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<center><h3> PB, Elvis Costello pump it up </h3></center> | <center><h3> PB, Elvis Costello pump it up </h3></center> | ||
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<center> Mark Vane </center> | <center> Mark Vane </center> | ||
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''' 'Excellent' performance at Smith Center goes without a hitch | |||
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''"Oh, 1 just don't know where to begin ..."'' sang Elvis Costello to open his sold out show in the GW Smith Center Tuesday night. The confusion Costello addressed in his opening song, "Accidents Will Happen," was the only bit of indecision that occurred all night. | ''"Oh, 1 just don't know where to begin ..."'' sang Elvis Costello to open his sold out show in the GW Smith Center Tuesday night. The confusion Costello addressed in his opening song, "Accidents Will Happen," was the only bit of indecision that occurred all night. | ||
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Sure, this time I knew what to expect when the words "Elvis Costello Solo" were involved, yet this show did not seem to drag like the one two years ago did. A stronger, more upbeat release to support ''Spike'' allowed him to keep the pace up; in addition, this album is more suited to a solo performance. This fine album led to this show being better than 1987's. | Sure, this time I knew what to expect when the words "Elvis Costello Solo" were involved, yet this show did not seem to drag like the one two years ago did. A stronger, more upbeat release to support ''Spike'' allowed him to keep the pace up; in addition, this album is more suited to a solo performance. This fine album led to this show being better than 1987's. | ||
Costello, dressed in a black Western-cut outfit, complete with rhinestone bolo tie, followed "Accidents Will Happen" with "Temptation" off Get Happy!. Early on, Costello established his voice as a partner to his acoustic guitar. By accenting parts of his songs through harsh or gentle strums of his guitar or changes in his vocal emotion, Costello was able to give many of the songs a new feel. | Costello, dressed in a black Western-cut outfit, complete with rhinestone bolo tie, followed "Accidents Will Happen" with "Temptation" off ''Get Happy!''. Early on, Costello established his voice as a partner to his acoustic guitar. By accenting parts of his songs through harsh or gentle strums of his guitar or changes in his vocal emotion, Costello was able to give many of the songs a new feel. | ||
A good example of this was Costello's upbeat, intense version of "Watching the Detectives." The song's climax, ''"It nearly took a miracle to get you to stay. / It only took my little fingers to blow you away"'' was met with a hard note and abrupt, intense pause while the crowd erupted—truly one of the show's highlights. | A good example of this was Costello's upbeat, intense version of "Watching the Detectives." The song's climax, ''"It nearly took a miracle to get you to stay. / It only took my little fingers to blow you away"'' was met with a hard note and abrupt, intense pause while the crowd erupted—truly one of the show's highlights. | ||
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After singing about God sitting on a waterbed listening to Andrew Lloyd Webber's ''Requiem'', Costello said, "God can always get tickets to ''Phantom of the Opera''." Costello hasn't mellowed with age. | After singing about God sitting on a waterbed listening to Andrew Lloyd Webber's ''Requiem'', Costello said, "God can always get tickets to ''Phantom of the Opera''." Costello hasn't mellowed with age. | ||
Other highlights included "New Amsterdam," weaved around The Beatles' "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away," as well as "Uncomplicated" off ''Blood | Other highlights included "New Amsterdam," weaved around The Beatles' "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away," as well as "Uncomplicated" off ''Blood & Chocolate'', which included a few lines of the classic "Not Fade Away." | ||
After a 50-minute first set, Costello returned with Lowe to perform "the other Elvis' " rocking "(Marie's the Name) His Latest | After a 50-minute first set, Costello returned with Lowe to perform "the other Elvis' " rocking "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" and Lowe's gift to Costello, "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding." | ||
Costello then returned to the stage, donning a "lounge-lizard" blazer and his Monseigneur Napoleon Dynamite persona to present the "Broken Heart of Unknown Deadly Sins." Here Costello, I mean Dynamite, told of a wolf that was let loose to roam in the audience and bring people on stage to choose one of the 13-and-a-half deadly sins (the original | Costello then returned to the stage, donning a "lounge-lizard" blazer and his Monseigneur Napoleon Dynamite persona to present the "Broken Heart of Unknown Deadly Sins." Here Costello, I mean Dynamite, told of a wolf that was let loose to roam in the audience and bring people on stage to choose one of the 13-and-a-half deadly sins (the original seven plus six-and-a-half new ones). | ||
After closing their eyes and running their hands over the heart, fans got to choose a sin, then request a song. The four females brought up on stage chose the sins of "Awesomeness ... that is an awesome shift," "Distortion ... a kinder, gentler sin," "Sincerity .., I mean that sincerely," "Post ... modern," "Doing lunch" and "Lust." The lucky fans requested the obligatory "Alison," "Everyday I Write the Book" "I'll Wear | After closing their eyes and running their hands over the heart, fans got to choose a sin, then request a song. The four females brought up on stage chose the sins of "Awesomeness ... that is an awesome shift," "Distortion ... a kinder, gentler sin," "Sincerity .., I mean that sincerely," "Post ... modern," "Doing lunch" and "Lust." The lucky fans requested the obligatory "Alison," "Everyday I Write the Book" "I'll Wear It Proudly" and "Pump It Up," where Costello played over a backing track and stuck in bits of Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" and The Beatles' "Revolution." | ||
Costello ended the one hour and 50 minute show with "Tramp the Dirt Down," a mellow, yet emotional song off ''Spike'' that rips British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Costello sings, ''"When England was the whore of the world / Margaret was her madam."'' Costello's emotion during this song made this cut seem like this was his reason for returning to the stage after two years. He still has something important to say and wants to say it loudly. | Costello ended the one hour and 50 minute show with "Tramp the Dirt Down," a mellow, yet emotional song off ''Spike'' that rips British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Costello sings, ''"When England was the whore of the world / Margaret was her madam."'' Costello's emotion during this song made this cut seem like this was his reason for returning to the stage after two years. He still has something important to say and wants to say it loudly. | ||
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If more shows like Elvis Costello's can make their way to GW, student life will explode as well. | If more shows like Elvis Costello's can make their way to GW, student life will explode as well. | ||
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{{tags}}[[Concert 1989-04-04 Washington|Smith Center]] {{-}} [[George Washington University]] {{-}} [[Washington]] {{-}} [[DC]] {{-}} [[Nick Lowe]] {{-}} [[Accidents Will Happen]] {{-}} [[Spike]] {{-}} [[Temptation]] {{-}} [[Get Happy!!]] {{-}} [[Watching The Detectives]] {{-}} [[The Big Light]] {{-}} [[King Of America]] {{-}} [[God's Comic]] {{-}} [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] {{-}} [[New Amsterdam]] {{-}} [[The Beatles]] {{-}} [[You've Got To Hide Your Love Away]] {{-}} [[Uncomplicated]] {{-}} [[Blood & Chocolate]] {{-}} [[Not Fade Away]] {{-}} [[Elvis Presley]] {{-}} [[(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame]] {{-}} [[(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?]] {{-}} [[Napoleon Dynamite]] {{-}} [[13½ Deadly Sins|Broken Heart Of Unknown Deadly Sins]] {{-}} [[Alison]] {{-}} [[Everyday I Write The Book]] {{-}} [[I'll Wear It Proudly]] {{-}} [[Pump It Up]] {{-}} [[Bob Dylan]] {{-}} [[Subterranean Homesick Blues]] {{-}} [[The Beatles]] {{-}} [[Revolution]] {{-}} [[Tramp The Dirt Down]] {{-}} [[Margaret Thatcher]] | |||
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