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on Thursday August 22 2002, @10:00PM
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show rocked (Score:0)
Seattle Set List (Score:2, Informative)
- I Want The One I Can't Have
- Suedehead
- Hairdresser...
- The First of the Gang to Die
- Jack the Ripper
- Late Night, Maudlin Street
- I like You
- Mexico
- Sister I'm A Poet
- Alsatian Cousin
- Little Man, What Now?
- Everyday is Like Sunday
- The World is Full of Crashing Bores
- Meat is Murder
- Speedway
- November...
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- There Is A Light...
On to Eugene!
Az Moz Fan
Alain and his thumb (Score:1)
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Excellent show eh! but onto Eugene in the morning (Score:1)
I almost forgot, did anyone else see the guy throw his shirt on stage only to have Morrissey through it back to someone else? Well as I was leaving we saw the guy without a shirt saying "anyone seen my shirt" and "I'm the shirt guy.
The set was more than I deserve. Morrissey is more than I deserve.
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Concert aromas aren't very homely (Score:2, Insightful)
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brill... (Score:1)
check out my daft little site [www.thehar...argetblank] for a review...
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Just got back from show (Score:0)
Re:Just got back from show (Score:2, Informative)
My seat was in the first eight rows of the balcony and I looked up and saw the exact two fu*ks you're talking about. What a bunch of clowns! It was stadium riser seating up there, so I couldn't figure those two out. Also, in the second part of the balcony against the metal bar there was this blonde short haired woman who had on a white tank top and was mouthing all of the words and dancing soooooo sexually. I looked up at her a few times and she never sat down.
Everyone down in my section thought she was a tawdry, disgusting riot. She looked totally baked and came with some girl who looked to be her daughter or perhaps a younger roommate? I was stuck next to two lesbians who were *VERY* demonstrative with their affection, but the show was so damned great that I barely noticed them! Moz had me captivated and they could've rolled over on top of each other and I probably would not have noticed! LOL! I agree about those two people standing up there, though.
That was obnoxious. Also, a girl in the front row had a tour program from a previous concert with a Sharpie pen that she kept handing to him and it was so stupid. He never once aknowleged her.
Did she really thing he was going to put down the mic, stop singing, and cause a huge mele by signing her tour book and having a bunch of teenagers fight over it? That was too damned funny!
The sunflowers were pretty, though. Even though he threw them back, when he took one, caressed it against his face, held it for a while, and then threw it back, it was very sexy to watch. That was cool. He's so charming!
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Please, please, please... (Score:0)
Are these shows sold out or what? (Score:0)
silly notes (Score:2, Informative)
Between I Like You and Mexico he said "we are going to try your patience with another new song"
stand outs last night: Late Night, Maudlin Street and Sister I'm A Poet
Great show except for... (Score:1)
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Mexican Flag. (Score:2, Informative)
Many fans offered flowers. Others threw their shirt or undie up on stage. But, the only items the Mozzer kept were a CD (at least I think that's what it was) and the Mexican flag that I gave him.
Right on! He has such good taste!
It was an excellent show, but many of the other concert-goers were jerks. Like this blonde dude who was acting like he was a one man crowd control. In addition to that, standing in line and in line again and sitting and standing, I just didn't feel like an after party.
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*sigh* (Score:1)
And why didn't he take his shirt off??
Other than that, it was magical.... I can't believe how quickly it passed - after so many months of waiting....
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Why are SOME of you such UPTIGHT ASSES?!?! (Score:0)
Re:Why do SOME of you write in ALL CAPS?!?! (Score:2, Insightful)
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Any Merchandise. (Score:0)
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i was at the show... (Score:2, Interesting)
...i never never want to go home...
passing the semis on the road back home to portland i just kept thinking
...and if a ten tun truck kills the both of us...
i was so happy i might not even have minded
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Seattle (Score:1)
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The poem at the beginning of the show? (Score:1)
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Viva Morrissey in Seattle (Score:0)
Everyday is Like Seattle, ur Sunday.
The song selections were a wonderful choice, very poingant, long live VIVA HATE
-Alsatian Niece
Last night was the BEST (Score:2, Interesting)
It was amazing that NO ONE ELSE was hanging out back there! I got a picture and autograph from Gary, who was ULTRA NICE and 2 photos and autograph from Alain---we took one picture of him by himself, but he said 'That picture is CRAP!" and put his arm around me so we got that picture too!
Then, about 5 minutes before the doors opened, we're standing outside waiting on Morrissey to exit the bus and this black mercedes pulls up and I'm thinking "Okay--after this car passes, he's coming out" BUT--the car was like 3 feet away from me and who was sitting in the back seat but MORRISSEY himself!!! My husband got some good shots of him, but the security people wouldn't let me ask for his autograph. He was quickly rushed inside but did look back at us!
