· More Tour stories
· More Tour stories
· Also by davidt
Morrissey-solo
Archive
|
|
|||||||||
posted by
davidt
on Saturday October 13 2007, @11:00PM
Post your info and reviews related to this concert in the comments section below. Informative and interesting posts will be moderated up and highlighted. Other links (photos, external reviews, etc.) related to this concert will also be compiled in this section as they are sent in.
This discussion has been archived.
No new comments can be posted.
Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium (October 13, 2007) post-show
| Top
| 289 comments
| Search Discussion
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
(1)
|
2
(Morrissey-solo Overload: CommentLimit 50)
(1)
|
2
(Morrissey-solo Overload: CommentLimit 50)
|
|||||||||
|
First! (Score:0)
anexiety (Score:1)
(User #18852 Info)
beyond words (Score:0)
Can't wait to hear (Score:1)
(User #20095 Info)
egidahg8adhgoa (Score:0)
Anyone?
The Final Night (Score:2, Informative)
(User #9118 Info)
Viva Moz (Score:1)
E.
(User #20140 Info)
Re:Yes (Score:2, Informative)
During Kristeen's set, some dude kept yelling show us your tit's again and again. I felt bad for him showing how un-evolved he was in front of so many people, and Morrissey said later, " Now Kristeen said, I want to encourage nudity at the start of her show, which I didn't really approve of or something like that "
Also two total ding dongs rightly pissed off close to ten or so people all around us, becuase they thought they were the biggest fans or something. Some people left to get away from them and yelled continually during the show to have them ejected. I can't put my finger on it,.but they were so self centered with some sort of self entitlement or just drunk. Don't get me wrong, I encourage getting your groove on,
Morrissey rocked it, I think he felt the love, but you never know. At the end all the band mates came out with Manchester? jerseys on, and they all threw their shirts into the crowd. Good times, peace
(User #20148 Info | http://myspace.com/fasttonymusic)
Parent
No more standing online!!! (Score:0)
fizzled (Score:0)
slightly disappointed with the ending of the set.
Elbow in the eye..... (Score:1)
(User #18707 Info)
Final Night (Score:0)
The crowd seemed rough,edgey, un-like any other show I have been to, it was a totaly diffrent vibe. I agree with the poster who said the first 1/3 was good, but the last half fizzled.
There did not seem to be much finallity to being the last show in LA. I say this meaning Moz did not seem to send any sort of heartflet goodbye or get emotional like he sometimes has. It seemed more like a finallity for the Palladium.
No special encore, FOTGTD.
During the encore, things got hectic, tons of people trying to get on stage. One guy fell head first onto the ground and sat their dazed and trampled for the entire song. If there was a double encore, it got scrapped, too crazy.
All in all, good fun, it's Moz after-all and he was in top form. Just no finallity to the evening, I do not think he is done with LA just yet, at least I hope not.
BeeWee
awesome (Score:0)
see u guys next year! (Score:0)
What was up w/ the crowd (Score:0)
myspace.com/manuelruiz626
Moz Angeles (Score:1)
(User #14735 Info)
Forgot to mention... (Score:1)
(User #14735 Info)
Black Eyed Boz Boorer (Score:0)
Who ever did that to him, deserves a bitch slap.
finally! (Score:0)
Pissed! (Score:1)
1. Pissed, err drunk. Maybe!
2. Pissed at the A-hole who got confrontational and prevented me from recording the show. As a result I got only snippets. This meat-head wanted to fight and kept pushing me to the extent that security swarmed the area and I had to abort my efforts. Although I was disappointed with the show, one of the things I have enjoyed the most is enabling others who could not attend the opportunity to re-live the momment. Especially those who put forth the effort to provide for others because I understand how much effort it takes. Regardless of my feelings I have a little footage from Monday and nearly the whole shows from Thursday and Friday and will post soon enough.
3. I understood from the beginning that I should not expect too much. Yet, is it too much to expect a little? Considering the vast catalog of music, was it asking too much to deviate from the setlist any? Instead we only heard songs that had already been played during this tenure. I'll give it to the band because they were spot on! Crisp! But this is LA, a supposed 2nd home, and an extremely unique and dedicated fan base. So why wasn't there something unique played? I have seen an ass-load of shows this year and the earlier leg was the same way. At the Borgata show, the last one on the earlier leg, I thought he might go out with a bang but instead he abbreviated the set by eliminating a song. Same thing occured tonight. What a way to give thanks to loyalties.
