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<center><h3> Elvis keeps his hair on as the anger rises </h3></center> | <center><h3> Elvis keeps his hair on as the anger rises </h3></center> | ||
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<center> Pete Clark </center> | <center> Pete Clark </center> | ||
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'''Pete Clark sees growth all round in Costello's act | |||
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These are serious times for Elvis Costello and his audience. | These are serious times for Elvis Costello and his audience. | ||
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Costello, backed by the Rude 5, was in fine voice and that voice is one of the best there is. From the angriest growlings through to the quietest vibrato, he retains a clear view of the tune. | Costello, backed by the Rude 5, was in fine voice and that voice is one of the best there is. From the angriest growlings through to the quietest vibrato, he retains a clear view of the tune. | ||
The musical highlight of the show is, oddly, a cover version: Mose Allison's sharply titled "Everybody's Crying Mercy And They Don't Know The Meaning Of The Word." Larry Knechtel's classic Hammond/Leslie keyboard sound and Marc Ribot's guitar combine to chilly effect. But the main meat is a double helping of social commentary for which the man is famed. In the notorious anti-Thatcher rant, "Tramp The Dirt Down." Costello threw in new verses excoriating Major and his classless society and ending with a proposal to arrest the Queen Mother. In the stalls, they glinted and roared. | The musical highlight of the show is, oddly, a cover version: Mose Allison's sharply titled "Everybody's Crying Mercy And They Don't Know The Meaning Of The Word." Larry Knechtel's classic Hammond/<wbr>Leslie keyboard sound and Marc Ribot's guitar combine to chilly effect. But the main meat is a double helping of social commentary for which the man is famed. In the notorious anti-Thatcher rant, "Tramp The Dirt Down." Costello threw in new verses excoriating Major and his classless society and ending with a proposal to arrest the Queen Mother. In the stalls, they glinted and roared. | ||
Then, in "God's Comic," the singer summoned up an image of God as an absinthe-fuddled dreamer furious with the human race for the mess it has made | Then, in "God's Comic," the singer summoned up an image of God as an absinthe-fuddled dreamer furious with the human race for the mess it has made of its purpose-built, luxury world. | ||
During these songs. Costello seemed to expand to Old Testament proportions, the wild beard growing visibly. | During these songs. Costello seemed to expand to Old Testament proportions, the wild beard growing visibly. | ||
Elvis Costello is an angry man with a pointy finger. Entertainment is not always a priority. He's mean, Green and not part of | Elvis Costello is an angry man with a pointy finger. Entertainment is not always a priority. He's mean, Green and not part of the machine. | ||
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{{tags}}[[Concert 1991-07-01 London|Hammersmith Odeon]] {{-}} [[London]] {{-}} [[The Rude 5]] {{-}} [[Sam Phillips]] {{-}} [[Mose Allison]] {{-}} [[Everybody's Crying Mercy]] {{-}} [[Larry Knechtel]] {{-}} [[Marc Ribot]] {{-}} [[Margaret Thatcher]] {{-}} [[Tramp The Dirt Down]] {{-}} [[God's Comic]] | |||
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'''The Mail On Sunday, July 7, 1991 | '''The Mail On Sunday, July 7, 1991 | ||
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