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Although Mr. Costello has always been thought of as a rocker, three-quarters of the selections he performed on Saturday were mid-tempo ballads. They ranged from slowed-down versions of vintage numbers like "Accidents Will Happen" and "Alison," to "Veronica," his hit collaboration with Paul McCartney, to songs like "So Like Candy," "Harpies Bizarre" and "The Other Side of Summer," from his newest album, ''Mighty Like a Rose''. The evening's high point was "God's Comic," a brilliant, cynical ballad about a comedian who dies and discovers that God looks like Ted Turner. At least, that is the way Mr. Costello introduced the song on Saturday. | Although Mr. Costello has always been thought of as a rocker, three-quarters of the selections he performed on Saturday were mid-tempo ballads. They ranged from slowed-down versions of vintage numbers like "Accidents Will Happen" and "Alison," to "Veronica," his hit collaboration with Paul McCartney, to songs like "So Like Candy," "Harpies Bizarre" and "The Other Side of Summer," from his newest album, ''Mighty Like a Rose''. The evening's high point was "God's Comic," a brilliant, cynical ballad about a comedian who dies and discovers that God looks like Ted Turner. At least, that is the way Mr. Costello introduced the song on Saturday. | ||
There was a time when Mr. Costello, along with many other post-punk rockers, seemed to represent the antithesis of the Beatles' utopianism. Now he is collaborating with Mr. McCartney and blowing kisses. If Mr. Costello's world view is still forbiddingly gloomy, his music was expanded into something much larger than post-punk minimalism. As dark as it is, his vision of the serious popular song still springs from the rock songwriting tradition that the Beatles brought to flower in the late 1960's. | |||
''Correction: June 25, 1991: A music review yesterday about a rock concert by Elvis Costello at Madison Square Garden on Saturday evening misidentified the show's closing number. It was "Pump It Up," not "Oliver's Army." | |||
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[[Stephen Holden]] reviews Elvis Costello and [[The Rude 5]], Saturday, [[Concert 1991-06-22 New York|June 22, 1991]], Madison Square Garden, New York. | [[Stephen Holden]] reviews Elvis Costello and [[The Rude 5]], Saturday, [[Concert 1991-06-22 New York|June 22, 1991]], Madison Square Garden, New York. | ||
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