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on Friday December 22 2006, @04:00PM
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love (Score:0)
the waiting is nearly over (Score:1)
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Come on GMEX people! (Score:0)
G-Mex (Score:0)
Gmex (Score:2, Informative)
"Historically, this is the very place where Edward Evans was scooped up by Ian Brady - this song is for Edward Evans"...(Everyday is Like Sunday)
The first 45mins was wonderful the last half hour was not. Pigsty, a disjointed Please Please and Daddy's Voice is a shameful way to finish a concert. He got the reaction at the end he deserved. Early on it was really energetic and I loved I've Changed My Plea. The only comment to Julia was something like "Julia here you are in Manchester - you've only yourself to blame".
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fat bastard (Score:1)
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By eck petal.... (Score:1)
Grat to see Morrissey having a fun time tonight. His voice was sounding the best ever. "Dear God" was stunning. The venue was amazing and carried the sound well....and yes, I was there 20 years ago, watching Moz from the same spot! Would love to see him in his white jeans again....maybe tomorrow. The audience was a bit quiet (unusual for Manchester) goading Morrissey into saying "Steady down!" I had fun dancing and singing..the people around me were having a ball...roll on tomorrow!!
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Did he play (Score:0)
1 down 1 to go (Score:0)
also left out the words 'national front disco' out of said song as well? Is this a trend from the past gigs, surely moz wouldn't want to stop himself from being offensive?
In your worst mancunian accent (Score:0)
Amazing (Score:1)
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Edward Evans (Score:1)
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time (Score:0)
Just so I can work out wether I am going to miss my train and end up sleeping on the street tonight...But I'm sure it'd be worth it.
how many (Score:1)
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encore? (Score:0)
'i know its over' would be a good choice
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My First Time! (Score:0)
spare tickets 23rd? (Score:0)
ive got 4 to sell, do i need to get there early to sell them?
Harpurhey Here We Come (Score:0)
I thought William.. sounded sensational. I wondered for a moment whether he was gonna rip open his shirt at the Marry Me bit. Sadly not.
Was stood next to Linder most of the night, who was with her partner (I assume), who I think was one of the talking heads on The Importance of Being Moz doc? Plus Chris Eccleston (the scruffy get!!) and his mate was stood behind us. Geezer. Amazing, all three of 'em involved in the Moz documentary!
G-Mex is a spectacular venue. Never been totally brilliant for sound, but I love it, its vast. Such a shame there won't be any more gigs there, but hey never mind.
Final comment - I still bloody hate the fact that the Ringleader tracks don't sound as fantastic on the album as they do when played live. But let's not get started on that again...
Cheers for a great night Moz.
g mex (Score:1)
The venue is spectacular and the atmosphere was building well before he arrived on stage . Way ahead of Nottingham. Highlights included I'll never be any bodys hero now and please please please let me get what I want. For such a big venue he was awesome. Daddys Voice at the end and as I cant go tonight if he dares do anything else as a final encore I will weep !!
He told us he loved us which means he must be insane. Long Live Morrissey
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Great Gig (Score:1)
Does anyone know why he apologised during Pigsty, did he make a mistake, or did he get upset?
Anyway a fantastic show, really wish I could go tommorrow, but I've got no money and loads of presents still to buy.
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g-mex (friday) (Score:0)
i saw the wembley gig and this was far better. roll on saturday!
my mate who is hardly the biggest moz fan came with me and when we eventually caught up with each other later he announced that the gig was monumental!!!
set-list has been criticised for not changing throughout the tour but moz and the lads have certainly "nailed" some of the set. "william..." sounded absolutely fantastic and shows what a great venue the g-mex is and how hollow the sound can be at some of these arenas.
onto saturday and i wouldn't be that surprised to see a few changes to the set (remember "panic" at the last night of the palladium).rumours in the pit last night were for "speedway" but we'll see what happens later.
SIMON
Back on form... (Score:0)
If you're going tonight, get there early enough to make your way to the front. We had to make do with being about 20 yards away from the stage.
Good set list - interesting to see the 'poppy' Moz singles (IBEH, FOTGTD) getting a better reception than the Smiths' tracks. Could have done without that boring Pigsty...yawn, yawn...why does Boz look as though he thinks he is in the LSO when he tinkles with his glasses of water???? It is just cringingly dull! And...what was with those awful outfits the poor guys were squeezed into..made Boz look like Humpty Dumpty...felt sorry for him!
