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<center><h3> Elvis Costello, Ben Folds harness | <center><h3> Great arranger <!-- web headline: Elvis Costello, Ben Folds harness the L.A. Phil at the Hollywood Bowl --> </h3></center> | ||
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Dressed like a pimp headed to a funeral — black three piece suit, red fedora — Costello was warm and relaxed, his demeanor befitting the occasion (and far removed from his game-show host persona of his "Spectacular Spinning Songbook" shows). Instead of electric guitar, the artist and orchestra were accompanied by Costello's longtime pianist Steve Nieve and a rhythm section — bassist Dennis Crouch and drummer Kariem Riggins — "borrowed," said Costello, from his wife Diana Krall's backing band. | Dressed like a pimp headed to a funeral — black three piece suit, red fedora — Costello was warm and relaxed, his demeanor befitting the occasion (and far removed from his game-show host persona of his "Spectacular Spinning Songbook" shows). Instead of electric guitar, the artist and orchestra were accompanied by Costello's longtime pianist Steve Nieve and a rhythm section — bassist Dennis Crouch and drummer Kariem Riggins — "borrowed," said Costello, from his wife Diana Krall's backing band. | ||
Despite the title, "All This Useless Beauty" made a profound argument for beauty's utility, with Costello focused on fading luster and insecurity: "Our leaders have feasts on the backsides of beasts/ They still think they're the gods of antiquity," he sang as Dunn maneuvered the orchestra through a tangle of string and horn runs. "If something you missed didn't even exist/ It was just an ideal, is it such a surprise?" | Despite the title, "All This Useless Beauty" made a profound argument for beauty's utility, with Costello focused on fading luster and insecurity: ''"Our leaders have feasts on the backsides of beasts/ They still think they're the gods of antiquity,"'' he sang as Dunn maneuvered the orchestra through a tangle of string and horn runs. "If something you missed didn't even exist/ It was just an ideal, is it such a surprise?" | ||
For "Almost Blue," one of Costello's most enduring, and brilliant, love songs, the artist filtered dense, complicated emotions through the breath and fingertips of expert dozens, and his work blossomed. | For "Almost Blue," one of Costello's most enduring, and brilliant, love songs, the artist filtered dense, complicated emotions through the breath and fingertips of expert dozens, and his work blossomed. | ||
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