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Rock and roll's militant Woody Allen was in fine form Friday night. He rocked and balladeered through an incredible selection of his caustic and painful variety of music. | Rock and roll's militant Woody Allen was in fine form Friday night. He rocked and balladeered through an incredible selection of his caustic and painful variety of music. | ||
Backed by the T.K.O. Horns and Afrodiziak, Elvis and the Attractions kicked off the two-and-a-hour set with a rollicking version of "Let Them All Talk." | Backed by the T.K.O. Horns and Afrodiziak, Elvis and the Attractions kicked off the two-and-a-half-hour set with a rollicking version of "Let Them All Talk." | ||
After the opener, Elvis informed the crowd that he would be playing songs from both his latest release ''Punch The Clock'' and from his six previous albums. This announcement had to be a bit of a relief for fans who had seen Elvis play Berkeley last year when he performed songs from his then-current album ''Imperial Bedroom''. | After the opener, Elvis informed the crowd that he would be playing songs from both his latest release ''Punch The Clock'' and from his six previous albums. This announcement had to be a bit of a relief for fans who had seen Elvis play Berkeley last year when he performed songs from his then-current album ''Imperial Bedroom''. | ||
The music from ''Imperial Bedroom'' is music for listening, not for dancing, and his [[Concert 1982-07-17 Berkeley|1982]] | The music from ''Imperial Bedroom'' is music for listening, not for dancing, and his [[Concert 1982-07-17 Berkeley|1982 concert]] suffered for it. But Elvis's new tunes — "Let Them All Talk," "T.K.O.," and "Everyday I Write The Book," among others — are the kind of songs that still carry Costello's painful messages and cutting remarks, but do so in a more rock-and-roll framework. | ||
When Elvis did pull out numbers from ''Imperial Bedroom'', he met with mixed success. "Man Out of Time" was a high point of the concert. "Shabby Doll" wasn't. | When Elvis did pull out numbers from ''Imperial Bedroom'', he met with mixed success. "Man Out of Time" was a high point of the concert. "Shabby Doll" wasn't. | ||
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And if the music is amazing, Elvis is just plain incredible. | And if the music is amazing, Elvis is just plain incredible. | ||
Costello is the only performer around with songs that make | Costello is the only performer around with songs that make for good reading as well as good listening. No one in music today can turn a phrase like this angry young man: | ||
''"I used to be disgusted, now I try to be amused." | ''"I used to be disgusted, now I try to be amused." | ||
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''"We could sit like lovers, staring in each other's eyes, but the magic of the moment might become too much for you." | ''"We could sit like lovers, staring in each other's eyes, but the magic of the moment might become too much for you." | ||
You get the feeling that in his 28 years Elvis has had more garbage dumped on him than most people. And when he writes and sings about his troubles, | You get the feeling that in his 28 years Elvis has had more garbage dumped on him than most people. And when he writes and sings about his troubles, it's not in the pure-sap "Lovin, Touchin, Squeezin" style. Elvis takes a sense of humor into his songs, and that showed through in the concert Friday night. After he introduced "The World and his Wife" as a "rancid story of family life," the crowd chuckled. But, he warned, "What are you laughing at? It could he your own." He introduced "Red Shoes" as "A Stray Cats number called 'Pink Pedal Pushers'" and "Alison" as "a song called 'Torn Between Two Lovers.'" | ||
But the highest point of the evening of high points had to be Elvis's political set. After "What's so funny about Peace, Love and Understanding," he dedicated "Shipbuilding," a song about a shipbuilder's son who dies in the Falklands War, to those who didn't understand the sentiment of "What's so funny." Next came a jivey remake of the English Beat's "Stand Down Margaret" which became "Stand Down Ronnie" in Elvis's hand. Later in the set Elvis stood alone at center stage and sang a new song knocking religion and government. | But the highest point of the evening of high points had to be Elvis's political set. After "What's so funny about Peace, Love and Understanding," he dedicated "Shipbuilding," a song about a shipbuilder's son who dies in the Falklands War, to those who didn't understand the sentiment of "What's so funny." Next came a jivey remake of the English Beat's "Stand Down Margaret" which became "Stand Down Ronnie" in Elvis's hand. Later in the set Elvis stood alone at center stage and sang a new song knocking religion and government. | ||
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