That aside, a great night. Witty comments from the man. Wonderful voice. Sexy body - brought shouts of "Get your kit off!" from some folks (good idea!!!)
BY the way, there were some good t-shirts on sale inside (around £18) and the usual range of Moz/Smiths t-shirts outside, some at just £5.
See you there again tonight!!
Times (Score:0)
Merry Christmas (Score:0)
Last night was beautiful, absolutely beautiful!
I was surprised at the lack of audience reaction when they palyed "National Front Disco", "Disappointed" and even "How Soon Is Now?"! I couldn't see anyone near me dancing, but I didn't really mind. Hi to the bloke who "liked my whistle" - would've chatted a bit more, but OH was getting a bit peeved @ you being too friendly
Wish I could go tonight, but have to work till 22:00...
Hope you all have a lovely Christmas, see you all in 2007!
XXXxxxXXX
Alexandra.
xxxXXXxxx
g mex (Score:1)
in my opinion if you go to the front u should jump up and down and if you dont it makes people who are feel intimidated. men are bringing there wives along to the front who dont know any of the words and stand there like statues.
but over all it was a realy good night.
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Last Night I Dreamnt! (Score:1)
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Does anybody know.... (Score:1)
Many thanks in advance.
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Last night (Score:1)
The set, I'm personally glad to see pigsty, we weren't fortunate enough to have it played in bham.
Oh at the end of please please please, let me get what i want, did anyone else notice moz looked close to tears, if not already crying?
I cant blame the man if he was, i cried at two points of the show. Couldn't stop my self during I'll Never Be Anybody's Hero Now & Let me kiss you. Was so good arms in the air, tears running down my face, Morrissey serenading me...beautiful!
one thing i would like to say is, i do like the smiths yes, but come on moz drop the slow tempo of Girlfriend in a coma, and play some vauxhall and i...please? lol
Thanks to everyone who made me feel safe n happy (i was on my own at this gig) Today i feel like a weird emptiness (god knows what Julia's like at the end of a tour!!) due to knowing i may not see moz(alini)again till mid next year
THANK YOU MOZ & CO!
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Tell The Truth, Swallowneck! (Score:1)
Rumours are reaching me from my Moz "inner circle" that Speedway is poised to be the encore tonight... but sometimes they are wrong! We shall see...
At least Swallowneck can console himself with the fact that Harry Potter is on tv on Xmas day - I would sooner pickle my own penis and feed it to my cat than watch shit like that!!!
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A great show but... (Score:1)
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somebody please (Score:1)
Great to see the boss man on top form again. Saw him in Hamburg on Monday and had half convinced myself that the quality of the sound being produced there was a fluke - not to mention SP's good mood but both were back in abundance last night.
By all accounts this tour has been his best for quite few years and i certainly wouldn't disagree with my limited experience.
However, I can't help but agree with some of the post-gig comments for Hamburg - the set does feel almost as if it's upside down - a lot of crowd pleasers at the start but it peters out somewhat towards the end (personally I love LIAPS but it's not going to get them dancing in the aisles is it?). Don't Make Fun of Daddy's Voice is a fantastic song and easily in my top 20 Morrissey songs but a terrible choice for an encore. Contrary mofo
Extreme jealous waves to everyone going tonight - send my love.
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Set list changes for Saturday?? (Score:1)
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Sounds Great (Score:1)
These bigger venues have better sound but obviously lack the intamacy of the smaller venues earlier this year.
Seen our man 6 times this year so thanks to him and the band for all their hard work,
Hope you all have a great Xmas and see you next year?
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Gmex 22nd (Score:0)
What a night (Score:1)
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G-Mex Video (Score:0)
Garys at it again (Score:0)
Non, moi je ne suis pas jealous. Pas du tout.
Some random remembrances... (Score:0)
He thanked everyone who’d voted for him in the culture show and said of course he’d couldn’t win but never mind, we have that icon of art and culture David Fattenborough. He then gave a cranky ‘meh’ noise, like he was half annoyed, half really not bothered!
Introducing the band- when he got to Mikey he said, ‘last and always least’ at which point there were some ‘aww’s’ from the crowd so he said, ‘ hear that? Sympathy? I won’t be using that one again then’! Then introduced him as ‘pretty boy’ Mikey Farrell which Boz and Gary were laughing at.
