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Monday, November 04, 2002 |
....During last Friday's return visit to the Tower Theatre in Upper Darby, Elvis Costello was a man in a hurry. Like the time management-challenged White Rabbit in ''Alice in Wonderland,'' Costello always appeared to have one eye on the clock and one foot out the door.....
6:50:09 PM 
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....Elvis Costello has taken a few detours in the past decade, indulging his classical taste and crooning with Burt Bacharach. But the singer demonstrated in an exceptional show Friday at Hard Rock Live that he's still capable of unleashing exuberant rock that resonates with impressive emotional depth....
(submitted to Costello List by Robert Sabat)
6:50:07 PM
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Clearwater Set List
I Hope You're Happy Now
Tear Off Your Own Head
Party Girl
Chelsea
45
I Wanna Be Loved
Spooky Girlfriend
Clubland
The Judgement
I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down
High Fidelity
Uncomplicated
Watching The Detectives
Clownstrike/Help Me
So Like Candy/You're No Good
When I Was Cruel #1
encore #1:
13 Steps
Dust2Dust
Alison/He'll Have To Go/Suspicious Minds
enocre #2:
Episode Of Blonde
What's So Funny About Peace, Love & Understanding?
Radio Radio
Pump It Up
Leave My Kitten Alone
I Want You/Senor
Almost Blue
(Submitted by the faithful Alfonso Cardenas for whom this was show #26
on the tour)
3:44:05 PM
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St Petersburg Times. "No longer the Angry Young Man of the post-punk scene, Costello still plays with a conviction and ferocity we don't see enough of these days. He smiles onstage, and cracks jokes in between songs, but make no mistake, Costello's music is still fueled by his ever-changing moods. "
12:09:45 PM
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"Elvis Costello has always stayed on the noncommercial side of the musical fence. Despite his early success as a quasi-punk icon with a tuneful sensibility, he's never pledged allegiance to one camp, never chased a formula. He's simply kept adding to what's now become one of the quirkiest catalogs in pop music.
And in the midst of all this, he's also emerged as one of the most engaging entertainers on the touring circuit...."
12:06:59 PM
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© Copyright 2003 Craig Danuloff.
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