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Review & Setlist--"Too Good for MTV"
Posted By: Bri Swatek <[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, Feb. 9 2000, at 4:44 p.m.Too Good for MTV
Morrissey Live at The Quest, Minneapolis, February 8th, 2000
by Bri Swatek, [email protected]Set List
Intro: Drum Solo from The Operation
The Boy Racer
Billy Budd
Alma Matters
Reader Meet Author
Is It Really So Strange?
Hairdresser On Fire
November Spawned a Monster
Break Up the Family
A Swallow On My Neck
Meat Is Murder
I Can Have Both
Speedway
The More You Ignore Me the Closer I Get
The Teachers Are Afraid of the Pupils
Now My Heart Is Full
Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
Encore:
Shoplifters of the World UniteWelcome to my living room! was Morrisseys pronouncement on the layout of The Quest, formerly Princes club, Glam Slam. While the couches in the corners and huge columns supporting the balcony made for an odd setting, Morrissey delivered an excellent set Tuesday night. Along with guitarists Boz Boorer and Alain Whyte, bassist Gary Day, and new drummer Spike Smith, Morrissey performed songs spanning his entire career as both a solo artist and the frontman for The Smiths.
Feedback plagued The Boy Racer, but the problem was corrected by the time Moz delivered a trio of bright solo songs from his mid-90s albums. Then, the crowd exploded to the opening of Is It Really So Strange? and sang every word of the Smiths classic.
The lighting and guitar-work was none-too-subtle during a haunting flight through November Spawned a Monster and a forceful version of Meat Is Murder, the title track from the Smiths U.K. #1 album of 1985. However, Morrissey let the audience up for air during a great reading of _Viva Hate_s Break Up the Family and the recent b-sides A Swallow On My Neck and I Can Have Both.
Speedway and Teachers--two concert staples for Morrissey and his band--didnt disappoint. The live sound was excellent, with breakneck guitar-work from Boorer and Whyte and a pouncing rhythm from Day and Smith. The More You Ignore Me the Closer I Get, Morrisseys 1994 venture into the U.S. Top 40, was a surprise addition to the set and inspired another healthy sing-along.
The closing pair of Now My Heart Is Full and Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me (during which Moz took a much needed jab at MTV and the TRL set) were followed by the encore, Shoplifters of the World Unite. These closers were a reminder of why Morrissey inspires such a loyal cult following some 17 years after Hand In Glove--he continues to pull off moments like a note held over a chord change brilliantly and sincerely. His frequent on-stage banter (such as throwing a shirt to the crowd and then sarcastically demanding it be returned) and impassioned vocals were a testament to that loyalty. Morrissey knows how much these songs mean to his fans and seemed truly happy to share these moments, this time to unite and take over with them.
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