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<center><h3> Elvis leaves the building to a standing ovation </h3></center> | <center><h3> Elvis leaves the building to a standing ovation </h3></center> | ||
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"(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea" is played fast and a little flat, losing some of the sinister swagger of the recorded version, but it is far from just a perfunctory run-through. "When I Was Cruel" shows Costello at his best lyrically and with his guitar, coaxing forlorn wails from it as gut-wrenching as any of his lyrics. | "(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea" is played fast and a little flat, losing some of the sinister swagger of the recorded version, but it is far from just a perfunctory run-through. "When I Was Cruel" shows Costello at his best lyrically and with his guitar, coaxing forlorn wails from it as gut-wrenching as any of his lyrics. | ||
That song then morphs into "Watching the Detectives," and later on when the unmistakable throbbing beat of "Pump It Up" fills the old hall, Costello exhorts the crowd to come forward and dance. He tampers with delightful old favourite "Alison," turning it into "Suspicious Minds," before launching into "What's So Funny 'Bout Peace Love and Understanding" and "Oliver's Army." | That song then morphs into "Watching the Detectives," and later on when the unmistakable throbbing beat of "Pump It Up" fills the old hall, Costello exhorts the crowd to come forward and dance. He tampers with delightful old favourite "Alison," turning it into "Suspicious Minds," before launching into "What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love and Understanding" and "Oliver's Army." | ||
But lest any couples enjoy themselves too much on Valentine's Day, he offers up one of his most bitter and possessive songs, "I Want You," laying emotions bare that few other performers would on stage. | But lest any couples enjoy themselves too much on Valentine's Day, he offers up one of his most bitter and possessive songs, "I Want You," laying emotions bare that few other performers would on stage. | ||
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<center><h3> Elvis's white heather club </h3></center> | <center><h3> Elvis's white heather club </h3></center> | ||
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Elvis Costello | Elvis Costello sports a sprig of heather on his lapel during his Valentine's Day concert in the Capital. | ||
The veteran rocker, now 50, performed with his new band, The Imposters in front of a packed Usher Hall. The band discovered the heather in their dressing room before the gig and all decided to don the buttonholes. | |||
Costello told the crowd "I guess this makes me a paid-up member of the Andy Stewart fan-club." | |||
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