With the bow at the end Morrissey stayed bowed for longer than was obviously comfortable for the rest of the band and they started rising up and looking at Moz slightly confused. Matt was laughing and trying to help him up, at which point he fell to his knees! Quite amusing.
There were four shirts: light blue/ red/ black/ white. The first two got thrown into the crowd.
His final comment to the best of my memory: ‘I’m sorry my hair is so long, I do hope it hasn’t ruined your evening? But I want you to know that until my flesh drops off, I am yours eternally. I love you.’
Then at the end Boz came over and thanked us for giving them such a fantastic concert. He then had a paper aeroplane of the set-list which he flew and it swooped round back onto stage! So he was laughing about how it’d been caught on camera (is there hope for a DVD release?!) and had better luck second time round.
So, a brilliant concert but it seemed like we had to wait for such a long time with the doors opening at 6pm. I felt sorry for Kristeen Young, she put on a wonderful performance and had to put up with a lot of abuse that really wasn’t needed. I don’t know how she had the motivation to go and get a replacement keyboard when hers broke towards the end of her set.
Morrissey looked stunning and sounded note-perfect, I couldn’t fault him in any way, although I do wish he’d strayed over the left side of the stage a few more times! The crowd was pretty hard-core, I couldn’t believe the amount of pressure of people pushing constantly through the gig, it was pretty intense. An amazing experience though.
Still Tired
M.E.N. Gig Review (Score:1)
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainm
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Great gig (Score:1)
it was a wonderful gig despite the people who looked and sounded like they would have been more at home at a Quoasis or Happy Mondays tribute night at thier scummy local.
a lot of inapropriate arm waving etc and shouting when moz was actually saying he was dedicating a song to a victim of the moors murders.
this sounds really fucking negative doesnt it ! but despite all this what a great gig ! moz on top form and a mosh pit that, despite two nasty fights, was joyous !!
glad to say it was my mates first moz gig and he was blown away by it, i was so happy for him
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2nd show (Score:1)
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Not lacklustre where I was (Score:0)
Review of GMEX gig on 22nd (Score:0)
http://www.paper-jam.co.uk/articles/morrissey-gme
Who's on the drum skin? (Score:1)
Or where In can get a copy from - someone must have taken a photo by now.
It looked like a man and woman on a motorbike, both thinking about Morrissey. I spend many hours on a motorbike thinking about Morrissey
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Friday's Gig - Word from the front row... (Score:0)
He's in a blue shirt with a pink tie, and looks a bit school master-y... Not in a Jarvis Cocker, geography teacher way, more like a mad old english lit teacher! No matter, the tie is soon off, and the shirts half off and it seems like the whole place is going up! Having read previous posts, it seems I may have been wrong about this, but let me tell you, if you want atmosphere get down the front! He tells us to steady down, there's a bit of a scrap behind me, but he just rolls through the set, to the delight of those around me at least... lads are crowd surfing, including one girl whose stillettos bang about on the heads of others (not mine, I ducked!) and a few try to get onto the stage... Moz keeps winding us up even more, by leaning over the stage, just a breath away from our reaching hands, but he's just that bit too far away... Dissapointed was a highlight for me, everyone jumping up and down, singing back at him... He was quite a bit more chatty than previous gigs I have been to, told us that we looked friendly (understatement of the year!) and informed us that Edward Evans was taken from this very station by Brady... Thought for a moment we'd be getting 'suffer little children' but no, we get EDILS, which is met by frantic thrashing about by us lot... The shirts aren't coming anywhere near my side of the stage - no matter... I got one earlier in the year, and I tell you something else, he's lost some weight being on tour this long, and he's far more energetic, mic thrashing, rolling about on the floor, he looked absolutely amazing... And that's for all you lot who think that he's past it - far from it mate! And I am so glad that you're wrong too - He tells us that he is from the slums (nice way to speak of Stretford, but then he's right you know!) but my god he brushed up well!
The set list was a bit on the ringleader heavy side, but I was made up with 'Please, Please, Please let me get what I want' (or 'who I want', as the words were changed to!) and suddenly I was that 14 year old again, laid in awe on my bedroom floor, thinking, 'oh God, smother me Morrissey'... I hope he comes home again soon...
Elsie
Intro film (Score:0)
Smiths cabaret (Score:1)
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aspergers (Score:0)