Melody Maker, January 2, 1982: Difference between revisions
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Elvis seems pretty much in control of the ballad format now, and turned in an especially accomplished reading of the agonised "I'm Your Toy" while Thomases Bruce and Pete maintained a skeletal tempo. It's very nearly uncanny how Costello can surrender himself so completely to the vicious labyrinths of love right after charging through "The Beat" with mounting hysteria, them jumping into "High Fidelity" with intent to strangle. | Elvis seems pretty much in control of the ballad format now, and turned in an especially accomplished reading of the agonised "I'm Your Toy" while Thomases Bruce and Pete maintained a skeletal tempo. It's very nearly uncanny how Costello can surrender himself so completely to the vicious labyrinths of love right after charging through "The Beat" with mounting hysteria, them jumping into "High Fidelity" with intent to strangle. | ||
But anyway, it was great to see the chaps looking fighting fit — a Christmas treat, for sure. | But anyway, it was great to see the chaps looking fighting fit — a{{nb}}Christmas treat, for sure. | ||
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