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on Monday May 14 2007, @09:00PM
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best show (Score:0)
Great Show (Score:0)
It was an interesting set up in regard to the seating. The theater had an open pit section. Initially, only Julia was down in this section. Then, slowly people just started asking security if they could go down. Eventually, the whole section was full.
He played the typical set. The band sounded great. The sound system was not always agreeing with Morrissey's voice, so he had to cut out sections of songs. Besides that, he sounded great.
I was able to steal a portion of his brown shirt.
Setlist (Score:1)
Here is the setlist (not much different from Milwaukee's except for the addition of "In the Future When All's Well):
1. The Queen Is Dead
2. First of the Gang to Die
3. The Youngest Was the Most Loved
4. You Have Killed Me
5. Disappointed
6. Panic
7. Let Me Kiss You
8. I Just Want to See the Boy Happy
9. I Will See You in Far-off Places
10. I've Changed My Plea To Guilty
11. The National Front Disco
12. Ganglord
13. Everyday Is Like Sunday
14. At Last I Am Born
15. All You Need Is Me
16. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
17. Irish Blood, English Heart
18. In the Future When All's Well
19. Life Is A Pigsty
20. How Soon Is Now?
-------encore-----------
21. Drive-in Saturday
22. You're Gonna Need Someone on Your Side
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Morrissey in Drag? (Score:1)
Thanks.
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Drive? (Score:0)
Sell out (Score:1)
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I am speechless. (Score:2, Informative)
And then the main event started. It was phenomenal! So notes:
-Moz came out dressed in a dark blue/gray shirt with tie and gray pants. The band was dressed in matching brown shirts with blue pants.
-The seating setup was kind of odd. Some people were allowed to go into the pit area, which Moz referenced when he said, "What the hell are you doing in this humongous hole? It's quite ridiculous really. But you wouldn't do it for Kris Kristofferson."
-The band was great, and Moz was in great voice, tho he did stop on occasion to say "Am I off key?"
-Several people got on stage, the earliest coming during the band intros. Someone tried to get on from the left side but was thrown off. Moz turned around and said, "And that will be a footnote in the papers tomorrow!" The earliest attempt was during YHKM to which he replied during the song, "Oh Jesus, excitement! It must be the end of the night," or something like that.
-Pigsty into HSIN? was certainly a highlight, as was Ganglord and the encores. Not to mention Plea to G, which was my Mom's favorite song of the night. (She wasn't much of a Moz fan, but she is now.)
I have to go to school but I've got a lot more notes. When I get to study hall I'll finish this.
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Almost Perfect Show.... (Score:0)
Great Show!! (Score:1)
Crowd skewed a little older in my opinion....40-ish versus the teeny bopper crowds described in other threads....that's just fine with me.
I've been to about 10 or so Moz shows over the years starting with the Kill Uncle tour and I have to say he seems to get more endearing with every show....seemes like he is really enjoying himself.
My only complaint (and I think I complained about the same thing on the last review I submitted) was that I had trouble hearing Boz's guitar...just a pain.
Yes, I Am Born isn't the best, but damn it is short....and Ganglord kicks ass...one of my new favorites.
Now get out there and record All You Need Is Me and release it....what a kick ass song. Definitely single material!
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Lame! (Score:0)
I would rather see people on stage then this has-bn singer. DOn't worry we will be invading more shows soon!
Best show ever! (Score:1)
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lyric changes (Score:1)
i have entered nothing, and "obviously" nothing has enter me
far off places:
if g.w. bush doesn't kill you
how soon is now:
changed, you could meet someone who really loves you, to someone who merely likes you
changed, well, when exactly do you mean, to, well, then look at my face
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what time about (Score:0)
Good Show, Lame Crowd (Score:1)
The one bad thing about the show was some of the lame audience members. I sat in row Z on the right. The people behind me and in the few rows ahead of me never yelled, never sang, nor did they clap. That was very disappointing after having watched the crowd reaction to Morrissey at the Move festival on the "Who put the "M" in Manchester" video.
