Duke University Chronicle, April 23, 1987: Difference between revisions
(+text) |
(fix scan error) |
||
Line 13: | Line 13: | ||
Costello's longtime friend and producer Nick Lowe opened as a solo act. He played for an hour, using only his acoustic guitar. He closed with one of his most well known songs, "I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock and Roll)." | Costello's longtime friend and producer Nick Lowe opened as a solo act. He played for an hour, using only his acoustic guitar. He closed with one of his most well known songs, "I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock and Roll)." | ||
Shortly after 9 p.m. | Shortly after 9 p.m., Elvis Costello bounded onstage to begin his "Almost Alone" show. Costello's backup band is known as The Attractions, but his latest trend has been to travel without them. Instead the stage held a number of props, including a piano, a Gatorade bar, a television (which was on all night), a screen and slide projector, and a Go-Go cage. He jumped right into "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes," a song from his first album, ''My Aim is True'', released in 1977. | ||
Then with a jibe at the swarm of photographers in front of the stage he said. "I thought I was the president for a minute," and Costello began his theme of the night — "I want to show you my world." He opened an umbrella with a map of the world on it and flipped through slides on the screen from his "holiday." | Then with a jibe at the swarm of photographers in front of the stage he said. "I thought I was the president for a minute," and Costello began his theme of the night — "I want to show you my world." He opened an umbrella with a map of the world on it and flipped through slides on the screen from his "holiday." |
Revision as of 07:00, 10 May 2015
|