4. Piss-poor attitude. I have always enjoyed Moz's mimmicking of the crowd because I realize that after so much time on the road it's difficult to cope with hearing the same things over and over. But it seemed there was no interest in anything anyone had to say. You can't hear anyone when everyone is yelling but to mock the crowd the way he was is condascending. To say that it was good to see all the chubby faces was no way to pay homage to the "irregulars". For the second time he made light of the cancellations by joking about the pipe bursting, which i my mind only reiterates the fact that it may be only a ruse.
5. Seeing him after the show at Cat and Fiddle only proves how inaccessible he is. I made no attempt to approach him because I think it is proper to respect his space. But why go to such a place where you kow an abundance of fans will be and then set up a perimeter and strong arm others away? You held court while looking like Andy Capp (sp?). Your whole career has been predicated on attention yet you only further alienate yourself.
6. It is my opinion that you must not have any awe for your audience. If the only time you feel alive is when you are onstage then I guess I have to ask who is it you are entertaining? Yourself or the fans?
(User #18941 Info | http://www.youtube.com/SDHigbie)
Sad to say.... (Score:1)
Still, Moz is Moz. We got what we paid for: An excellent show. Maybe not by Moz standards, but i'll take him over anyone.
Seen my man David T. in the crowd!
Now I guess it's back to eighties bar club nights and bacon-wrapped 'dogs' to get my Moz fix.
No more HEYHEYHEYHEYHEYHEYHEYHEYHEYHEY. Dude was on fire today! Anyone else see that?
Boz had a black eye. Looked kinda like he was just trying to do something different.
They gave "it" to the "Bjork Identity" tonight. If i'm being completely open, the best thing about tonight is that I won't have to stand throughout another of her sets in order to see Moz up close (hopefully). I know i'm not the only one that feels this way.
But you know what? I keep it to myself. One of the worst things you can do to a person is insult them in front of other people/strangers. The clones went to town. I know this was the last chance you clones had to "get off" on her, but was it really necessary?
If i'm being open again, i'd like to bend her over and floss my teeth with her thong. Is that old goat Visconti hitting "it"? Man, I gotta start producing some records. But I don't put that kind of pressure on her. To the "winner" that said 'show us your tits': How does it feel to have Moz call you out on it? You do appreciate a musician's efforts...right? That's why you are there...correct? How do you other clones think this jerk feels now? Hope it was worth it.
That Jeff White is a bad ASS on drums! Say what you want about the "Bjork Identity" and her "shreds", this guy has talent. Hope he works with Moz one day.
Saw what appeared to be World Series of Poker champ, Jerry Yang get up near the stage. How did he grow a "pomp" so fast?
Moz seemed genuinely greatful for the people that came out all 10 errrrrrr 8 nights. This was my highlight.
Thank you Moz for just being there.
OUT
(User #720 Info | http://www.jimrome.com/)
I thank you with all of my heart (Score:1)
Doug
Elaine
Alex
Eduardo
Andrea
Melanie
April
Joel
Tom
John
JJ
Diane
Russ
Mitch
And anyone else I forgot to mention. Sorry if I forgot anyone. It's been the longest and best week of my life. Thank you all for being my new Moz family. I thank you with all of my heart, that's if I had one
The set tonight showed nothing new, but it was great to see HSIN open. I would have liked to see another song, who wouldn't of though. I am pleased with everything that I have seen so far out here. I am very thankful he took my gift again. Elaine's was far better of an Elvis record. I loved the way he held it over his face. He took mine during Shoplifter's when saying "hand it over..." It was a record of 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong. I would have loved to have given it a listen, but I got more enjoyment out of seeing Morrissey take it from me.
First Of The Gang was ca-razy! I got kicked in the nose a few times, as did April. I know Andrea must have gotten it too. I tried to keep the crowd off you all, but I couldn't. I am so happy I got to come out here and experience this. I bet the east coast fans are nothing like this.
Leaving LA in 3 hours, time for some sleep.
Goodnight, and thank you.
(User #19878 Info)
videos? (Score:0)
Set List (Score:0)
idiot macho dickhead LATINOS (Score:0)
Video? (Score:1)
(User #20096 Info)
Thank you, Morrissey! (Score:1)
Setlist solid wiff many middling "hits". The dropped song from the setlist was "Youngest", I think. I'm so thankful he didn't subject us to Boy Yappy even though I like Mikey's trombone playing.
Human "Bean" was brilliant.
Like Friday's, Saturday's crowd is the "popular" crowd, so nothing special would be played. My only mistake is I'm hoping...that Sing Yer Life would be played, but since it wasn't sound-checked, I didn't hold any hope for it. If You Don't Like Me... is an obscure b-side, so he wouldn't have played it either on a popular night.
