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At this point the sold-out house — already heavily papered with rock writers, record execs and other hard-nosed hangers-out — would have been a fit audience for a public baby-burning. Bad news for Elvis Costello, who, in a phrase, has not got it together. | At this point the sold-out house — already heavily papered with rock writers, record execs and other hard-nosed hangers-out — would have been a fit audience for a public baby-burning. Bad news for Elvis Costello, who, in a phrase, has not got it together. | ||
A sometimes striking | A sometimes striking songwriter with a fresh, direct, melodic style, Costello is hampered onstage by his wooden indecisiveness — should he go all the way with the pop-eyed post-geek persona he's been saddled with, or should he instead give vent to his own obviously disturbed personality? Outside of an occasional splay-footed lurch and a curious robot moue that never leaves his lips, he ain't much to watch. And he's further encumbered by a four-piece backup band that must've been tossed together on the plane trip over here. (It requires a really web-footed ineptitude to trample the beat on as precise and straight-forward a rocker as "Mystery Dance," one of the strongest cuts on Costello's ''My Aim Is True'' album, but these bozos turned it into a cymbal-crashing stampede worthy of the Surfaris.) | ||
As for Elvis's own instrumental talents, well, they're not likely to rouse Mick Taylor out of a good nod. He blew the simple but haunting bass-string lead on "Watching The Detectives," and reverted to choked, unchanging rhythm chops on virtually every other song. Along with a whole new band, he also needs a second guitarist, which might enable him to add the kind of short, tasty fills that brighten up his album so effectively. | As for Elvis's own instrumental talents, well, they're not likely to rouse Mick Taylor out of a good nod. He blew the simple but haunting bass-string lead on "Watching The Detectives," and reverted to choked, unchanging rhythm chops on virtually every other song. Along with a whole new band, he also needs a second guitarist, which might enable him to add the kind of short, tasty fills that brighten up his album so effectively. | ||
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