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Tuesday, October 22, 2002 |
EC is using the William Tell Overture yodeled by Mary Schneider as the music played before the show starts. (Submitted by Donna Tilton)
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EC name-checked in this review of new album on Aversion.com
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Boston Review by Dean Johnson - Tuesday, October 22, 2002
Elvis Costello, with NRBQ, at the Orpheum, last night. There just haven't been many rock concerts that started with a recorded, yodeled rendition of the ``William Tell Overture.'' But there was one at the Orpheum last night, and that's indicative of the playful, upbeat mood that permeated both headliner Elvis Costello's and opener NRBQ's sets for a near-capacity crowd. When Elvis Costello burst onto the punk scene more than 25 years ago, he was called the New Wave Dylan, punk's enfant terrible, and a bunch of other things. His expansive, 135-minute set last night featured nearly thirty songs and provided ample evidence that he's lived up to that first moniker more than any other.
Like Dylan, Costello now has an enormous, impressive personal songbook, and in concert he picks from it seemingly at random: old songs, new songs, odd cover versions, obscure tracks, wildly rearranged numbers, et al. He also has a crack backing outfit behind him these days, a la Mr. Zimmerman. There is one glaring concert difference, however. It's still easy to identify Costello's songs. Even last night's reworked tunes - such as a semi-acoustic ``Girls Talk'' or a ``Complicated Shadows'' that was more of a shuffle than an ominous rocker - kept their keen edge. Costello opened with a potent one-two punch: crunching renditions of ``I Hope You're Happy Now'' and ``Tear Off Your Own Head (It's a Doll's Revolution)'' backed by longtime collaborators Steve Nieve and drummer Pete Thomas, as well as bassist Davey Faragher. The band kept up the heat early on, and Costello bashed through more songs such as ``Spooky Girlfriend'' and ``I Can't Stand Up.''
Dressed in black, he changed guitars after almost every song, briefly joked with the crowd and accepted flowers. A semi-acoustic segment featured the title track from his latest album, ``When I Was Cruel.'' Later he even tossed in ``My Mood Swings'' from the soundtrack to ``The Big Lebowski.'' His version of ``Alison'' even segued into the other Elvis' territory and quoted from ``Suspicious Minds.'' Encore time was nearly as long as the regular set and included bracing takes of ``Pump It Up'' and ``Radio Radio.''
A few songs went on too to long, Costello sometimes bleats when he should sing, but overall he delivered the kind of concert that should have satisfied even his hardcore fans . . . except maybe for the yodeling thing. Costello came across as sober as a judge compared to the still goofy and carefree NRBQ that mixed serious chops with a wild variety of whimsical, upbeat tunes.
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1) I Hope You're Happy Now 2) Doll Revolution 3) Party Girl 4) Spooky Girlfriend 5) Honey, Are You Straight? 6) 45 7) New Lace Sleeves 8) 15 Petals 9) The Judgement 10) I Can't Stand Up 11) High Fidelity 12) Man Out Of Time 13) Indoor Fireworks 14) I'll Wear It Proudly 15) Girls Talk 16) When I Was Cruel #1 17) Deep Dark Truthful Mirror/You Really Got A Hold On Me
encore #1: 18) My Mood Swings 19) Complicated Shadows 20) Alison/Suspicious Minds
encore #2: 21) Beyond Belief 22) Detectives When I Was Cruel #23) My Funny Valentine
encore #3: 24) Radio Radio 25) Pump It Up 26) I Want You/Senor 27) Almost Blue
(submitted to Costello List by Alfonso Cardenas)
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Copyright law is at the center of the 'downloadable music' controversy and the whole pathetic 'Digital Copyright Act' debate - Anyone who likes music or movies or thought or technology should really take some time to understand what's really going on - it ain't just about getting free songs. Some tripe from the popular media here. A cool presentation from the guy who got copyright doctrine taken back to the supreme court is here. (click to check out the Flash Presentation to really learn about this issue.
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| NEW YORK, Oct 21, 2002 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --
Honoring the most successful and innovative direct and interactive marketing campaigns of 2001/2002, the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) presented the Universal Music Group with an International ECHO Award, the highest tribute in the direct and interactive marketing industry. The award was given at DMA's 85th Annual Conference & Exhibition on October 20th in San Francisco, CA. Kevin Nealon of "Saturday Night Live" fame hosted the event.
Universal Music Group's "She's Rocking the USA," a campaign designed for Lucinda Williams' Essence (Lost Highway) album, was recognized as one of the industry's finest. The innovative campaign elicited above average consumer response and directly impacted album sales. This campaign model is now being utilized by record labels throughout the Universal Music Group.
"Our CRM activities enable our record labels to develop more successful and cost-efficient campaigns for their releases," said Joe Rapolla, Vice President, Consumer Marketing Services, UMG. "We've been able to leverage our data, improve consumer contact, and efficiently spark the interest of music fans. With the development of our CRM system, and implementation of these campaigns, Universal has begun addressing some of the critical challenges facing the music industry today. We're very honored to be recognized by our peers with an ECHO Award."
"This is a great method for delivering information about our artists and measuring the results," said Larry Mattera, Vice President, New Media, Island Def Jam, who worked on the Lucinda Williams campaign. "As evidenced from the results we've achieved from this campaign, as well as other projects for artists such as Elvis Costello, Musiq and Injected, this is an extremely efficient and effective way to reach consumers and expand an artist's fan base." |
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10/21/2002
Hitting the stage to slash and burn his way through an incendiary version of "I Hope You're Happy Now," Elvis Costello reconnected with his local fan base...
(submitted to Costello List by Robert Sabat)
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