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Has Elvis Costello finally become an Establishment "star", or is he still mounting a concerted attack against the oldfart fortress? Taking the stage at Hammersmith Palais about an hour later than expected, Costello and | Has Elvis Costello finally become an Establishment "star", or is he still mounting a concerted attack against the oldfart fortress? Taking the stage at Hammersmith Palais about an hour later than expected, Costello and the Attractions went through their 75-minute set in a way which at times owed as much to the simple Sixties beat group ethos — less the Beatles, more Freddie and the Dreamers — as it did to the Radar rationale: make Costello an enigma. | ||
So where does that place this year's model? Well, 1979's Costello is so far pretty much like the original, except that he's stopped writhing on the floor. He used to treat an audience with nervous arrogance, but now he appears to want them to like him (dis-armed forces?). He still can't manage to smile, though – thank God. | So where does that place this year's model? Well, 1979's Costello is so far pretty much like the original, except that he's stopped writhing on the floor. He used to treat an audience with nervous arrogance, but now he appears to want them to like him (dis-armed forces?). He still can't manage to smile, though – thank God. | ||
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Although he has all the outward trappings of success — a number one album in the first week plus the usual media blitz — he obviously wants to stay slightly off-centre. | Although he has all the outward trappings of success — a number one album in the first week plus the usual media blitz — he obviously wants to stay slightly off-centre. | ||
Well, it can be done. Witness | Well, it can be done. Witness Bruce Springsteen, who has never sacrificed the in-built tensions of his recorded work to other notions on stage. | ||
But, at the moment, Costello has a leg in both camps, and it shows. It's clear that despite the statutory three encores (with the statutory old friends [[Martin Belmont|M. Belmont]] and the ubiquitous [[Dave Edmunds|D. Edmunds]]) the audience on Tuesday night expected much more than they got. [[Jake Riviera]] has some thinking to do. | But, at the moment, Costello has a leg in both camps, and it shows. It's clear that despite the statutory three encores (with the statutory old friends [[Martin Belmont|M. Belmont]] and the ubiquitous [[Dave Edmunds|D. Edmunds]]) the audience on Tuesday night expected much more than they got. [[Jake Riviera]] has some thinking to do. | ||
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