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On one side of the stage was set up a piano bar, the celebrity lounge, and on the other side was the go-go cage. The contestants could sit next to Costello as he sang a slow melody, or undulate wildly in the cage as he played a rocker of a song. | On one side of the stage was set up a piano bar, the celebrity lounge, and on the other side was the go-go cage. The contestants could sit next to Costello as he sang a slow melody, or undulate wildly in the cage as he played a rocker of a song. | ||
Strutting about the stage in a top-hat, Costello was a perfect game show host, calling himself "Napoleon Dynamite | Strutting about the stage in a top-hat, Costello was a perfect game show host, calling himself "Napoleon Dynamite," bantering with the audience and telling stories and jokes in between songs. | ||
When the wheel was spun to land on a song he had just played, he slyly kept it spinning to land on a new song, saying, "If you can't cheat in San Jose, where can you cheat?" He then launched into the song it had finally landed on, | When the wheel was spun to land on a song he had just played, he slyly kept it spinning to land on a new song, saying, "If you can't cheat in San Jose, where can you cheat?" He then launched into the song it had finally landed on, "Every Day I Write the Book." | ||
He sang many songs picked from off the wheel, including "Almost Blue," "Alison," "Big Chair," "Girls talk," "Clubland," "Peace in Our Time," and Bob Dylan's "I Threw It All Away." | He sang many songs picked from off the wheel, including "Almost Blue," "Alison," "Big Chair," "Girls talk," "Clubland," "Peace in Our Time," and Bob Dylan's "I Threw It All Away." | ||
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All the while a small portable TV sat on a table next to him, showing programs in black and white while he sang. Sometimes Costello is a little weird. | All the while a small portable TV sat on a table next to him, showing programs in black and white while he sang. Sometimes Costello is a little weird. | ||
Three encores were delivered, the final one being a song of love-gone-bad from his second to last album, ''King of America''. As the spotlight highlighted his pained face, he sang into the night. | |||
{{n}}''Well I finally found someone to turn me upside down.<br> | {{n}}''Well I finally found someone to turn me upside down.<br> | ||
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{{n}}''If they had a King of Fools then I could wear that crown<br> | {{n}}''If they had a King of Fools then I could wear that crown<br> | ||
{{n}}''And you can all die laughing. <br> | {{n}}''And you can all die laughing. <br> | ||
{{n}}''Cos I'll wear it | {{n}}''Cos I'll wear it proudly | ||
{{cx}} | {{cx}} | ||
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{{Bibliography notes}} | {{Bibliography notes}} | ||
'''Spartan Daily, April 23, 1987 | '''Spartan Daily, Entertainer supplement, April 23, 1987 | ||
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[[Hans Ingebretsen]] reviews Elvis Costello, Thursday, [[Concert 1987-04-16 San Jose|April 16, 1987]], Civic Auditorium, San Jose, CA. | [[Hans Ingebretsen]] reviews Elvis Costello, Thursday, [[Concert 1987-04-16 San Jose|April 16, 1987]], Civic Auditorium, San Jose, CA. | ||
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