re: #183 ObserverArt

Sounds about like the show I saw with him back a few years ago here in Columbus. He is not the angry sullen Elive of his youth. He is now a master and comfortable with it.

I always have liked Elvis’ guitar work. He has his own style, but it works with his tunes.

And Stevie is great. I wonder what Elvis’ tunes would have sounded like all these years had he not had Steve by his side the whole way. I almost see Nieve as his arranger, because his keyboard parts make so many of the tunes. They are a great partnership.

Yeah, he’s a little outside the box on guitar, but it definitely works.

They did a few tunes I never would have expected them to attempt live - they did ‘Beyond Belief,’ which I know gave them fits in the studio and led EC to hate it for a while. ‘Every Day I Write The Book’ was every bit the perfect sparkly pop tune it was on record. ‘Miracle Man,’ ‘Waiting Till the End of the World,’ ‘Alison’ done solo, ‘Watching the Detectives.’ All great, and nearly 100% faithful to the originals.

EC and Nieve did a new tune called ‘Elise In Tears,’ just Elvis on vocals and Nieve on grand piano. Dude, the power. The beauty. It was a song no one outside of the band knew, but it was probably the high point of the show.

Yes, I’m raving like a fan boy. The show was that good. I’d go again tomorrow night if we didn’t already have other plans.