Castellon, Spain - Festival Internacional de Benicassim, FIB Heineken 2008 (July 20, 2008) post-show
posted by davidt on Sunday July 20 2008, @02:00PM

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Set List:

Last Of The Famous International Playboys / Ask / First Of The Gang To Die / That's How People Grow Up / Irish Blood, English Heart / I Just Want To See The Boy Happy / Sister, I'm A Poet / Vicar In A Tutu / All You Need Is Me / The Loop / The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores / Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself? / What She Said / Death Of A Disco Dancer / You Say You Don't Love Me (Buzzcocks cover) / Stretch Out And Wait/ Life Is A Pigsty / How Soon Is Now?


setlist provided by krzysiek_slejw, NME.com (story), link from danbutt

 
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Very few new songs... (Score:0, Troll)
Only 3 new songs (and one was a cover). Still, it's nice to see this charming man back in the lineup after all these years....
Anonymous -- Sunday July 20 2008, @02:38PM (#308059)
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I'm confused (Score:0)
el concierto no tiene que empezar en 23:30?
asi lo vi en la pagina:
http://fiberfib.com/es/grupos/morrissey/
como que ya hay playlist?
Anonymous -- Sunday July 20 2008, @02:57PM (#308061)
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    Come on! (Score:0)
    This Charming Man?? I think we need Julia's help here. Have they not got computers in Spain?
    Anonymous -- Sunday July 20 2008, @03:05PM (#308062)
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    • Re:Come on! by JohnnyMunro (Score:1) Sunday July 20 2008, @03:10PM
      • Re:Come on! by Oliver Cromwell (Score:1) Sunday July 20 2008, @06:44PM
        • Re:Come on! by CarlCarlsson (Score:1) Thursday July 24 2008, @10:48AM
        Nope (Score:0)
        According to the FIB site, Morrissey should have just wrapped up 15 mins ago. So i doubt that This Charming Man was played. Morrissey didn't like playing that song when he was a Smith; I doubt he'll want to play it now.

        -RWRW
        Anonymous -- Sunday July 20 2008, @04:06PM (#308072)
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          He knows what pleases us (Score:0)
          When was the last time he played this Charming Man live in concert?
          Anonymous -- Sunday July 20 2008, @05:46PM (#308083)
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          This Charming man? NOOOOOOO (Score:1)
          No sé que concierto habreis visto, pero la última canción ha sido How Soon Is Now. This Charming Man? Ojalá. Ha sido un concierto horrible.

          Moz did not played This Charming Man tonight in Benicassim. How Soon Is Now was the last song of a boring show. I'm sorry, but it was
          raul -- Sunday July 20 2008, @06:24PM (#308086)
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          NME.com has the *actual* setlist (Score:2, Informative)
          'The Last Of The Famous International Playboys'
          'Ask'
          'First Of The Gang To Die'
          'That’s How People Grow Up'
          'Irish Blood, English Heart'
          'I Just Want To See The Boy Happy'
          'Vicar In A Tutu'
          'All You Need Is Me'
          'The Loop'
          'The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores'
          'Why Don’t You Find Out For Yourself?'
          'Death Of A Disco Dancer'
          'You Say You Don’t Love Me'
          'Stretch Out And Wait'
          'Life Is A Pigsty'
          'How Soon Is Now?'
          danbutt * -- Sunday July 20 2008, @11:44PM (#308101)
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            Dream Set List (Score:1)
            This Charming Man
            All You Need Is Me
            Picadilly Palare
            Well I Wonder
            Throwing My Arms Around Paris
            You've Got Everything Now
            I Like You
            Miserable Lie
            Tomorrow
            You Have Killed Me
            Life Is A Pigsty
            I Want The One I Cant Have
            Girl Least Likely To
            Mama Lay Me...
            Please Please Please

            Encore
            The Queen Is Dead

            Alas it is never to be. I'm looking forward to Years Of Refusal and continue to enjoy Morrissey being on the music scene, despite being more indifferent to Ringleaders.



            Just once though I'd love for him to announce a mini stupped down tour, almost an acoustic set. Just to try somthing different. Then he can continue doing his own thing, as he usually inevitably does.



