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Whirlwind however know exactly what they're after and they've got there already. The trouble is, what next? Knowing little about rockabilly as she is played live, it's only possible for these eyes to say that they ''looked'' amazing — pure style frame freezed and caught to perfection — but that after half an hour of purist (?) rockabilly it was very easy to get bored. It wasn't home ground — the band acted with ''faultless'' restraint in the face of a suspicious audience occasionally free with the gob — and worked hard to win that audience over for an encore. Sound was sharp and clean — slapping rim-shots, ringing guitar. Difficult not to move to the songs classic — "Slow Down" "Honey Don't" "I Wanna Play Heult With You" and some originals | Whirlwind however know exactly what they're after and they've got there already. The trouble is, what next? Knowing little about rockabilly as she is played live, it's only possible for these eyes to say that they ''looked'' amazing — pure style frame freezed and caught to perfection — but that after half an hour of purist (?) rockabilly it was very easy to get bored. It wasn't home ground — the band acted with ''faultless'' restraint in the face of a suspicious audience occasionally free with the gob — and worked hard to win that audience over for an encore. Sound was sharp and clean — slapping rim-shots, ringing guitar. Difficult not to move to the songs classic — "Slow Down" "Honey Don't" "I Wanna Play Heult With You" and some originals — the band moved in perfect style, but the old questions going back to the Wild Angels remain: how to move out from preservation of a music that's twenty years old. Granted, Whirlwind probably aren't too bothered with moving on, but do they play it until they die? Again, it's a totally different attitude — style/faithfulness — but the limitations can't be escaped.. | ||
Since his last tour, Elvis has been to America and it's given access to a lot more authority and intensity. Although in his music he draws from American sources (ROB78), he's very English. His act and songs deal in frustration, aggression, tight mean revenge. Small, neat, enormous horn-rims under a shock of hair, he's the perennial wimp - ''"I don't wanna be your lover / just wanna be your victim"'' — but shot to stardom. And revelling in it, the power especially — ''"You belong to me"'' — the intensity of having the tables turned so quickly and successfully makes him very compelling. He's now in a position to act out his and the audience's fantasies: from his (deserved) popularity, he's struck a chord | Since his last tour, Elvis has been to America and it's given access to a lot more authority and intensity. Although in his music he draws from American sources (ROB78), he's very English. His act and songs deal in frustration, aggression, tight mean revenge. Small, neat, enormous horn-rims under a shock of hair, he's the perennial wimp - ''"I don't wanna be your lover / just wanna be your victim"'' — but shot to stardom. And revelling in it, the power especially — ''"You belong to me"'' — the intensity of having the tables turned so quickly and successfully makes him very compelling. He's now in a position to act out his and the audience's fantasies: from his (deserved) popularity, he's struck a chord..... | ||
But musically the band are very tight, high register organ (Vox?) the staple of the sound. Rhythm section rock solid. Image: nondescript, neat too. The songs are at one familiar and timeless: Costello has the enviable knack of turning pop cliches on their head and coming up with something new. Veering towards quality rather than throwaway. | But musically the band are very tight, high register organ (Vox?) the staple of the sound. Rhythm section rock solid. Image: nondescript, neat too. The songs are at one familiar and timeless: Costello has the enviable knack of turning pop cliches on their head and coming up with something new. Veering towards quality rather than throwaway. | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_(magazine) Wikipedia: Sounds] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_(magazine) Wikipedia: Sounds] | ||
*[https://twitter.com/SoundsClips/status/1486988942834647040 Twitter: SoundsClips] | |||
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