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<center><h3> Elvis returns to rock and rolls out fine show </h3></center> | <center><h3> Elvis returns to rock and rolls out fine show </h3></center> | ||
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Just as he did at the ElMo 16 years ago, Costello and the Attractions last night played as if it was their last-ever show before facing a firing squad. | Just as he did at the ElMo 16 years ago, Costello and the Attractions last night played as if it was their last-ever show before facing a firing squad. | ||
They rolled out more than 30 songs in their two-hour, multi-encore show, including such crowd-pleasers as | They rolled out more than 30 songs in their two-hour, multi-encore show, including such crowd-pleasers as "Watching The Detectives," "Alison," "Accidents Will Happen," "Pump It Up" and many more. | ||
The crowd just wouldn't let him off the stage when he got to these songs late in the show, and Costello was eager to please them, the sweat rolling off his brow as he snarled his lips and slammed his electric guitar. | The crowd just wouldn't let him off the stage when he got to these songs late in the show, and Costello was eager to please them, the sweat rolling off his brow as he snarled his lips and slammed his electric guitar. | ||
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But he still refuses to spoon-feed his audience, and that made the night so special. The band is touring behind a great new album, ''Brutal Youth'', and it played most of the songs off the disc before getting to the golden oldies. | But he still refuses to spoon-feed his audience, and that made the night so special. The band is touring behind a great new album, ''Brutal Youth'', and it played most of the songs off the disc before getting to the golden oldies. | ||
Nobody seemed to mind, nor should they have. Nieve's keyboard flourishes on "Pony | Nobody seemed to mind, nor should they have. Nieve's keyboard flourishes on "Pony St." and "Clown Strike" make the songs instant Costello classics, and so does Pete Thomas's lean-and-mean drumming on "20% Amnesia" and "Sulky Girl." while Bruce Thomas's in-the-pocket bottom work is great on any tune. | ||
They've welded the sound of the past with the sound of now, a feat neatly demonstrated with the segue from new tune "13 Steps Lead Down" down into oldie "Radio, Radio." | They've welded the sound of the past with the sound of now, a feat neatly demonstrated with the segue from new tune "13 Steps Lead Down" down into oldie "Radio, Radio." | ||
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''Toronto Star'' reviews Elvis Costello & [[The Attractions]] and opening act [[Crash Test Dummies]], Friday, [[Concert 1994-06-03 Toronto|June 3, 1994]], Kingswood Music Theatre, Toronto, Canada. | ''The Toronto Star'' reviews Elvis Costello & [[The Attractions]] and opening act [[Crash Test Dummies]], Friday, [[Concert 1994-06-03 Toronto|June 3, 1994]], Kingswood Music Theatre, Toronto, Canada. | ||
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<small>Photo by [[Andrew Stawicki]].</small><br> | <small>Photo by [[Andrew Stawicki]].</small><br> | ||
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