story is here:

http://www.morrissey-solo.com/discuss/index.cgi?read=80378

cheers,

Jay

Its still 2 hours before Moz will be aired on CBS tonight, I cant wait to see it, though it would have been wonderful it I had the chance to see it live considering I was 41 in line with a valid slip. Why it happened?

A big thanks to people who cut in the lines.... Gee a bit too grade schoolish don’t ya think? I thought we learned not to cut in line because it’s not fair and unethical. How did S.A.T.H get in on the V.I.P list? How could a man who was literally pushing people in the Vegas concert had the privilege to be first in line?

Yeah, disappointed...truly disappointed, I feel for the people who also waited in line patiently since the early morning only to be rejected as well.

VRC taping in record mode tonight.

pe@ce- ames

wow.

first impression: Man, he's old. Second: He's aged fairly well. Or, at least he looks comfortable with his age. The Moz hair-poof has become a comb-over, though :( And is that hair dyed? I fear it is....

Others: Cute, nervous, and soooooo "English" (without claiming to really know what that means.)

F*ck F*ck F*ck!!! The local CBS affiliate managed to throw in another commercial OVER the start of the live performance! Interview was fantastic, I was just stunned for the whole thing. Then, just waiting for the roar as Craig introduces the song, and instead I get the song about 30 seconds in. Oh well. Can't wait for tomorrow.

Matt

i think he looks GREAT!! he was soooo wonderful tonight!! he seems like he's definetly a pretty shy guy though!

the song sounded great and its just so wonderful to see moz on TV like that, i have never seen him on a tv show before! only old tapes of the smiths on UK shows just lip synching to songs like on top of the pops!

it was great to see this!
thank you moz and thanks even to craig for getting him on!

NOW all we need is AN EAST COAST LEG OF THE TOUR!!!! PLEASE!

That was beautiful, and it left me wanting more. Moz seemed a bit nevous with the "chat show" format, though. Come to Atlanta Moz!

Thank God for pirate direct tv was able to catch the east coast viewing of the show here on the west coast at 9:30 PM. Very nice to see MOZ on TV here in the states.................
  Very nice week indeed whole week of Morrissey......

I missed the first 30 seconds due to commercials but when he came on...boy did his voice sound GREAT! The new drummer seemed a bit tame, but the rest of the band was really into it. Morrissey looks very good, and I love the hink of grey on the sides of his hair... The new song sounds much better tonight than when I heard it live on an MP3...GOD I am STILL pissed abbout the commercial cutting into the first 30 seconds! Oh well, I love the fact Morrissey seemed so appreciative of his fans...I hope he is as happy as he claimed in the interveiw!-Jonathon Hyde
jh283@cornell.edu

Every executive of every record company should be forced to watch that "Late, Late Show" episode with their shareholders and be forced answer the question "Why don't we have this man signed"

People do get old, ya know? He looked very distinguished, handsome and so intelligent! True fans will never care how old he looks. They'll love him for the person he has been, still is and will be in the many years to come. With all the crap saturating the music industry right now, it's so very refreshing to have someone like him still alive and kicking.

Craig looked like he was in heaven the whole time he was interviewing him. It's times like these that I feel so proud to be a Moz fan!

that was amazing! and there's more tomorrow! it doesn't get better than this...

I felt like it was kind of anti-climactic... I guess I didnt want to see moz go through american talk-show banter...seems so silly. And craig kilborn is an idiot so that already made the experience entirely displeasing...being so anti mainstream media...moz coulda done an interview on NPR or something...this show is just foolish,unfunny and really gains him little exposure or respect.

Moz was eloquent and beautiful as always - may he PLEASE revisit the east coast...

What a great performance, great song, great suit, great interview, great hair. Moz kicks ass.

Morrissey came out wearing a nice dark sweater with a light blue shirt under it. Moz talked about how much Music television really sucks and how all the music executives should be shot. He also joked around saying how Craig was looking for him and how he only lived down the street that he didn't have to look that far. Also Morrissey said he was happy, and that he basicaly writes about how life is and he performed The first in the gang to die.

I recognized Gary Day and Boz, but was that
Alain White as well? He looks a different
with his hair combed down.

God, it's so good to see him after all these years. I'm so use to watching (and re-watching) the same videos of him that were taped around 1983 and 1985, that this was a bit weird. Plus all that build up. I don't think I've seen him interviewed since Hanging with MTV in '94. I don't like Craig, but he seemed appropriately deferential...if not awed. Moz was able to get a few great lines in there as well during the interview. He was nervous as a schoolgirl! Did I see him wipe tears from his eyes when he came out...or were those mock tears of appreciation?

THE BEST DAMN LATE LATE SHOW I HAVE EVER SEEN X2 SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT (FRIDAY) MOZ!!! OH WHY DID tom green HAVE TO BE ON THE SHOW???

