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<center><h3> Costello Keeps It Up </h3></center> | <center><h3> Costello Keeps It Up </h3></center> | ||
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A nervous Costello used to be a dangerous Costello. Elvis used to thrive on his temper and sense of discomfort. If the audience showed any signs of complacency, Elvis would be on them with his little finger, blowing them away. | |||
A nervous Costello used to be a dangerous Costello. | |||
Elvis used to thrive on his temper and sense of discomfort. If the audience showed any signs of complacency, Elvis would be on them with his little finger, blowing them away. | |||
Elvis is a showman tonight, in keeping with his new Country singer / Tin Pan Alley songwriter image. The audience is full of couples who swoon and snog to the tearjerkers. "[[Sweet Dreams]]" is their field day. Unfortunately, Elvis' latest shape change has only led to confusion on the live front. He now has so many personas that they've become virtually irreconcilable. And [[the Attractions]] don't help. | Elvis is a showman tonight, in keeping with his new Country singer / Tin Pan Alley songwriter image. The audience is full of couples who swoon and snog to the tearjerkers. "[[Sweet Dreams]]" is their field day. Unfortunately, Elvis' latest shape change has only led to confusion on the live front. He now has so many personas that they've become virtually irreconcilable. And [[the Attractions]] don't help. | ||
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Each time either faction looks like they're succeeding, Elvis changes style. Meanwhile the Attractions, seemingly a bit rusty, decide to compensate by overstating everything, aided by an energetic lighting rig that's busy doing the same. [[Bruce Thomas]] makes his characteristic runs up and down the bass but soon seems to be doing little else while [[Steve Nieve|Steve Naive]] is all flourish and no soul. The mixture of classical flourish and country understatement is a triumph on ''Almost Blue''. Understatement doesn't come into it tonight. | Each time either faction looks like they're succeeding, Elvis changes style. Meanwhile the Attractions, seemingly a bit rusty, decide to compensate by overstating everything, aided by an energetic lighting rig that's busy doing the same. [[Bruce Thomas]] makes his characteristic runs up and down the bass but soon seems to be doing little else while [[Steve Nieve|Steve Naive]] is all flourish and no soul. The mixture of classical flourish and country understatement is a triumph on ''Almost Blue''. Understatement doesn't come into it tonight. | ||
So Elvis runs through it all, apologises for his nervousness, does three encores and leaves. Elvis' failures are far more easy than most anybody's successess. But he needs to reconcile his love of | So Elvis runs through it all, apologises for his nervousness, does three encores and leaves. Elvis' failures are far more easy than most anybody's successess. But he needs to reconcile his love of variety with a delivery that can give his music coherence within that variety. Roll on the Albert Hall. | ||
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