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''' Elvis Costello and the Attractions ''' <br> Sports Arena, Los Angeles | ''' Elvis Costello and the Attractions ''' <br> Sports Arena, Los Angeles | ||
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Elvis Costello, the iconoclast's iconoclast. More than any other member of the new wave Class (for want of a better term) of 1977, Declan | Elvis Costello, the iconoclast's iconoclast. More than any other member of the new wave Class (for want of a better term) of 1977, Declan MacManus (I can't resist ratting on his real name) has depended on being misunderstood as a vital component of his appeal. Anyone who sings ''"When I said I was lying I might have been lying"'' (as on "The Imposter" from ''Get Happy!!'') obviously isn't to be trusted and enjoys it that way. Adding to the El's mystique is the somewhat chancy experience of hearing him perform live — stories of 45-minute sets and chillingly terse stage movements fill the hearts and minds of the nearly 20,000 occupants of Beetles and Dusters and Mustangs and Volvos filling the Sports Arena Garage of No Return in anticipation of Costello's only 1982 show west of the Mississippi. | ||
Even so, I can't help remembering Elvis' last show in San Francisco in January 1981, where he seemed cordial and friendly (and very very ''fat'') while premiering the songs from ''Trust''. There, the immediacy of the songs seemed to belie the opacity of the lyrics — "Clubland's" smoky cabaret piano in particular sounding a simultaneous death knell for angry-young-mannerisms and a dinner bell for accessibility. | Even so, I can't help remembering Elvis' last show in San Francisco in January 1981, where he seemed cordial and friendly (and very very ''fat'') while premiering the songs from ''Trust''. There, the immediacy of the songs seemed to belie the opacity of the lyrics — "Clubland's" smoky cabaret piano in particular sounding a simultaneous death knell for angry-young-mannerisms and a dinner bell for accessibility. | ||
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The sound problems were not fully resolved until Costello's third and final encore. Perhaps his business manager told him that since fans were now paying $8 to $12 a ticket instead of the $3 shows in the late '70s, he had to play longer than he used to. Still, Costello seemed to be motivated less by financial responsibility than by a general desire to keep the fun and magic rolling. At one point in the encore, the arena house lights came up, flooding the entire scene in brightness and briefly lending a high-school-gym-sock-hop atmosphere to what was truly a holiday occasion. | The sound problems were not fully resolved until Costello's third and final encore. Perhaps his business manager told him that since fans were now paying $8 to $12 a ticket instead of the $3 shows in the late '70s, he had to play longer than he used to. Still, Costello seemed to be motivated less by financial responsibility than by a general desire to keep the fun and magic rolling. At one point in the encore, the arena house lights came up, flooding the entire scene in brightness and briefly lending a high-school-gym-sock-hop atmosphere to what was truly a holiday occasion. | ||
In any event, the final encore improved on the first two in sound quality, length (four songs instead of two), and impeccable selection of songs. Elvis and the Attractions got everyone dancing with his early "Red Shoes" | In any event, the final encore improved on the first two in sound quality, length (four songs instead of two), and impeccable selection of songs. Elvis and the Attractions got everyone dancing with his early "Red Shoes," then settled into a treatment of "Alison" that would bring tears to a stone. Not one to leave on a sorrowful note, Costello swung into "Mystery Dance" — a song he can still do and leave no one unsatisfied. | ||
In anticipation of the New Year, Elvis Costello left a parting message to Los Angeles: "What's So Funny About Peace, Love | In anticipation of the New Year, Elvis Costello left a parting message to Los Angeles: "What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding?" The answer? Nothing, and there's no better songwriter in popular music today. | ||
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