Friday, March 05, 2004
How many singers or bands today would still do a triple encore? Two words, fuckers: Elvis Costello.
Royce Hall, UCLA. With Steve Nieve.
Setlist:
01 45
02 Green Shirt
03 Brilliant Mistake
04 Shot with His Own Gun
05 This House Is Empty Now
06 You Left Me in the Dark
07 Someone Took the Words Away
08 Home Truth
09 Indoor Fireworks
10 No Wonder
11 You Turned to Me
12 Fallen
13 God's Comic
14 Sleep of the Just
15 Shipbuilding
16 (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding?
ENCORE ONE
17 Either Side of the Same Town
18 When It Sings
19 Still
20 Can You Be True?
21 God Give Me Strength
ENCORE TWO
22 Inch by Inch/Fever
23 Almost Blue
24 I'm in the Mood Again
ENCORE THREE
25 The Scarlet Tide
26 You'll Never Walk Alone
27 Pump It Up
28 Radio Radio
29 The Dark End of the Street
His liberal political stance poured out whenever he had the chance. Amongst a sea of love songs and hate songs, Elvis still managed to throw daggers at America's current leadership establishment. A friend of mine tells me that people were actually walking out of the show in places like Florida. You know..the state that got W. the job? The one run by his brother? The one where thousands of old Jews voted for Buchanan?
Anyway....as with these shows, the music's the thing. And it was glorious. Mr. Nieve was in beautiful form. And Elvis sang so many goddamn songs his voice actually began to crack a bit toward the end. But nobody minded, least of all me.
Check out that setlist again. It's just ONE SHOW!
Royce Hall, UCLA. With Steve Nieve.
Setlist:
01 45
02 Green Shirt
03 Brilliant Mistake
04 Shot with His Own Gun
05 This House Is Empty Now
06 You Left Me in the Dark
07 Someone Took the Words Away
08 Home Truth
09 Indoor Fireworks
10 No Wonder
11 You Turned to Me
12 Fallen
13 God's Comic
14 Sleep of the Just
15 Shipbuilding
16 (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding?
ENCORE ONE
17 Either Side of the Same Town
18 When It Sings
19 Still
20 Can You Be True?
21 God Give Me Strength
ENCORE TWO
22 Inch by Inch/Fever
23 Almost Blue
24 I'm in the Mood Again
ENCORE THREE
25 The Scarlet Tide
26 You'll Never Walk Alone
27 Pump It Up
28 Radio Radio
29 The Dark End of the Street
His liberal political stance poured out whenever he had the chance. Amongst a sea of love songs and hate songs, Elvis still managed to throw daggers at America's current leadership establishment. A friend of mine tells me that people were actually walking out of the show in places like Florida. You know..the state that got W. the job? The one run by his brother? The one where thousands of old Jews voted for Buchanan?
Anyway....as with these shows, the music's the thing. And it was glorious. Mr. Nieve was in beautiful form. And Elvis sang so many goddamn songs his voice actually began to crack a bit toward the end. But nobody minded, least of all me.
Check out that setlist again. It's just ONE SHOW!
