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Rock and roll was founded on alienation, originally the alienation of the young from the older. Now in full maturity, rock and roll is still based on alienation: the young from the younger, the trendy from the square. | Rock and roll was founded on alienation, originally the alienation of the young from the older. Now in full maturity, rock and roll is still based on alienation: the young from the younger, the trendy from the square. | ||
The later seventies were a bad time for good rock and roll. Just when it seemed to be caught in the grip of some flabby middle age decline there appeared an incredibly gawky young man, bursting on the | The later seventies were a bad time for good rock and roll. Just when it seemed to be caught in the grip of some flabby middle age decline there appeared an incredibly gawky young man, bursting on the scene with one of the best debut albums in history. He established himself as an instant pop icon, ballsy enough to parody the royalty of rock and roll and talented enough to create songs that stuck in the listener's head the way the best pop does. Not only that. but his lyrics were so bitterly spiteful, so alienated, so true. Since then he has assembled a distinguished, though less pointed, body of work. | ||
Elvis Costello has come quite a distance, all the way to the RIT Frank Ritter Ice Arena last Friday evening, by himself, just a singer with his angst. The majority of the crowded audience loved his performance, strictures and all. Before the show began, CAB Concert Director David Lloyd was obliged to inform the audience that Elvis had requested no one walk around during the show. With that, he introduced the opening singer, T-Bone Burnett. | Elvis Costello has come quite a distance, all the way to the RIT Frank Ritter Ice Arena last Friday evening, by himself, just a singer with his angst. The majority of the crowded audience loved his performance, strictures and all. Before the show began, CAB Concert Director David Lloyd was obliged to inform the audience that Elvis had requested no one walk around during the show. With that, he introduced the opening singer, T-Bone Burnett. |
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