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When Elvis Costello visited Seattle [[Concert 2002-05-19 Seattle| | When Elvis Costello visited Seattle last [[Concert 2002-05-19 Seattle|May]], he was intent upon proving himself a man who could still rock. Having just released ''When I Was Cruel'', his first album with The Attractions since 1994's ''Brutal Youth'', he was out to win back the fans he may have lost by his crooning excursions with Burt Bacharach and the Brodsky Quartet. | ||
Although he succeeded in reclaiming his crown as rock's wordiest rebel, Costello neglected a large part of his catalog last time around, an omission he made up for Sunday. | Although he succeeded in reclaiming his crown as rock's wordiest rebel, Costello neglected a large part of his catalog last time around, an omission he made up for Sunday. | ||
Opening his 2½-hour show with "Tokyo Storm Warning," from 1986's ''Blood | Opening his 2½-hour show with "Tokyo Storm Warning," from 1986's ''Blood & Chocolate'', the black-clad Irishman lacerated the Paramount Theatre with 28 songs that spanned his prolific career. | ||
Backed again by The Imposters, featuring drummer Pete Thomas, keyboardist Steve Nieve and bassist Davey | Backed again by The Imposters, featuring drummer Pete Thomas, keyboardist Steve Nieve and bassist Davey Faragher, Costello delivered the rarely performed "You Little Fool" and a version of "The Other Side of Summer" that dropped the surf music parody for a stripped-down snarl. | ||
The nine songs he performed from ''When I Was Cruel'' were looser and more assured than they were four months ago. | The nine songs he performed from ''When I Was Cruel'' were looser and more assured than they were four months ago. | ||
With the world on the brink of war, the ironies of "Peace Love and Understanding" were particularly timely, as was a passionate rendition of "Shipbuilding," inspired by the Falkland Islands invasion but having a broader significance for today's precarious world situation. | With the world on the brink of war, the ironies of "Peace, Love and Understanding" were particularly timely, as was a passionate rendition of "Shipbuilding," inspired by the Falkland Islands invasion but having a broader significance for today's precarious world situation. | ||
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[[Bill White]] reviews Elvis Costello & [[The Imposters]], Sunday, [[Concert 2002-09-22 Seattle|September 22, 2002]], Paramount Theatre, Seattle, | [[Bill White]] reviews Elvis Costello & [[The Imposters]], Sunday, [[Concert 2002-09-22 Seattle|September 22, 2002]], Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Washington. | ||
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*[http://www.seattlepi.com/ SeattlePI] | *[http://www.seattlepi.com/ SeattlePI] | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Post-Intelligencer Wikipedia: Seattle Post-Intelligencer] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Post-Intelligencer Wikipedia: Seattle Post-Intelligencer] | ||
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/articles/s/seattle_pi.020924a.html elviscostello.info] | |||
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