            Viva Moz x

            tomdolan04 -- Monday July 21 2008, @02:05AM (#308105)
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            mas detalles en el dialogo? (Score:1)
            Por favor, diganos lo que el dijo entre canciones

            y que llevaba?

            gracias
            Comadre -- Monday July 21 2008, @05:49AM (#308108)
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            Wielding a bicycle chain
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            ok (Score:1)
            so what the fuck happened then? did he play this charming man or what?
            ella-reflex * -- Monday July 21 2008, @06:12AM (#308110)
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            Only when I'm dancing can I feel this free...
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              Boo hoo! (Score:0)
              Well, personally I don't think that This Charming Man is much of a tune. But it's the one that will follow Morrissey forever and forever.

              You mention "The Smiths" to somebody and they immediately get a flashback of Morrissey doing that silly campy dance with a bunch of daffodils. Charming this and Charming that. I get the creeps when I see guys doing that gyrating-hip dance in indie discos.

              It is debateble whether his solo stuff is better or worse - but at least it's different.
              Anonymous -- Monday July 21 2008, @10:28AM (#308116)
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              my personal Moz dream set list (not in order) (Score:0)
              The more you ignore me...
              My life is an endless succession
              Read meet author
              Daganham Dave
              Roy's Keen
              Bengali in Platforms
              At Amber
              Yes I Am Blind
              Lucky Lisp
              Interesting Drug
              Driving Your Girlfriend Home
              King Leer
              Now My Heart is Full
              Trouble Loves Me
              Papa Jack
              Southpaw
              Last of the Gang
              Dear God Please Help Me
              Teenage Dad on His Estate
              Glamourous Glue
              We Hate it When Our Friends Become Successful
              Suedehead
              Anonymous -- Monday July 21 2008, @10:49AM (#308117)
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              the setlist (Score:1)
              Important! ;) We've just came back from Fib and we've seen that there are two songs missing in a setlist posted here. We were there and we were making notes after each song so we are 100 % sure that it went this way:

              'The Last Of The Famous International Playboys'
              'Ask'
              'First Of The Gang To Die'
              'That’s How People Grow Up'
              'Irish Blood, English Heart'
              'I Just Want To See The Boy Happy'
              * 'Sister I'm a Poet"
              'Vicar In A Tutu'
              'All You Need Is Me'
              'The Loop'
              'The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores'
              'Why Don’t You Find Out For Yourself?'
              * 'What She Said'
              'Death Of A Disco Dancer'
              'You Say You Don’t Love Me'
              'Stretch Out And Wait'
              'Life Is A Pigsty'
              'How Soon Is Now?'

              Oh, and it was really a great concert. Cheers!
              krzysiek_slejw -- Monday July 21 2008, @01:14PM (#308129)
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              Pigsty Outro (Score:0)
              What was it for the Spanish shows? Happy Birthday, or the more usual Auld Lang Syne?
              Anonymous -- Monday July 21 2008, @01:33PM (#308132)
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              broken's ideal set list (Score:0)
              1the operation
              2don't make fun of daddy's voice
              3 i'd love to
              4 maladjusted
              5 that's how people grow up
              6 everyday is like sunday
              7 michael's bones
              8 the teachers are afraid
              9 fotgtd
              10 i know it's over
              11 irish blood

              encore: hand in glove
              Anonymous -- Monday July 21 2008, @01:34PM (#308133)
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              weirdos (Score:0)
              i was there and i didnt hear this charming man. i wasnt even stoned so i can be sure that it was never played. i peed in the cleanest toilets ever too. and i even drank 2 beers and made friends with a lot of spanish people hanging out on the vip astrolawn and i ate a chocolate and banana crepe. i had fun.
              Anonymous -- Monday July 21 2008, @02:19PM (#308138)
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              • Re:weirdos by Anonymous (Score:0) Monday July 21 2008, @10:52PM
                • Re:weirdos by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday July 22 2008, @06:37AM
                for god's sake (Score:0)
                can we have some news on Years of Refusal and some tour dates in North America PLEASE.

                Anonymous -- Tuesday July 22 2008, @10:10AM (#308168)
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                What will be the next Mozza single? (Score:1)
                Any ideas? and when?
                Boxers71 -- Tuesday July 22 2008, @05:00PM (#308189)
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                Spain shows (Score:0)
                I went to both Saturday and Sunday shows and I must say I enjoyed the Benicassim one more. They were equally good performance-wise, but the crowd seemed to be much more into it on Sunday, probably because its average age was lower and due to the presence of lots of English fans.

                In Madrid the crowd was a bit dead, many of the older fans standed there like zombies which doesn't contribute much to the experience. I don't mean to tell fans who have been seeing him for 20 years how to act, but showing a bit of emotion wouldn't hurt. He is, after all, a pop-rock artist with very danceable songs. The shows would gain if people acted accordingly.

