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on Wednesday January 30 2008, @03:00PM
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cool (Score:1)
(User #13859 Info | http://myspace.com/ella_reflex)
As Expected! (Score:0)
Setlist (Score:3, Informative)
01 - How Soon Is Now?
02 - Last of the Famous International Playboys
03 - I Just Want To See The Boy Happy
04 - Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
05 - That's How People Grow Up
06 - Billy Budd
07 - Something Is Squeezing My Skull
08 - Stretch Out And Wait
09 - I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
10 - Sister I'm A Poet
11 - Life Is A Pigsty
12 - Irish Blood, English Heart
13 - All You Need Is Me
14 - The World Is Full of Crashing Bores
15 - Why Don't You Find Out For Youself
16 - Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed
17 - The Loop
18 - Death of a Disco Dance
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19 - First of the Gang to Die
(User #11702 Info)
On the whole... (Score:1)
The venue was quite bizarre and a bugger to find.
Crowd was right into it, but nobody made it onto the stage.
There was of course the obligatory passing of the mic to Julia (yawn).
Sorry I can't write more, these bloody Blackberry keys are way too fiddly for me!
(User #12071 Info)
Doncaster so much to answer for (Score:1)
The Smiths songs really didn't work for me, though they were still great,but the solo stuff sounded so good.The band were brilliant too.The accordian on WDYFOFY was fantastic.What a turn up for the books. Loved the singalong opening to FOTGTD when he replied "I have" to the line "You have never been in love...".Pure class
I also laughed my socks of when he thanked Asda.Maybe you had to be there.
Goodnight and thankyou
(User #20264 Info)
There is life in Doncaster (Score:1)
(User #17231 Info)
Great show - who got hit by the car? (Score:0)
Little concerned about the Moz fan who got hit by a jeep like car hope he/she is okay
the dome (Score:0)
Return to Hotton (Score:0)
Previously saw Morrissey at the Dome in 91. That was my favourite gig ever. This one was very tame. The house was very full. Some great oldies for us oldies. Some of the more modern dirge (Paris, Pigsty, Crashing) very dull. That's How People is such a terrible song. Enjoyed Squeezing My Skull and Mama Lay. Best song The Loop. Cheers, Morrissey. It was worth one last go.
Can I just say... (Score:0)
Something is Squeezing My Balls (Score:0)
Good 2 hear, good 2 hear Morrissey (Score:0)
Memo, I urge everybody to vote for Barack Obama. I love Barack Obama. Don’t vote for Hellary. And if you vote Republican, then you should fall down a long spiral staircase. I hate Republicans and George Bush is a terrorist. I can’t wait to see you Morrissey and please keep in mind, to stay away from the bad people who are being provocative to you like the ones from NME and the ones who tell you, you have to do something, that you have to do something or they say Morrissey, you will lose a lot of money if you don’t do this or that or this or that. Don’t listen to these people Morrissey-you do what you want, when you want, if you want. Because, because you, you are the nicest most genuine truthful compassionate adorable, both inside and out, man in this sad sick world. But you, you are someone who really is against the odds. You don’t belong with bad people in a sad sick world. You should be floating on a nice, on a nice raft on blue blue water like in Hawaii maybe drinking nice cold drinks in the beautiful blue sky sun.
P.S. I Love You, I Love You. I Love You.
P.P.S. I read the comments from the other fans. Oh God, I didn’t think it could get worse -- then it just did. They are so, so, full of anger, and spite.
God hates black magic (Score:0)
You all with your black magic and spells and trying to cast your evil eye on Morrissey while he is singing, bringing illness upon him, but he had a spring in his step and scurried away from you all because he believes in Jesus and you black magic spawns cannot touch him because he is a child of God -Deal with it, too bad leaving you with dead carcasses that you fuck. Even the operators on the phone disconnect you, they don’t want to talk to you. You are like an expired pot of boiling soup that witches throw little children’s specimens hair into so that they can face evil and Satan. You use a cookbook of black magic to initiate your spells. We know all about it, we’ve been informed, we are going to expose you for the Satan worshipers that you are.
Morrissey can’t wait to be through with this round of shows and then hopefully you all will be exterminated with contortions and leprosy. You are like crack addicted black magic witches that need to have an asteroid or planet fall on your head and then we can watch the blood suckers suck all of your Satan blood out of you so your well runs dry and then Morrissey will finally regain his health knowing that his evil nemesis has been returned to the caves from where they have been hanging.
