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CLEVELAND — As rowdy as some of the rowdier moments on his strongest release since ''Blood | CLEVELAND — As rowdy as some of the rowdier moments on his strongest release since ''Blood & Chocolate'' are, there's nothing wild enough to have prepared fans for the glory of Elvis Costello and a band that featured two Attractions reconnecting Tuesday with the fiery abandon of their brutal youth at Cleveland's Tower City Amphitheater (the closest he's coming to Pittsburgh). | ||
Even songs from ''This Year's Model'', easily their hardest-rocking album, sounded more intense —more punk— than on the day they hit the streets back in '78 at the height of the punk revolution. | Even songs from ''This Year's Model'', easily their hardest-rocking album, sounded more intense —more punk— than on the day they hit the streets back in '78 at the height of the punk revolution. | ||
In danger of spiraling out of control, "No Action," "Lipstick Vogue," "Pump It Up" and "You Belong | In danger of spiraling out of control, "No Action," "Lipstick Vogue," "Pump It Up" and "You Belong To Me" were way too fast and sloppy to be anything but life-affirming, while on "(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea," he spit out the words with the passion of someone who'd written them yesterday. | ||
But then, that's how he treated all the songs he's sung a million times before, from "Alison" and "Watching the Detectives" to a spirited "(What's So | But then, that's how he treated all the songs he's sung a million times before, from "Alison" and "Watching the Detectives" to a spirited "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding." | ||
Introducing an encore performance of "Radio Radio," he said he used to think that one day he'd be sick of singing it — "but as we all know, radio's still [bleeped]," a gauntlet toss that brought more than 4,000 radio listeners to their feet as Costello bit the hand that, in all fairness, hasn't fed him in a while. | Introducing an encore performance of "Radio, Radio," he said he used to think that one day he'd be sick of singing it — "but as we all know, radio's still [bleeped]," a gauntlet toss that brought more than 4,000 radio listeners to their feet as Costello bit the hand that, in all fairness, hasn't fed him in a while. | ||
It wasn't all nostalgia, more a seamless blend of old and new. | It wasn't all nostalgia, more a seamless blend of old and new. | ||
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[[Ed Masley]] reviews Elvis Costello & [[The Imposters]], Tuesday, [[Concert 2002-06-11 Cleveland|June 11, 2002]], Tower City Amphitheatre, Cleveland, | [[Ed Masley]] reviews Elvis Costello & [[The Imposters]], Tuesday, [[Concert 2002-06-11 Cleveland|June 11, 2002]], Tower City Amphitheatre, Cleveland, Ohio. | ||
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