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<center><h3> Dylan thrills with classics, <br> but few cheer new material </h3></center> | |||
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Call it the Vintage Western Wear Tour, with Bob Dylan in his funeral train conductor's outfit and Elvis Costello sportin' a bolo tie. But when, during "Spirit on the Water," Dylan hit the line about "You think I'm over the hill, you think I'm past my prime," you could hear a rumble among the 4,500: "Noooooo!" | |||
Not with an opening number like "Rainy Day Women #12 and 35." If you want to light up a college crowd, sing about how "everybody must get stoned." Follow with a husky-voiced "It Ain't Me, Babe." And then a pair of those impenetrable reworkings of his own songs, "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" and "Positively 4th Street." | Not with an opening number like "Rainy Day Women #12 and 35." If you want to light up a college crowd, sing about how "everybody must get stoned." Follow with a husky-voiced "It Ain't Me, Babe." And then a pair of those impenetrable reworkings of his own songs, "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" and "Positively 4th Street." | ||
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Animated and wryly amusing, Costello pulled out plenty of old faves like "Veronica," his voice soaring to the final notes, as well as "Alison," "Radio, Radio" and Nick Lowe's "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding." | Animated and wryly amusing, Costello pulled out plenty of old faves like "Veronica," his voice soaring to the final notes, as well as "Alison," "Radio, Radio" and Nick Lowe's "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding." | ||
But a newer piece early on energized this crowd, the title track from his collaboration with Allen Toussaint, The River in Reverse. "Wake me up! Wake me up with a slap or a kiss!" Costello demanded, getting the crowd into a call-and-response to this lament over government inaction after Hurricane Katrina destroyed New Orleans. | But a newer piece early on energized this crowd, the title track from his collaboration with Allen Toussaint, ''[[The River In Reverse|The River in Reverse]]''. "Wake me up! Wake me up with a slap or a kiss!" Costello demanded, getting the crowd into a call-and-response to this lament over government inaction after Hurricane Katrina destroyed New Orleans. | ||
Then, in a wonderful tribute to John Lennon, Costello folded Lennon's "I Don't Want to Be a Soldier" into "The River in Reverse," aiming the song straight at the heart of George Bush's invasion of Iraq with the angry challenge that he didn't want to fight "in the name of gasoline." | Then, in a wonderful tribute to John Lennon, Costello folded Lennon's "[[I Don't Want To Be A Soldier|I Don't Want to Be a Soldier]]" into "The River in Reverse," aiming the song straight at the heart of George Bush's invasion of Iraq with the angry challenge that he didn't want to fight "in the name of gasoline." | ||
Lennon, who would have been 67 on Tuesday, would surely have stood and cheered like the rest of us. | Lennon, who would have been 67 on Tuesday, would surely have stood and cheered like the rest of us. | ||
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[[Jeff Spevak]] reviews [[Bob Dylan]] and opening acts Elvis Costello and [[Amos Lee]], Tuesday, [[Concert 2007-10-09 Rochester|October 9, 2007]], Gordon Field House, Rochester,{{nb}}NY. | |||
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