It’s incredible, you have no more sensitivity than a black magic witch, your hatred and jealousy to our true love is completely and utterly unforgiving. Go back to your sad little homely hometowns you twits and keep brewing your black magic potions and what you reap, you will sow and what you have done to Morrissey will come back to you ten fold. Now go fuck your sister’s vagina then masturbate to Jeffrey Dahmer.
You masturbating Jeffrey Dahmer followers, go ejaculate into cups, then proceed to place the cups in said freezer, your cum won’t freeze in case you didn’t know it you brain dead witches
lyrical alterations (Score:1)
and manchester blood in his veins during 'stretch out & wait'
strange view from boring balcony
but well worth it after saturday in camden
am loving the new songs
especially drumming at end of 'mama'
(User #11757 Info)
fine form (Score:1)
highlights include.... Mama Lay softley, sister im a poet, stretch out and wait and something is squezing my skull.
and hi to the lovely people i was talking to in the q and on the barrier(sorry cant remember your names)
(User #18054 Info)
amazing (Score:1)
night was topped off by our car breaking down on the A1, waiting two hours on the side of the road for recovery! but that's what you get for driving a '69 beetle! all worth it after such a great day
(User #20816 Info)
A good night, but not a great one. (Score:1)
Last night was good, but he didn’t seem particularly engaged with the crowd. He 'appeared live on stage' but it did feel like it was a standard 'performance'.
The gig felt like a professional run-through of a catalogue. Nothing wrong with that, but it didn’t quite move up into full-gear hysteria as Morrissey wasn’t up for it, even if the crowd were. Still, it can't be Dionysian excess to order ever night.
Extremely hot down the front, but good fun. Well: If you’re a strapping 6ft bloke it was, but I do wonder how safe some of the younger and/or smaller members of the audience are in the crush.
He was asked several times “How’s your throat” to which he just *rolled eyes* and smirked as if it was a bizarre outlandish enquiry. No reference to the unfortunate cancellations in London whatsoever, as if it was any of (y)our business! I think he's hilarious when he's being dismissive and offhand with his 'fans'.
Glad he has a night off tonight and looking forward to, hopefully, full-on weekend madness in Sunderland and E’bro.
To my ears, ‘That’s How People Grow Up’ sounded a bit leaden and sluggish last night, as if it was slightly under-tempo. Other than that, all present and correct.
His voice still sounds a bit frail in his higher register, but it is obviously recovering well.
Starting to really enjoy Girl In A Coma and it’s good to see them getting a fair hearing.
(User #11602 Info)
And if you're interested... (Score:1)
Morrissey appeared to be enjoying himself but I think the absence of Mikey Farrel is quite noticeable.
(User #12311 Info)
Banter? (Score:0)
Sunny Donnie (Score:1)
Like already mentioned Moz was not as talkative but I still thought the show was great. After some quite tame crowds in Camden and France at times the front last night was bedlam which makes a difference.
Later on he asked if he was ruining everyones night and followed up with "we will do". He also mentioned that he was becoming obsessed with the town Hotton but couldn't find it anywhere on a map. hotton is a fictional town in the soap Emmerdale, which morrissey said on Russel Brand's radio show that he watched.
Julia and a few others asked if his throat was ok to which he frowned and replied "what do you think?" He also had a word for a couple of the guys at the front left asking "have you been away" one guy said yes, Mexico to which morrissey said "nice"! Any idea who the guy was he must have recognised you!
The set was pretty much the same but in a different order though the band were all set to go into a number when morrissey turned to them and made a change, the double bass was quickly brought on and they went into The loop, not sure what was cut, maybe national Front Disco?
All in all a good show one of the best performances in this mini tour so far though he was definitely holding back on a few notes and looked not to be straining to hard at times, but he sounded great for a guy who was struggling so badly.
Moz returned for the encore in a white cowboy style shirt, which was the only one that was thrown to the crowd.
Then it was out into the cold night for the walk back into town and savour the nightlife of Doncaster, well worth the £26 advance return train fair I'd say!!
(User #16734 Info)
Have my babies!!! (Score:0)
Last night he said "YES"
Oh celibate God, please give me children.
Billy Budd (Score:0)
V.good
Surely..... (Score:0)
Some observations from last night... (Score:0)
The crowd were up for it - very boisterous, and crazy scenes down at the front. Lots of crowd surfers. The folks in the seats up at the back looked very subdued though - were they asleep? I pitied them...
I didn't think Moz was going to last the night - he seemed to really be struggling during 'Stop Me', but somehow seemed to get a second wind.
Solomon seems to enjoy himself - a lot more active on stage than Gary Day. Matt is an excellent drummer!
