Elvis Costello - 1991-09-23 Melbourne

<<   1991-09-23 Melbourne

Elvis Costello And The Rude 5
National Tennis Centre
Melbourne, Australia
23 September 1991

Disc 1 (77:33)

01. intro
02. Tokyo Storm Warning
03. Accidents Will Happen
04. Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
05. Temptation
06. So Like Candy
07. I Want You
08. The Very Thought Of You
09. Playboy To A Man
10. Watching The Detectives - Let Him Dangle
11. Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4 - EC on piano
12. Almost Blue - EC on piano
13. Hidden Charms
14. The Other Side Of Summer
15. Veronica
16. Oliver's Army
17. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?

Disc 2 (41:29)

18. God's Comic - including I'm A Believer, Alabama Song, What Kind Of Fool Am I? and If I Ruled The World
19. Strange
Encore 1
20. Sweet Pear
21. Bama Lama Bama Loo
22. I Hope You're Happy Now - including Paperback Writer
Encore 2
23. Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over)
Encore 3
24. Alison - including (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea riff
25. Pump It Up

Duration: 1:59:02

Notes:
- Last show with the Rude 5.
- Last show of the Come Back In A Million Years Tour.
- Last known performance of "Playboy To A Man".
- EC on piano for "Couldn't Call It Unexpected No. 4" and "Almost Blue".
- Rude 5 lead guitarist Marc Ribot was absent from the Australia/New Zealand leg of the tour.

Known flaws:
- Tape flip or pause at 1:29 of "Veronica" - about 10 seconds of music missing.
- Tape flip or pause at 4:48 of "Pump It Up" - probably several seconds of music missing.

Song snippets:
- "God's Comic" includes bits of "I'm A Believer" (Neil Diamond), "Alabama Song" (Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill), "What Kind Of Fool Am I?" (Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley), and "If I Ruled The World" (Leslie Bricusse & Cyril Ornadel).
- "I Hope You're Happy Now" includes a bit of "Paperback Writer" (John Lennon & Paul McCartney).
- "Alison" makes brief use of the riff from "(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea".

The Rude 5:
- Larry Knechtel - keyboards, electric guitar
- Jerry Scheff - bass
- Pete Thomas - drums

Audience recording

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