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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> | ||
<center>''' Elvis Costello and The Imposters ''' / Usher Hall </center> | <center>''' Elvis Costello and The Imposters ''' / Usher Hall </center> | ||
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Elvis Costello has spent much of his career deconstructing failed relationships and examining why people can so easily go from loving each other to hating and hurting each other, so it comes as no surprise that he makes no direct reference to Valentine’s Day at the Usher Hall. | Elvis Costello has spent much of his career deconstructing failed relationships and examining why people can so easily go from loving each other to hating and hurting each other, so it comes as no surprise that he makes no direct reference to Valentine’s Day at the Usher Hall. | ||
"I guess the reason we’re not talkin’, there’s so little left to say we haven’t said", he sings in "[[Good Year For The Roses]]," but having nothing left to say is one accusation you could never level at Costello. | ''"I guess the reason we’re not talkin’, there’s so little left to say we haven’t said",'' he sings in "[[Good Year For The Roses]]," but having nothing left to say is one accusation you could never level at Costello. | ||
He plays a good deal of his most recent long-player, '' | He plays a good deal of his most recent long-player, ''Delivery Man'', but rather than hawking it like a travelling mountebank, he intersperses the album’s best songs with as comprehensive a career retrospective as even the most demanding fan could hope for. | ||
And the best songs from ''Delivery Man'' can stand proudly alongside Costello’s classics that still see him filling venues of this size around the world. | And the best songs from ''Delivery Man'' can stand proudly alongside Costello’s classics that still see him filling venues of this size around the world. | ||
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"[[Needle Time]]" and the title track will no doubt figure in his live repertoire for many years, the former in particular proving he has lost none of his lyrical bite. But for all his scathing lines, Costello is still an old pro when it comes to entertaining. He strikes poses for the press photographers during instrumental breaks and sings through the pickups of a cheap guitar he picked up in a Mississippi backwater, much to the delight of the crowd. | "[[Needle Time]]" and the title track will no doubt figure in his live repertoire for many years, the former in particular proving he has lost none of his lyrical bite. But for all his scathing lines, Costello is still an old pro when it comes to entertaining. He strikes poses for the press photographers during instrumental breaks and sings through the pickups of a cheap guitar he picked up in a Mississippi backwater, much to the delight of the crowd. | ||
His backing band are also seasoned veterans | His backing band are also seasoned veterans — drummer Pete Thomas and manic keyboardist Steve Nieve were in Costello’s first great backing band, The Attractions, and bassist Davey Farragher has served with the likes of John Hiatt and Cracker. | ||
Initially their sound is a little muddied as they blast out old rockers like "[[Uncomplicated]]," but things soon clear up as Costello moves into newer and less sonically forthright material like "[[Country Darkness]]" that gives the band room to breathe. | Initially their sound is a little muddied as they blast out old rockers like "[[Uncomplicated]]," but things soon clear up as Costello moves into newer and less sonically forthright material like "[[Country Darkness]]" that gives the band room to breathe. | ||
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'''The Scotsman, February 15, 2005 | '''The Scotsman, February 15, 2005 | ||
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[[Simon McKenzie]] reviews Elvis Costello & [[The Imposters]], Monday, [[Concert 2005-02-14 Edinburgh|February 14, 2005]], Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland. | |||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.scotsman.com/ | *[http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/elvis-leaves-the-building-to-a-standing-ovation-1-961860 Scotsman.com] | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scotsman Wikipedia: The Scotsman] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scotsman Wikipedia: The Scotsman] | ||
*[http://www.elviscostellofans.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=3330 Elvis Costello Fan Forum] | |||
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