Can anyone help a brotha out?

Just got back from the Fillmore. Another great Moz show. He was in good form and the band were really tight as usual. Very Similar set to last night. The transition between Life Is A Pigsty and How Soon Is Now was really magical. Two shirt throws and plenty of crowd appreciation. No one made it onto the stage but Moz was freely shaking hands with the crowd in the front. Can't wait until my next gig!

a fabulous performance. you might be noticing the reviews for this tour so far are almost uniformly positive-- believe it, this is the best show Moz has put on (in america, i havent been to shows elsewhere) since....well, in the 10 years i've been seeing him.

this is a seriously good band he's touring with. previous outings featured a band content to just play in the background, sometimes a bit too softly and slowly, almost loungy. not anymore. the new drummer is a kick in the arse, and jesse (ever-present determined snarl on his face) is growing into his role. boz is clearly the father figure here, and that's fine-- elsewhere in the band the youthful energy is bringing moz's music to life. with a 5 piece band, the sound is fuller and better than it has ever been.

the setlist, though i didn't snag one, was nearly identical to salt lake, with lucky lisp replacing dear god please help me. the new song is an admirable effort and moz seemed pleased at the crowd's pleased reaction to it.

some funny comments: "we just pedaled all the way from utah..." and, before lucky lisp: "this next song...has its place...though i don't know what that is".

simply wonderful. hopefully those yet to see moz on this tour will do as i did and avoid seeing any setlists before you go-- there's really not a lot of variation from show to show. of course, if you're reading this, that means you've already peeked...oh well, have fun anyways!

Just got back from the show.. and I must say.. had an amazing time.. I was in the front row and got all kinds of pictures.. and Morrissey was in a playing mood...he interacted alot with the crowd.. and shook hands with most of us in the front.
I waited after the show..and was the last one there with my friends.. and we got to talk to Jesse and also to Boz.
I got the setlist for the night... and got it signed and got pictures with the band!
I have some great pictures of Morrissey smiling for me when he was talking to Winnie up in the front row, next to Julia.
Thanks Moz for ANOTHER amazing show.

As for the SETLIST here we go....
QUID
1ST UV
YOUNGEST
KILLED ME
DISAPPOINTED
PANIC
LET ME KISS YOU
FARUFF
ALL YOU NEED IS ME
LUCKY LISP
EVERYDAY IS LIKE SUNDAY
NATIONAL FRONT DISCO
CHANGE MY PLEA TO GUILITY
BOY WITH THE THORN IN HIS SIDE
IRISH BLOOD ENGLISH HEART
GANGLORD
IN THE FUTURE WHEN ALL IS WELL
PIGSTY
HSIN
I JUST WANT TO SEE THE BOY HAPPY
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
YOU'RE GONNA NEED SOMEONE ON YOUR SIDE

I must say... Denver was the smallest Venue I have been too... and it was one of the greatest times of my life tonight.. getting to see him so close.

xoxo
Anna
aka
Mozluv

If I hear "How Soon Is Now" at one more time at one more show, I am going to run up on stage and hit JT over the head with his own axe! Moz baby, do the band and the audience a BIG favour, drop that song from the setlist because it sounds bloody awful. The only person who could get away with making it sound 85% good is the one and only {proud being modest] Johnny Marr. Hearing this song live is like going to see Led Zeppelin play 'Stairway To Heaven' over and over for the whole 2 hour show! DROP IT DUDE! And while I got your attention, 'Let Me Kiss You' is also d-r-a-g-g-i-n-g as well. With a catalog as large as yours, I would think you could take a minute or two and do some rearranging? Oh well, its probably all about the money at this point? {See; The Grateful Dead for tips about song lists....}

This was my first time seeing Moz live in 22 years (do the math) and I had a BLAST. The songs sounded great, the mix was great, it wasn't too loud, HE sounded great.... I can't say enough about how much fun I had at this show. Hearing "Panic" and "Please x3" live was incredible. I've never been a *huge* fan of "How Soon Is Now" but it was done very well, I thought. The new song, "All You Need Is Me" was *excellent*, I can't wait to buy it. I never thought I'd say this, but this show was worth $50. Easy. Plus the $35 t-shirt. Worth every penny.

