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<center><h3>Brilliant Mistakes: A Tribute to Elvis Costello</h3></center> | |||
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Valentine’s, Aug. 10 | Valentine’s, Aug. 10 | ||
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There may have been a picture of that other Elvis—the fellow who died while perched on his porcelain throne—taped to some equipment on the stage at Valentine’s, but the evening’s tribute was for the Englishman born as Declan MacManus, aka Elvis Costello. This Elvis has written some of the best songs of the last 25 years. | There may have been a picture of that other Elvis—the fellow who died while perched on his porcelain throne—taped to some equipment on the stage at Valentine’s, but the evening’s tribute was for the Englishman born as Declan MacManus, aka Elvis Costello. This Elvis has written some of the best songs of the last 25 years. | ||
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There were solo artists, bands and onetime supergroups assembled just for this performance. Interestingly, most of the solo singers (with guitars) tended to excel with the angry material. Carl Smith sang a biting version of "Green Shirt"; Rob Skane captured the sarcasm of "This Year’s Girl"; Michael Eck spit out the lyrics to "American Without Tears." John Faye and Cliff Hollis performed together, with Faye singing the ironic, sour "Shabby Doll," and Hillis the misanthropic "God’s Comic." Julia Brown tackled the stark "Deep Dark Truthful Mirror," and the New York City-based singer commanded everyone’s attention with her powerful performance. | There were solo artists, bands and onetime supergroups assembled just for this performance. Interestingly, most of the solo singers (with guitars) tended to excel with the angry material. Carl Smith sang a biting version of "Green Shirt"; Rob Skane captured the sarcasm of "This Year’s Girl"; Michael Eck spit out the lyrics to "American Without Tears." John Faye and Cliff Hollis performed together, with Faye singing the ironic, sour "Shabby Doll," and Hillis the misanthropic "God’s Comic." Julia Brown tackled the stark "Deep Dark Truthful Mirror," and the New York City-based singer commanded everyone’s attention with her powerful performance. | ||
Wendy Ip, a Canadian now living in New York City, sat at the electric keyboard to offer "Sulky Girl" and "God Give Me Strength." The latter tune, cowritten with Burt Bacharach, is one of the unknown gems of Costello’s songbook; it has the plaintive appeal of a classic 1960s love ballad, and Ip, paying close attention to the dynamics of the song, was great. At the other end of the spectrum, Jason Martin (and his electric guitar) made big wonderful noise on "King Horse." Martin took special pleasure in hollering the line "between tenderness and brute force." | Wendy Ip, a Canadian now living in New York City, sat at the electric keyboard to offer "Sulky Girl" and "God Give Me Strength." The latter tune, cowritten with Burt Bacharach, is one of the unknown gems of Costello’s songbook; it has the plaintive appeal of a classic 1960s love ballad, and Ip, paying close attention to the dynamics of the song, was great. At the other end of the spectrum, Jason Martin (and his electric guitar) made big wonderful noise on "King Horse." Martin took special pleasure in hollering the line "between tenderness and brute force." | ||
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Back upstairs, John Faye was singing "Alison" with Brodeur and company. It was soulful and straightforward, in perfect keeping with excellence of the entire evening. | Back upstairs, John Faye was singing "Alison" with Brodeur and company. It was soulful and straightforward, in perfect keeping with excellence of the entire evening. | ||
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[[Shawn Stone]] reviews Brilliant Mistakes: A Tribute to Elvis Costello on August 10, 2002 at Valentines, New York City, New York. | |||
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