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vernacular_lifewent to see Morrissey last night....didn't talk it up because he cancelled here last July, so I was a bit superstitious.
because I'm lazy, here's the setlist and a review from the morrissey boards:
The Loop
Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
Last Of The Famous International Playboys
Sister, I'm A Poet
All You Need Is Me
London
Billy Budd
Girlfriend In A Coma
Irish Blood, English Heart
That's How People Grow Up
Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself?
The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores
I Like You
Shoplifters Of The World Unite
Tomorrow
Stretch Out And Wait
I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
Death Of A Disco Dancer
Jack The Ripper
How Soon Is Now?
e: // First Of The Gang To Die
This is the most playful Halloween gig I've ever seen Mozzer do!
At first I thought th'Lads were simply topless, but then when the lights came on, I was astonished to see that they were not wearing trousers! I would've liked to see their reactions when they got the memo about what this evening's costume would be.
As others reported, Boz had the words "Disco Dancer" on his chest. Solomon (who got lots of cheers and applause from the salivating gay male and het female contingent) had a box drawn around STOSH Me, and his nipples appeared to have red hearts painted on. Gosh, even *I* couldn't stop staring! Matt had WAUKEGAN on his chest. Jesse had something like "LET'S FEELY". It seemed rather Japanese to me because the Japanese are fond of Engrishisms as "let's " as in "let's car to restaurant". Couldn't really see it too well because his guitar strap (oo-er) was obscuring the letters most of the night. On Jesse's back was written "HENCHMAN EN MEXICO", which I believe is a pun on "Hecho en Mexico" (Made in Mexico) and maybe on the notion that a henchman does El Jefe's dirty work. Mikey had "YES SIR I CAN BOOGIE" on his chest. I was totally mystified by what was written on his back: CLEVELAND IS MY WOMAN . Is this like the "wide to receive" written across the ass on the '97 tour shirts? Th'Lads also had shiners painted on some of their eyes. Some people think that what was written on th'Lads' bodies looked like Morrissey's handwriting. Oh ho, I would've loved to see Moz applying that to them!!
Moz did a lot of moob caressing and even shirtlifting :o !! Life is not supposed to be this fun, damnit!
He made some atypical lyrical changes, but I had too much to drink at unhappy hour, so I can't remember. Okay, one that I can recall happened during Jack the Ripper -- "You don't agree, but you NEVER refuse" and "You don't agree, but you WOULD NEVER refuse, WOULD YOU?" It also reminded me of one night when he did it in L.A. and sang, "I want you, yes ALL of YOU!" with a wide sweeping gesture. But he didn't repeat that tonight.
Moz mentioned with no small amount of sarcasm how glad he was to be #94 in the list of 100 top living geniuses in The Telegraph but added that there's always a big but(t)...out of all the names, they could not spell his correctly. But then after all, it's The Telegraph and how can we expect such things out of them, eh?
After either THROW UP or PARIS, with some of us cheering particularly enthusiastically, he said, "Thank you, music lovers! All twelve of you."
He asked something like "On this special day what happens" and handed the mic round to the house right side of the audience. Various people said things about Halloween. Other people who didn't get the mic shouted that the special event was that Morrissey came to Baltimore! Moz seemed mock disappointed and asked, "Is that all?"
When Moz left to change shirts, Boz started tapping on and quasi-massaging Arturo's shoulders with his bare footie! Hah hah, Arturo took it good-naturedly while everyone else, from security guards to audience members was cracking up at the spectacle.
For Halloween, my costume was a cheesy-ass pair of devil horns, a pin-on devil tail, and the black "Je suis Morrissey" shirt = I am a handsome devil. I had called him a "handsome devil" in SF. I had a whip, too, but I left it in my room because I was afraid the venue wouldn't let me bring in the prop. I wasn't allowed to bring in the satanic pitchfork made of plastic when Moz played a Halloween show in '97.
