If Elvis Costello
had dived any deeper into his catalog for his solo concert on Tuesday (June 24, 2014),
opening a two-night stand at Carnegie Hall, he would have needed scuba
gear. It wasn’t the kind of solo show by an established rocker that
treats a bunch of old favorites as guitar-strumming singalongs for
longtime fans. The hall was often silent as Mr. Costello offered
something else: a continuing, challenging, intimate engagement with his
songs, old and new.
At
Carnegie Hall, the ovations that tend to greet familiar opening chords
were scarce and muted. Mr. Costello played plenty of songs that were
originally tucked within his 21st-century albums, un-apologetically
stacking them up alongside material from his 1970s and ’80s radio
heyday. When he got around to his more widely circulated songs, he
reworked them ruthlessly: stripping away pop enticements like intros and
instrumental hooks, magnifying dynamic ups and downs, illuminating each
lyric anew. MORE HERE
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