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De tournee die zanger-songschrijver Elvis Costello (32) thans maakt staat in het teken van de verrassing. Hij presenteert zijn concerten in verschillende opzetten. Dat van vanavond in het Utrechtse Muziekcentrum wordt dus heel anders dan dat van dinsdag. Het verschil is dat Costello zich dinsdag met zijn vaste begeleidingsgroep The Attractions liet horen, af en toe solo en in één nummer met zijn vrouw Cait O'Riordan, de bassiste van de folkpunk-groep The Pogues. Vanavond is het een optreden van Costello met ''mystery guests'', waarbij je kunt denken aan de Coward Brothers (Costello en T-Bone Burnett) en John Hiatt.
De tournee die zanger-songschrijver Elvis Costello (32) thans maakt staat in het teken van de verrassing. Hij presenteert zijn concerten in verschillende opzetten. Dat van vanavond in het Utrechtse Muziekcentrum wordt dus heel anders dan dat van dinsdag. Het verschil is dat Costello zich dinsdag met zijn vaste begeleidingsgroep The Attractions liet horen, af en toe solo en in één nummer met zijn vrouw Cait O'Riordan, de bassiste van de folkpunk-groep The Pogues. Vanavond is het een optreden van Costello met ''mystery guests'', waarbij je kunt denken aan de Coward Brothers (Costello en T-Bone Burnett) en John Hiatt.
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The tour that singer-songwriter Elvis Costello (32) now makes is in the sign of surprise. He presents his concerts in different setting. That evening in Utrecht's music is very different from that on Tuesday. The difference is that Costello is left Tuesday with his regular backing band The Attractions hear occasional solo and a song with his wife Cait O'Riordan, the bassist of the folk punk band The Pogues. Tonight is a performance by Costello with mystery guests, where you can imagine the Coward Brothers (Costello and T-Bone Burnett) and John Hiatt.
The tour that singer-songwriter Elvis Costello (32) is on right now is dedicated to surprises. He presents his concerts in different settings. This evening's concert in Utrecht's Muziekcentrum will be very different from that on Tuesday. The difference is that Costello performed Tuesday with his regular backing band The Attractions, the occasional solo and a song with his wife Cait O'Riordan, the bassist of the folk punk band The Pogues. Tonight is a performance by Costello with ''mystery guests'', where you can think of the Coward Brothers (Costello and T-Bone Burnett) and John Hiatt.  


The public may submit requests. That is quite different than before, when Costello participation saw as compromising his artistic integrity. And there is a wheel of fortune that includes dozens of song titles, of which one will be by lot. Created particular choice It is therefore possible that a song is played more than once, but, knowing Costello's improvisational talent, to dull repetitions that will not come down.
The public request songs. That is quite different than before, when Costello saw public participation as a compromise of his artistic integrity. And there is a wheel of fortune that includes dozens of songs, out of which choices will be made ad random. It is therefore possible that a song is going to be played more than once, but, knowing Costello's improvisational talent, this will not lead to a dull repetition.  


Costello has always been particularly productive. Among his many writings has its quality never suffered. Even now he has two entirely different in style from LPs released this year: the recorded with guest musicians ''King of America'' and the recently released ''Blood & Chocolate'', again with The Attractions and produced by Nick Lowe. On this record, its best since its beginnings, Costello goes back to square one. The melodies breathe the simplicity and atmosphere of the pop of the sixties. His romance with O'Riordan seems leitmotif for the lyrics, about debilitating jealousy, with all the passion and self-torment of that.
Costello has always been particularly productive. Quality has never suffered because of his abundance of songs. Even this year he has released two LPs, entirely different in style: ''King of America'', recorded with guest musicians and the recently released ''Blood & Chocolate'', again with The Attractions and produced by Nick Lowe. On this record, his best since the beginnings, Costello goes back to square one. The melodies breathe the simplicity and atmosphere of the pop of the sixties. His romance with O'Riordan seems leitmotif for the lyrics; about debilitating jealousy, with all the passion and self-torment of that.  


The mystifications around the name Costello are legion. With debut lp ''My aim is true'', he was the most handsome boy in the class of '77 punk. Then he disguised himself as The Imposter, he united with T-Bone Burnett in the occasional duo The Coward Brothers and then ''King of America'' came he presented himself under his real name Declan MacManus. The name of his alter ego inhibited him in his artistic freedom because man behind Costello wanted to develop the Costello fans allowed him. Other musical areas Apparently, this step was necessary before he could again present as Costello. Although he calls himself on ''Blood & Chocolate'' Napoleon Dynamite, another name changes his glasses frame or man behind it is not.
The mysteries around the Costello name are plenty. With his debut LP ''My Aim Is True'', he was the brightest boy in the punk class of '77. Then he disguised himself as The Imposter, he worked with T-Bone Burnett in the on-off duo The Coward Brothers and when ''King of America'' was released he presented himself under his real name Declan MacManus. The name of his alter ego inhibited him in his artistic freedom because the man behind Costello wanted to develop in other ways than the Costello fans allowed him. Apparently, this step was necessary before he could again present himself as Costello. Although he calls himself Napoleon Dynamite on ''Blood & Chocolate'', yet another name doesn't change his glasses or the man behind it.