I think the reason why the Friday crowd was so tame compared to the earlier weekdays was that mostly insane "die-hards" and young kids (or those young-at-heart and irresponsible enough to cut class/work) would attend. The cut-rate tix and promotions for free tix attract a younger, more pashernate kind of person who's willing to take risks.
I thought I would have the worst Moz-over evah, but despite sleeping in the car instead of a bed (too tired to drive home safely after late-night Thai) and having attended my last intended gig of this tour, I feel okay. My head, shoulders, arms, and legs were sore last night (and covered with ugly, hard bruises), but I'm feeling no pain right now even without the benefit of pharmaceuticals or any kind of therapy except Morrissey. All you need is M.
Left the Palladium happy in the haze despite the gross smell of sausages and ciggies polluting the air. Marijuana smoking was heavy (and present every night), but I think I'm inured to it by now.
Got to pick from a couple of superb spaces at the barrier despite being stuck about 25th or so behind all the queue-jumpers and list-anarchists : ). I had been rather down all Saturday and preparing myself to have to go to the balcony, but I think the saints smiled shyly down upon uth rucky rithperth.
D was next to me and got the first handshake from Moz of the night (during the opener HSIN). I got one right after. Then that beautiful bitch got a 2nd one from El Mozzer later on in the night! : )
Moz said so many funny things that my head is spinning. I'll make a separate post when I can get it together. But I remember these moments...
Said that tonight they had a close call with another burst water main. I couldn't help but guffaw loudly, and Moz was standing right in front of me. I'm sure other people laughed, too. So Moz asked, "Is that funny?" I think audience shouted back NO. But I said YES.
When he mentioned that their little wagon was trundling off to Salt Lake City, audience booed. Moz also made a crack about Glendale (a bland local middle-class suburb) -- its name is redundant, meaning valley-valley or even sillier -- broad valley-narrow valley. Like, omigawd, totally awesome!
Moz asked some bizarre pun-question about what does one call a man with a womb? A womb-man? A woman? I was so relieved not to have the mic in my face and be asked this nonsensical question. A woman answered, "Woman" and Moz approved. I wonder if Moz is fixated on getting pregnant with his auto-donated sperm and artificial womb. That monologue in SF is still the most bizarre thing he's said on this tour.
During Stretch, sang "It's the Manchester blood in my veins again." Pointed the mic at us again and let the audience answer the question "Is there any point in having children?" And we faithfully shouted, "NO!" or "NO! NO! NO!"
There were several moments where Moz just stood back, not singing, and let the audience sing the lyrics. Sometimes it appears to be due to him botching it, mic problems, monitor problems, or because we're just so loud.
During One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell, he's been changing the words around. Earlier, I thought he was singing, "When I die, I'm going straight to Hell." But the last two times, I noticed he sings, "I WANT to go to Hell." And earlier, he used to admonish
(User #1764 Info)
Hollywood (Score:1)
Morrissey was really happy. The Palladium of course was packed.
Kristeen Young was awesome as always. Her hair looked really cool, and her dress was nice, it had a big batch of fake grapes sowed on. She sounded great. At one point she said, "You guys are being so kind, please be rude again."
And then later she said something like, "I'm so glad you guys like this, and for those who don't, well this isn't for you."
Morrisey came out, I noticed that there wasn't a back drop this time. He first came out wearing a black shirt. His hair looked great. He started with How Soon Is Now, which really pumped up everyone, even though they were alreayd pumped up since the moment they entered the Palladium. He played Human Being, that was so great. He played Shoplifters which was also incredible, well every song was incredible. The crowd was rowdy, but not that rowdy. There was a lot of crowd surfers trying to touch Moz's hand, and most of them did. He touched a lot of hands. And he was so sweet in recieving gifts. At one point he just started taking everything people gave him. He recieved a lot of letters, two Elvis 12'inch records, one 7 inch record of some other band, A Taste of Honey book, and a poster a fan made. He sounded great, I mean during one song, he commented how he wasn't in tune, but he sounded great.
At one point he was just thanking everyone who was able to attend all then shows. And then he commented on the water pipe breaking that other day. And then after that he said, "I want to thank the Palladium people for dealing with me and not shooting me."
He made a comment saying how he had finally put together the best band, and then introduced the band.
His encore was First of the Gang which was great, all the band came out wearing Chivas shirts. At that point everyone went crazy, so many people were trying to crowd surf and shake his hand on the same time. One guy actually made it on stage. And then Morrissey thanked everyone, took off his shirt and threw it into the crowd. Boz and the rest of the band did the same thing, it was awesome.
