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<center><h3> Night of the epileptics </h3></center> | <center><h3> Night of the epileptics </h3></center> | ||
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<center> Kim Davis </center> | <center> Kim Davis </center> | ||
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'''Elvis Costello, The Pop Group <br> | |||
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Christmas Eve at The Nashville Rooms, a beery, boozy, affable crowd, everyone intent on getting drunk and having fun. | Christmas Eve at The Nashville Rooms, a beery, boozy, affable crowd, everyone intent on getting drunk and having fun. | ||
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Cold sweat. | Cold sweat. | ||
Although we all | Although we all climb obediently onto the tables and chairs to play mountain-goats for Costello, the drop in tension is noticeable and depressing. | ||
Fortunately, Elvis and The Attractions play an imaginative and immaculate set, packed with new songs as exciting as the standards. | Fortunately, Elvis and The Attractions play an imaginative and immaculate set, packed with new songs as exciting as the standards. | ||
" | "Radio, Radio," for '70s cruising, and "The Beat" were outstanding, but by far the most unusual number was "(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea." | ||
An extension of the " | An extension of the "Watching The Detectives" pop-dub style, the theme builds and the melodies linger over insistent rhythms and curiously Latin-flavoured organ injections. | ||
This isn't big news. No-one seriously doubted the man had more great songs coming and you'll hear them soon enough. | This isn't big news. No-one seriously doubted the man had more great songs coming and you'll hear them soon enough. | ||
" | "Mystery Dance" closed the show but The Attractions trundled on Nick Lowe for a "Heart Of The City" encore. | ||
Then a rocker, " | Then a rocker, "Pumping Up" and time to go home. | ||
It was a faultless exhibition of musicianship and material but an imperfect show because Elvis Costello gets a bit boring to look at after 15 minutes. | It was a faultless exhibition of musicianship and material but an imperfect show because Elvis Costello gets a bit boring to look at after 15 minutes. | ||
He does his itchy fingers, snarling spider routine and that's about it. | He does his itchy fingers, snarling spider routine and that's about{{nb}}it. | ||
I enjoyed it because I enjoy his music, but it's the raw emotion of The Pop Group, the nightmare Monkees of tomorrow, that's still nagging my memory. | I enjoyed it because I enjoy his music, but it's the raw emotion of The Pop Group, the nightmare Monkees of tomorrow, that's still nagging my memory. | ||
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{{tags}}[[Nashville Rooms]] {{-}} [[The Attractions]] {{-}} [[Radio, Radio]] {{-}} [[The Beat]] {{-}} [[(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea|(I{{nb}}Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea]] {{-}} [[Watching The Detectives]] {{-}} [[Mystery Dance]] {{-}} [[Nick Lowe]] {{-}} [[Heart Of The City]] {{-}} [[Pump It Up]] {{-}} [[The Pop Group]] {{-}} [[The Monkees]] {{-}} [[1978 UK Tour]] {{-}} [[Andrew Lauder]] {{-}} [[Radar|Radar Records]] | |||
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'''New Musical Express, January 7, 1978 | '''New Musical Express, January 7, 1978 | ||
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[[Kim Davis]] reviews Elvis Costello & [[The Attractions]] and | [[Kim Davis]] reviews Elvis Costello & [[The Attractions]] and opening act [[The Pop Group]], Saturday, [[Concert 1977-12-24 London|December 24]], Nashville Rooms, London. | ||
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''News Desk'' previews the [[:Category:1978 UK Tour|Spring UK tour]]. | ''News Desk'' previews the [[:Category:1978 UK Tour|Spring UK tour]]; {{t}}EC is included in Quotes Of The Year. | ||
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<br><small>Photo by [[Gus Stewart]].</small> | <br><small>Photo by [[Gus Stewart]].</small> | ||
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<center><h3> Elvis: Spring tour </h3></center> | <center><h3> Elvis: Spring tour </h3></center> | ||
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Elvis Costello and the Attractions will be touring Britain in the spring, Andrew Lauder of Radar Records told ''NME'' this week. The exact period in their U.K. trek is dependent upon dates now being lined up for their return visit to America, but it's likely to be around March or April. Costello and the band are currently in the studios recording the follow-up to their "Watching The Detectives" hit, for release as their first Radar single, probably in February. And, it will be followed soon afterwards by their latest album. | |||
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<small>[[Concert 1977-08-14 London|1977]] photo by [[Gus Stewart]].</small><br> | |||
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<center><h3> Quotes of the year </h3></center> | |||
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'''Melody Maker, [[Melody Maker, June 25, 1977|June 25]]<br> | |||
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"I hate anything with fucking extended solos or bands that are concerned with any kind of instrumental virtuosity. | |||
I get bored. ... That's why I write short songs. ... You can't cover up songs like that by dragging banks of fucking synthesizers and choirs of angels." | |||
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