Glasgow Herald, October 7, 1983: Difference between revisions
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What is soul? It's new. It's a cliche. It's the truth. It's a pose. It's old. It's a rigid tradition. It's a set pattern. It's whatever you feel, whoever you are. | |||
What is soul music? It's reason and rhyme. It's illogical and beyond words. It's ugly, real and worldy. It's beautiful. | |||
Elvis Costello is soul. Elvis Costello turns cliches inside out and Into truth. Elvis is bitter, Elvis is in love. | |||
Last night Elvis Costello whipped all these contradictions into shape. There was never too much doubt that he would, but on his [[Concert 1982-09-20 Glasgow|last]] appearance here, just over a year ago, there was a feeling that we had already seen and heard all he had to offer. | |||
In the interim two of his songs, "Pills and Soap" and "Shipbuilding" have established him as Britain's foremost lyricist, revealing a complex character both alienated and compassionate. | |||
Live, and with his regular band, "The Attractions," augmented by horns and a chorus, he stands out as simply the strongest voice and sharpest, most honest mind around. Soul? This Elvis, the one true Elvis, has got it. | |||
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