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The music of Elvis Costello can cure the sick. | |||
Well, not exactly. But his show at the Wiltern Theater last Tuesday night made this reviewer temporarily forget one of the worst colds of her life for a scant hour and fifteen minutes. | |||
Costello is deep in an image transition right now, as evidenced by his adoption of a now-notorious beard and wire-rimmed sunglasses to replace his old hornrims. Gone too is his image as the world's oldest angry young man, the last upholder of "real" (anything without a drum machine) rock 'n' roll. | |||
Instead, Costello emphasized his roots at the Wiltern show, playing songs by Little Richard and bluesman Mose Allison as well as the blues and country and western-influenced songs he himself has written. | |||
Put in this perspective, the customary bitter lamentations of lost love that appear in Costello's new and old songs seem less the work of a permanently depressed man and more like a man nobly upholding the traditional suffering of blues and C & W music. | |||
Songs from Costello's latest album, ''Mighty Like a Rose'', played a prominent part in the show, from the deceptively bouncy "The Other Side of Summer" and "Georgie and Her Rival" to the slower-paced "All Grown Up" and "So Like Candy." | |||
Still, the best thing about a Costello show is the man's vast repertoire of songs, both his own and other people's — you can be assured that, unless you sneak a peek at the playlist, some of the songs chosen will be unfamiliar or at least half-forgotten. | |||
In this category were songs like "Suit of Lights," from ''King of America'', or the more recent "Deep | |||
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