Few artists received more critical acclaim than they were selling LPs. This is probably due to Costello's aversion to the media, his reputation as an angry young man with dipped in vitriol pen with which he records his flawless observations by his vitriolic pointed word games, his vocals with a choked sneer as with Dylan, his style twists that always put the fans on the wrong foot, by its square appearance, by an unfortunate, labeled as racist, remark that he forever messed up his chances of success in America, a country with which he has a love-hate relationship anyway. Notable in this regard is that the lessons of his new album ballad "I want you," are "Alison" was bombed. Before the eighties, by Veronica to Alarm Disc
Few artists than Elvis received more critical acclaim than they were selling LPs. This is probably due to Costello's aversion to the media, his reputation as ''angry young man'' with his pen dipped in vitriol with which he records his flawless observations by his vitriolic pointed word games, his vocals with a choked sneer like Bob Dylan, his style changes that always put his fans on the wrong foot, by his awkward appearance, by an unfortunate, labeled as racist, remark with which he forever messed up his chances of success in America, a country with which he has a love-hate relationship anyway. Notable in this regard is that the ballad "I Want You" from his new album, his "Alison" of the Eighties, was chosen by Veronica as their Alarmschijf (Alarm Disc).


In November 1983, Costello performed here with The Attractions, a year later, he was here a solo performance with T-Bone Burnett in the schedule. Now he is so back on the road with The Attractions (keyboard player Steve Nieve, bassist Bruce Thomas, drummer Pete Thomas) Costello, the singer with the voice of the burnt edge and fierce, intense emotional speech, the guitarist who unorthodox shrill noises and an overly accentuated facial expressions puts his virtuosity.
In November 1983 Costello performed here with The Attractions, a year later he was here for solo performance with T-Bone Burnett as the opening act. And now he is back on the road again with The Attractions (keyboard player Steve Nieve, bass player Bruce Thomas, drummer Pete Thomas). Costello, the singer with the voice with a burnt edge, and the fierce, intense emotional diction, the guitar player who puts his virtuosity into perspective with unorthodox shrill noises and an overly accentuated facial expressions.  


Costello warns despite his glasses with glass jam jar bottoms of the contact with the audience no longer. The instrumentation was sober and marking it as usual the most. The sound of The Attractions were deliberately muddy, raunchy good you might say.
Despite his thick "jam jar" glasses Costello does not shy away from contact which the audience any longer. The instrumentation was sober and as usual that graced him the most. The sound of The Attractions was deliberately muddy, raunchy ordinary you might say.
The repertoire of ''Blood & Chocolate'', which was played almost entirely, connected, just as the rawer interpretations of songs from ''King of America'', to his first LPs. Costello, however, played songs from almost all his records, but none of the two LPs before ''King of America'', ''Punch the Clock'' and ''Goodbye Cruel World'' to which dedicated much attention in 1984.  


The repertoire of ''Blood & Chocolate'', which was played almost entirely closed, and the rawer interpretations of songs from ''King of America'', to that of his first LPs. Costello, however, played works of almost all his records, none of the two LPs for ''King of America'', ''Punch the Clock'' and ''Goodbye cruel world'' where he spent relatively much attention to in 1984.
The gig was not quite over, eleven of the 27 songs were saved for the encores. Costello began the encores with a solo on acoustic guitar with his own "Radio Sweetheart" and his interpretations of "Pretty in Pink" by the Psychedelic Furs and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood." During "Poor Napoleon," just like on the LP with wife Cait and band, a hurricane of sound arose from the stage that was clouded in darkness, while disorienting strobe lights shone the hall. A mysterious ending, which once again pointed out that Costello cannot be limited to a few tricks. Tonight, when he turns the wheel of fortune, he will no doubt prove that again.  
 
The gig was a tail, eleven of the 27 songs were saved for the encores. Costello began a solo on acoustic guitar with his own "Radio Sweetheart" and his interpretations of "Pretty in Pink" by the Psychedelic Furs and "Don't let me be misunderstood." During "Poor Napoleon," as well as on the plate with wife Cait and band, rose from the stage shrouded in darkness a hurricane of sound, while disorienting strobe lights shone the hall. A mysterious castle, which once again pointed out that Costello is not to catch a hole. Tonight, when he runs the wheel of fortune, he proves that no doubt again.


