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<center><h3> Costello's voice soars higher and longer </h3></center> | <center><h3> Costello's voice soars higher and longer </h3></center> | ||
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In the darkened Paramount, on a dimly lit stage, stood Elvis Costello, all dressed in black. Wearing his usual black Buddy Holly-style horn-rimmed glasses and with his hair trimmed short, as always, he cut a nostalgic figure. | In the darkened Paramount, on a dimly lit stage, stood Elvis Costello, all dressed in black. Wearing his usual black Buddy Holly-style horn-rimmed glasses and with his hair trimmed short, as always, he cut a nostalgic figure. | ||
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Steve Nieve, his longtime keyboardist, going back to the original Attractions, also took a more studied approach, playing his grand piano with flourish, throwing in the occasional quote from a piece of classical music or a jazz standard. An unrecorded Costello/Nieve song, "You Lie Sweetly," epitomized the high artistic tone of their current pairing. | Steve Nieve, his longtime keyboardist, going back to the original Attractions, also took a more studied approach, playing his grand piano with flourish, throwing in the occasional quote from a piece of classical music or a jazz standard. An unrecorded Costello/Nieve song, "You Lie Sweetly," epitomized the high artistic tone of their current pairing. | ||
Costello seemed to choose the most dramatic songs from his catalog for his display of vocal strength. The more than two dozen songs in the | Costello seemed to choose the most dramatic songs from his catalog for his display of vocal strength. The more than two dozen songs in the 2½-hour set leaned toward newer material, including some from his recent collaboration with Burt Bacharach. He also did some of his classics, turning a few into showstoppers. | ||
A much-lengthened "God's Comic" was the most entertaining, with Costello imitating the other Elvis attempting to do Duran Duran's "Rio" and Blondie's "Heart of Glass." He even threw in a devilish crack about Bill Gates. | A much-lengthened "God's Comic" was the most entertaining, with Costello imitating the other Elvis attempting to do Duran Duran's "Rio" and Blondie's "Heart of Glass." He even threw in a devilish crack about Bill Gates. | ||
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[[Patrick MacDonald]] reviews Elvis Costello and [[Steve Nieve]], Wednesday, [[Concert 1999-05-26 Seattle|May 26, 1999]], Paramount Theatre, Seattle, | [[Patrick MacDonald]] reviews Elvis Costello and [[Steve Nieve]], Wednesday, [[Concert 1999-05-26 Seattle|May 26, 1999]], Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Washington. | ||
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