far to say that Elvis Costello's career depends upon our misunderstanding him. Impatient and agonized, his image flickers: good guy, then bad guy, then good guy. It's impossible to get a fix on him, easy to be confused by what he says and does. The distance he maintains from his fans, his deadpan demeanor, the clever opacity of his lyrics, the jittery but artful leaps of musical style–all of these combine to form the persona of a man you can't trust.
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