Craigger's show was a real treat for me tonite because I had only ever known Morrissey through his songs and still photos. He was fantastic. If it is possible, I think that I love the man even more.

The show was twice as entertaining for me because of the Lance in space and Joey Fatone digs since I am also a rabid fan of *NSYNC's popcorn-lite music.

is there something wrong with me? am I walking contradiction???

regardless, I am so glad that I found this site when I did because if I hadn't, I would have missed his glorious appearance on TV tonite! thank you Morrissey-solo.com!!!

now all he has to do is do a tour of the east coast...

an extremely giddy morrissey and smiths fan,
em

Amazing! Moz looked absolutely fantastic!! He's aging gracefully, and I find him sexier than ever! (well, I've always been partial to older guys, so...). He wore black slacks, shiny black leather(?) shoes, a light blue lace up shirt with a black cardigan. (cuffs and collar pulled out). Beautiful.

He was extremely personable and as usual a bit shy. The audience was going crazy, chanting Morrissey-Morrissey-Morrissey! You could tell he was loving every minute of it.

He mentioned his wonderful fanbase, how American record execs all need to be shot, and how shows like American Idol are destroying music and art. He also talked a bit about his house designed by Clark Gable. He said that he spends most of his time in bed channel surfing and splits his time between LA, Ireland and Sweden.

The band was in top form as Morrissey sang "The First In The Gang To Die".

Tomorrow he returns to sing "Everyday Is Like Sunday" (it was taped tonight but airs tomorrow).

After he cancelled Vancouver, all I could do was listen the bootlegs of his new songs. Happily, and Moz made me less miserable by playing The First of the Gang to Die; bloody perfect song. Too bad Tom Green went over like a lead balloon....

I have the dvd-burner ready to go! isn't technology grand. if the quality is nice i'll post it . well back to sitting in front of the tv eargerly awaiting 12:30

Morrissey was funnier in 10 seconds than Tom Green was in 15 minutes. He ruined the damn opening

i'm going to play devils advocate and pose the question: do you think that "first in the gang" was the best choice by morrissey to sing out of the new songs. my pick would have been "i like you". i thought the performance was outstanding! i also thought that the moz felt a little nervous on the talk show format. i like the fact that he gave alot of mentions to his dear fans. fav part of the interview was when he made machine gun sounds when speaking of record execs. cant wait til tommorrow.

I was wishing for this day to come and guess what? THERE WAS NO SIGNAL ON THE LOCAL CBS STATION!!! The intro was clear then all of a sudden snow came on. I went to every TV in my house and CBS was messed up. I went to the ine TV witch has digital cable and it was a little blurry and the sound wasn't good. I called all of my friends who don't have cable said the same thing. To others in Jersey City and the surrounding areas did you have the same problem?

Anyhow, the interview was as I expected. Didn't have the 30 second delay.

Please, whoever taped it I would love to get a copy. Mozzer316@yahoo.com

Morrissey seemed nervous and kind of uncomfortable at first. I noticed he has mellowed out his performances, he didn't dance as much as usual, but it wasn't really a fast song. Maybe tomorrow night he'll shake that ass!!!
Since I live on the east side of North America and can't see any of his live shows, it was nice to be able to atleast see him on TV, so you Westerners had better feel lucky!!!!!!

Wow Morrissey was quite shy and did not like keeping eye contact at all!!!!....The interview was nice to see and went as well as could be expected, but where was the humor and quick witted responses (that i love so) to keep kilborn in his place...The song played well on TV and he sounded as good as always and Everyday is like Sunday should be even better!!!!!!!!!

I've only seen him on TV twice with David Letterman and on SNL.

I've heard audio interviews, but never actually ever seen him speak in an interview.

Now, we have blue robin hood in a cardigan on our TV and we're very happy.

And i couldn't get my VCR to work.

nor could i get my parent's cat loaded back up into the carrier so i could have driven him home and stolen their TV and VCR for the evening.

trust me i was expressing my frustration.

he's sleeping smugly on my floor.

we knew there had to be a punchline thrown in.

do not bother me for a copy of the show. blame it on the cat.

but i lived through the last half of letterman to see the wonderful intro they gave him in calling it "morrissey TV". Now trust me when i say that i've managed to miss every single one of those pleas for morrissey because despite the fact that its 2002 and he's not been in the late spot for nearly 10 years, there is still some part of my brain that thinks letterman should be on starting at 11:30 and not 10:30...and logically kilborn must be on at 12:30 like Bob Costas was.

oh well, now i know.

but it was fun watching moz come out and shrink in embarassment at the screaming from the audience.

then hearing about moz complaining about American Idol because "they take teenagers who are happy to be there and don't ask for a contract" and of course, there was some gesture about record companies thrown in.

oh, what else was said? I dunno. Yes, there were little crinkles around the eyes. But is it age or expressiveness?

i scoot in closer to my tiny TV to look.

