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It's a rare feeling, and one I don't want to feel again too soon. To be at a show and feel so fulfilled, yet at the same time so ripped off. But it was my fault. I was the one who was silly enough to wait this long to see my first Elvis Costello show. | It's a rare feeling, and one I don't want to feel again too soon. To be at a show and feel so fulfilled, yet at the same time so ripped off. But it was my fault. I was the one who was silly enough to wait this long to see my first Elvis Costello show. | ||
It was not long into Tuesday night's show that I was wondering how many other glorious nights I'd missed on his previous tours | It was not long into Tuesday night's show that I was wondering how many other glorious nights I'd missed on his previous tours — because this show was something quite extraordinary. Sophisticated and primal, a rock show as much as a delicate recital by one of modern music's most distinctive, poetic and influential artists. | ||
A little portlier these days than the gangly, stove-piped renegade who burst on to the British music scene with his 1977 debut album, ''My Aim Is True'', Costello showed at so many junctures on Tuesday night why he remains such an important figure in modern music. | A little portlier these days than the gangly, stove-piped renegade who burst on to the British music scene with his 1977 debut album, ''My Aim Is True'', Costello showed at so many junctures on Tuesday night why he remains such an important figure in modern music. | ||
With a band comprising bass player Davey Faragher and two former members of the Attractions | With a band comprising bass player Davey Faragher and two former members of the Attractions — Pete Thomas on drums and Steve Nieve on keyboards — Costello delivered a two-hour show that pinballed through his almost 20-album catalogue of out-and-out rock 'n' roll, power-pop, reggae-infused classics and timeless, heart-wrenching ballads the envy of any songwriter. | ||
Costello, dressed in all grey and yellow-tinted specs, began with two songs from his new album, ''When I Was Cruel'', the fabulous "45" and "Daddy Can I Turn This?" He then returned to his 1977 debut with the sinister classic, "Watching the Detectives," before again dipping into his new release with the Latin-laced "Spooky Girlfriend." | Costello, dressed in all grey and yellow-tinted specs, began with two songs from his new album, ''When I Was Cruel'', the fabulous "45" and "Daddy Can I Turn This?" He then returned to his 1977 debut with the sinister classic, "Watching the Detectives," before again dipping into his new release with the Latin-laced "Spooky Girlfriend." |
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