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Likewise, "Tramp Down The Dirt" has replaced "Shipbuilding" as Costello's ''tour de force'' of spitting venom and spouting vitriol. "Dirt" has been updated for 1991 to include references to Thatcher's "glove puppet" successor, and Elvis urges us to avoid complacency and to hound the Iron Lady to her grave. It's the only moment of the show where Costello stands alone with his guitar, completely free from the vulgarities of the Rude 5. | Likewise, "Tramp Down The Dirt" has replaced "Shipbuilding" as Costello's ''tour de force'' of spitting venom and spouting vitriol. "Dirt" has been updated for 1991 to include references to Thatcher's "glove puppet" successor, and Elvis urges us to avoid complacency and to hound the Iron Lady to her grave. It's the only moment of the show where Costello stands alone with his guitar, completely free from the vulgarities of the Rude 5. | ||
When he is surrounded by the laconic muso musing of the band (including sessioneers extraordinaire Jerry Scheff on bass and Marc Ribot on guitar) Costello gets lazy, almost Las Vegas in his approach. The only survivor from The Attractions, the one-man tower of power that is Pete Thomas, does his best to crash and bash his way through the more frenetic passages of the evening, but he's held back by the somnambulists in front of his drumkit. To everyone but Thomas, this is nothing more than another gig, another | When he is surrounded by the laconic muso musing of the band (including sessioneers extraordinaire Jerry Scheff on bass and Marc Ribot on guitar) Costello gets lazy, almost Las Vegas in his approach. The only survivor from The Attractions, the one-man tower of power that is Pete Thomas, does his best to crash and bash his way through the more frenetic passages of the evening, but he's held back by the somnambulists in front of his drumkit. To everyone but Thomas, this is nothing more than another gig, another job. As Elvis once said himself: ''"There is no danger, it's a professional career."'' | ||
At times the show is simply ''horrendous''. On record "The Other Side Of Summer" is a well observed attack on the platitudes of West Coast smugness set to an ironic musical pastiche of The Beach Boys — so why does Elvis play it as a bloody waltz on stage? | At times the show is simply ''horrendous''. On record "The Other Side Of Summer" is a well observed attack on the platitudes of West Coast smugness set to an ironic musical pastiche of The Beach Boys — so why does Elvis play it as a bloody waltz on stage? | ||
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<small>Photo by [[Derek Ridgers]].</small><br> | <small>Photo by [[Derek Ridgers]].</small><br> | ||
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