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Zing went the strings of my orchestra. Yes, well the elderly gents in dinner jackets and dickie-bows standing behind Our Elvis were his... if only for one night. For supplementing Mr Costello and [[the Attractions]] at the Royal Albert Hall last week was none other than that venerable building's resident [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]]. | |||
From country shows in Aberdeen, America and England (see [[Record Mirror, January 9, 1982|last week's]] ''RM'' for Rainbow review) to classical as in Knightsbridge. From a whisper to a scream. From the sublime to the ridiculous? Almost, because of, rather than in spite of, the scale of this grand challenge. I mean 60-odd string and horn players fleshing out "[[Watching The Detectives]]"? In front of 5,800 punters afraid to enthuse lest they should impinge upon the dignity of the building? | |||
Obviously the evening had its high points. The maudlin, reflective material from ''[[Almost Blue]]'' benefited from the orchestral icing, particularly "[[Too Far Gone]]," Brown To Blue' and "[[Good Year For The Roses]]." "[[Alison]]"' was similarly brilliant although the adventurously revamped "[[I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down]]" and "[[New Lace Sleeves]]" didn't work at all. | |||
"[[Shot With His Own Gun]]" could have been a killer but it was Elvis' first song with the orchestra and understandably phased by the whole affair, his voice just wasn't strong enough. | |||
Inevitably, he soon gained confidence, just like he had during the first part of the evening when he played a warm-up set with the Attractions comprising post '78 material and several unrecorded compositions. | |||
Overall the evening was too starched white and formal to be more than intermittently enjoyable, both band and orchestra too nervous to let rip and not enough up-tempo stuff included or experimented with. An exception was "[[ (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?|What's So Funny 'Bout Peace Love And Understanding]]" when the 20-odd strong horn section was audible for the first time. | |||
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