So yes it was an incredible show, great way to end his California shows, and great way to close the Palladium before it gets renovated.
(User #17450 Info)
The last LA show? (Score:1)
(User #19277 Info)
The last day of Camp Morrissey (Score:0)
Keep in touch! Hopefully we will see each other in far-off (or not-so-far-off) places!
xo,
April
myspace.com/april1234
Awesome Palladium shows! (Score:1)
Saturday 10/6 was very full and had a great vibe as well. Stood center about 20 heads back.
Wednesday's Carson Daly taping was a quick and dirty affair but was the closest to the stage (about 4 people in front of me) I have been since the Florida shows a couple months back!
Last night's finale Saturady 10/13 was easily the most packed and loudest crowd. Great setlist. My friend was a bit late so we started about 40 heads back but people kepted rushing forward throughtout the set so we just followed the wave until the end and so we ended up about 10 heads back for the encore "FOTGTD"... All in all a fantastic 2 weeks of Moz Angeles fun! I didn't miss having to camp out in line all day long like my "irregular regular" friends (bless you all) did like we all did together in Florida (it was worth it to do it once in a lifteime- but hey been there, done that) and it was especially nice not having to miss work- and also sleep in my own bed!!
But hey I am stil going to New York next week for vacation- so I will see you "irregular regulars" @ Moz then!!
Viva,
Jay
(User #454 Info | http://jaytando.tripod.com/meeting-morrissey/)
Was Mr. Proper there? (Score:0)
whew...I took about 7 years off my life last night (Score:1)
So yeah, it was a great show if you could see what was going on, but I really couldn't see alot, despite being reasonably close to the front (I'm too short). Moz took a handful of gifts...he seemed very pleased about an Elvis record and held it in front of his face for a long time. I gave him a letter that said "marry me?" on the front. He saw me waving it around during the show and seemed to chuckle a few times. I think it distracted him a little when he was doing his jibberish about the man who is a woman who has a womb or something because I was holding it right above Julia's head. When he finally took it he seemed preoccupied with what the Peta sticker said on the back.
I got so roughed up from the show that I actually breathed a sigh of relief when it was all done. Went out to the side of the venue afterwards to see if we could see Moz leave...after about ten mins or so of waiting, the gates opened and he drove by in a BMW Z3 convertible (in the passenger seat). He gave a shy smile and wave through the foggy windows as everyone cheered.
(User #20022 Info)
Hm =\ (Score:0)
Thank you to everyone who has tried to help me up there and to everyone who's made these two weeks more than enjoyable for me. It's going to be weird not having to go to the Palladium anymore..I was quite used to and fond of it.
I hope we'll all be able to see each other again in the near future. Take care!
-Melanie.
myspace.com/fabulouslylazy
I know it's over ... (Score:1)
I have to admit that swimming in the Palladium Petri dish for the past two weeks has taken its toll. I'm covered in bruises and monkey bumps, trying to fend off a cold and catch up on some much needed R&R. The Moz diet has done me very well though - a fine combination of not eating due to line anxiety/no dinner and sweating out buckets of water weight. I'm actually sporting my "skinny" jeans that haven't seen the light of day in about 2 years.
I have had such an amazing time meeting some super cool people in the 10-pk line. I love making new friends in unexpected places and I hope we manage to stay in touch. You guys made these shows all the more memorable for me - April, Joey, Andrea, Alex, Tom, Joel, Melanie, Tammy and Eddy & Estela (of course). April, you're the hub sister
Back to reality tomorrow
xo
diana
(User #19327 Info)
Great memory (Score:1)
(User #12767 Info)
things to do b4 I die: touch Moz (check) (Score:1)
myspace.com/biggurl12
(User #19834 Info)
Overall (Score:1)
(User #20151 Info)
Help, thank you (Score:0)
wow (Score:1)
words cant describe it
(User #20191 Info | http://www.myspace.com/nodoubt123)
getting trampled (Score:1)
(User #20190 Info)
Which was the best night? (Score:0)
He stole all hearts away... (Score:0)
Mozz Rules (Score:1)
(User #18895 Info)
It felt like the last night of the tour... (Score:0)
I only attended 5 of the 8 concerts but suprisingly to me I didnt recognize too many people from one show to the next. I did take note of a lot of people who were going to thier first show, they didnt know the way in or the secruity procedure! Casual fans I guess. Ive always thought you are in or you are not...obviously not the case. This might explain the fans who dont know the songs and look generally puzzled all the time. If anything can.
