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<center> | <center><h3> Elvis Costello </h3></center> | ||
<center> | <center>''' The Wiltern </center> | ||
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<center> Daniel Kohn</center> | <center> Daniel Kohn </center> | ||
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'''Better than...''' a show with a standard set list | |||
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For the past year, Elvis Costello has been challenging himself and fans with his Spectacular Spinning Songbook Tour. With his extensive catalog that includes over 30 studio albums, multiple live albums and appearances on many tribute albums, the London native has more than enough material to put to the test both his diehard fans and talented backing band, The Imposters. | For the past year, Elvis Costello has been challenging himself and fans with his Spectacular Spinning Songbook Tour. With his extensive catalog that includes over 30 studio albums, multiple live albums and appearances on many tribute albums, the London native has more than enough material to put to the test both his diehard fans and talented backing band, The Imposters. | ||
Costello brings a wheel | Costello brings a wheel — think ''Wheel of Fortune'' — which features the names of everything from classics to covers. The singer will pluck a lucky fan from the audience to spin the wheel and whichever song the arrow ends up on, that's the one that will be played. | ||
The wheel After getting the crowd going with "[[Pump It Up]]" and a few other tunes, Costello turned The Wiltern into his own bizarre fun house, casually inviting fans on-stage to spin the wheel, which determined the play-as-you-go set list. | The wheel After getting the crowd going with "[[Pump It Up]]" and a few other tunes, Costello turned The Wiltern into his own bizarre fun house, casually inviting fans on-stage to spin the wheel, which determined the play-as-you-go set list. | ||
The show's concept kept the audience on their toes, despite a number of them having seen this act at the same venue only a year earlier. Highlights from the wheel included covers of | The show's concept kept the audience on their toes, despite a number of them having seen this act at the same venue only a year earlier. Highlights from the wheel included covers of Chuck Berry's "[[No Particular Place To Go]]," the Nina Simone/Animals' track "[[Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood]]," and originals like "[[Accidents Will Happen]]" and "[[Riot Act]]." | ||
Every night the wheel has a different mix of songs. Fans who spun it could kick back with either an adult beverage in the seated area on-stage, or could dance in a small cage on the far side. Many of the ladies who were plucked from the sold-out crowd did the latter. | Every night the wheel has a different mix of songs. Fans who spun it could kick back with either an adult beverage in the seated area on-stage, or could dance in a small cage on the far side. Many of the ladies who were plucked from the sold-out crowd did the latter. | ||
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Set closer "[[(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?|(What's So Funny 'bout) Peace, Love and Understanding]]" included an appearance by Costello's wife and musician [[Diana Krall]]. The thunderous version of the song had fans jumping up and down in their seats. Whoever wasn't doing that was dancing in the packed Wiltern aisles. | Set closer "[[(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?|(What's So Funny 'bout) Peace, Love and Understanding]]" included an appearance by Costello's wife and musician [[Diana Krall]]. The thunderous version of the song had fans jumping up and down in their seats. Whoever wasn't doing that was dancing in the packed Wiltern aisles. | ||
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'''Critical Bias:''' More groups should have the balls to challenge themselves in the way Costello did. It was fun and kept the audience involved throughout the night. Then again, most groups don't have 30 albums to cull material from. | |||
'''The Crowd''' | '''The Crowd:''' OG hipsters, much like the singer himself. | ||
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[[Daniel Kohn]] reviews Elvis Costello | [[Daniel Kohn]] reviews Elvis Costello & [[The Imposters]], Tuesday, [[Concert 2012-04-17 Los Angeles|April 17, 2012]], The Wiltern, Los Angeles. | ||
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[[ | <br><small>Photos by [[Daniel Kohn]].</small> | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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