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As the plentiful but often disrespectful crowd settled down — that is, when they still weren't busy yammering into their cellphones — Costello switched gears and went into more of a crooner mode. | As the plentiful but often disrespectful crowd settled down — that is, when they still weren't busy yammering into their cellphones — Costello switched gears and went into more of a crooner mode. | ||
Such songs as "[[Shot With His Own Gun]]" and "[[The Long Honeymoon|Long Honeymoon]]" were served up like mini-operas, flavored extra dry. By the time Costello got around to material from his latest, jazz-inflected album, | Such songs as "[[Shot With His Own Gun]]" and "[[The Long Honeymoon|Long Honeymoon]]" were served up like mini-operas, flavored extra dry. By the time Costello got around to material from his latest, jazz-inflected album, ''North'', he proved himself the quintessential low-fi showman. Add to the mix a few of his deftly comic remarks — something about the evolutionary chain from monkey to man and country star Toby Keith's place in it — and it became clear Elvis wasn't leaving the building anytime soon. He was having too much smart fun. | ||
Still, Costello never strays too far from a good rocking groove. By the end of the night, he brought out a replica of a guitar belonging to that other musical Elvis — a Gibson with the right degree of fuzz — and played the heck out of "[[Pump It Up]]," another old favorite. He explained that the instrument was merely a "facsimile," like "everything else in rock 'n' roll now." | Still, Costello never strays too far from a good rocking groove. By the end of the night, he brought out a replica of a guitar belonging to that other musical Elvis — a Gibson with the right degree of fuzz — and played the heck out of "[[Pump It Up]]," another old favorite. He explained that the instrument was merely a "facsimile," like "everything else in rock 'n' roll now." | ||
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