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Elvis Costello Says No One Calls Him 'Elvis' Anymore

Elvis Costello will probably always be the second-most famous "Elvis" in the world. That said, Costello maintains that no one calls "Elvis" anymore. While promoting his newly-released album, The Boy Named If, Rolling Stone asked about the lyric in the album's single "Farewell, OK," that mentions "Elvis in the velvet hereafter." Costello was asked what his relationship to his stage name is these days. Costello, who was born Declan Patrick McManus, explained, "I never really hear it because my family don't call me that; most people call me by my initials, which my dad began. He called me 'D.P.', so that's an Irish convention, I guess, that he picked up. And I don't really hear many people call me by that name, so I just don't hear it anymore. It's like a secret identity, or something; it's like being called Clark Kent. It's just a name. It's just a brand." When pressed about what attr ....

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