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davidt
on Wednesday October 02 2002, @03:00PM
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Dublin, Ireland - Ambassador Theatre (Oct. 2, 2002) post-show
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EIRE now! (Score:0)
Uhmm Ireland is one hour behind the rest of Europe ..
how many people?
any family from the band? Boz said his wife was gonna be there..
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Re:EIRE now! (Score:5, Informative)
He said he has a record deal and that The First of the Gang to Die will be his first single.
He looked wonderful in a yellow frilly shirt and the brown trousers, gorgeous. For the encore he changed into a gorgeous white dress shirt with double cuffs. It was well buttoned up so he clearly wasn't planning to take it off, and didn't.
First he said it was great to be back in his homeland and that got a great cheer. He followed that with, "Was it something I said?"
An Irish accent? very much so. Bejaysus this that and the other. He talked to us between every song. He was very witty and alert and beautiful.
I'll try to remember some more of his remarks. These won't be exact quotes. But we got a classic Dublin "How'yis" when he arrived on stage.
Nothing Rhymes was lovely. A big surprise. "May god bless you, and Oscar Wilde bless you, and Johnny Thunders bless you, and Gilbert O'Sullivan bless you." The was a bit of a stunned silence from the crowd after that.
Maybe the funniest thing he said was "I was in a leather bar on the Liffey this afternoon and met some bowsies..." He went on to introduce the band. And earlier he looked around and said, "Well, Julia's here, Boz is here, Alain's here so lets get started."
There was a girl at the front screaming in an incredibly piercing way and it was impossible to ignore. Morrissey eventually said something about her tonsillitis. After Alsation Cousin she started barking like a dog and kept at it all night. Morrissey commiserated with her tonsils again later.
There was a video camera there, and plenty of photos taken. The band were great. The Ambassador is a lovely venue, very intimate, and I didn't hear any sound problems, except for a little feedback now and again. Oh yes, he very amusingly said, "I don't see any ambassadors here".
The songs, the songs... The set list was brilliant. The First of the Gang to Die was better than I expected, really good. Speedway was great. During Maudlin Street he segued into Break Up The Family, "There were bad times on Maudlin Street, he drove me home in the van, complaining women only like me for my mind". I loved that.
Before Meat Is Murder he warned us to "be careful what you bite into" (or similar). The song was stunning. All the Smiths songs were fab, and didn't sound as old as some of the Viva Hate songs, which was strange. When the intro of Everyday Is Like Sunday began it sounded like some timeless classic number one single. We were swept away by it.
Nobody got on stage, though about five people tried to and most got a handclasp and a smile. The security was really quite pleasant, except for the one who told the screaming girl to "shut the fuck up" which was no more than she deserved.
There's loads more. The concert seemed to go on forever. It was spellbinding. But yet it was over so quickly.. Everyone seemed to be shellshocked leaving. The fans were maybe 80% male and very friendly. There was a lovely atmosphere.
The Ambassador is next door to the Rotunda Maternity hospital, in fact, the rotunda of the name is the Ambassador Theatre. Anyway, Morrissey said, "As some of you may know, playing this venue means a lot to me, because in 1970 I was born next door in the Rotunda" There was a big cheer which gradually turned to laughter as people did the maths.
I couldn't bear to see him leave the stage. I'm sure he really enjoyed himself tonight. It was a triumphant return to his homeland.
(Did I mention how beautiful he looked?)
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Re:EIRE now! (Score:2, Informative)
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Re:EIRE now! (Score:2, Informative)
I'm not sure what you are talking about... those are all lines from "Late Night, Maudlin Street."
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gilbert O sullivan cover (Score:1)
now!!!
Never thought Morrissey would do a Gilbert O'Sullivan cover.
A sinead O'Connor cover toningt?
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What time were the bands on at? (Score:0)
The moment we've all been waiting for... (Score:0)
There are no words... (Score:2, Informative)
It was a phenomenal gig, and my first time to see Moz live. I wasn't disppointed. He was witty, handsome and in fine voice. The crowd were great and there was a lovely atmosphere. I'll try to remember some quotes, but they're not exact...
"Westlife can kiss my arse...if they're lucky"
"I can smell body aroma...and you know what that means, Boz has the banjo..." (Breaks into Everyday is Like Sunday"
"Thank you, you've made us very happy tonight....but please, do one thing for me- don't talk about me when I'm gone"
"There are some people who...BEJAYSUS...sell out 3 nights at The Point (biggest venue in Dublin)...and there are some people who...BEJAYSUS...sell out 2 nights in The Point..." (I can't remember what he said after this)
He introduced the band by saying "I was in a leather bar on the Liffey last night and I met these four bowsies...over yonder is Boz, over hither is Gary, over yonder is Dean (crowd chant "Deano, Deano!" to smiles from Boz and Gary) and this is Alain. And for tonight, I am Gilbert O'Sullivan"
He said "It's great to be back doing my hometown gig" *Huge cheers from audience*
"This venue holds a special place for me, because I was born in the Rotunda in 1970" (The Rotunda is Dublin's most famous maternity hospital, and The Ambassador is right beside it- it was originally built to put on plays etc to fundraise for the Rotunda)
When he came out on stage, he said "Hello, Julia" and talked or made reference to her quite a lot during the set..singing the "Truly I do love you" of Maudlin Street whilst holding her hand, but I couldn't get a glimpse of this famous Julia Riley! Lucky girl.