When he gave me the mic and asked for suggestions, I gave Moz an R. Crumb tin of Devil Girl hot cinnamon candy ("kisses that burn") and said, "Sweets for the sweet". He shook the tin to hear the contents rattling. I don't think they made a sound because they're aseptically sealed in a cellophane packet. Meanwhile, I started to ask, "I am curious to know..." and Moz shouted at me, "No, no, no!!!" Oh well. I was going to ask him what his plans were for El Dia de Los Meurtos -- tomorrow, Nov. 1. Well, the f-er asked for suggestions, and I was going to suggest that he join me at the cemetry (sic) gates to visit Edgar Allan Poe's grave and maybe Divine's grave as well (I'm going to sightsee the Baltimore of John Waters).
When Moz sang STRETCH, after "Is there any point in having children?" he presented the mic to me, but I didn't take it, just shouted "NO, NO, NO!!!" partly because that's what he usually sings after posing that question and partly because that's what he last said to me. He looked dismayed or not quite pleased. Maybe he was expecting something clever, but I don't think I can top what he's already sung/said. I think the best adlib was when he said, "Don't be silly!"
At another point, late in the set, Moz gave Julia the mic, and she asked the typical, "How are you?" And there was a loud burst of masculine guffawing from behind her. Moz asked, "Why is that funny?" Then he added, "People are strange." No, he didn't bust into a Doors cover at that point.
Moz threw his white shirt to the house left. When Moz came back wearing a black shirt, he said, "I wear black on the outside because...beige is how I feel on the inside!" When he threw his black shirt straight at me to the center, it was like seeing death itself descend upon me -- a black shroud fluttering down upon me. I've said it before, and it bears repeating, Moz is a fucking sadist about these shirts.
But black is one of my faves. I thought, what the hell, I should try for it. But then a throng of crazed hands savagely clawed at the shirt, I rethought it. I was not going to fight or get injured over the shirt, so I let go. The grasping "organism" fell backward as I released it, and the fight for it continued. The struggle was quickly quelled when Arturo provided a pocket knife to carve up the quarry. The people around me were insanely happy to get a piece of that shirt, and that made me happy for them.
Moz thanked those of us for dressing up...and if we didn't dress up (I guess if we were naturally that scary everyday, hah hah!!), he said that was okay, too. When he came out of the encore, he thanked us for being so frightening, that we scared the SHIT out of him!
Moz was very conservative with the handshaking until the encore, but I managed to get another during I LIKE YUH. At the encore, no successful stage invasion, but lots of crowd surfers managed to get handshakes from duh Man. What an unnaturally fun time! I wish everyday were Halloween wiff Moz!
Girl in a Coma were rockin' good fun. The lead singer was dressed as Frida Kahlo, and the bassist and drummer had skulls painted onto their faces and wore Mexican sombreros on their backs. Such sweet girls, they also threw candy to the crowd, joked not to eat to much. The bassist said, eat as much as you like; then lead singer said it's only bad if you mix your candies! Hah hah! They played a fun Ramones cover "Do You Wanna Dance?" at the end of their set and then bade us a fun Halloween.
my thoughts:
*went with a guy friend and 3 of his co-workers, all of us were massive Morrissey/Smiths fans but none had seen him before. We had fun sharing experiences of being locked in our bedrooms studying every work engraved on the vinyl, reading every word and studying the photos of the dust jackets....
*as I"m all of 5' 3", sightlines are usually a problem for me, but we camped out about 3/4 of the way back behind the soundboard and could see over everything.....but had the lights of the board in front of us, so there's the tradeoff....
*How Soon is Now was, for me, worth the price of admission, but really enjoyed the rest of the setlist. I think there was only 2 or 3 songs I didn't know, but really really liked one of 'em (All you need is me? dunno; had something to do with putting your arms around me.)
*his showmanship was amazing....not as fun and cheeky as a Robbie Williams show, but hell, he's a bit older than Robbie :P. Seeing him come out in a tux was amazing. I've never been 'fangirl crush' on him, but he certainly is a good looking man. It was fun to watch him flip the mike cord around and flip up his shirt tails on a whim
SO overall, good night out. I was a bit let down, but nothing in the world can live up to 20 years of hype, can it?? Wonder if my perception would have changed had I been close to the front....
