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Lloyd Cole review – still causing a gentle commotion
The Glasgow singer-songwriter’s voice has got even better with age – a shame, then, that the crowd just want to hear his 80s hits
That, right there, blunt to the point of rude, is the difficulty facing older artists who are still creative, still writing good songs, but whose early success sells tickets. One of the best tracks Cole plays tonight is recent-ish work: The Idiot, an elegiac, Kraftwerk-like tribute to Bowie and Iggy’s Berlin years. It’s charming, artful and playful, but it’s not on Rattlesnakes, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions’ classic debut LP, and so is not received with the fervour it deserves.
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