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on Friday September 03 2004, @03:00PM
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Yes I'm the first one! (Score:0)
Morrissey so amazing... again! (Score:1)
Morrissey was amazing again, this was up there with edinburgh and better than paisley!!!
similar set-list, a few changes, Morrissey was very funny tonight and in a cool mood
hmm what else? Oh "Let me Kiss You" was amazing tonight, it just sounded totally beautiful
I saw Julia again, BOOOO
I could just about make out the shadowy presence of hectorr/broken too, I gather this is the very sexy dark haired guy who keeps going backstage
i think i saw him watching from the side of the stage then later he was in the venue....
anyone know anything about him?
Lyn
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Why was Julia wearing a Daniel O'Donnel shirt? (Score:0)
Was that Cliff Richard on Julia's T-shirt? (Score:0)
This is all very fascinating (Score:0)
Cracking Form tonight (Score:1, Funny)
I hopes she sorts out decent security for Blackpool so that we don't have a repeat performance.
Great Gig - better than Edinburgh IMO (Score:0)
Julia blah blah blah (Score:0)
great but not quite as good as edinburgh (Score:0)
Some good banter between songs too, but he wasn't quite as vibrant as he was at edinburgh
After how soon is now he said "now is too late"
I think he changed the lyrics of you know i couldn't last to "the critics who can't stand you"
similar songs, but nice to see the headmaster ritual back and how soon is now blows me away every time as an opener
roll on blackpool!
Ken
a plea to the fans (Score:1, Insightful)
I saw Julia and the guy by the stage side who everyone is saying is broken but who cares? As long as he posts another of his good reviews that's all that matters. We're there to watch Mozza not see which of his fawning fans are staring out from the side of the stage.
Let's talk about the music. What a great night!
Cheers all
Ken
McGig (Score:0)
So it goes.
ctid.
sorrygu
Great Gig except... (Score:2, Insightful)
(b) people pointing out this Julia character and practising their booing before the gig had even started. It's so unnecessary. Leave the poor girl alone. The animosity towards her is driven by nothing but jealousy, a terrible trait. Having said that, I do wish she'd eat something.
(c) An earlier start and finish would have made it easier for travelling fans to get the last trains to Dundee/Aberdeen/Edinburgh/Glasgow. The good lady wife and I made the trip in style - in the back of a white van, man!
Highlight for me was Headmaster Ritual and I thought the set had a much greater balance about it than the Edinburgh one, which was a bit stop start.
Haste Ye Back Moz.
miseryguts
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long lost cousins and morrisey shirts...shazzam (Score:1)
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One problem (Score:1)
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Perth Show (Score:1, Informative)
Incredible how the band keep pace with morrissey - mirror his every twist, ducking and swooning to the delight of the crowd. Just a pleasure to be here. Cant be more than 50ft away, he looks bigger than i last saw him, blue suit jacket and black trousers, dark single breasted jacket - he seemed in a hurry to get it off too.
Then straight into FOTGTD and its total bouncy castle time - the jackets off and he is nearer and singing right up close to the front rows. Totally mimes hilarious piss take of his own song by pushing fingers down his mouth and pointing gun at head etc Everyone in stitches laughing.
Sorry i need to just wing the rest, set list etc - hell knows? - i went to have fun not to report for the inverness courier.
He introduced this as a new song before rattling into a glam sounding dont make fun of daddys voice - preening on tip toes and glaring at us throughout in defiance. The crowd a little flat i felt - maybe catching their breath. Morrissey shouted up to Julia at the end - "what are they saying Julia", a lot of chatter just as this song ended amongst the cheers. I felt it pissed him off since worringly he said, "oh talk amongst yourselves then, it was bound to happen some day". Melodrama perhaps.
A number of unusual choices followed, excellent ones to my hears - such a little thing, complete with moz swinging imaginary chain and whipping the mike furiously, he even dived to the deck at one point pointing to his crotch and shouted "yummy" as a foot note to the line 'most people keep their brains between their legs' - very funny.
he asked if we still got take the high road on ITV1 and the crowd couldnt seem to agree, he said '"well after 30 years you think they would have noticed"
Introduced the band as his "highland lassies" - deano in the kilt - moz wonders if we are still eating healthy whilst turning to boz boorer as if to say he has put on a few pounds. The banter was pretty non stop all night - gentle humour. he sang "i like you" and came as close to the front as possible - the guards holding him - stretching his hands out and every time he said 'this is why i like you' he gestured to us all and it was quite touching.
As people through pants on stage - "are they clean" apparently so - "thats how i like them!" - then another pair almost catches him on the head - not so clean looking this time, a lucky escape. Plays, 'let me kiss you' and means every word, slower than i expected but just chills everyone out - the band really enjoy this one and moz allows some attention to filter past. But not for long, we rampage through - 'how could anyone possible etc' and then a stampede during headmasters ritual in a white shirt that is already soaked - he keeps showing his chest, nipple - what next. Nothing, thankfully.
All the lazy dykes really stands out for me - not an album favourite of mine at all but live it really works, captures the moz drama, irony and he clearly enjoys acting out this one - a single white shaft of light just on him. The venue seemed to shrink even further. Crashing bores follows and then a splendid heartbreaking 'november spawned a monster' and he works it - lashing the stage in frustration and keeps grabbing the hands of the crowd - its bonkers time in the pit and even in the galleries (well done folks, they were great throughout - so often they sit there like wally dugs picking their false teeth) the crowd leap up and down, swaying and egging moz on - they were like this the whole gig. Now my heart is full - he plays this, and it is i tell you.
