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posted by
davidt
on Tuesday September 14 2004, @09:00AM
devoted101 writes:
Friday I went to Milwaukee to see The Killers... I saw them open for Morrissey in Chicago and thought I would check them out again... I got there a bit early and got to talking with Brandon [Flowers] of The Killers)... we are not too far off in age and seem to have very similar musical tastes so we talked about that for awhile. he seems just as obsessed with morrissey as I am... it was great, we just hung out before the show (and then again after the show) talking about primarily morrissey (and depeche Mode and the cure, pet shop boys, erasure and the libertines a little too)... I'll just chat about the morrissey stuff here ... I had with me the NME with brandon on the cover (inside is a glossy of the killers and also a glossy of the NME pic of morrissey lounging in a chair -- the one that the silhouette of it was used on the songs to save your life cover) brandon opened the magazine straight to that shot of moz and gushed about how he LOVES that pic... his first moz show was a malajusted show when he was 15... one of his favorite moz songs is "trouble loves me" and he wishes moz would do that in concert again... his current absolute fav live moz song is "jack the ripper" (which he sang a bit of... as we spoke of it)... he is a big boz fan... he had actually met boz awhile ago while he was working some rock-a-billy convention that boz attended... he giggled at me when I said how much I was into gary, but I am not sure why.... brandon said he worked at one point at spago in vegas and moz was there and although he did not approach morrissey, he did manage to nick his tea cup (and he still has it!!) he also talked about a show in irvine where moz did "now my heart is full"... he didn’t say when, but he said it was before he thought about doing music himself... anyway... brandon sang the first few verses and chorus of the song as he told the story... he said that when moz got to the line, "tell all of my friends..." the band stopped and it was just moz singing... I tried downloading some irvine shows and I can not seem to find a version like that... anyone else remember this?? I mentioned his cover of "why don't you find out for yourself" and asked if they would do it live.. he said no, or at least not yet... he would like to but they pretty much improvised it... the first time they did it is when mark (bass player) broke a string or something, I am unclear on that but for some reason mark was busy doing/fixing something... and he (brandon) and david (the guitar player) improvised it live while mark was doing whatever he was doing... then the band wrote out the chords for it and did it as a bbc session which of course is now released as a b-side... it was one take and the last time they did it... but brandon would love to do the song again... anyway, after the show tarah (tem35) and I continued to talk morrissey with him and then he invited us to the sold out chicago show the following day... which I thought was super nice... and of course we went... it is always cool to be at a sold out show and just walk up and say, yeah... we're on the list... after the chicago show he mentioned my tshirt (a homemade shirt with the "we hate it..." single cover on the front) anytime he sees a morrissey thing he gets excited (like I am sure most of us on this list do) for example, after the milwaukee show there were these handout things with a moz ad on the back... he saw someone holding one and was all excited and touched the picture lovingly... I asked about the house of blues show... he said that he did meet morrissey, but it was very brief and moz just said hi in a very shy way... he also said that no one is supposed to sit in when morrissey does a soundcheck... but brandon kind of snuck in... moz was wearing a "jogging outfit" as he put it.. he said as soon as moz saw him he looked a little bothered and started doing his "moves" whereas before he was just standing there... some of those "moves" brandon did in concert that night (and a little the next night, but not as much) ok, I could keep going, but those are the highlights... sorry to write a year's worth of email...
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killer story (Score:1)
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The Killers in Chicago (Score:0)
My (indulgent) Killers story -- some Moz content (Score:1)
Later, at Karaoke, I do my best "Suedehead", which goes over pretty well (only with The Killers, that is). "It's as if Morrissey were actually here" says one of them, overdoing the compliment (cheers, though). One of the band then does an excellent rendition of Sun Records-era Elvis (not parodying). After that they were off, so I said that I'd check out their album on the basis of hearing about them through their link with Morrissey. "Guilt by implication, by association".
Nice guys, but is the singer being serious when he says he's never listened to Shed Seven?
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Nice story....... (Score:0)
Suedehead/Everyday Is Like Sunday/Late Night, Maudlin Street/Hairdresser On Fire/Sister, I'm A Poet/Yes, I Am Blind/He Knows I'd Love To See Him/Girl Least Likely To/Michael's Bones/November Spawned A Monster/Sing Your Life/I've Changed My Plea To Guilty/You're Gonna Need Someone On Your Side/Seasick, Yet Still Docked/Tomorrow/Jack The Ripper/Now My Heart Is Full/Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself?/Speedway/I'd Love To/Sunny/Boxers/Have A Go Merchant/Nobody Loves Us/Trouble Loves Me/Alma Matters/Ammunition/The Edges Are No Longer Parralel/Lost/Irish Blood, English Heart/The First Of The Gang To Die/The Never-Played Symphonies/It's Hard To Walk Tall When You're Small/Don't Make Fun Of Daddy's Voice/
ditto like-a-fever's comment (Score:0)
(listening to it!)
Killer Story (Score:1)
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what a coincidence (Score:1)
by the way... their gig was incredible-- almost as good as their show in Chicago opening for Morrissey!!!
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yipee! (Score:1)
its really nice to know that he knows what it's like to be a "real" fan...hopefully he never loses that quality...doesnt seem like he has yet.
i heard they put on a really good show. i cant wait to see them. i love "Hot Fuss"!!
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Yeaaa (Score:1)
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brandon (Score:1)
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chicago opener (Score:1)
thanks for sharing such a great story...btw, anyone else find the opening melody of "jenny was a friend of mine" reminiscent of "barbarism begins at home"? when they played it in chicago that was the first thing i thought as it began...just curious if i'm smoking crack or if others think the same thing ;-)
amy beth
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