Thanks Moz, Boz, Jesse and the rest of the boys for a fantastic show. I would pay good $ for a board recording of this show, too, it was *that* good. Great flourishes at the end of songs, stuff was rocked way up - "Lucky Lisp" and "Life is a Pigsty" were fairly amazing, although I'd rather have heard "Dear God,...." I just love that song. But no faults, just much love.

Excellent show – I was quite impressed. This was my third time seeing him – all in Colorado.

A few things to mention:

2 shirts into the crowd

No one made it to the stage

There was a large backdrop behind them that had 2 large close-ups of James Dean’s face

The intro for the band was this long playing set of video clips:
An old New York Dolls performance
An old New York Dolls interview where the lead singer was smoking weed
A drag queen wasted singing the 12 days of Christmas
Other weird old clips

Quips he made (as best I can remember them):
“If you think I’m exaggerating….well I am!”
“Anyone here from Aurora? (one of our suburbs)…anyone?...oh really?”
“Be gentle, we just pedaled all the way from Salt Lake…”
He mentioned the altitude bothering him after the first or second song

Lyric changes:
I sure wish I could remember them all because there were a lot
During The Queen is Dead he changed “…you should hear me play piano” to “you know I CAN sing”

To me the band just isn’t the same. I’m one of the old schoolers I guess who thinks the stage belongs to Moz and that new guitarist (Tobias?) should keep his ass away from the front of the stage with his silly solos – he isn’t better than Alain.

Highlights:
Ganglord
Panic
Pigsty to HSIN – awesome!

Downers:
Everyday is like Sunday
Lucky Lisp
$7 beers ;)

This was my first Morrissey concert and I was able to get to the front two rows by the stage. It was amazing. His voice was in great form and when he first walked on stage he said along the lines of the New York Dolls' song "looking for a kiss" "When I say I'm in love, I'm not."
Words still fail me after the concert, I'm just speechless. It was such a great show. Last night was one of the best nights in my life (I also finished up finals at CSU before the concert too! so the concert was a great way to top off the day for me).

This night has opened me eyes...It was such a surreal event. I am still not sure if last night actually happened. I was only a few feet from Morrissey and I got to shake his hand. Life is a Pigsty was AMAZING!!! The fans were more subdued than I expected but it allowed me to be very close to the stage. Aside from the guy yelling "November Spawned a Monster" in my ear at every silent moment, it was bliss...

Still going strong just weeks before the big 48. I think the new band made the difference. He's finally got some guys who can actually PLAY!

No Suedehead on this tour, he just played it once so far in CA.

I hope he plays it Sat. night in Milwaukee, but I doubt it - arghhh!

Moz was great. Great show.

There was one fan who kept yelling "November Spawned A Monster." over and over and over. I wanted to strangle him.

just got back to houston from the denver show, fairly much agree with what everyone else said, except i thought How Soon Is Now was awesoem last night, the best live performance i've heard of it.

i got to shake his hand, and the person next to me got the first shirt he threw out.

i also got pics and video on my camera phone..

http://www.flickr/photos/retaliashun [www.flickr] for my pics

http://retaliashun.livejournal.com/188697.html [livejournal.com] for my review on my blog

Off topic but...

Im visiting Denver this August for a wedding and will be there for a week (week of the 13th if I can recall). Anyone willing to show a fellow Moz head (wife in tow) the town? I've been looking on-line and Denver seems to be an "outdoorsey" type of place.

We saw that the Rev will be in town during our visit but we've seen him sooooo many times that we are all Reved out!

hope to hear from someone

leona1@csusb.edu

What is merch (design and price) looking like this time around?

Fantastic show. I have quality pics, DVD snippets of several songs and copy of set list (listing "boy with porn in his sideboard") for trade.

If anyone has pictures of the Denver show please email to jakilyn@gmail.com. This is for my personal archives, I won't post your pics anywhere without asking. Thanks.

In The Future When All's Well
The National Front Disco
Lucky Lisp
Dear God, Please Help Me
William, It Was Really Nothing

I really think the Maladjusted tour was better.

Anyone?

Did anyone else catch this: someone in the audience asked "What's Joe's name?" to which Kristeen pointed at HER OWN NAME on the keyboard and said, "that's Joe's name." Is she married to Joe so they'd have the same last name or was she implying that Joe's name was unimportant because she was the "star"?

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