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<center><h3> Blue chip Costello </h3></center> | <center><h3> Blue chip Costello </h3></center> | ||
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<center> Mike Nicholls </center> | <center> Mike Nicholls </center> | ||
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'''Elvis Costello <br> | |||
'''Manchester, Apollo <br> | |||
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It had to happen! The image had to crack!! Yes, Elvis smiled!!!! It seems declining record sales and loss of "pop star" potential has necessitated a change in attitude. So 26 songs in 62 minutes and nary a frown throughout. Value for money or what? | It had to happen! The image had to crack!! Yes, Elvis smiled!!!! It seems declining record sales and loss of "pop star" potential has necessitated a change in attitude. So 26 songs in 62 minutes and nary a frown throughout. Value for money or what? | ||
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Sure the tunes still come as thick and fast as machine gun shells but amongst them are pure pearl mini-epics one wouldn't have thought him capable of. Whereas "Big Tears" merely showed compassion, "Clowntime Is Over" put Laurence Olivier's acting on a par with Tweetie Pie's. Head held in angst, palms clasped in prayer, it was melodrama itself while "Hand In Hand" literally choked on its own venom. | Sure the tunes still come as thick and fast as machine gun shells but amongst them are pure pearl mini-epics one wouldn't have thought him capable of. Whereas "Big Tears" merely showed compassion, "Clowntime Is Over" put Laurence Olivier's acting on a par with Tweetie Pie's. Head held in angst, palms clasped in prayer, it was melodrama itself while "Hand In Hand" literally choked on its own venom. | ||
Perhaps more important, his voice was stronger than ever,reaching its crooning peak on that masterpiece of paranoia "Watch Your Step" and Merle Haggard's "I'll Take Good Care of You." Other covers included a couple of Bobby Blue Bland songs and his namesake's "Little Sister," a stroke of grand larceny coming over like a fierce crossbreed of Motown's "Rockin' Robin" and Gene Vincent's "Be Bop A Lu La." | Perhaps more important, his voice was stronger than ever, reaching its crooning peak on that masterpiece of paranoia "Watch Your Step" and Merle Haggard's "I'll Take <!-- Good --> Care of You." Other covers included a couple of Bobby Blue Bland songs and his namesake's "Little Sister," a stroke of grand larceny coming over like a fierce crossbreed of Motown's "Rockin' Robin" and Gene Vincent's "Be Bop A Lu La." | ||
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Yet obviously it's the oldies that go down best and the opening volley of "Pump It Up" / "Radio, Radio" / "Chelsea" / "Oliver's Army" was the most brutal imaginable. The magnificent "King Horse" was preambled with John Cooper Clarke's "I Don't Wanna Be Nice," then after providing the briefest of breathers with the downbeat "Strict Time," it was all systems go with "Possession," Steve Nieve's keyboards driving like a stolen Maserati. | Yet obviously it's the oldies that go down best and the opening volley of "Pump It Up" / "Radio, Radio" / "Chelsea" / "Oliver's Army" was the most brutal imaginable. The magnificent "King Horse" was preambled with John Cooper Clarke's "I Don't Wanna Be Nice," then after providing the briefest of breathers with the downbeat "Strict Time," it was all systems go with "Possession," Steve Nieve's keyboards driving like a stolen Maserati. | ||
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Sheer poetry, or as the man himself said on this most auspicious of Sunday nights, "better than going to church, innit?" | Sheer poetry, or as the man himself said on this most auspicious of Sunday nights, "better than going to church, innit?" | ||
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{{tags}}[[The Attractions]] {{-}} [[Concert 1981-03-08 Manchester|Apollo Theatre]] {{-}} [[Manchester]] {{-}} [[Clubland]] {{-}} [[Trust]] {{-}} [[Big Tears]] {{-}} [[Clowntime Is Over]] {{-}} [[Hand In Hand]] {{-}} [[Watch Your Step]] {{-}} [[Merle Haggard]] {{-}} [[I'll Take Care Of You]] {{-}} [[Bobby Bland]] {{-}} [[Little Sister]] {{-}} [[Motown]] {{-}} [[Pump It Up]] {{-}} [[Radio, Radio]] {{-}} [[(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea]] {{-}} [[Oliver's Army]] {{-}} [[King Horse]] {{-}} [[John Cooper Clarke]] {{-}} [[I Don't Want To Be Nice]] {{-}} [[Strict Time]] {{-}} [[Possession]] {{-}} [[Steve Nieve]] {{-}} [[From A Whisper To A Scream]] {{-}} [[Watching The Detectives]] {{-}} [[I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down]] {{-}} [[Mystery Dance]] {{-}} [[Big Sister's Clothes]] {{-}} [[Jake Riviera]] | |||
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[[Mike Nicholls]] reviews Elvis Costello & [[The Attractions]], Sunday, [[Concert 1981-03-08 Manchester|March 8, 1981]], Apollo Theatre, Manchester, England. | [[Mike Nicholls]] reviews Elvis Costello & [[The Attractions]], Sunday, [[Concert 1981-03-08 Manchester|March 8, 1981]], Apollo Theatre, Manchester, England. | ||
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''Record Mirror'' reports on Nicholls' interactions with EC and Jake in a hotel bar. | |||
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<center><h3> Elvis is coming </h3></center> | |||
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<center> Record Mirror </center> | |||
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So much for love and religion and sex. Now for that other most popular of media ingredients, violence, and who should be involved but one of our very own hacks. Ladeezangennelmen, in the left corner Jake "LaMotta" Riviera and in the right Mike "Raging Bull" Nicholls. It seems that Herr Jakeman, best known for managing Elvis Costello, was a mite put out on discovering that the guy who'd been bending his charge's ear for the past hour-and-a-half was none other than our resident scoop. | |||
"You're coming outside," commanded little Jake as Elvis laughed into his beer. Whilst Mr Nicholls was weighing up the advisability of the situation, Riviera landed a left to the side of his head before our intrepid, investigative journalist reciprocated in no uncertain terms. | |||
At this juncture both combatants were separated by various bemused punters occupying the same hotel bar, the Review's Ed. making a discreet exit, unbloody, unbowed and characteristically grinning like a maniac, secure in the knowledge that all his conversation with the interview-shy Costello had been recorded for posterity, not to say publication, on his concealed Aiwa S30 cassette player. Read all about it, read all about{{nb}}it. | |||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_Mirror Wikipedia: Record Mirror] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_Mirror Wikipedia: Record Mirror] | ||
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