Bournemouth Daily Echo, May 3, 2004: Difference between revisions
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<center><h3> Elvis Costello & Steve Nieve | <center><h3> Elvis Costello & Steve Nieve </h3></center> | ||
<center>''' Windsor Hall, BIC </center> | |||
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<center> Nick Churchill </center> | <center> Nick Churchill </center> | ||
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'''He did it his way: Elvis Costello | '''He did it his way: Elvis Costello | ||
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It's all a very long way from the [[Concert 1978-03-28 Bournemouth| | It's all a very long way from the Village Bowl in [[Concert 1978-03-28 Bournemouth|1978]] when Elvis Costello lead a packed house of sweat-drenched punks in a chorus against the one pitiful soul who dared spit at the bespectacled one. | ||
These days the specs remain, but there's only the odd hint of that early bile even though Friday's show opened with the line: "I wish I didn't hate you half as much as I do." | These days the specs remain, but there's only the odd hint of that early bile even though Friday's show opened with the line: "I wish I didn't hate you half as much as I do." | ||
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"[[Indoor Fireworks]]" got a rare run-out, as did the gutsy "[[45]]" and the McCartney collaboration "[[Nothing Clings Like Ivy]]." | "[[Indoor Fireworks]]" got a rare run-out, as did the gutsy "[[45]]" and the McCartney collaboration "[[Nothing Clings Like Ivy]]." | ||
But the best was left to the very end | But the best was left to the very end — and it wasn't even his song. Costello's lifelong love affair with southern soul found him summoning every ounce of feeling for that most telling and tender tale of stolen love, "[[Dark End Of The Street|Dark End of the Street]]." The song was Dan Penn's, the original belonged to Percy Sledge. This version was pure Costello playing keeper of the flame; the tears were my own. | ||
None of Costello's contemporaries can hold a flame to his skill and the fact he's still up there taking chances at his own expense is to be applauded long and loud. Luckily, nobody spat! | None of Costello's contemporaries can hold a flame to his skill and the fact he's still up there taking chances at his own expense is to be applauded long and loud. Luckily, nobody spat! | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/ | *[http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/ BournemouthEcho.co.uk] | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bournemouth_Daily_Echo Wikipedia: Bournemouth Daily Echo] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bournemouth_Daily_Echo Wikipedia: Bournemouth Daily Echo] | ||
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/articles/a-c/bournemouth_daily_echo.040503a.html elviscostello.info] | *[http://www.elviscostello.info/articles/a-c/bournemouth_daily_echo.040503a.html elviscostello.info] |