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<center><h3> Punching the clock and doing it well </h3></center> | <center><h3> Punching the clock and doing it well </h3></center> | ||
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Those of you who missed the show will think that it couldn't be as good as I claim it was, while those of you who saw it will say it was even better. | Those of you who missed the show will think that it couldn't be as good as I claim it was, while those of you who saw it will say it was even better. | ||
Rock | Rock 'n' 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-half-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." | ||
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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, 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 | 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 be 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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