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''' Elvis Costello | ''' Elvis Costello <br> | ||
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This was something of a homecoming for Declan. Although Elvis was born in Liverpool, I suppose you could call him a genetic paddy, a fact which maybe influenced his decision to play Dublin and Belfast as the first dates on his tour. | This was something of a homecoming for Declan. Although Elvis was born in Liverpool, I suppose you could call him a genetic paddy, a fact which maybe influenced his decision to play Dublin and Belfast as the first dates on his tour. | ||
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Costello no longer has a sneer of contempt. He is utilitarian instead of arrogant; introduces songs and sings them. No more posturing, but maybe that's because he isn't playing to the Londoners he holds so much antipathy for. | Costello no longer has a sneer of contempt. He is utilitarian instead of arrogant; introduces songs and sings them. No more posturing, but maybe that's because he isn't playing to the Londoners he holds so much antipathy for. | ||
And the performance is somehow more | And the performance is somehow more "live." Not so long ago, Costello was approaching gigs in such a scientific fashion that the songs were as close to replicas of the studio as they could be; each solo measured, each intonation considered. | ||
In Belfast the approach was rougher, and looser, a sacrifice of precision for | In Belfast the approach was rougher, and looser, a sacrifice of precision for spontaneity. It's a better approach. The huge excitement Costello drummed up — four encores ended the show — cannot be put down purely to the music starvation of the punters. There was a spark there that was absent before. Considering the perfection of his previous tours, I find it hard to swallow that he's actually improved, but he somehow has. | ||
I was jammed in the crowd and stuck in the wash of excitement, more enthralled than I have been since the last time I saw him perform. | I was jammed in the crowd and stuck in the wash of excitement, more enthralled than I have been since the last time I saw him perform. | ||
[[Sounds, August 6, 1977| | Last year I described Elvis as a [[Sounds, August 6, 1977|genius]]. He holds me in contempt for that, apparently, as he holds nearly everyone in contempt for something. It seems I was being premature. | ||
But I wasn't, of that I'm completely sure. Elvis has genius and is a genius. It's the first time I've used that word to describe a new artist for ages, and I mean it. He is the next big thing, and the big thing after that, and after that. Costello will endure because he can't be ignored. | But I wasn't, of that I'm completely sure. Elvis has genius and is a genius. It's the first time I've used that word to describe a new artist for ages, and I mean it. He is the next big thing, and the big thing after that, and after that. Costello will endure because he can't be ignored. | ||
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{{tags}}[[Concert 1978-03-17 Belfast|Ulster Hall]] {{-}} [[Belfast]] {{-}} [[Northern Ireland]] {{-}} [[The Attractions]] {{-}} [[Nick Lowe]] {{-}} [[(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea]] {{-}} [[Less Than Zero]] {{-}} [[Oswald Mosley]] {{-}} [[(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea (single)]] {{-}} [[I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass]] {{-}} [[Jesus Of Cool]] {{-}} [[My Aim Is True]] | |||
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[[Tim Lott]] reviews Elvis Costello & [[The Attractions]], Friday, [[Concert 1978-03-17 Belfast|March 17, 1978]], Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland. | [[Tim Lott]] reviews Elvis Costello & [[The Attractions]], Friday, [[Concert 1978-03-17 Belfast|March 17, 1978]], Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland. | ||
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"[[ | "[[(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea (single)|(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea]]" is No. 26 on the [[:image:1978-03-25 Record Mirror page 02.jpg|UK]] singles chart; [[Nick Lowe]]'s "I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass" is No. 10; Lowe's ''Jesus Of Cool'' is No. 26 on the UK albums chart. | ||
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''[[My Aim Is True]]'' is No. 32 on the [[:image:1978-03-25 Record Mirror page 31.jpg|US]] albums chart. | |||
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_Mirror Wikipedia: Record Mirror] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_Mirror Wikipedia: Record Mirror] | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Lott Wikipedia: Tim Lott] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Lott Wikipedia: Tim Lott] | ||
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/sets/72177720300960363/ Flickr:] [[Michael Kane]] | |||
*[https://worldradiohistory.com/Record_Mirror.htm worldradiohistory.com][https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/70s/78/1978-03-25.pdf {{t}}] | *[https://worldradiohistory.com/Record_Mirror.htm worldradiohistory.com][https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/70s/78/1978-03-25.pdf {{t}}] | ||
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