The new single is starting to grow on me - maybe it is above average after all?
The best new song is 'All You Need Is Me' - a banging tune with some great Morrissey lines. 'Throwing My Arms Around Paris' is very pleasant too...
Not a fan of 'The Loop' generally but it was a real highlight last night. WDYFOFY was excellent too.
Boz Boorer must have lost about 3 stone since this time last year. He seemed to appreciate the crowd last night and applauded down at the front right at the end.
His best yet? (Score:1)
I didn't see one fan in the seats at the back singing or dancing either!! Liked the humourous lyric changes (brother I'm a poet, anyone?!) Can someone tell me what he was referring to re: Hotton?
Also waited in the freezing cold for 20 mins to get a glimpse of the great man getting on the tour bus! Overall it was a fantastic night tinged with sadness when it ended! Love you Mozza! lets have a few more dates this year!!
(User #20520 Info)
Re-Scheduling (Score:1)
Dont know how much this person knows or if its just mis information, but thats what they said.
(User #20400 Info)
Holy gig goers Batman! (Score:1)
But, who cares about me, on with the performance. Moz tried to banter with the crowd but, being a tiny venue his words were drowned out by a group of blokes shouting the Morrissey footy chant. Few seemed to get his reference to what I think was Hutton, a little village en route from Donny to Bridlington, but nevertheless, what he did say was funny, especially the bit about thanking Asda. He certainly seemed to enjoy himself. To my mind he stayed on longer than last weeks Roundhouse gigs. The songs sounded better than at the Roundhouse as well, I think the acoustics of smaller venues really suit his voice. As for the band, they were fabulous; Irish Blood, English Heart never sounded better. The new single is so catchy it should carry a health warning, and Mama Lay Softly was very moving (the military drums at the close reminiscent of I'd Love To) and was it just me, or did he look slightly upset after finishing the song? He certainly spent longer than usual by the drum kit with his water. Just one thing spoilt it and that was the overzealous Dome security, who layed into a guy they'd pulled over the barrier. His friend passed out so he went over with him, and as he was being led away, he gestured for Moz. He shook his hand but when Moz continued singing, the security punched the fan a few times and threw him out, all for "trying to pull Morrissey off the stage". What I think they meant is, "being a bloke showing affection towards another bloke". It was brutal to watch and my friend who saw the guy later said the security were just mocking him as he got upset. The poor lad was as slight as anything, not a lager lout or a muscle bound bruiser. To say he was anything other than respectful towards Moz is ridiculous. I don't know how Morrissey's securtiy communicate with the venue staff, but that was totally not on. I work in Doncaster and it's a rough place; if the security are anything like the bouncers at the town's clubs, the crew shold have taken steps to ensure fans safety.
Overall though, a triumph. If you're off to see him tonight or tomorrow, you're in for a great time. And does anyone know who the band were before Girl In A Coma? I didn't catch their name. They looked about 14 and played four songs, but the singer was mini Moz; same enunciation, same mannerisms, same clothes. It was like watching your kid do a talent show, so sweet, and yet so incredibly brave of them to appear. They weren't bad either.
Juat one last thing, I saw the ambulance for the fan who was knocked down. It wasn't speeding off to hospital, so I presume it wasn't serious. I hope they're ok.
(User #14229 Info)
'Tried To Pull Him Off The Stage' (Score:1)
Was there with two friends, and during the crush, halfway through How soon is now, my friend began to go all limp and faint. Spent the next four songs trying to keep people away to let her breathe. It was all too much for her, and she had to be taken away during 'Billy Budd'. I followed her and found myself close to morrissey. I made an attempt to shake his hand but nothing, so allowed Morrisseys own security to take me away. As i was walking off, i got a tap on the shoulder, and the man himself is offering his hand! Who wouldnt shake it??? Next thing I know, the domes security knock me off my feet, and nearly send morrissey with me!
This was labelled by the domes security as an attempt to Pull the man off the stage rather than just over-aggresive security. Nevertheless, I was taken outside, without being allowed to see my friend safely to people i knew and who would look after her, and beaten and pinned against a wall. Unbeleivable.
Anyone know what I can do?? because the only man who can prove i did not try to pull him off stage is morrissey, provided he didnt feel i was trying to, i hope he didnt, because i would never do such a thing =[
Any advice would be appreciated, and you can email me on [email protected]
thankyou =] and thanks to those who tried to help keep me upright!
and thanks to mozzersgirl for the supportive comment earlier in the thread.
any advice would be appreciated xxxxxx
(User #18001 Info)
Re:dreams are made of these (Score:0)
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