First of the Gang sounded better this way than what i've been listening to. It was much lighter than the heavy MP3 I have. Occasional glimpses of the band and Gary doing a "oops, i wasn't looking at the camera" bit.

Dean reminds me of some guy i've seen in some movies, but can't remember who off the top of my head.

anyhow, yeah, i know i have no interesting story of how i stood in line and got to be in the audience or anything, but i'm happy that i finally get to see something.

Hey. It's Cheapside again. I was hoping Moz would remove the cardigan. I don't know why. Don't get me wrong the whole ordeal was awesome...but does anyone remember Father Mulcahy from M.A.S.H.? I also agree that Tom Greene kinda messed up the mojo for awhile, but Moz got it straight again. Can't wait for tomorrow. Tomorrow....hey that's a Moz song.

when moz was being interviewed, he dissed mtv and then he gestured towards kilborn and mouthed/whispered something.. what was taht?

First off I have to thank this website for bringing tonight's show to my attention, or I never would have caught it. It was simply amazing (minus Tom Green ... but at least he had the decency to keep it toned down). I only wish Craig would have been a little more on the ball, and not resorted to the same old "what does this song mean" type of questioning. But it was obvious that he also respected Morrissey very much. Simply amazing. I can't wait till tomorrow.

I felt that Morrissey's performance was OUT OF THIS WORLD! He was charming! I felt that the host was a terrible interviewer- Craig misquoted Morrissey's lyrics twice right to Morrissey's face. I felt that Craig could have asked questions and introduced Morrissey in a better way to spark interest in those who don't know him. I felt the Tom Greene segment was VILE and utterly forgettable. Also, Craig should have focused more on the crowds of people and devout fans better. I felt that the tuxedo sidekick routine was an insult to anyone's intelligence.

But to see Morrissey on US TV like this- worth all the shortcomings!
Truly,
Ken Stavitzke

then morrissey mouthed something to the camera
i thought he ripped craig about three times.
Morrissey was too smart to go on that show. Craig didn't know what he was talking about.
"Now is this a new song?"
well fucker if you followed him (like you made it out to be) then you would know this. I mean do you think Craig even owns Maladjusted?
I think not!
Anyone one of us could have conducted a better interview than that "pig shit"
"so you actually hear other musicians and you get sick?"
Craig Kilborn made a fool of himself
If he were a true fan he would have had an intelligent interview. most (the baseball hat crowd, little black dress wearin' - probably thought it was Craig making fun of some fag (you know that's what the little minds out there thought)

Jay wrote on the general discussion board:

"I arrived 5 minutes before they let people into the studio. Sadly, fans that had stayed overnight waiting still weren't able to get in- thank GAWD for connections!"

This whole thing was very disappointing! So you showed up 5 minutes before the taping and got in while my friends and I along with others who were some of the first who stood in line for FUCKING HOURS get assed out. This whole thing seemed to be a setup. I saw a lot of people who were associated or connected with Morrissey-Solo, Morrissey Tour or SATH getting into the taping. Most of who came in at the very last minute and did not even stand in line. Granted I did see some (and I stress SOME) of the above mentioned in line before me and I have no problem that they got in since they were there first.

But that's my case, it should have been first come first serve. If you showed up with your whole party, then you should have been let in to stand in line. If you showed up without your whole party, then you should have had to wait out of line until your party arrives and then you can stand in BACK of the line. I saw a lot of people in front of me letting the rest of their party get in line who came late. That's not fair. I was about 11th or 12th in line until the late people showed up when we were about to be let in. Then I was moved into the 30's! Guess who was let in, people who were 20th or under. Fuck that!

Ironically, the first fans who lined up were interviewed with questions about Morrissey and got on camera. Yet, most of them didn't even get into the taping. All you late comers who cut in line and connected people killed it. You should have stood in line! My stomach is still sickened by this.

Truly Disappointed,
Fabian

I was one of the lucky few who got to get into the taping. All I can is AMAZING...fucking amazing. Morrissey was in such good spirits. He loved that we screamed our heads off. We were the last ones they let in. We were there since 10 am. I do agree with those of you that posted about the idiots who cut in line, and the "VIP" list. I was upset myself that these jerks, just walked right up, when we had been there all day. I did get in though..luckily. Jose Maldonado needs to get his own life and stop living in Morrissey's shadow. Guess what, YOURE NOT HIM!! Anyways, Besides that it was one of the absolute best times I have had in my life. To witness Moz soo close and also an interview. What more could you want? Well I gotta get my vcr ready!!!

unloveablemoz12@aol.com

Good lord.. after seeing the man 4 times this tour I came home from the bar and proceeded to pass out on the couch, waking up only in time for "The First of the Gang To Die". Damn me! Please please please let me get what I want and somebody post a transcript of the interview.. cheers!

