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<center>''' Elvis Costello And The Imposters ''' / State Theatre </center> | |||
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As tempting as it is to defer to giants such as Barnaby Joyce and Cory Bernardi, let's grant science its higher ground on global warming. Let's even concede a crackpot parent or two on the hippie coast may not know more than decades of research and – sorry – facts, on immunisation. | |||
But tell me this, oh wise lab coat-wearers: how is it this normally audience-participation-averse grouch got such a kick out of the way people selecting the next song by a turn of the spinning songbook were hamming it up in the go-go cage? | But tell me this, oh wise lab coat-wearers: how is it this normally audience-participation-averse grouch got such a kick out of the way people selecting the next song by a turn of the spinning songbook were hamming it up in the go-go cage? | ||
Why did a song on that wheel, which isn't even one of Elvis Costello's best ([[Mouth Almighty]]), get me excited? | Why did a song on that wheel, which isn't even one of Elvis Costello's best ("[[Mouth Almighty]]"), get me excited? | ||
And, most of all, explain to me this, brainy boffins: how is it that I can't tell you for sure what I was doing this time last week and I dread being asked for my password every time I log on at the office but I can remember every word of [[Radio, Radio|Radio Radio]], released in 1978; every syllable of the densely packed lyrics of [[Beyond Belief]], released in 1982; and can without knowing I've thought about it, join in exactly when bassist and backing vocalist [[Davey Faragher]] comes in on Monkey to Man, released in 2004? | And, most of all, explain to me this, brainy boffins: how is it that I can't tell you for sure what I was doing this time last week and I dread being asked for my password every time I log on at the office but I can remember every word of "[[Radio, Radio|Radio Radio]]," released in 1978; every syllable of the densely packed lyrics of "[[Beyond Belief]]," released in 1982; and can without knowing I've thought about it, join in exactly when bassist and backing vocalist [[Davey Faragher]] comes in on "[[Monkey To Man|Monkey to Man]]," released in 2004? | ||
To be fair, even if the spinning-wheel moments dragged on a bit, it's not like any of us were really spending much time pondering the imponderables for the two hours Elvis Costello, [[Pete Thomas]], Faragher and [[Steve Nieve]] roistered and rollicked. | To be fair, even if the spinning-wheel moments dragged on a bit, it's not like any of us were really spending much time pondering the imponderables for the two hours Elvis Costello, [[Pete Thomas]], Faragher and [[Steve Nieve]] roistered and rollicked. | ||
Nor did we ask much when | Nor did we ask much when the Imposters rocked in the kind of show where regular nerdgasms (oh wow, "[[Heart Of The City|Heart of the City]]"; oh yes, "[[The Long Honeymoon|Long Honeymoon]]"; oh my, "[[High Fidelity]]") left middle-aged men and women hot and sweaty. And not just because the cold-phobic Costello seemingly had had the airconditioning set about five degrees hotter. | ||
If the opening and finishing bursts of four songs done without pause didn't straighten out all your creases, then [[I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down|I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down]] would have finished the job. If a tender [[All This Useless Beauty|All this Useless Beauty]] didn't fully crack open adult romance then [[Indoor Fireworks]] would have split the difference. | If the opening and finishing bursts of four songs done without pause didn't straighten out all your creases, then "[[I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down|I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down]]" would have finished the job. If a tender "[[All This Useless Beauty|All this Useless Beauty]]" didn't fully crack open adult romance then "[[Indoor Fireworks]]" would have split the difference. | ||
Maybe George Pell is right after all, science doesn't have the answer and sometimes you just have to believe in a higher power. No, not God, silly; the songs. | Maybe George Pell is right after all, science doesn't have the answer and sometimes you just have to believe in a higher power. No, not God, silly; the songs. | ||
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[[Bernard Zuel]] reviews Elvis Costello | [[Bernard Zuel]] reviews Elvis Costello & [[The Imposters]], Wednesday, [[Concert 2013-01-30 Sydney|January 30, 2013]], State Theatre, Sydney, Australia. | ||
This review also appeared in [[Melbourne Age, January 31, 2013|The Age]]. | |||
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