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perfectly with Elvis, shaking his body while belting out a powerful, soulful vocal performance that even left Costello in awe, beaming at Moore as he walked off stage. | perfectly with Elvis, shaking his body while belting out a powerful, soulful vocal performance that even left Costello in awe, beaming at Moore as he walked off stage. | ||
Elvis' stage personality now seems so relaxed and stylized, compared to the tense nervousness he projected in earlier shows where he sometimes alienated fans. Now he looks like he's having fun. | |||
Some minor criticisms are in order, but overall, this show was quite memorable. While Costello's voice was in top form, he tended to play with the melody too much in an attempt to compensate for the lack of vocal harmonies, which are thickly layered in many of his recordings, especially his post ''Trust'' work. This was especially true for the recent "Home Truth" and "Shabby Doll" from ''Imperial Bedroom'', where Elvis' vocal wanderings made the songs sound unintentionally busy and maybe unrecognizable to some. | |||
The Attractions are one of the most talented back up bands around, however on some songs like "Watching the Detectives," and "New Lacy Sleeves," the original charm and groove of the studio version was lost in some overplaying. | |||
One of the encores featured Costello performing a highly moving solo set which included his most political statement to date, "Peace in Our Time" where he changed the lyrics slightly pointing to our upcoming presidential election — ''"There's already one space-man in the White House/ What do you want the same one again for."'' | |||
Nick Lowe and his three-piece Cowboy Outfit (not a country hand at all) opened with a fun set of his delightfully offbeat pop tunes. Lowe's keyboardist Paul Carrack, who played with the late Squeeze, sang "Tempted," his solo hit, "I need you," and his own claim to fame Ace's hit "How Long has This Been Goin' On" which he wrote for them. Lowe sang many of his great hits including his latest "Half a Boy and Half a Man," "Stick it," and "Raging Eyes." His performance was so good that the crowd gave Lowe the same amount of applause as Costello. | |||
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