They played a bit of Glamorous Glue to introduce Tom Green. He didn't deserve that.
What other music was heard?

I quite enjoyed seeing Moz. One thing that struck me was how skillfully he carved the path during the interview to mention his discontent with record labels, American Idol (by far, the worst thing ever to come out in recent memory). This guy could easily fit into a political life. Don't you think?

is it just me, or is morrissey getting on in age? and that sweater really made him look like our friendly neighborhood mr. rogers.

Beauty has one name and that's Morrissey and Smart has 2, Morrissey and Craig Kilborn. The performance was to die for and those of you who missed it i recomend you live till you see it.

Donbon

Morrissey said on the show that he lives in a house that was built for Clark Gable. Then it occurred to me: he kind of looks like a mustache-less Clark Gable.

Loved the irony of the sexy shirt under the cardigan.

i think i've begun converting my mother into a fan....

Doesn't anyone remember the Jay Leno appearances in the mid 90's? You new fans must be young. And who is this moron who likes N:SYNC? and the Smiths. He should be shot.

ftp://morrissey:morrissey@lainey.d2g.com

For those who couldn't see Morrissey on their TV's, I've put up an AVI file of Morrissey's performance. Due to the file size (75 Megs), I recommend hi-speed connection only. Only one user at a time allowed, so please be patient. Also, please be kind and refrain from connecting if you saw the show. Cheers! It's encoded in DivX 5.0.2, so you'll need to have the player/codec installed to watch it. The player is in this folder too.

I am a 25 year old man, but tonight, I showed my wife how Morrissey's incarnation causes a metamorphesis to take place in me. Tonight, I became a 12 year old girl screaming in delight at the television when Morrissey TV was announced. It was near 1 in the morning... being on the upstairs floor of my complex, I usually remind myself to be quiet since I have neighbors downstairs who are sleeping. Not tonight. Tonight was a very effeminate version of Super Bowl Sunday. To be precise...it was Morrissey Thursday!

I have seen and heard Morrissey interviews from around the world, since my brother has one of the largest Morrissey collections ever known. Morrissey has NEVER, ever, been as personable and intimate as he was tonight, except for his live performance in Las Vegas this last Saturday, where he was very, very, heart felt, expressive, and thankful...speaking to the audience directly...without his usual quips, between his emotional outpourings. Unfortunately...Craig Kilborn fails to capture Morrissey in this interview, but fortunately...Mozzer doesn't need an interviewer. He picked up the slack and commanded the show. You could tell he was very nervous...and you could also tell Craig was in absolute awe...probably why he sucked so much ass interviewing.

If you didn't catch this taping...YOU NEED TO FIND IT SOMEWHERE! You need this taping in your collection. It stands out in Morrissey history...it brings you up to date, or gives you a synopsis of who he is NOW, as opposed to what he used to be. He has never been funnier....happier...or more vocally superior.

Watching him tonight in all his glory drove the message home that he is definitely on the road of receiving a record contract to his liking. Someone out there is keeping a watchful eye on him. His live performances have been top notch.

I cheered when I heard Morrissey say, that the only reason he has made it this far was because he had such a STRONG fanbase, immediately after hearing the audience erupt with emotion. Magical. He seems to be really appreciative of his fans lately...being attentive to us and being very considerate.

I hope this opens up a huge door for him and pray we have a new album soon.

                                  -Javier AKA SpencerForDrummer
P.S. Alain looked 100 times better tonight then he did on Saturday.

I wasn't at the actual taping but I was fortunate enough to attend the rehearsal. It was amazing. To sit so close to the band with an unobstructed view was truly a dream come true. Without the vocal fans there, it was quite surreal. Seems like the show was a hit.

You lucky people in the states did anybody tape it on a PAL recorder as I`m in the UK and we don`t get it!! I`d be greatfull if someone could either do me a copy or I`ll pay cash. E-mail me on: mcewajos@exchange.uk.ml.com

Morrissey happy? Hmmmm next thing you know he's gonna say he's getting married, but Mozzies always been a strange one. Nice to hear that he's finally happy, I wonder how long thats been going around, maybe since Maladjusted, maybe that why the album flopped. Oh well, just as long as he's happy I guess.

I forgot to record the show for my wife who is a huge fan, PLEASE can anyone help me get a copy of thursdays show?

Just like everyone else, I waited up with baited breath to see not only Morrissey's live performance, but an actual American interview with him. I found his shyness refreshing and he seemed genuinely touched by the devotion of his fans in the audience.

He was intelligent, well spoken and polite, even though he had no problem expressing his views. Very touching interview overall. I'm glad to see how content he seems in his life and that he can honestly say he is "happy."

Tom Green is an idiot and was an embarrassment to have on the same show as someone as sincere and articulate as Morrissey. Poor planning on Craig's part.