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<center><h3> It's pure Elvis! | <center><h3> It's pure Elvis! — Costello spins a solo 'songbook' </h3></center> | ||
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In terms of quirkiness, few performers can match the schizophrenically high quality of Elvis Costello's musical output over the past decade. David Bowie may be rock music's reigning chameleon, but he hasn't changed musical skins | In terms of quirkiness, few performers can match the schizophrenically high quality of Elvis Costello's musical output over the past decade. David Bowie may be rock music's reigning chameleon, but he hasn't changed musical skins nearly as prolifically as Costello, nee Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus. | ||
Costello brought his thoroughly unique solo roadshow to a sold-out Open Air Theatre Saturday and it was, as they say in show business, pure Elvis. Of course, this is coming from the man who, as an established act, once played Hollywood High School. He also is not averse to releasing albums twice a year, dabbling in country, soul and Gershwin-esque pop — wherever his whim may take him. Remember, this is new wave's original angry young man. | Costello brought his thoroughly unique solo roadshow to a sold-out Open Air Theatre Saturday and it was, as they say in show business, pure Elvis. Of course, this is coming from the man who, as an established act, once played Hollywood High School. He also is not averse to releasing albums twice a year, dabbling in country, soul and Gershwin-esque pop — wherever his whim may take him. Remember, this is new wave's original angry young man. | ||
No longer a young man, as reflected in the added girth of his body, Costello is also probably less angry than when he burst onto the stagnating late-'70s music scene with his classic LPs, ''My Aim is True'' and ''This Year's Model''. Yet, he | No longer a young man, as reflected in the added girth of his body, Costello is also probably less angry than when he burst onto the stagnating late-'70s music scene with his classic LPs, ''My Aim is True'' and ''This Year's Model''. Yet, he still has a lot of bite left in him. | ||
Sans his longtime backup band, the Attractions, for this abbreviated tour, Costello took the sparse stage dressed in a gold jacket over black slacks clutching an acoustic guitar. It would be an evening of song, delivered in troubadour fashion. | Sans his longtime backup band, the Attractions, for this abbreviated tour, Costello took the sparse stage dressed in a gold jacket over black slacks clutching an acoustic guitar. It would be an evening of song, delivered in troubadour fashion. | ||
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[[Inigo Figuracion]] reviews Elvis Costello, solo, Saturday, [[Concert 1987-04-18 San Diego|April 18, 1987]], Open Air Theatre, San Diego State University, San Diego, | [[Inigo Figuracion]] reviews Elvis Costello, solo, Saturday, [[Concert 1987-04-18 San Diego|April 18, 1987]], Open Air Theatre, San Diego State University, San Diego, California. | ||
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