I'm checking on Flickr for photos...but they were SUPER tight w/ security, so it was tough to get anything in....
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go_dawgs!!
because I'm lazy, here's the setlist and a review from the morrissey boards:
The Loop
Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
Last Of The Famous International Playboys
Sister, I'm A Poet
All You Need Is Me
London
Billy Budd
Girlfriend In A Coma
Irish Blood, English Heart
That's How People Grow Up
Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself?
The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores
I Like You
Shoplifters Of The World Unite
Tomorrow
Stretch Out And Wait
I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
Death Of A Disco Dancer
Jack The Ripper
How Soon Is Now?
e: // First Of The Gang To Die
This is the most playful Halloween gig I've ever seen Mozzer do!
At first I thought th'Lads were simply topless, but then when the lights came on, I was astonished to see that they were not wearing trousers! I would've liked to see their reactions when they got the memo about what this evening's costume would be.
As others reported, Boz had the words "Disco Dancer" on his chest. Solomon (who got lots of cheers and applause from the salivating gay male and het female contingent) had a box drawn around STOSH Me, and his nipples appeared to have red hearts painted on. Gosh, even *I* couldn't stop staring! Matt had WAUKEGAN on his chest. Jesse had something like "LET'S FEELY". It seemed rather Japanese to me because the Japanese are fond of Engrishisms as "let's " as in "let's car to restaurant". Couldn't really see it too well because his guitar strap (oo-er) was obscuring the letters most of the night. On Jesse's back was written "HENCHMAN EN MEXICO", which I believe is a pun on "Hecho en Mexico" (Made in Mexico) and maybe on the notion that a henchman does El Jefe's dirty work. Mikey had "YES SIR I CAN BOOGIE" on his chest. I was totally mystified by what was written on his back: CLEVELAND IS MY WOMAN . Is this like the "wide to receive" written across the ass on the '97 tour shirts? Th'Lads also had shiners painted on some of their eyes. Some people think that what was written on th'Lads' bodies looked like Morrissey's handwriting. Oh ho, I would've loved to see Moz applying that to them!!
Moz did a lot of moob caressing and even shirtlifting
He made some atypical lyrical changes, but I had too much to drink at unhappy hour, so I can't remember. Okay, one that I can recall happened during Jack the Ripper -- "You don't agree, but you NEVER refuse" and "You don't agree, but you WOULD NEVER refuse, WOULD YOU?" It also reminded me of one night when he did it in L.A. and sang, "I want you, yes ALL of YOU!" with a wide sweeping gesture. But he didn't repeat that tonight.
Moz mentioned with no small amount of sarcasm how glad he was to be #94 in the list of 100 top living geniuses in The Telegraph but added that there's always a big but(t)...out of all the names, they could not spell his correctly. But then after all, it's The Telegraph and how can we expect such things out of them, eh?
After either THROW UP or PARIS, with some of us cheering particularly enthusiastically, he said, "Thank you, music lovers! All twelve of you."
He asked something like "On this special day what happens" and handed the mic round to the house right side of the audience. Various people said things about Halloween. Other people who didn't get the mic shouted that the special event was that Morrissey came to Baltimore! Moz seemed mock disappointed and asked, "Is that all?"
When Moz left to change shirts, Boz started tapping on and quasi-massaging Arturo's shoulders with his bare footie! Hah hah, Arturo took it good-naturedly while everyone else, from security guards to audience members was cracking up at the spectacle.
For Halloween, my costume was a cheesy-ass pair of devil horns, a pin-on devil tail, and the black "Je suis Morrissey" shirt = I am a handsome devil. I had called him a "handsome devil" in SF. I had a whip, too, but I left it in my room because I was afraid the venue wouldn't let me bring in the prop. I wasn't allowed to bring in the satanic pitchfork made of plastic when Moz played a Halloween show in '97.
