Melody Maker, January 2, 1982: Difference between revisions
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<center><h3> Main Attraction </h3></center> | <center><h3> Main Attraction </h3></center> | ||
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<center> Adam Sweeting </center> | <center> Adam Sweeting </center> | ||
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''' Elvis Costello & the Attractions <br> | |||
Rainbow Theatre, London | |||
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Costello is a classic, and he keeps on proving it. Impatient and insatiable, he can't stop. | Costello is a classic, and he keeps on proving it. Impatient and insatiable, he can't stop. | ||
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But there's hardly a group anywhere you can compare with the Attractions. Their rapport with Costello now verges on the telepathic, and their versatility is of course legendary. The first encore, for instance, found them switching instantly from a radically rearranged and slowed down "I Can't Stand Up" into a raging "From A Whisper To A Scream." | But there's hardly a group anywhere you can compare with the Attractions. Their rapport with Costello now verges on the telepathic, and their versatility is of course legendary. The first encore, for instance, found them switching instantly from a radically rearranged and slowed down "I Can't Stand Up" into a raging "From A Whisper To A Scream." | ||
Throughout the whole set they hardly paused, with most numbers growing immediately from the one before. Thus, "Clubland" found the balletic Nieve doing callisthenics round the piano before darting across to an organ to embellish "Accidents Will Happen" with shrill interjections. | Throughout the whole set they hardly paused, with most numbers growing immediately from the one before. Thus, "Clubland" found the balletic Nieve doing callisthenics round the piano before darting across to an organ to embellish "Accidents Will Happen" with shrill interjections. | ||