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on Friday October 15 2004, @09:00PM
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stage (Score:1)
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the piss lake side town that they forgot to bomb (Score:0)
come nuclear bomb(s)!!!!
Great Show - Pessimistic Moz (Score:2, Informative)
The venue was very nice. It looked like a either an Acapulco resort or a Moroccan village. Damien came on and was very friendly and intense.
Morrissey came out with the band (dressed in their Jobraith shirts). How Soon is Now kicked off the evening. After the song he welcomed us into his ballroom.
It was obvious Morrissey wasn’t happy with the acoustics of either the band and/or the venue. The stage was about 7 feet off the ground making it difficult for anyone to rush the stage.
Some comments he made were (I am paraphrasing):
• I have to do my duty to persuade you to help not reelect Bush (mixed reaction, then into "Crashing Bores")
• "We are all specs of dust in this world. What’s the point?”
• He told mentioned Julia and something about not crushing her (I was two rows behind her, I think. She looked like she was wearing broken glass. Was that her with the Hawaiian looking guy?)
• He asked the crowd if they would catch him if he fell off of the stage.
• "Nice try" (when someone did a really lame attempt to get onstage. No one made it.)
He did make a clever change in "Big Mouth" replacing hearing aid with IPod.
My own comments:
• You Know I Wouldn’t Last is awesome live
• When Did Boz start looking like my Dad?
• No major change in set list but "The More You Ignore Me…. " was added.
• Semiweek crowd.
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Who got the shirt? (Score:1)
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Post-Show (Score:1)
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the aragon (Score:1)
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Terrific Show- Morrissey was distressed (Score:1)
Morrissey only got to touch hands with one fan- (way to go, Lucas!)
The fans were great.
Morrissey made a depressing comment about dying- "we are all dust" (I am paraphrasing).
Nobody could even really try to get on stage.
Damien Dempsey was AWESOME. He is inspired and inspiring. He is a handsome, sincere gent. He bears close watching. He sang his songs with great compassion.
Set list:
It was very similar to other shows. It was great.
Deano looked awesome with NO shirt on.
Also- Morrissey played plenty of Jobriath before the show started.
With love,
Ken Stavitzke
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set - incorrect order (Score:1, Informative)
fotgtd
nov
let me kiss you
rubber ring
you know I couldn't last
I have forgiven jesus
how can anybody possibly know how I feel
bigmouth
such a little thing
irish blood english heart
the more you ignore me the closer i get
world is full of crashing bores
i like you
don't make fun of daddy's v.
let me kiss you
last night i dreamt that somebody loved me
subway train/everyday is like sunday
there is a light that never goes out
Setlist (Score:1)
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Setlist Correction (Score:2, Informative)
Sorry. See you in Milwaukee
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Chicago (Score:1)
Any Famous Faces out there tonight?
Famous people from Chicago.
Like ummmm
Eddie Vedder
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like the shroud of turin... (Score:1)
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Best Show Ever (Score:1)
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guess what i got? (Score:0)
Great night....thanks,
nissan
are you sure you like these songs? (Score:0)
when he said that, it was funny to me.
the morrissey show was fantastic. it is hard for me to say which concert i preferred, the one he played in june under "corporate" pretenses or this one. but i was very pleased with the set list. when they opened with how soon is now i just about died. and i really enjoyed boz's gun guitar. that was very brilliant.
i thought that they played very well, and i too thought the ipod comment was great. morrissey is truly a great man to me.
it's wierd because i frequent the "smiths/morrissey" nights at delilah's here in chicago, and sometimes i think that the spirit of the fans is larger in that setting than it is in a live respect. but then again, that could be the alcohol. i thought the crowd could have given more. but they did all come together for "there is a light that never goes out" which is to be expected. it looked like the "bloys in the bland" really enjoyed the show.
and i'm all for gratuitous gong usage.
cheers,
aubrey
Set List Correction (Score:2, Informative)
Great show.
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from The Aragon to The Rave (Score:1)
p.s.
thanks Jen!
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Deano ... oh, my God! (Score:0)
Bush (Score:2, Insightful)
I just wish he'd leave politics aside. The comment that if "Bush is re-elected, Iraq would become safer than the United States" was totally uncalled for.. My response to comments like this is - first go and live in such a totalitarian dictatorship under the rule of a raging psychopath - and then we'll talk. It's too bad many don't realize how good they have it in the States.
Other than that - I'll remember this show for many years to come.
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Re:Just Step on Everybody so we can have it Good (Score:2, Interesting)
Question - why are so many people trying to emigrate to the "false Goodie life" in the US, why aren't they instead trying to go to Russia, China, Lybia, Afganistan or Iraq? Even Morrisey came to live in the US...