I think on reflection there were two gigs going on in there. The first was for those who got there early enough to get up close centre stage, sit thru K.Y...Fucking heaven help us...not move for drinks or bathrooms and generally whoop it up. The second was getting there at a reasonable time (8.30ish) and fight for some spot to see amongst the cardboard cut outs masquerading as fellow Moz followers, I did both and they were worlds apart, on every night 75% of people in there stood motionless. Certainly emotionless. The people near the front were into it every night all the time. Props to all of them.
As I drove that bullshit drive back to Vegas today I was trying to figure out a show to go to before tours end. Maybe New York (remember MSG? Could lightning strike twice? Is it a risk worth taking?), maybe Miami? (That Horatio Cain might be there), Is there any shows in UK planned, Im heading back that way for the Sex Pistols anyway. Could Moz play a show or two somewhere? I get that the tour continues but its probably over for most of us...shame it went with a whimper and not a bang!....I'd still do it all over again though! In a heartbeat.
(User #17605 Info)
Hunger pangs in my heart (Score:1)
Well, I've been on a wonderful high on pure Moz these past two weeks and it's been truly wonderful spending it amongst other lovely fans (rusholme ruffians and gentle souls... ok, troublemakers excepted). Thank you to the new friends, as I'm quite a shy Moz fan and not usually a 'networker' in that respect. You've all brought me out of my doldrums and I will keep the memories with me forever.
Last night the audience was relatively quiet between songs, there was lots of 'dead air' where Moz would've heard anything said. I yelled out a couple one-liners so he wouldn't feel too lonely up there on stage (crickets?). A few other did, too. From what I saw last night and on the posts here, the center audience was definitely more physical (and the rest of the quiet crowd already experiencing separation anxiety and sadness?). I'm glad my side (right of stage) were the nice folks. We got pulled around from the center brawl, but held our place and kept hopping along with the songs. The bullies weren't going to mess up our show!
The volume definitely picked up during the classics... Smiths songs, some solo songs (I can't remember now which ones, but it was wonderful). Moz happily wandered the stage to hear us all sing to him.
Moz was a bit quieter in general, too. I think he said something about being drunk the night before or something. Or maybe there was a feeling of completion in the air... as if...so we all made it through. Some of the things he said were silly and awkward. I thought it was cute. He gave a very heartfelt thank you to all of us for coming out through the run. I think it's fine he didn't get all slobbery about it. I don't think it was the right night/right crowd for him to get too emotional. Thanking us "chubby cheeks" well, I thought he was definitely including me in that because I've always hated my chubby cheeks and very aware of them (it's those steroids I've had to take for my illness all my life! Damn!), so I accepted it very affectionately. Yay! Chubby cheeks loves Moz! I didn't think he meant any harm. (Hey, if you've got chubby cheeks, that means he saw and noticed you! Be happy!)
Julia did not speak, but I think he asked her if she wanted to or it was someone else he referred to (b/c the answer did not sound like Julia). Friday night Julia refused the mic for the first time (unheard of!). Moz reacted concerned and confused at that on Friday night (kept looking back at her like, 'what?' 'is everything alright?')
His apology on behalf of Kristeen's comments about wanting to see people naked was ... interesting. When K left the stage after her set, she seemed to be held inside the backstage doorway for quite sometime...a talking to? Hmm, I'm not sure what that was all about, but Moz wanted to restore some propriety in the evening, I suppose. Didn't want it to be crazy bra-throwing night?
It was good there were no real frustrations with sound Saturday like the night before. While waiting forever in the rain Friday after the show, I was wondering if he was figuring all that out, or taking care of business, or partying? Or all three perhaps! I'm p'd off to read that I missed him at the Cat & Fiddle post-show on Saturday. My friend was begging to go home. I was truly disappointed... So he drove off with foggy windows (I did insist on sticking around for that at least) and just drove over to C&F? Someday, I pray, I'll be fortunate to bump into him! Or someone please let me know where to go? ...earlier?
Overall, we got sweet, rockin' Moz last night. Accepting just about every note, letter and gift from the audience, very into the songs and giving his all. The band were really into it as always and very tight musically. Solomon was rocking out more downstage on Saturday. That was sweet to see. Jesse was a little more shy but came down for his moments too (Disco Dancer). He was rocking out more with the band (I love when he gets into it!). Caught his eye before the sho
(User #2891 Info)
Smelly People! (Score:0)
I Started Something I Couldn't Finish (Score:0)
What say, Moz? Eighteen months hard labour seems... fair enough!
moz purse (Score:0)
pre show clipsa (Score:1)
(User #20107 Info)
Moz pre show MUSIC (Score:1)
(User #18722 Info)