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<center><h3> Costello: A musically solid soul on crest of New{{nb}}Wave </h3></center> | <center><h3> Costello: A musically solid soul on{{nb}}crest{{nb}}of{{nb}}New{{nb}}Wave </h3></center> | ||
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Costello is as solid as the rock from which he chisels his songs. Somewhere within this man, who looks like a British Woody Allen In a sustained state of electrocution, lives a heart that beats in a constant, fat-back 4/4 rhythm and a mind that eats melodies for breakfast. His lyrics generally explore the outer limits of the nervous system. | Costello is as solid as the rock from which he chisels his songs. Somewhere within this man, who looks like a British Woody Allen In a sustained state of electrocution, lives a heart that beats in a constant, fat-back 4/4 rhythm and a mind that eats melodies for breakfast. His lyrics generally explore the outer limits of the nervous system. | ||
Hitting the stage with "Waiting For the End of the World," Costello burned his way through a set of fourteen songs built around eclectic samplings from the last 25 years of rock | Hitting the stage with "Waiting For the End of the World," Costello burned his way through a set of fourteen songs built around eclectic samplings from the last 25 years of rock 'n' roll. The speculation that his first album was just a fluke, a one-shot deal, dissolved as Costello intermixed new material with old, each number more distinctive and exciting than the last. | ||
Still, the high points of the concert were songs the audience had memorized from ''My Aim | Still, the high points of the concert were songs the audience had memorized from ''My Aim Is True'', Costello's first album. Tunes like "Alison," and "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes" had already become underground classics when he first played at [[Concert 1977-11-29 Madison|Bunky's]] several months ago. By the time he exploded on the Orpheum stage Thursday night the entire album had been memorized note-for-note by die-hard fans. | ||
In a way, that helped because Costello's live arrangements lack the precise execution, background vocals and simple sophistication of his recorded work. Backed by only bass, organ and drums, his aim was true enough, but the shot was scattered a bit more. | In a way, that helped because Costello's live arrangements lack the precise execution, background vocals and simple sophistication of his recorded work. Backed by only bass, organ and drums, his aim was true enough, but the shot was scattered a bit more. | ||
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When it was over, the meaning of "new wave" was as fuzzy as ever, but the audience was sure it wanted more. They seemed just as sure that the miracle man named Costello was destined to become a major voice in pop music. | When it was over, the meaning of "new wave" was as fuzzy as ever, but the audience was sure it wanted more. They seemed just as sure that the miracle man named Costello was destined to become a major voice in pop music. | ||
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{{tags}}[[Concert 1978-04-20 Madison|Orpheum Theatre]] {{-}} [[Madison]] {{-}} [[WI|Wisconsin]] {{-}} [[The Attractions]] {{-}} [[Mink DeVille]] {{-}} [[Nick Lowe]] {{-}} [[New wave]] {{-}} [[Pure Pop For Now People]] {{-}} [[Brinsley Schwarz]] {{-}} [[Rockpile]] {{-}} [[Dave Edmunds]] {{-}} [[Motown]] {{-}} [[Waiting For The End Of The World]] {{-}} [[My Aim Is True]] {{-}} [[Alison]] {{-}} [[(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes]] {{-}} [[Concert 1977-11-29 Madison|Bunky's]] {{-}} [[Watching The Detectives]] | |||
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