‘I can’t listen to Pink Floyd - I find their music dreary’: Elvis Costello’s honest playlist

Filed by Vivien Star

The singer-songwriter owes a lot to Georgie Fame and likes the romantic side of Jimi Hendrix – but which ringtone song can put him in a bad mood?The first song I fell in love with The Wind Cries Mary by Jimi Hendrix, which came out in 1967 when I was 12. Hendrix was known for outgoing music, but I was a romantic soul, so the emotional side of his music led to that strain in my own writing.The song I do at karaoke Karaoke? Certainly not. I do this for a living. Would you have made my great-gran