                Also a pity the level of spoken English of the spanish fans is so poor, it was a bit annoying to hear people singing along butchering moz's lyrics and pronounciation.

                However much I loved both shows, I maintain that Morrissey could do much better with set list choices if he wasn't so self-centered. Another thing is the quality of his musicians, I don't think he's surrounded himself with the best players lately. This is visible in many songs of the set, that don't really live up to the recordings in my opinion. Death of a disco dancer, TLOTFIP, pigsty, that's how people grow up, sister i'm a poet come to mind on this point, in relation to these shows. I guess the fools calling for johnny marr during his gigs do have a bit of a point.

                He was wonderfully bitter and cynical as usual. Lamented Benicassim not being cruelty free, having 'death for sale' in the food stands. He told the crowd how all spanish popular music is crap, but for them not to worry as english pop was just as bad. Mocked the spanish 'matador' institution when talking about the animal cruelty issue.

                Unfortunately he didn't sing ITMAA Paris on either night, I was really looking forward to hear it live. At least I heard What she said on the second night.
                Anonymous -- Wednesday July 23 2008, @07:31AM (#308210)
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                Spainards are arrogant. (Score:0)
                Speaking from experience, ( I used to live in Spain), Spaniards are arrogant people. They are very self centered. That is why they make no effort in trying to speak real English. In addition, it is this small minded mentality which makes them reluctant to ending the bull fights. This Spanish tradition is a barbaric and ridiculous display of human stupidity at the cost of a poor helpless animal.

                You need not be a vegetarian to sympathize with those who oppose the bull fights. Any one killed or harmed by the bulls deserves it.
                Anonymous -- Wednesday July 23 2008, @06:49PM (#308239)
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                A Great Show (Score:1)
                I was there and he definately did not play this charming man. The show was very similar to the previous one at O2 with similar comments about meat and Morrissey left the stage dragging his shirt along like a dog exactly like at hyde park. The band were topless the whole time, each each with writing on their torsos, although i cannot remember what was written.
                The reception of the crowd was mainly positive, although the general consensus among non-fans was that 'How Soon Is Now?' was great, but he had embarassed himself by making comments about meat and that it was hypocritical to condemn a festival that he had played at and attracted crowds to.
                My highlight was when Morrissey challenged the crowd to name the band he was about to cover and, torn between shouting Spandau Ballet and the real answer, I screamed "Buzzcocks" and he looked right at me, pointed to me and replied "buzzcocks".
                The lowpoint was definatley Chirstopher Pooley's abominable trumpet and accordian playing which butchered 'I Just Want to See the Boy Happy' and 'Why Dont You Find Out For Yourself' respectively.
                All in all a very good show and combined with Leonered Cohen's stunning performance, left me emotionally drained for days.
                fredhenson -- Thursday July 24 2008, @11:06AM (#308264)
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                  Great Show. (Score:0)
                  Interesting show.
                  gracias,
                  Bunbury.
                  Anonymous -- Thursday July 24 2008, @09:25PM (#308277)
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                    Re:set list (Score:1)
                    I do hope you're right. What a turn up that would be.
                    uncleskinny * -- Sunday July 20 2008, @02:27PM (#308057)
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                    And so I drank one, it became four, and when I fell on the floor, I drank more
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                    • Re:set list by JohnnyMunro (Score:1) Sunday July 20 2008, @02:39PM
                      • Re:set list by uncleskinny (Score:1) Sunday July 20 2008, @03:12PM
                        • Re:set list by JohnnyMunro (Score:1) Sunday July 20 2008, @03:32PM
                      tcm! (Score:1)
                      OMG This Charming Man?!!! Moz, please bring that back to the States, I will be there if you announce some dates!!!

                      Sounds like a great show!
                      xox
                      mell -- Sunday July 20 2008, @03:08PM (#308063)
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                      • Re:tcm! by fredhenson (Score:1) Monday July 28 2008, @04:29AM
                        Re:Este noche! (Score:1)
                        No mutha fuckin way the played this? Youtube? Jezzzuz please play this in L.A. OMG, someone post a vid of this!!!
                        Gin N Tonic Jil <jiloasis74@yahoo.com> -- Sunday July 20 2008, @03:20PM (#308066)
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                        You're not down with who I am but, look at you now you're all in my hands...tonight I'm a Rock N' Roll Star!!
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