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<center><h3> | <center><h3>Solo Elvis Costello shows that his aim is still true </h3></center> | ||
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Here Costello can both wallow in his great entertainer persona, while allowing the songs, as Eric Cantona might have put it "to live and to breathe". | Here Costello can both wallow in his great entertainer persona, while allowing the songs, as Eric Cantona might have put it "to live and to breathe". | ||
And what tunes they are. It takes a confident songwriter to open with a couple of relatively obscure album tracks and hook an audience immediately, but for the knowledgeable fan it was a treat to hear [[Jack Of All Parades]] or a punked up version of [[Green Shirt]]. | And what tunes they are. It takes a confident songwriter to open with a couple of relatively obscure album tracks and hook an audience immediately, but for the knowledgeable fan it was a treat to hear "[[Jack Of All Parades]]" or a punked up version of "[[Green Shirt]]." | ||
The voice was a little rough at times but he has developed a guitar style that, with the help of a range of effects pedals, he can wrench some extraordinary sounds, most dramatically on [[Watching The Detectives]]. | The voice was a little rough at times but he has developed a guitar style that, with the help of a range of effects pedals, he can wrench some extraordinary sounds, most dramatically on "[[Watching The Detectives]]." | ||
But it wasn't all film noir intensity. Costello dispensed family-based anecdotes with practised ease, his late trumpet-playing father never far from his mind. | But it wasn't all film noir intensity. Costello dispensed family-based anecdotes with practised ease, his late trumpet-playing father never far from his mind. | ||
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From him he received a musical education which has made him a master of the 20th century pop idiom. | From him he received a musical education which has made him a master of the 20th century pop idiom. | ||
A stunning [[Shipbuilding]] had a 'here we go again' wistfulness, and there was new material on offer, including a song which he claimed to have finished "in the taxi on the way from the airport". | A stunning "[[Shipbuilding]]" had a 'here we go again' wistfulness, and there was new material on offer, including a song which he claimed to have finished "in the taxi on the way from the airport". | ||
It was great too. | It was great too. | ||
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[[Michael Conaghan]] reviews Elvis Costello solo, Friday, [[Concert 2014-10-17 Belfast|October 17, 2014]], Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland. | [[Michael Conaghan]] reviews Elvis Costello, solo, Friday, [[Concert 2014-10-17 Belfast|October 17, 2014]], Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland. | ||
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<br><small>Elvis Costello performs at the Waterfront Hall last night.</small> | <br><small>Elvis Costello performs at the Waterfront Hall last night.</small> | ||
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