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Peter Koops

De tournee die zanger-songschrijver Elvis Costello (32) thans maakt staat in het teken van de verrassing. Hij presenteert zijn concerten in verschillende opzetten. Dat van vanavond in het Utrechtse Muziekcentrum wordt dus heel anders dan dat van dinsdag. Het verschil is dat Costello zich dinsdag met zijn vaste begeleidingsgroep The Attractions liet horen, af en toe solo en in één nummer met zijn vrouw Cait O'Riordan, de bassiste van de folkpunk-groep The Pogues. Vanavond is het een optreden van Costello met mystery guests, waarbij je kunt denken aan de Coward Brothers (Costello en T-Bone Burnett) en John Hiatt.

Het publiek kan dan verzoekjes indienen. Dat is wel wat anders dan vroeger, toen Costello inspraak zag als een aantasting van zijn artistieke integriteit. En er is een rad van avontuur dat tientallen songtitels bevat, waaruit een door het lot bepaalde keuze gemaakt zal worden. Het kan dus voorkomen dat een song meer dan één keer gespeeld wordt, maar, Costello's improvisatie-talent kennende, op saaie herhalingen zal dat niet neerkomen.

Costello is altijd bijzonder produktief geweest. Onder zijn veelschrijverij heeft zijn kwaliteit nooit geleden. Ook niet nu hij dit jaar twee volkomen in stijl verschillende lp's uit bracht: het met gastmuzikanten opgenomen King of America en het onlangs verschenen Blood & chocolate, opnieuw met The Attractions en geproduceerd door Nick Lowe. Op deze plaat, zijn beste sinds zijn beginperiode, gaat Costello terug naar af. De melodieën ademen de eenvoud en de sfeer van de pop van de jaren zestig. Zijn romance met O'Riordan lijkt het leitmotiv voor de teksten; over slopende jaloezie, met alle hartstocht en zelfkwelling van dien.

De mystificaties rond de naam Costello zijn legio. Met zijn debuutlp My aim is true was hij het knapste jongetje van de punk-klas van '77. Daarna vermomde hij zich als The Imposter, verenigde hij zich met T-Bone Burnett in het gelegenheids-duo The Coward Brothers en toen King of America uitkwam presenteerde hij zich onder zijn echte naam Declan MacManus. De naam van zijn alter ego remde hem in zijn artistieke vrijheid omdat de mens achter Costello zich op andere muzikale gebieden wilde ontplooien dan de Costello-fans hem toestonden. Blijkbaar was die stap nodig voor hij zich weer als Costello kon presenteren. Al noemt hij zich op Blood & chocolate Napoleon Dynamite, een andere naam verandert zijn brilmontuur of de mens daarachter niet.

Weinig artiesten kregen meer lovende kritieken dan dat ze lp's verkochten. Dat komt wellicht door Costello's afkeer van de media, zijn reputatie als angry young man met de in vitriool gedoopte pen waarmee hij zijn feilloze observaties optekent, door zijn venijnige spitse woordspelletjes, door zijn zang met een verstikte sneer als bij Dylan, door zijn stijlwendingen die de fans telkens op het verkeerde been zetten, door zijn square uiterlijk, door een ongelukkige, als racistisch bestempelde, uitlating waarmee hij zijn kansen op succes in Amerika, een land waarmee hij sowieso een haatliefde verhouding heeft, voorgoed verknalde. Opvallend in dit verband is wel dat de van zijn nieuwe lp getrokken ballade "I want you," zijn "Alison" voor de jaren tachtig, door Veronica tot Alarmschijf werd gebombardeerd.

In november 1983 trad Costello hier op met The Attractions, een jaar later deed hij hier een solo-optreden met T-Bone Burnett in het voorprogramma. Nu is hij dus weer op pad met The Attractions (klavierenspeler Steve Nieve, bassist Bruce Thomas, drummer Pete Thomas); Costello, de zanger met de stem met het aangebrande randje en de verbeten, intens geëmotioneerde voordracht, de gitarist die met onorthodoxe schrille geluidjes en een overdreven aangezette mimiek zijn virtuositeit relativeert.

Costello schuwt ondanks zijn bril met glazen van jampotbodems het contact met de zaal niet langer. De instrumentatie was sober en die sierde hem als gewoonlijk het meest. Het geluid van The Attractions was expres modderig; lekker ordinair zou je kunnen zeggen.

Het repertoire van Blood & chocolate, dat vrijwel in zijn geheel werd gespeeld sloot, evenals de rauwere interpretaties van songs van King of America, aan op dat van zijn eerste lp's. Costello speelde werk van bijna al zijn platen, niets echter van de twee lp's voor King of America, Punch the clock en Goodbye cruel world waar hij in 1984 relatief veel aandacht aan besteedde.