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Bryan Ferry "Simple Twist of Fate" (Score:0)
Ferry release it as a single
Its untouchable and so cryworthy
now go on
a couple quips (Score:1)
after the "imperfect list" and before they start on TQID, Moz says to us "I don't know about you, but i'm ready for a good, clean, hard, wrestle"
and before he performed All You Need Is Me, he said to the audience "if you can bare a new song, or is it your time to go to the pee pee place"
at one point, someone apparently tried to give him something, and he told us, "i don't accept gifts from strangers" followed by someone in the crowd yelling "happy birthday moz"
towards the end, i can't remember if it was during the encore, or not, but he had just shaken hands with people in the front row when he turned around and said "a handshake isn't that bad of a thing is it."
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Ann Arbor show (Score:0)
There was a about a half hour break between sets, which is a little strange considering they only had to move one drum kit off the stage. But it was a chance to go pee and grab a beer. BTW, don't plan on getting drunk at a show at the Michigan Theater, unless you sneak your own shit in. They were selling cans of beer but they had a sign that said they would stop selling when Morrissey went on, and you had to be a member of the Michigan Theater Foundation. That costs $100. I rolled the dice and just got in line for a beer anyways and they never asked for my membership card. I had to stuff it down my pants though as they didn't allow you to take it to your seat. How lame can it get?
Just in case you didn't know Morrissey was gay by listening to his music... before he went on, he played old TV clips of dance shows from the 50's, some New York Dolls footage, and more bizarre comedy dance numbers. When the curtain dropped two humongous tapestries featuring the cool face of James Dean appeared behind the stage.
You can read the rare book Morrissey wrote about Dean here: http://www.geocities.com/costelt/smithsmoz/Jamesd
First song was The Smith's "The Queen Is Dead," which got the crowd pumped. He then set into a pattern of two or three new songs, followed by a classic Smiths or solo song. I'm a big fan of Moz's b-sides and lesser known songs, so the highlight for me was "I've Changed My Plea To Guilty." The only other b-side he performed was "Ganglord" from The Youngest Was The Most Loved EP. I was surprised how few of the songs the crowd knew. It appeared that most of the audience were Smiths fans. So it felt a little bit like seeing Poison a few years ago: a bunch of 30-40 year old trying to relive the 80's. I would have liked to have a heard a few more songs from earlier albums instead of all the new stuff, but it's hard to say which ones because he has so very many songs in his catalog. The one song that nobody seemed to know but me, was his cover of David Bowie's "Drive-In Saturday." I found it on Kazaa some years ago when he was on a tour with Bowie. It's one of his rarest tracks so I didn't expect him to play that.
From Wikipedia: Heavily influenced by 1950s doo-wop, "Drive-In Saturday" describes how the inhabitants of a post-apocalyptic world have forgotten how to reproduce, and need to watch old porn films to see how it's done.
As is usual if you've ever seen tape of a Morrissey/Smiths concert, fans jumped on stage to hug and shake hands with Moz. At this point in his career, he knows it's a harmless part of the show, so the bouncers weren't too mean to these fans and only one guy went flying off the stage after a big push for a bouncer. It was funny how Moz wiped his hand off on his pants everytime he touched the crowd. I was surprised that nobody threw roses at him during the encore. The last time I saw him, in '97 (also in A2), the stage was covered in flowers by the end. But perhaps that's a sign of the times, the romance is over, and Morrissey has settled into an easy marriage with fame. He is my favorite singer/songwriter of all time, so just the first song alone was worth the price of admission to me. But the choice of venue and rather lame Ann Arbor fanbase kept the show from being anything more than a trip down Memory Lane
Moz was Moz and we loved it. (Score:0)
The highlights had to have been the smiths stuff but recent classics from the last two albums held their ground and people loved it. We also had a little viva hate in there. Mostly it was new stuff and smiths. The bowie cover was beyond cool.
Twas strange to see folks with their fingers all contorted in the rock on manner...its morrissey. Yes he rocks, but hes not a metal band.
A+