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<center><h3> Greatness and perfection </h3></center> | <center><h3> Greatness and perfection </h3></center> | ||
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''' Elvis Costello <br> | |||
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Elvis Costello has had another odd, frustrating year. Increasingly overlooked by an indifferent public, it seemed that Costello was no longer essential; no longer quite so necessary: he seemed, in fact, to have lost his grip on their imagination. | Elvis Costello has had another odd, frustrating year. Increasingly overlooked by an indifferent public, it seemed that Costello was no longer essential; no longer quite so necessary: he seemed, in fact, to have lost his grip on their imagination. | ||
The majority of critics appeared to be similarly disenchanted. ''Goodbye Cruel World'' was [[Melody Maker, July 28, 1984|admired]] in these columns, but elsewhere dismissed as inferior; irrelevant, almost. Even the notices for his October tour with The Attractions were generally poor. I saw the last of their appearances that month at the Hammersmith Palais and had to concede that, yes, they did sound jaded, uncharacteristically sloppy: at odds, somehow, with themselves and their material. A trial separation, most commentators loudly advised, would benefit both parties. | The majority of critics appeared to be similarly disenchanted. ''Goodbye Cruel World'' was [[Melody Maker, July 28, 1984|admired]] in these columns, but elsewhere dismissed as inferior; irrelevant, almost. Even the notices for his October tour with The Attractions were generally poor. I saw the [[Concert 1984-10-29 London|last]] of their appearances that month at the Hammersmith Palais and had to concede that, yes, they did sound jaded, uncharacteristically sloppy: at odds, somehow, with themselves and their material. A trial separation, most commentators loudly advised, would benefit both parties. | ||
Costello obviously agreed. He'd spent the summer playing solo dates in America and was repeating the exercise here before the dust had properly settled on his last shows with The Attractions. Tom Morton caught the opening night of the tour in [[Concert 1984-11-10 Edinburgh|Edinburgh]] and thought that going solo (if only briefly) was the smartest move Elvis had made in a while. After this concert at the RFH, one can only agree, still a tad awe-struck by the range, scale and depth of Costello's genuinely epic performance. | Costello obviously agreed. He'd spent the summer playing solo dates in America and was repeating the exercise here before the dust had properly settled on his last shows with The Attractions. Tom Morton caught the opening night of the tour in [[Concert 1984-11-10 Edinburgh|Edinburgh]] and thought that going solo (if only briefly) was the smartest move Elvis had made in a while. After this concert at the RFH, one can only agree, still a tad awe-struck by the range, scale and depth of Costello's genuinely epic performance. | ||
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