Het optreden kreeg een staartje; elf van de 27 songs werden voor de toegiften bewaard. Die begon Costello solo op akoestische gitaar met zijn eigen "Radio sweetheart" en zijn interpretaties van "Pretty in pink" van de Psychedelic Furs en "Don't let me be misunderstood." Tijdens "Poor Napoleon," evenals op de plaat met vrouw Cait en band, steeg vanaf het in het duister gehulde podium een orkaan van geluid op, terwijl desoriënterend stroboscopisch licht de zaal bescheen. Een mysterieus slot, dat er andermaal op wees dat Costello niet voor één gat te vangen is. Vanavond, als hij het rad van avontuur in werking stelt, bewijst hij dat ongetwijfeld opnieuw.

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De Volkskrant, November 12, 1986


Peter Koops reviews Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Tuesday, November 11, 1986, Vredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands.

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Costello looking for more contact with audience


English translation by Wouter Pronk

The tour that singer-songwriter Elvis Costello (32) is on right now is dedicated to surprises. He presents his concerts in different settings. This evening's concert in Utrecht's Muziekcentrum will be very different from that on Tuesday. The difference is that Costello performed Tuesday with his regular backing band The Attractions, the occasional solo and a song with his wife Cait O'Riordan, the bassist of the folk punk band The Pogues. Tonight is a performance by Costello with mystery guests, where you can think of the Coward Brothers (Costello and T-Bone Burnett) and John Hiatt.

The public request songs. That is quite different than before, when Costello saw public participation as a compromise of his artistic integrity. And there is a wheel of fortune that includes dozens of songs, out of which choices will be made ad random. It is therefore possible that a song is going to be played more than once, but, knowing Costello's improvisational talent, this will not lead to a dull repetition.

Costello has always been particularly productive. Quality has never suffered because of his abundance of songs. Even this year he has released two LPs, entirely different in style: King of America, recorded with guest musicians and the recently released Blood & Chocolate, again with The Attractions and produced by Nick Lowe. On this record, his best since the beginnings, Costello goes back to square one. The melodies breathe the simplicity and atmosphere of the pop of the sixties. His romance with O'Riordan seems leitmotif for the lyrics; about debilitating jealousy, with all the passion and self-torment of that.

The mysteries around the Costello name are plenty. With his debut LP My Aim Is True, he was the brightest boy in the punk class of '77. Then he disguised himself as The Imposter, he worked with T-Bone Burnett in the on-off duo The Coward Brothers and when King of America was released he presented himself under his real name Declan MacManus. The name of his alter ego inhibited him in his artistic freedom because the man behind Costello wanted to develop in other ways than the Costello fans allowed him. Apparently, this step was necessary before he could again present himself as Costello. Although he calls himself Napoleon Dynamite on Blood & Chocolate, yet another name doesn't change his glasses or the man behind it.

Few artists than Elvis received more critical acclaim than they were selling LPs. This is probably due to Costello's aversion to the media, his reputation as angry young man with his pen dipped in vitriol with which he records his flawless observations by his vitriolic pointed word games, his vocals with a choked sneer like Bob Dylan, his style changes that always put his fans on the wrong foot, by his awkward appearance, by an unfortunate, labeled as racist, remark with which he forever messed up his chances of success in America, a country with which he has a love-hate relationship anyway. Notable in this regard is that the ballad "I Want You" from his new album, his "Alison" of the Eighties, was chosen by Veronica as their Alarmschijf (Alarm Disc).

In November 1983 Costello performed here with The Attractions, a year later he was here for solo performance with T-Bone Burnett as the opening act. And now he is back on the road again with The Attractions (keyboard player Steve Nieve, bass player Bruce Thomas, drummer Pete Thomas). Costello, the singer with the voice with a burnt edge, and the fierce, intense emotional diction, the guitar player who puts his virtuosity into perspective with unorthodox shrill noises and an overly accentuated facial expressions.

Despite his thick "jam jar" glasses Costello does not shy away from contact which the audience any longer. The instrumentation was sober and as usual that graced him the most. The sound of The Attractions was deliberately muddy, raunchy ordinary you might say. The repertoire of Blood & Chocolate, which was played almost entirely, connected, just as the rawer interpretations of songs from King of America, to his first LPs. Costello, however, played songs from almost all his records, but none of the two LPs before King of America, Punch the Clock and Goodbye Cruel World to which dedicated much attention in 1984.

The gig was not quite over, eleven of the 27 songs were saved for the encores. Costello began the encores with a solo on acoustic guitar with his own "Radio Sweetheart" and his interpretations of "Pretty in Pink" by the Psychedelic Furs and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood." During "Poor Napoleon," just like on the LP with wife Cait and band, a hurricane of sound arose from the stage that was clouded in darkness, while disorienting strobe lights shone the hall. A mysterious ending, which once again pointed out that Costello cannot be limited to a few tricks. Tonight, when he turns the wheel of fortune, he will no doubt prove that again.

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