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<center><h3> Elvis Costello's 'mystery dance' </h3></center> | <center><h3> Elvis Costello's 'mystery dance' </h3></center> | ||
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<center> Tim Switala </center> | <center> Tim Switala </center> | ||
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'''The Rubinoos, the Attractions and the high school hop | |||
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I. Waiting for the End of the World or I sincerely hope you're comin' 'cuz you, you really started somethin'. | I. Waiting for the End of the World or I sincerely hope you're comin' 'cuz you, you really started somethin'. | ||
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III. Post Psychedelia | III. Post Psychedelia | ||
Again unannounced, Elvis and the Attractions took the stage in no-nonsense fashion, Costello's spectacled stare casting the first and final unspoken ultimatum to the audience: ''Rock | Again unannounced, Elvis and the Attractions took the stage in no-nonsense fashion, Costello's spectacled stare casting the first and final unspoken ultimatum to the audience: ''Rock 'n' roll means exchange, get up and dance!'' And although Elvis never had this problem in Buffalo before, there's no telling how awestruck an audience will become when you are a star. And Elvis has most definitely become a star. | ||
The Attractions (known only as Bruce-keyboards, Steve-bass and Pete-drums) continue to gain the attention they rightfully desire and now share the marquee with their fearless leader. It is through the Attractions that Elvis' (although a decent guitarist in his own right, never stellar however) amazing compositions achieve both solid and deliberately convoluted actuality. Costello understands the entire continuum of rock musics resources and it is from this pool of interpreted knowledge that he conducts the Attractions through exercises that border between tightly knit dynamics and free form rock improvisation. Most noticeable in the rhythm section, while songs such as "Two Little | The Attractions (known only as Bruce-keyboards, Steve-bass and Pete-drums) continue to gain the attention they rightfully desire and now share the [[:image:1979-03-30 SUNY Buffalo Spectrum photo 05 tb.jpg|marquee]] with their fearless leader. It is through the Attractions that Elvis' (although a decent guitarist in his own right, never stellar however) amazing compositions achieve both solid and deliberately convoluted actuality. Costello understands the entire continuum of rock musics resources and it is from this pool of interpreted knowledge that he conducts the Attractions through exercises that border between tightly knit dynamics and free form rock improvisation. Most noticeable in the rhythm section, while songs such as "Two Little Hitlers" or "The Beat" provide steady, danceable energy, the drummer and bassist lay the sounds down in any way but conventional; Pete flailing away with respect only to the meter; Steve filling the bottom in at times with a single sustained bass note. | ||
Coupling with Bruce, whose Farfisa chord layerings gave an eerie texture to the songs' melodies, and the most lavish light show Costello has yet to tour with, the segueing of "Lipstick Vogue" into "Watching the Detectives" revealed Elvis gathering insight into another aspect of his revival technique, providing the audience with a defiant brand of post psychedelic music. This notion also splashed into the opening, disjointed version of "Waiting for the End of the World." It arrived as an excellent aural interpretation of a lyrical idea. | Coupling with Bruce, whose Farfisa chord layerings gave an eerie texture to the songs' melodies, and the most lavish light show Costello has yet to tour with, the segueing of "Lipstick Vogue" into "Watching the Detectives" revealed Elvis gathering insight into another aspect of his revival technique, providing the audience with a defiant brand of post psychedelic music. This notion also splashed into the opening, disjointed version of "Waiting for the End of the World." It arrived as an excellent aural interpretation of a lyrical idea. | ||
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IV. Lip service | IV. Lip service | ||
Now don't believe that Elvis has gone soft; even though he said he wouldn't return to the States because of audiences' cool reservation (and most people again were sitting except for those great die-hards that filled the aisles), and even though he said that there are no great American rock | Now don't believe that Elvis has gone soft; even though he said he wouldn't return to the States because of audiences' cool reservation (and most people again were sitting except for those great die-hards that filled the aisles), and even though he said that there are no great American rock 'n' roll bands (and the Rubinoos were providing strong supporting activity throughout the tour). All it took was one ASSHOLE to throw fireworks about Shea's for Elvis to unleash his wrath upon the juvenile. "Some fucker's throwing fireworks off the balcony. GET 'EM." Costello urged the audience to take immediate action, "Or else we'll come and get ya." | ||
More than once Elvis cupped his ear in mock of the crowd response. He seemed tired and aged in comparison to his previous | More than once Elvis cupped his ear in mock of the crowd response. He seemed tired and aged in comparison to his previous Buffalo performances. Maybe the extensive traveling has taken its toll. But being ever consistent with his notoriety. Costello seemed visibly disturbed with the relaxed, near capacity crowd. | ||
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As for the length of El's performance, it came in a bit over an hour but there are few people that could contest that Costello doesn't pour energy concentrate. And to those who wish to try... I just got to believe that you've got no soul. | As for the length of El's performance, it came in a bit over an hour but there are few people that could contest that Costello doesn't pour energy concentrate. And to those who wish to try... I just got to believe that you've got no soul. | ||
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{{tags}}[[Shea's Buffalo Theatre]] {{-}} [[Buffalo]] {{-}} [[The Attractions]] {{-}} [[The Rubinoos]] {{-}} [[Armed Funk Tour]] {{-}} [[Concert 1978-11-03 Toronto (early)|Toronto]] {{-}} [[Buddy Holly]] {{-}} [[Concert 1978-02-18 Brockport|Brockport]] {{-}} [[My Aim Is True]] {{-}} [[The Beat]] {{-}} [[Berkeley]] {{-}} [[Bruce Thomas]] {{-}} [[Steve Nieve]] {{-}} [[Pete Thomas]] {{-}} [[Two Little Hitlers]] {{-}} [[The Beat]] {{-}} [[Lipstick Vogue]] {{-}} [[Watching The Detectives]] {{-}} [[Waiting For The End Of The World]] {{-}} [[Lip Service]] {{-}} [[Radio, Radio]] | |||
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<br><small>Page scans.</small> | <br><small>Page scans.</small> | ||
<small>Photos by [[Tom Buchanan]].</small><br> | <small>Photos by [[Tom Buchanan]].</small><br> | ||
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<br><small>Photos by [[Tom Buchanan]].</small> | <br><small>Photos by [[Tom Buchanan]].</small> | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.ubspectrum.com/ UBSpectrum.com] | *[http://www.ubspectrum.com/ UBSpectrum.com] | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spectrum_(newspaper) Wikipedia: The Spectrum] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spectrum_(newspaper) Wikipedia: The Spectrum (newspaper)] | ||
*[http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/np00130006/1979-03-30/ed-1/seq-14/ NYSHistoricNewspapers.org{{t}}][http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/np00130006/1979-03-30/ed-1/seq-15/ {{t}}] | *[http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/np00130006/1979-03-30/ed-1/seq-14/ NYSHistoricNewspapers.org{{t}}][http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/np00130006/1979-03-30/ed-1/seq-15/ {{t}}] | ||
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