please please please let me get hat I want in France...

The Same as Amsterdam... No surprise.
Very very good show !
Moz said he'd like to live in Paris but he can't afford it...
He talked about Sacha Distel...
The Band was great.
Bye Bye

First Of The Gang To Die
Still Ill
You Have Killed Me
The Youngest Was The Most Loved
Reader Meet Author
Let Me Kiss You
My Life Is A Succession Of People Saying Goodbye
Girlfriend In A Coma
I Will See You In Far-off Places
To Me You Are A Work Of Art
Life Is A Pigsty
Trouble Loves Me
How Soon Is Now?
Irish Blood, English Heart
A Song From Under The Floor Boards
I Just Want To See The Boy Happy
At Last I Am Born
Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me

Moz welcome us to his own "Sacha Show" (Sacha Distel used to have his own tv music show in france in the 70's. He thanked french people for having Claude Brasseur, Brigitte Bardot (who "is good to black widow spiders") and of course Sacha Distel (Someone in the audience offered Moz a couple of vintage 45" from Distel "should I pay you" ?).

T.

was the climax despite the thirty last seconds spoiled by the band playing too loud and ... quiet bad

On sort d'un mois de grève, alors on sait ce que c'est: le minimum syndical.
J'adore Morrissey, mais force est de constater que c'était un concert sans la moindre surprise: même set-list que les jours précédents, même attitude (je l'ai vu hier), même durée, bref, du classique, sans le petit plus qui aurait pu rendre la soirée réellement extraordinaire.
C'était génial (car, il est génial !), mais sans plus.

Arpalou

Is that a B-side?

I had not heard about that one.

Hello,
I am a long-term Morrissey Fan since 1990
and I have seen him playing at least 25 times,
means I was travelling a lot to see him, as he
is not that often in Germany.
Beside his fantastic voice, I always like the music (except Kill Uncle) as well, mainly as I love guitars. I have seen Morrissey in 2006 in OK
twice and I will see him in London and Manchester as well. So I am loyal, but - the live sound seems to be too perfect...voice, music everything is fine, but the atmosphere is missing and a lack of live energy. I love to hear some new tunes, hard guitars, something different. The keyboard sound makes it very much like the CD and the live power is lacking. E.g. Boz is playing on the ROTT mostly acoustic guitars and I am a guitar lover, but I could hardly hear him playing at all. Or in Ok he played the first nite Suedehead, it sounded soooo soft and not catchy anymore...not important, but this are my thoughts about the too perfect sound of Morrissey live nowadays...I am the only one having this feeling ?

It was a good venue. I met interesting quiff fellas and few good people standing at the queue.
The show was ok. Quite like Helsinki but the crowd less involved maybe. I really enjoyed "Still ill" this time (very well done and catchy) and "My life is an endless title..." (It seems as if i were the only one to be thrilled by it).
Moz didn't speak that much. He looked bored and quite obliged to say something nice about France. He said he'd like to live here but unfortunately can't afford it. When people reacted he add "why are you laughing?".
He spoke about the marvellous country that brought Claude Brasseur, Françoise Hardy, Brigitte Bardot (the crowd slightly throw some "boooo" because she's well know for her conservative views around here), Serge Gainsbourg and obviously Sacha Distel. I then gave him Sacha Distel singles :
"Do you sell them?". I said i could make a special price and he said something like "there's at least someone who likes me". He took them, looked pleased and made my day.
YANN

PS : I do apologize for the fellow-foreign-Dolce&Gabbana-fans who really enjoy the misfits, ruffians and hooligans mythology but can't stand the smell of a male frog. I confess the one who stinked was me. But forgive me, here in France, we are not used to take care of our hygiene and, as we don't have electricity, we wait for hot rain to take a shower.

Remember that what comes to your nose depends on the air con of the venue, not necessarily from the people.

As far as I'm concerned, Moz put on a really good show, the band played louder than ever which rocked the place, unlike the 2002 where he played everything slower with probably a budget sound system. In fact, the show sets a much higher standard compared to the previous Olympia and the 2004 Zenith which was a disappointment to me.

The crowd, although not going mad at every single frown and move of the man, was cheerful and warm, and so was the Mozzer. People who say the audience was cold and numb have obviously no eyes because I saw many fans with tears of joy in their eyes.

One thing that might surprise foreigners is that the fanbase in France have barely changed since the 80's while it's been much renewed in the UK or the US. 80% of the people in the crowd were the same thirty-something misfits with (no-longer NHS) designer specs on their nose you could see at the shows in the 80's or 90's.

If a few ranting brats can't take notice of such things and pay a little respect to those who have been following Moz for 20 years, I truely believe he does. And he was obviously happy to be there last night.

If you didn't enjoy it, you should have stayed in bed. I wouldn't have stepped on your toes. You wouldn't be whining now.

