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Newton — "You probably don't remember me," the bespectacled, self-proclaimed "beloved entertainer" said, upon walking on stage. "But I was there before you were born. I was a friend of your mother's." | |||
Actually, Costello ''was'' plying his trade well before most of the college-age audience at Boston College's sold out Conte Forum had hit puberty. Costello is currently riding as high as he ever has; he's got ''Spike,'' a hot new album backed by a vast cast of musicians. So what does he do? He plays a short, low-profile college tour pretty much excluding the general public — which he kicked off at BC — and tours without a backing band. Backstage, he termed it "acoustic rock 'n' roll." | |||
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Which, except for one dizzying moment, it pretty much was. The moment? "Pump It Up," in which Costello plugged in an electric guitar, a taped rhythm track kicked in and Costello played a screeching, careening, wonderfully disorienting version of the song which could only be termed Costello-goes-acid house. (He also worked a bit of Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" into it.) It was — literally and figuratively — an electrifying moment, and as Costello keeps honing his show, he might want to include more of those. He reportedly has another five tunes on tap. | |||
Costello's always loved varying sets and rearranging songs. Friday, many rearrangements included snippets or whole chunks of covers. Some highlights: a beautiful weave of the Beatles' "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" into "New Amsterdam," a fullblown rave-up of Van Morrison's "Jackie Wilson Said" after "Radio Sweetheart," and, most hilariously, a line from the Monkees' "Last Train to Clarksville" into "God's Comic." This latter bit came just after Costello — as God — mused that He should have turned over the world to "the monkeys." Monkeys/Monkees: Get it? | |||
Costello's | It was quite a splendid, generous (nearly two hours) show, with just a rare glitch or two, such as a guitar malfunction on "Veronica." These days, Costello is every bit the showman — there's some Ray Davies music-hall entertainer in him — and mixed obscurities and favorites. He shifted moods from the tension-fraught "Green Shirt" to the country tearjerking of "Almost Blue" to the rockabilly-retooled "Pads, Paws and Claws" to the obsessive, romantic brooding of "I Want You." | ||
The place where the show needs some work is its second half, where Costello hauled out a large giant (broken) heart where various "sins" were attached as rolled-up banners. The sins were for such things as lust, avarice, gluttony, awesomeness and, yes, Geraldo. Someone in a wolf's costume waded into the boisterous audience and selected someone to come up on stage, be blindfolded and select a random sin. Then, they were supposed to select a Costello song that reflected that sin. As it turned out, what folks selected most were the old staples, such as "Alison," "Less Than Zero" and "Watching the Detectives" — songs that had little to do with the sin in question. It got a little predictable. But Costello sang them as if he meant them — although they're less tense and more gentle now — and he delivered pretty much all the goods for which one would hope. | |||
Costello's pal, and new Warner Bros. recording artist, Nick Lowe opened with a set of his quick-witted faves and a couple of new ones. Lowe, who later joined Costello on "(What's So Funny About) Peace, Love and Understanding," was as self-deprecating and engaging as ever. | |||
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[[Jim Sullivan]] reviews Elvis Costello and [[Nick Lowe]], Friday, [[Concert 1989-03-31 Boston|March 31, 1989]], Conte Forum, Boston College, Boston, | [[Jim Sullivan]] reviews Elvis Costello and [[Nick Lowe]], Friday, [[Concert 1989-03-31 Boston|March 31, 1989]], Conte Forum, Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts. | ||
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