Oh yes, when someone asked for 'Lucky Lisp' he said "Lucky Lisp? We don't do Lucky Lisp. And we never will.."
I'm sure there's more I'm missing out on which I'll try to remember later, but it was a superb gig. Don't leave it another 3 years before you come back, Moz....
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Celebs (Score:1)
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Different Gravy (Score:1, Informative)
Their was a fair bit of feedback after some of the songs but hopefully that will be sorted for tonight. The band were excellent very tight and all looked like they were having a great time, including Morrissey. Not many people seemed to know the new songs, which was a pity but they went down well anyway and the Gilbert O'Sullivan cover was actually very good.
Random Moz quotes:
"Westlife can kiss my ass.....they should be so lucky" before The World is Full...
"Welcome to the longest running situation comedy you've ever had the misfortune to dislike"
"I'll wear shorts tomorrow" after Nothing Rhymes
"I dont see any ambassadors here tonight"
As an aside if the girl who was standing on my foot a bit during the concert is reading this, why were you doing that? I was tall, sky blue t-shirt....say hello if you see me tonight, Im a friendly person!Unfortunately I was too busy minding the little bro to do anything. Her friend was small pretty, blonde hair...
dublin concert 2 (Score:1)
Terribly teen, unfashionably clean
I'm a prehistoric misanthropic vanity queen
From a place where to have fame meant to be hated.
See you all at the gig!
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filmed concert (Score:0)
in Dublin as well. But how many ?
was it a multi-angle shooting like
in Paris with a big "louma" on stage ?
I'm wondering which will make
onto the DVD, I hope it will be Paris.
Concert was amazing (Score:0)
mozza is english! (Score:1)
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Re:Who Cares??? (Score:2)
Speaking as someone who is Irish (as in born and bred – and proud without being nationalistic hopefully) I’d like to say that there's just no way Moz can be considered as anything less than English first and foremost.
His accent, his background, his cultural references, his mannerisms all scream of England. Not necessarily Manchester (the accent anyway) but most definitely England. And that’s only natural. He clearly likes Ireland (hence the house) and claims an affinity with the people. Which is nice. But strictly speaking it doesnt make him an Irishman. It might do if he totally disowned where he came from but I dont see that happening.
Though he could play for the national football team (now that Roy’s not so keen anymore) he needs to work on that Dublin accent a bit first. And learn a bit more geography beyond Crumlin, Swords and Stillorgan. (what happened to Harold’s Cross from 3 years ago? )
Much as I'd love to claim him as one of our own, that would be stretching things a bit too far when our friend across the sea have first dibs. But he comes from solid Irish stock – that’s the blood and the name as mentioned by someone earlier - so we might say Irish-once removed as in the next best thing. Admittedly the British seem to be claiming Bono as one of their '100 Great Britons' but we're used to that sort of behaviour by now (sly dig!).
What’s been posted here about certain countries’ fixation with roots is true. To my mind an ‘Irish’ (say) person needs to spend at least a large chunk of their formative years in an Irish setting doing ‘real’ Irish things like growing up playing with mála, watching Bosco on the telly, eating Tayto and drinking Club Orange, playing gaelic football/hurling/camoige before progressing as a teenager to listening to the Stunning clumsily attempting to shift at teenage discos and sitting a Leaving Cert. I don’t think a tricolour on your bedroom wall and a penchant for the Chieftains quite cuts the mustard. Same type of thing goes for every nationality. Once a person leaves their homeland, settles down in another country, has a family and raises them in a (often totally) different context their children’s nationality will naturally reflect those new surroundings as much if not more than where Dad or Mam hailed from. This is particularly true if your parents’ native language and skin colouring meant you were easily assimilated into the ‘new’ surroundings. So if you sang “God bless America” or whatever (sorry if it's the wrong song title) each morning before school then you are surely primarily an American and your other ethnic make-up is purely additional. Equally if you were born and raised in the vicinity of the ruffians of Rusholme then you are most assuredly, by definition, a Manc of some description. Mind you, the Gallagher brothers seem to claim an Irish rather than English identity (I for one don’t want to claim them) so the sense of Irishness in Manchester (as well as Liverpool and parts of London and Glasgow in particular) is probably stronger than I can ever appreciate.
I don’t wish to be offensive but Irish people would not regard someone of a diluted or long-distance ancestral line as being the same as them (mainly because Irish-Americans come across as being so very different – that’s what an ocean will do I suppose). It isn’t snobbery – it’s just accuracy. I wont speak on behalf of the Turks or Albanians etc. and how integrated their respective diasporas are.
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