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Costello has already <!-- begin --> begun to dominate the rock epoch which he helped to create, but the best is yet to come: when he learns to straighten out his public image, the ''world'' will be up for grabs. | Costello has already <!-- begin --> begun to dominate the rock epoch which he helped to create, but the best is yet to come: when he learns to straighten out his public image, the ''world'' will be up for grabs. | ||
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{{tags}}[[Concert 1979-01-20 Leeds|Leeds University]] {{-}} [[Leeds]] {{-}} [[The Attractions]] {{-}} [[Goon Squad]] {{-}} [[Oliver's Army]] {{-}} [[Senior Service]] {{-}} [[Watching The Detectives|Watching The Detectives]] {{-}} [[Green Shirt]] {{-}} [[The Beat]] {{-}} [[This Year's Girl]] {{-}} [[Big Boys]] {{-}} [[Big Tears]] {{-}} [[(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea]] {{-}} [[You Belong To Me]] {{-}} [[Pump It Up]] {{-}} [[Radio, Radio]] {{-}} [[This Year's Model]] {{-}} [[Armed Forces]] {{-}} [[ABBA|Dancing Queen]] {{-}} [[The Clash|Capital Radio]] {{-}} [[Joe Strummer]] {{-}} [[Nick Lowe]] {{-}} [[My Funny Valentine]] {{-}} [[Bruce Thomas]] {{-}} [[Bob Dylan]] {{-}} [[Paul Simon|The Boxer]] | |||
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Des Moines reviews Elvis Costello & [[The Attractions]], Saturday, [[Concert 1979-01-20 Leeds|January 20, 1979]], Leeds University, England. | [[Nigel Burnham|Des Moines]] reviews Elvis Costello & [[The Attractions]], Saturday, [[Concert 1979-01-20 Leeds|January 20, 1979]], Leeds University, England. | ||
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[[Peter Silverton|Pete Silverton]] reviews "[[Oliver's Army]]," named Single of the Week. | [[Peter Silverton|Pete Silverton]] reviews "[[Oliver's Army]]," named Single of the Week. | ||
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Just as "Radio, Radio" owed a debt of gratitude to "Capital Radio," so "Oliver's Army" has "Tommy Gun" as a kindred spirit. Both view a world of unceasing violence with detached ambivalence, but whereas Strummer conveys the emotion with the passion of his vocal, the Global Twins of Lowe and Costello creep round the side sheltered by a happy singalong pop tune, infiltrate and double cross, indeed. | Just as "Radio, Radio" owed a debt of gratitude to "Capital Radio," so "Oliver's Army" has "Tommy Gun" as a kindred spirit. Both view a world of unceasing violence with detached ambivalence, but whereas Strummer conveys the emotion with the passion of his vocal, the Global Twins of Lowe and Costello creep round the side sheltered by a happy singalong pop tune, infiltrate and double cross, indeed. | ||
If you've already got the album you might or might not be interested by the flip, whereupon Big Spex wraps his tortured tonsils around the nightclub standard "My Funny Valentine" and sings it almost perfectly straight accompanied only by Bruce Thomas' bass. Deliciously flat, I liked it for the | If you've already got the album you might or might not be interested by the flip, whereupon Big Spex wraps his tortured tonsils around the nightclub standard "My Funny Valentine" and sings it almost perfectly straight accompanied only by Bruce Thomas' bass. Deliciously flat, I liked it for the same reason I prefer Dylan's version of "The Boxer" — its very imperfection enables it to transcend the hackneyed predictability of the sentiment. | ||
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