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"His best records are pretty amazing things," Costello says. "They don't involve any loud guitars or rocking, but they do involve intense emotions — and restraint that gives you power, which rock 'n' roll doesn't even begin to challenge. Despite the gentleness of the musical texture, it's rawer emotionally because you're so much more exposed." | "His best records are pretty amazing things," Costello says. "They don't involve any loud guitars or rocking, but they do involve intense emotions — and restraint that gives you power, which rock 'n' roll doesn't even begin to challenge. Despite the gentleness of the musical texture, it's rawer emotionally because you're so much more exposed." | ||
Costello is reveling in that raw exposure on this [[:Category:1996 US Tour|tour]]. Performing again with longtime supporting players the Attractions, Costello is doing everything he can — including using a two-piece drum kit and unwieldy guitars — to put more space into the sound. | Costello is reveling in that raw exposure onstage on this [[:Category:1996 US Tour|tour]], which brings him to Fox Theatre tonight. | ||
Performing again with longtime supporting players the Attractions, Costello is doing everything he can — including using a two-piece drum kit and unwieldy guitars — to put more space into the sound. | |||
"Somebody said yesterday we've discovered a new ambient zydeco groove," Costello says, laughing. "But it's really keeping with the way we played originally. The songs have that atmosphere that perhaps isn't there when you do the big stadium, rock 'n' roll sound. The slinky feel of my early records has been brutalized by playing in big venues over my career." | "Somebody said yesterday we've discovered a new ambient zydeco groove," Costello says, laughing. "But it's really keeping with the way we played originally. The songs have that atmosphere that perhaps isn't there when you do the big stadium, rock 'n' roll sound. The slinky feel of my early records has been brutalized by playing in big venues over my career." | ||
The new liberation has given Costello license to pull some old tunes out for display. At a New York [[Concert 1996-08-13 New York|show]] last week, the band whipped up "The Loved Ones" for the first time since it appeared on ''Imperial Bedroom'' in 1982. | The new liberation has given Costello license to pull some old tunes out for display. At a New York [[Concert 1996-08-13 New York|show]] last week, the band whipped up "The Loved Ones" for the first time since it appeared on ''Imperial Bedroom'' in 1982. | ||
"There's a line in that one, <i>' They bitch about your pretty face turning ugly on you'</i> says Costello, 42. The audience clicked on it right away." | |||
So even if he never returns to playing the quick-and-sour pop sizzlers that mark his 20-year career, Costello says he's not just rejecting his past. But his eyes — and ears — are certainly on the future. | So even if he never returns to playing the quick-and-sour pop sizzlers that mark his 20-year career, Costello says he's not just rejecting his past. But his eyes — and ears — are certainly on the future. | ||
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