We got inside about 10 after 7 and were only about 5 rows back! We got TONS of pictures (Being developed while we speak--will post when they're done) and both my husband and I got flowers thrown out by Mozzer.
We're going to Portland on Saturday and I CANNOT WAIT! This concert was the absolute BEST!!!
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Speedway!! (Score:0)
although i still think last years show was better, but he always is!
Alot of people were there that shouldn't have been, people who don't really know him i mean.
love,
dré
I hate to be the one... (Score:1)
Morrissey as always was great. It was good to see him, and he looks like he's having a great time. Again being up front to reach out to him left me breathless. but the barrier this time was a little to far to actually hold his hand. I think Morrissey knew this as well and you could tell by the way he was playing with everyone's fingers. His voice sounded AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!! He'll go out like Old Blue Eyes, I know it.
Boz, Alain and Gary rocked it out as always. and Alains additions to Maudlin Street were beautiful.
Highlights of the show for me were Maudlin Street, There Is A Light..., and Sister I'm a Poet.
It was good to see Morrissey again, can't wait for saturday. Maybe Dean will speed it up and stop striking the goofy poses in front of his GONG.
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Was everybody asleep last night? (Score:0)
New songs (Score:0)
Any help on the origins of these songs would be appreciated!
Terrific Seattle Show... (Score:1)
Also, the new songs he played I quite liked. It sounds like they need to work on fleshing them out a bit, but good songs nevertheless.
In the Seattle PI today there was a review written by somebody who is such a genius that he began it with talking about "Nico's caterwauling." Right then I decided this man has no taste and doesn't deserve a career as a reviewer. Then again, maybe I should forget about my writing career and take a job that requires no thought and pays easy money like his. Hmmm... ;-)
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seattle.. (Score:1)
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Seattle P.I. Review: DISAPPOINTING (Score:1)
cheers,
Jay
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/pop/84009_morrisq.shtml
MUSIC REVIEW
MORRISSEY
WHEN: Thursday night
WHERE: Paramount Theatre
Review: A disappointing night with Morrissey
Saturday, August 24, 2002
By BILL WHITE
SPECIAL TO THE POST-INTELLIGENCER
A mediocre set list and terrible sound conspired to make Morrissey's Paramount appearance a lackluster event.
Touring with neither management nor a label seemed to be raking hard on the former Smiths lyricist and vocalist. Dressed in black and resembling a cross between Terence Stamp and Quentin Tarantino, the 43-year-old pop star was in poor form for Thursday night's concert.
Ten minutes elapsed between the time the lights went down and the band appeared on the stage. The interim was filled with Nico's caterwauling, an obscure poem and the sounds of trains and screaming. Whether this was meant to heighten the anticipation of the crowd or simply aggravate it was not clear.
As the band tore into a barely comprehensible rendition of "I Want the One I Can't Have," one wondered if the horrible sound might be Morrissey's gift to his fans of an approximation of a night in a shoddy Manchester club.
Most of the songs were from "Bona Drag" and "Viva Hate," Morrissey's first two solo efforts after the Smiths' breakup in 1987. His echoing voice failed to dominate the band's attempt to execute the complex arrangement of "Jack the Ripper."
Some high-end was finally added to the vocals in the second part of the 75-minute concert, and the overactive band members calmed down enough to provide decent support on "Sister, I'm a Poet" and "Everyday Is Like Sunday."
With the exception of four new, unrecorded songs, the most recent number was "Speedway" from 1994's "Vauxhall and I," the rose in the crown of Morrissey's thorny career.
The new songs were nothing special. "The First of the Gang to Die," based on a rhythm guitar riff lifted from Suede's "The Chemistry Between Us," was introduced as having been written that afternoon in the lobby of the Doubletree Hotel.
"If you watch American Music Television, you may agree with the sentiment of this song," Morrissey said about "The World Is Full of Crashing Bores," a number supporting the assertion that his titles are often better than his songs. Also new were the insipidly sincere "I Like You" and a minor-key mood piece proving that anybody who stays too long in Southern California eventually will write something with "Mexico" in the title.
The miserable evening was nearly redeemed by sterling performances of two of his most wrenching songs. "Meat Is Murder," a militant cry for an end to the senseless slaughter of animals for human consumption, was passionate and heartfelt. And "Speedway," in which the reviled moral outcast laughingly confesses the truth of the ugly rumors by which he is destroyed, was infused with a proud self-hatred.
After a serviceable "November Spawned a Monster," Morrissey encored with the ghoulishly joyous "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out," which had the audience singing along on a chorus that celebrated the anticipation of dying in a car crash with a loved one.
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