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Parent
the truth (Score:0)
Absolutely Fabulous!!! (Score:1)
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chilled out crowd (Score:1)
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Boys to the left, Girls to the right... (Score:1)
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Concert review (Score:0)
Upon leaving the Aragon... (Score:1)
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start time? (Score:0)
Morrissey banter (Score:1)
A few songs later he said, "MTV sponsored this concert. Does anybody actually watch MTV?" Of course, the crowd gave a resounding 'no!' to which Moz replied, "Then why does it exist?"
After "I Like You" he told the audience, "It sounds better on the album, but thanks anyway."
His voice was in top form and he gave a passionate performance complete with nipple rubbing and suggestive hand gestures, though he didn't seem to talk as much as others reported he did at previous shows. I saw numerous people around us crying, including myself during "Last Night I Dreamt..." The depth of emotion that Moz inspires in a crowd is unparalled. I have never seen a more charismatic performer in my life. No one can hold a crowd in the palm of his hand like Morrissey.
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The Smiths (sort of/I wish!) in Chicago! (Score:1)
On Wednesday, November 3 at Martyr's Bar @ 3855 N. Lincoln, the (cover) band Tributosaurus becomes THE SMITHS! www.martyrslive.com
Tributosaurus is the Jurassic beast of multiple musical faces, and every month, the beast morphs into a different rock group. The finest musicians from Chicagoland join the core group to sit in…to sing and play songs they’ve wanted to cover all their lives.
p.s. if the crowd gets into this more than last friday's show, i will wonder to myself...
Damn, Moz & the bloybland put on an awesome show!
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University of Chicago Maroon - Review (Score:1)
By Mehan Jayasuria
October 27, 2004 in Voices
One never knows quite what to expect at a Morrissey show. While this blanket statement is applicable in any number of ways, let’s start with the most immediately apparent: the audience. By this point, Morrissey’s obsessive fan base draws from so many subcultures that his audiences look about as diverse as a general-population sample. The demographic best represented on Friday night was the “old Morrissey fan”: Between 25 and 40 years of age, looking more like a parent than a concert-goer and possibly sporting an old Moz tour shirt as if it were a badge of honor. Meanwhile, Goths showed off their new tattoos to each other and young hipsters chain-smoked nervously (despite Morrissey’s prohibition on smoking at all shows).
But the truly remarkable thing about Morrissey is not the type of people he attracts to his music, but rather the obsessive devotion he draws from them. When Morrissey finally took the stage after a drawn-out intro, something else unexpected happened. He launched into “How Soon Is Now?,” the Smiths’ only U.S. radio hit. As that classic staccato guitar line ripped through the room, the crowd rushed the stage, singing, dancing, and (in rare instances) crying. Under the glow of a ten-foot tall sign spelling out “MORRISSEY” in red lights, the man of the hour strutted, belting out in that unmistakable voice, “I am human and I need to be loved/Just like anybody else does.” When a bouquet of orchids flew towards the stage, he caught them and expertly tossed them back into the crowd. We could all feel it; the Moz was back.
Just don’t call it a comeback. Despite a reluctance to play the Smiths’ songs since their breakup in ’87, Morrissey has finally started to consistently work them into his set, making many a fan’s dream come true—especially those fans too young to have seen the Smiths during their short lifespan. Additionally, this is his first major tour in years, supporting the excellent You Are the Quarry, his first record since 1997’s ill-received Maladjusted.
Never one to let his past outshine him, Morrissey chose to follow up the opener with “First of the Gang to Die,” the strongest of his new batch of songs. With his outstanding backing band behind him, the song roared to life, eliciting nearly as much excitement as the opening number. Morrissey’s voice sounded as good as ever as he sang his trademark tragicomic lyrics: “And he stole from the rich and the poor/And the not-very-rich/And the very poor/And he stole all hearts away.” During “November Spawned A Monster,” he unbuttoned his shirt and caressed himself before laying down on the stage and writhing, just as he had in the old days. “You do realize that if that Bush character gets back in, Iraq will be safer than America,” he joked before “The World is Full of Crashing Bores.” Afterwards, he ripped off his shirt and threw it into the audience before running backstage for a change of clothes (he would do this two more times before the end of the night).
During the Smiths’ classic “Bigmouth Strikes Again,” the Pope of Mope proved that he’s still in touch by substituting “And now I know how Joan of Arc felt/As the flames rose to her Roman nose and her iPod started to melt” for the song’s infamous “Walkman” lyric. He briefly congratulated himself for three top 10 singles in Britain this year (a new record for him), before performing his new single “Let Me Kiss You.” “It’s much better on the CD, but thanks anyway,” he quipped. An unexpected and spot-on performance of the Smiths’ “Rubber Ring” followed—replete with a sample of Latvian psychologist Konstantin Raudive. When he played You Are the Quarry’s first single “Irish Blood, English Heart” next, the crowd worked into a frenzy. On record, the song’s pop-punk choruses sound almost tailor-made for the radio, due to Jerry Finn’s slick production. However, live, the song was born again—its signature guitar squeals and heavy riffs standing up to the best o
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