When he gave me the mic and asked for suggestions, I gave Moz an R. Crumb tin of Devil Girl hot cinnamon candy ("kisses that burn") and said, "Sweets for the sweet". He shook the tin to hear the contents rattling. I don't think they made a sound because they're aseptically sealed in a cellophane packet. Meanwhile, I started to ask, "I am curious to know..." and Moz shouted at me, "No, no, no!!!" Oh well. I was going to ask him what his plans were for El Dia de Los Meurtos -- tomorrow, Nov. 1. Well, the f-er asked for suggestions, and I was going to suggest that he join me at the cemetry (sic) gates to visit Edgar Allan Poe's grave and maybe Divine's grave as well (I'm going to sightsee the Baltimore of John Waters).
When Moz sang STRETCH, after "Is there any point in having children?" he presented the mic to me, but I didn't take it, just shouted "NO, NO, NO!!!" partly because that's what he usually sings after posing that question and partly because that's what he last said to me. He looked dismayed or not quite pleased. Maybe he was expecting something clever, but I don't think I can top what he's already sung/said. I think the best adlib was when he said, "Don't be silly!"
At another point, late in the set, Moz gave Julia the mic, and she asked the typical, "How are you?" And there was a loud burst of masculine guffawing from behind her. Moz asked, "Why is that funny?" Then he added, "People are strange." No, he didn't bust into a Doors cover at that point.
Moz threw his white shirt to the house left. When Moz came back wearing a black shirt, he said, "I wear black on the outside because...beige is how I feel on the inside!" When he threw his black shirt straight at me to the center, it was like seeing death itself descend upon me -- a black shroud fluttering down upon me. I've said it before, and it bears repeating, Moz is a fucking sadist about these shirts.
But black is one of my faves. I thought, what the hell, I should try for it. But then a throng of crazed hands savagely clawed at the shirt, I rethought it. I was not going to fight or get injured over the shirt, so I let go. The grasping "organism" fell backward as I released it, and the fight for it continued. The struggle was quickly quelled when Arturo provided a pocket knife to carve up the quarry. The people around me were insanely happy to get a piece of that shirt, and that made me happy for them.
Moz thanked those of us for dressing up...and if we didn't dress up (I guess if we were naturally that scary everyday, hah hah!!), he said that was okay, too. When he came out of the encore, he thanked us for being so frightening, that we scared the SHIT out of him!
Moz was very conservative with the handshaking until the encore, but I managed to get another during I LIKE YUH. At the encore, no successful stage invasion, but lots of crowd surfers managed to get handshakes from duh Man. What an unnaturally fun time! I wish everyday were Halloween wiff Moz!
Girl in a Coma were rockin' good fun. The lead singer was dressed as Frida Kahlo, and the bassist and drummer had skulls painted onto their faces and wore Mexican sombreros on their backs. Such sweet girls, they also threw candy to the crowd, joked not to eat to much. The bassist said, eat as much as you like; then lead singer said it's only bad if you mix your candies! Hah hah! They played a fun Ramones cover "Do You Wanna Dance?" at the end of their set and then bade us a fun Halloween.
my thoughts:
*went with a guy friend and 3 of his co-workers, all of us were massive Morrissey/Smiths fans but none had seen him before. We had fun sharing experiences of being locked in our bedrooms studying every work engraved on the vinyl, reading every word and studying the photos of the dust jackets....
*as I"m all of 5' 3", sightlines are usually a problem for me, but we camped out about 3/4 of the way back behind the soundboard and could see over everything.....but had the lights of the board in front of us, so there's the tradeoff....
*How Soon is Now was, for me, worth the price of admission, but really enjoyed the rest of the setlist. I think there was only 2 or 3 songs I didn't know, but really really liked one of 'em (All you need is me? dunno; had something to do with putting your arms around me.)
*his showmanship was amazing....not as fun and cheeky as a Robbie Williams show, but hell, he's a bit older than Robbie :P. Seeing him come out in a tux was amazing. I've never been 'fangirl crush' on him, but he certainly is a good looking man. It was fun to watch him flip the mike cord around and flip up his shirt tails on a whim
SO overall, good night out. I was a bit let down, but nothing in the world can live up to 20 years of hype, can it?? Wonder if my perception would have changed had I been close to the front....
I'm checking on Flickr for photos...but they were SUPER tight w/ security, so it was tough to get anything in....
Have fun seeing him,
go_dawgs!!
