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A measure of dumb, blind irony was achieved with someone in the audience commenting that "he sounds like Ray Charles." Indeed, this was the man at his most idiosyncratic, and that in the end is how the show must be judged, on a personal basis. Those who stayed away because they did not expect rock and roll from a solo performer were right. Some of those attending came away unsatisfied, feeling that without the upbeat rock and roll veneer his songs went from incisive to merely sarcastic. Others, and these people were in the majority, were greatly affected by the show: "masterful," they said. | A measure of dumb, blind irony was achieved with someone in the audience commenting that "he sounds like Ray Charles." Indeed, this was the man at his most idiosyncratic, and that in the end is how the show must be judged, on a personal basis. Those who stayed away because they did not expect rock and roll from a solo performer were right. Some of those attending came away unsatisfied, feeling that without the upbeat rock and roll veneer his songs went from incisive to merely sarcastic. Others, and these people were in the majority, were greatly affected by the show: "masterful," they said. | ||
An artist who takes chances in pursuing his muse is likely to miss the mass popular bull's-eye on occasion. By going his own way Elvis has avoided any "stale cheese" syndrome, though in his apparent delight with the audience's adoring reaction he appears to have fallen prey to a mutual artist/audience emotional fascism. It is good that the man has found loving acceptance. Some in the crowd were alienated, that's all. | An artist who takes chances in pursuing his muse is likely to miss the mass popular bull's-eye on occasion. By going his own way Elvis has avoided any "stale cheese" syndrome, though in his apparent delight with the audience's adoring reaction he appears to have fallen prey to a mutual artist/ audience emotional fascism. It is good that the man has found loving acceptance. Some in the crowd were alienated, that's all. | ||
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