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Elvis Costello & the Imposters
John Wenzel
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Elvis Costello has pumped out records nonstop for 30 years, but the New Wave King showed his age Sunday at the Fillmore Auditorium.
Blame some of it on the sound. The Fillmore has never been one our city's great acoustical venues, but that night the imbalance was pronounced. Like a shotgun in a gymnasium, the keyboards overpowered everything, including Costello's noodly guitar work. An extraneous theremin also wafted far above the guitars and drums.
Costello seemed a bit taxed, barely talking between songs and fumbling the breakneck delivery in "Lipstick Vogue" and "Radio Radio." His vocal timbre was fine, but a grungy take on "I Don't Want to Go to Chelsea" and a botched acoustic "Allison" proved his judgment was a bit off. At least the inspired set closer "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love & Understanding" reinforced that Costello writes some of the best rock songs around.
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