The last three songs in what seemed a l
perth 2004 (Score:1, Informative)
Wow what a great show Morrissey and the band were storming. This was my first show of the 2004 tour (I last saw him at the Royal Albert in 2002). I couldn't believe how much he's changed in two years. He's full of himself again! He's so arrogant and brimming with humour on stage, and that was really missing in 2002. It's like the Morrissey I remember from 1995, only with an even better setlist. Just amazing.
He changed the order around from what I saw of other recent shows, Daddy's voice came early and it was such an amazing opening three - How Soon Is Now, First of the gang to die, daddy's voice - amazing. I managed to hear a bootleg of daddy's voice but it sounded weedy compared to last night. What a great song!!!! If this is the kind of stuff Morrissey is writing right now, I can't wait for the next album!!!
Shakespeare's sister was funky and cool, Morrissey changed the words of let me kiss you to "you open your eyes and see someone you physically revile"
Lots of shirts thrown into the audience - I touched one but someone stole it from my finger tips!!
He was sexy on stage and very charming. Just a great show. I can see why he's got so many glowing live reviews recently.
Julia was there again, I've read about her on here but I saw her for the first time. She seemed pretty nice, I thought the booing was pathetic.
I saw the broken/hectorr guy too, at the side of the floor, moz's new bf anyone? He was wearing a t shirt with an andy warhol print on it I think under a black suit - he only looks around 23 or 24!
I loved you know i couldn't last, loved there is a light, loved now my heart is full
less keen on all the lazy dykes and headmaster ritual
Morrissey was quite camp during such a little thing - he rubbed his body and close to his groin and said yummy, looking at someone in the crowd - maybe broken/hectorr! I don't know who he was looking at.
Anyway, this was a fine show, hopefully I'll be able to afford to see him again soon but I might have to borrow my borther's credit card!!!
Katie Saunders
PS Thanks for looking after me after the show Neil - it was great to meet you
Spot On (Score:1)
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Jobriath (Score:0)
So no Alain again (Score:1)
Is he ever coming back?
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This Julia Lassie (Score:0)
1. Where is Julia from?
2. Why does everyone hate her?
3. How can she afford to go to so many gigs?
Thank You Morrissey (Score:0)
Another great show (Score:0)
Infact everything was great except for the homeless, alcoholic, Irishmen who bothered me in the line...bah!
Great gig, shame about the ticketing farce (Score:0)
I suppose I'm a bit of an outsider on this site in that I don't really know a lot about Morrissey as a man and I've never really read any of the several websites (well done on this one btw) devoted to him, but I am a huge fan of his music and have been for many years.
Friday night was the first time I've had the pleasure of seeing him live and would like to say that it was a magnificent gig - wonderful to hear some of my personal faves like How Soon Is Now, FOTGTD and - probably my all-time fave - There Is a Light, performed live. Morrissey also came across, I thought, as a lot more personable than I'd expected (although I thought he seemed to become increasingly disenchanted with things as the night went on).
I was a bit disappointed not to hear some of my other favourites of his, namely Suedehead and perhaps a couple of other Smiths numbers (This Charming Man and Ask, perhaps?), but I appreciate that it's a massive back catalogue to choose from and I'm certainly not complaining!
One thing I am complaining about though is the distribution of tickets (although this isn't something aimed at Morrissey per se - more how tickets are sold for these things in general). I live in Perth (actually, just round the corner from the City Hall) so naturally when I heard about this gig I was desperate to go. Now obviously Ticketmaster sold out within about an hour (it would have been nice if a small allocation had been made available for locals, because otherwise what's the point of touring? I doubt many actual local people were actually in attendance in the end). So I was left with having to go to EBay - an option I also eventually didn't go with because I didn't want to have to pay such inflated prices. In the end, I got my ticket from a tout in the street just before the gig. Now, you can say that if I'm so against giving touts business I can just choose not to use them, but if I didn't I would have missed out on the experience of seeing one of my favourite musicians play live in my own home town. Surely it is high time Ticketmaster clamped down on this re-sale of tickets for inflated prices? I for one will be e-mailing them with the details of my ticket in the hope that they track down who originally bought it and impose some sort of sanctions on them. It's all very well saying a concert sold out "within the hour", but it really gets you thinking why that is when it's so obvious there are people who've bought huge numbers of tickets simply to make their own profit out of someone else's music. This is unfair on Morrissey and it's unfair on us. I realise this is something that affects all concerts these days but I'd really be interested to hear people's views on this.
Anyway, sorry for the rant, and I'd just like to say again how much I enjoyed the night!! Well done Morrissey and thanks for coming to my home town.
Gary
Uniformed whores.... (Score:1)
He was on such a power trip that you could almost see him salivating as he scoured the (generally well-behaved) gallery for the slightest misdemeanor. The old saying is true 'search and ye will find' and he certainly searched and found some of the most heinous offences - dancing with one foot on the stairs, standing too far to the left of your chair, dancing with your hands in the air so that they strayed into the spotlight beam occasionally.
A complete numpty! I'm not the tallest guy in the world but I could see over the top of this guys head as he spread his meagre chest with pomp and revelled in his new found 'authority'. Like an over-theatrical football referee he actually believed that we feared him and, even worse, that we had come to see him! Funnily enough he was completely oblivious to those sparking up throughout the gig! So vigilant!
Him apart, a cracking show. First time I've seen the great man as a solo artist and well worth the journey from Bristol to Perth. How Soon Is Now was awesome and transported me back to my youth. Thought the Smiths songs sounded great - a real raw, hard edge to them.
The greatest talent of his generation bar none. But get some better venue security...preferably some who understand the audience and aren't just looking for a fight.
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