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<center><h3> | <center><h3> Elvis Costello spins the hits</h3></center> | ||
<center>Rock balladeer lets audience help choose his playlist</center> | <center>''' Rock balladeer lets audience help choose his playlist </center> | ||
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<center> David Lindquist</center> | <center> David Lindquist </center> | ||
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As much as Elvis Costello’s | As much as Elvis Costello’s "Revolver Tour" is an unpredictable celebration of his career, it’s also a nostalgic sampler of 20th-century pop culture. | ||
Costello performed Monday night at the | Costello performed Monday night at the Murat Theatre in Old National Centre, allowing much of the program to be determined by spins on a massive carnival wheel known as he called the "Spectacular Spinning Songbook." | ||
Selected audience members made it onstage to ensure insure tunes such as | Selected audience members made it onstage to ensure insure tunes such as "[[Pump It Up]]" and "[[(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes]]" weren’t neglected. | ||
Meanwhile, predetermined elements of the show — from 1960s sci-fi tune | Meanwhile, predetermined elements of the show — from 1960s sci-fi tune "Rise Robots Rise" serving as Costello’s walk-on music to an image of an old TV’s color-test pattern serving as the stage backdrop — hinted that kitsch influenced the singer-songwriter’s formative years. | ||
Fun and irreverence ruled the night, which featured two go-go dancers adding swing to activist anthem | Fun and irreverence ruled the night, which featured two go-go dancers adding swing to activist anthem "(What’s So Funny ’Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding" and Costello playing his version of Prince’s "Purple Rain." | ||
Truth be told, Costello’s | Truth be told, Costello’s "[[Purple Rain]]" unfolded in blistering and heartfelt fashion. The Englishman who helped spark the explosion of punk and New Wave styles knows greatness can reside in a pop song, and he’s folded literature into dozens of his own compositions. | ||
What can be packed into three minutes of mass-market entertainment? | What can be packed into three minutes of mass-market entertainment? | ||
Genius in the case of | Genius in the case of "[[Veronica]]," a tale of bittersweet faded glory performed Monday in solo unplugged style. | ||
As the 57-year-old applied smooth vocals to cinematically narrate 1981’s | As the 57-year-old applied smooth vocals to cinematically narrate 1981’s "[[Watch Your Step]]," it became clear rock ’n’ roll got lucky when Costello made the genre his main vocation. | ||
On the topic of luck, the show was blessed to have anniversary couple Melissa and Kip spin the songbook. Their efforts yielded the | On the topic of luck, the show was blessed to have anniversary couple Melissa and Kip spin the songbook. Their efforts yielded the "[[Happy (jackpot)|Happy]]" jackpot (selections from 1980 album ''Get Happy!!''), and the "[[King's Ransom|King’s Ransom]]" jackpot (songs from the albums ''King of America'' and ''National Ransom''), as well as "[[(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?|Peace, Love and Understanding]]." | ||
Keyboard player | Keyboard player Steve Nieve and drummer Pete Thomas are two more people whose efforts can’t be overlooked. | ||
Nieve swiveled from funhouse organ to regal piano tones throughout the show, while Thomas lit the fuse of rockers | Nieve swiveled from funhouse organ to regal piano tones throughout the show, while Thomas lit the fuse of rockers "[[Mystery Dance]]" and "[[Uncomplicated]]." | ||
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[[David Lindquist]] reviews Elvis Costello & [[The Imposters]] | [[David Lindquist]] reviews Elvis Costello & [[The Imposters]], Monday, [[Concert 2011-09-26 Indianapolis|September 26, 2011]], [[Murat Theatre]], Indianapolis, IN. | ||
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