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The first spin brought up the ‘Girl’ jackpot, which ushered in ‘[[Party Girl]]’ and ‘[[This Year's Girl|This Year’s Girl]]’ – also old favourites – and then ‘Happy’ triggered four songs from his Stax-influenced [[Get Happy!!|Get Happy]], another early career highlight. | The first spin brought up the ‘Girl’ jackpot, which ushered in ‘[[Party Girl]]’ and ‘[[This Year's Girl|This Year’s Girl]]’ – also old favourites – and then ‘Happy’ triggered four songs from his Stax-influenced [[Get Happy!!|Get Happy]], another early career highlight. | ||
A fantastic blend of rarely heard classics (‘[[Strict Time]]’, ‘[[Deep Dark Truthful Mirror]]’); hits such as a dubby ‘[[Watching The Detectives|Watching the Detectives]]’ and snippets of well-known covers including ‘[[Out Of Time|Out of Time]]’ and ‘[[Day Tripper]]’ all kept the go-go dancers on their toes. Even new material was well-received. A vampy version of ‘[[National Ransom]]’, with menace missing from the studio recording, pushed the tale into more familiar ‘sneer’ territory. | A fantastic blend of rarely heard classics (‘[[Strict Time]]’, ‘[[Deep Dark Truthful Mirror]]’); hits such as a dubby ‘[[Watching The Detectives|Watching the Detectives]]’ and snippets of well-known covers including ‘[[Out Of Time|Out of Time]]’ and ‘[[Day Tripper]]’ all kept the go-go dancers on their toes. Even new material was well-received. A vampy version of ‘[[National Ransom (song)|National Ransom]]’, with menace missing from the studio recording, pushed the tale into more familiar ‘sneer’ territory. | ||
All that was left was for Costello to make guest spot amends by bringing pub rock royalty on stage in the form of [[Nick Lowe]]. A warm version of ‘[[Poisoned Rose]]’ was a revelation and Lowe took his place centre stage for ‘[[(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?|Peace, Love and Understanding]]’, which he penned in the 70s. | All that was left was for Costello to make guest spot amends by bringing pub rock royalty on stage in the form of [[Nick Lowe]]. A warm version of ‘[[Poisoned Rose]]’ was a revelation and Lowe took his place centre stage for ‘[[(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?|Peace, Love and Understanding]]’, which he penned in the 70s. | ||
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[[Nic Fildes]] reviews Elvis Costello & [[The Imposters]] with [[The BibleCode Sundays]], [[Martin Belmont]], [Glenn Tilbrook]], [[Tennessee Thomas]] and [[Russell Crowe]], Wednesday, [[Concert 2012-05-23 London|May 23, 2012]], Royal Albert Hall, London, England. | [[Nic Fildes]] reviews Elvis Costello & [[The Imposters]] with [[The BibleCode Sundays]], [[Martin Belmont]], [[Nick Lowe]], [[Glenn Tilbrook]], [[Tennessee Thomas]] and [[Russell Crowe]], Wednesday, [[Concert 2012-05-23 London|May 23, 2012]] and Thursday [[Concert 2012-05-24 London|May 24, 2012]], Royal Albert Hall, London, England. | ||
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