RW

After reading your wonderful comments about the french fans , I have to admit that a real Moz's fans hides a good old racist ... It seems that the National Front can feel some pain sometimes ...

Truly yours, Stanley.

Being a morrissey fan does not mean being deaf..

Moz does not deserve such a poor band.... heavy guitars when sensibility should be on, 80's keyboards..and a a quality of sound never heard in the Olympia...& I am not talking about false chords and lack,of rythm of some songs (girlfriend in a coma !!!)

Despite a non surprising set list (same as previous night - same next ones)
Moz has still a voice , a presence far above anyone around... but at least he could make efforts ..;picking a few old tunes , teach his band other Smiths songs (last nigh, how soon, coma...as last year)...

.

Last night's gig was the best I ever saw. It may be biased, but i loved it. Steven Morrissey was full of Grace.

I agree saying the crowd was rather quiet i.e. not jumping at every song but it was OK.

As already mentioned, he talked about Samy Frey but there were many people who understood. I think it just took a few seconds more than for the other names to link this one. Well he is a good actor too.

He answerded to s.o. in the front left and said "(...)you are frustrated? (...)she needs some medication" Did so hear what the girl was saying? Well it doesn't matter that much, but it might have been funny.

He mentioned Julia, saying: "where are U Julia?" she was in the front right -a boy then shouted "I'm here, I'm Juliaaa" Funny.

For "Songs from under..." he asked after the song: "How do you know this one, you can't!"

Morrissey sang better than ever to my opinion and seemed pleased. He was funny too, imitating us at the end applausing and pretending he was too tired too make his hands meet.

"Life is a pigsty" was a moment of big emotion floating in the air. I think many in the crowd must have been touched too...

Great night, the only point is that is was a little bit too short!

Viva Morrissey, greatest Poet of the century.
Cat.

Paris is a lovely city, French people are wonderful (and don't smell any worse than your average Englishman!), and FFS Moz was there!!! Why do you all have to pick on things when you should be appreciating being in Moz' presence and enjoying his art??? Francophobic comments are so unneccessary!

aren't there any photos, videos or links to local reviews posted yet for this concert? could it be that, on top of everything, the french are also selfish :)? prove me wrong before it's too late.

Any pictures? Please upload, thanks! //\\//\\

Just one thing, you English people hating French country and inhabitants : please forget us, don't come to Paris, don't buy French houses in south of France... !
Last year I went to Arsenal's stadium to see a game against Charlton. Coming back to France, I told my friends about atmosphere, passion, love of sport, fair-play... I DIDN'T WRITE A POST COMMENT ABOUT HUNDRED OF DRUNK "SUPPORTERS" (MEN AND WOMEN)PISSING OR VOMITTING BEER AGAINST THE WALLS (fans of Trainspotting maybe?), because that's also England...

So let's talk about music please, and good british music !

Fantastic show, strong set, still ill was a bit of mess and you could barely hear the bass on the first few tracks played, Just a little too loud for my ears. but overall it was a great show. And what a voice, god, what a voice!!!

And please spare us with french bashing!!! the audience at the gig was actually quiet trendy

What types of swag has been available at these shows so far besides the requisite t-shirts? Tour programmes? Other unique items limited to Europe only? etc?

Hey you all!
I've uploaded some pics of the gig in Paris... they are already available.
Enjoy them
Scarlet o' hara

Let hope he is totally bored of it cos I am!

ha ha ha ha.

then don't.
no one asked you to. canada, indeed, sucks. i mean, canadians suck at baseball too, they're usually weirdo pricks. i once had a canadian roommate, and he had this vivid fascination with prancing around in his underwear bouncing off the walls. his humor was weird, and he was weird. i tried to be friendly, but he was just weird. true story. in canada's defense, i did have a few good canuck friends in college, but they were still always just a little weird. odd, and insecure humor. very nerdy. but overall, canada really sucks in every major way, it's no big loss. the only thing half interesting to come out of canada is Eric Gagne, Tom Green, and perhaps Mike Meyers, but that might be stretching it.
anyway, you make a good point, but canada does suck and should be left behind. i don't want you to buy the album, and in fact, you better not! but i know you will, you can't help it. you're one of THOSE. you'll be in the corner, in the dark, beating off to, "Dear God Please Help Me". anyway, dude, ciao!

I think I might have been misunderstood here.
I'm French, and I don't want to spread bad stereotypes.
As I said, I go to lots of shows, movies, subways and other crowdy places...it's quite rare to be disturbed by nasty smells...

Please, if you have an odor issue, take a shower (and use soap) before going to a crowdy place.

Just hoping the smell didn't reach the stage, or we'll never see Morrissey in France again :)

Did I tell you I saw several couples making love during the whole show (1 hour and a half, wow)
Just trying to spread a better stereotype...