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on Sunday April 12 2009, @09:00PM
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.k (Score:0)
j/k
good show in atx. (Score:0)
Pre-concert video...who was that? (Score:1)
(User #12887 Info)
Great show (Score:3, Informative)
No surprises on the setlist, he did do Billy Budd. I thought he sounded amazing on Death of A Disco Dancer. I know the music wasn't the Smiths, but they did a nice job and it got intense as the song went on. Morrissey sounded really good and true to the LP. Another favorite was Seasick, he sounded fantastic all night long, but those two songs stand out in my mind.
I haven't seen any of the other shows this tour, but from reading comments it seemed Morrissey was as energetic and playful as I've ever seen him. Some have said he's going through the motions, but I didn't get that at all.
He only threw one shirt out into the audience and the fight for the shirt was over fairly quickly. I thought the security handled things okay throughout the night. There was a smallish, weird pit area and random people came down to fill that space, but it wasn't chaotic. They told the people that filled that area to return to their seats and eventually everyone did, but as soon as the band walked out people rushed the barrier. They did not tell anyone to return that I could see and let people remain there. The space didn't totally become full and it could have been more chaotic, but things worked out. There was a super huge, and tall guy wearing a TAPOUT shirt that stood against the railing. He was so tall that he would have easily blocked anyone behind him. I thought it was amazingly nice of him to crouch down through the entire show out of respect to the people behind him. You rarely see this happen. I was on the second row and while there were tons of people behind me people were very respectful. It was miles better than the show in 2007 at the Backyard.
He was pretty chatty and asked people how far they travelled - one woman said McAllen and he kind of said eww, isn't that near Laredo and Brownsville. Pretty funny.
At the end of Charming Man he looked out into the crowd with such conviction it was truly one of the highlights of the show. He shook a lot of hands. Tends to ignore the people in the middle, it seems. But one guy was desperately trying to touch Mozzer's hand and Morrissey went out of his way to reach for the guy's hand.
Unfortunately, the bummer of the night is the encore. Partly, because you know he's leaving and partly because he keeps playing First of the Gang. I like the song, but gosh, for an encore there's so many others he could do. Plus, I don't think it would be that painful to do two encore songs. I hesitate to complain, because the show really was very exciting.
Hopefully this gives you some idea what the Austin show was like and I had no idea Jesse Tobias was from Austin. I caught one of his picks and it said MEXI-CAN on it.
(User #19449 Info)
same set as Houston (Score:1)
wow I am home in San Antonio and nobody else has managed to say a word before me? good show, anyway.. no stage invaders. lots of nonsense singing during "bores". my favorites of the evening were "disco dancer", "the loop", and "OK by myself", the last of which just rocked.
(User #10277 Info)
More later... (Score:2, Informative)
Maybe that set list will one day include "We'll let you know."
Moz had some words of inspiration about how we write our own stories and how we should make ourselves the central figure of our works.
That was also the quickest turn-around from the opening act to the main act. I think maybe it took 20 minutes. The Courteeners weren't bad at all and were a welcome addition.
The audience was into it, of course. Looked like it was sold out, but didn't get a look at the balconies.
The only criticism I have is that the guy next to me had the worst bad breath. He must have eaten the whole carton of cigarettes and chased it with droppings out of the litter box because I could smell it 2 feet away and when he was turned away from me. I wonder what that woman who was with him must think about that.
(User #36 Info)
Photos and video (Score:0)
morrissey i love you (Score:0)
they shall
in this neck of the woods
we are champions
irene born, bored and dusted
New Lyrics... (Score:1, Informative)
"On the shop floor, a camera reaches out to you
Also: During the encore of "First of the Gang," the second half was replaced by "Swingin' on a Star," which he sang in his best Muppet voice. Odd, but intriguing.
He was chatty with the audience, and asked if anyone had any "grotesque questions"...he used a talk show host voice, asking "Yes, you: horrible question?" I kind of think I have heard these questions before a couple tours ago...[Why does the guy standing next to me think he can sing better than you?] Is Julia still touring with him.
Setlist (Score:1)
2. Budd
3. B. Cloud
4. HSIN?
5. Irish
6. Carol
7. How Can?
8. Paris
9. Girls Are Bigger
10.Skull
11.Seasick
12.Loop
13.Bore
14.Disco Dancer
15.One Day
16.Hidden
17.Sorry
18.Ask
19.Lemme Kiss
20.OK By
Enc. 1st UV
(User #555 Info)
My 7th Morrissey show- it was gr8! (Score:0)
thetexasbloke
'Is there a better way to spend Easter Sunday?' No (Score:3, Insightful)
He was sporting a tux, and the band were wearing black suits with the white Moz ties that are for sale at the merch table.
He also said something along the lines of "Is there a better way to spend Easter Sunday?" He introduced Jesse Tobias as being "born and braised in Austin, Texas." That got a loud applause, and Moz gave a perplexed look and said, "Really? You think he's that good?"
I believe it was during "Some Girls" that he came across the front of the stage and took gifts from the crowd. He looked sincerely grateful.
The back-to-back performance of "Seasick, Yet Still Docked" and "The Loop" was incredible. I only wished they would have kept the stand-up bass out and played "Sister I'm a Poet."
As another poster wrote, he said we write our own stories so we should write ourselves "starring roles." Just before the encore he said to "hold on to your friends." (Wish they would have played that, too.)
It was an incredible night and almost made up for the fact he's canceled the last five concerts I've had tickets to.
(User #14693 Info)
Clueless (Score:0)
http://www.allmylittlewordsonline.com/ [allmylittl...online.com]
Set Graphic (Score:0)
El Paso's ready and waiting for Tuesday night (Score:0)
Poetry Reader (Score:0)
dead crowd (Score:0)
also noticed girl in a coma there.... heading to the backstage area after the show, one of them with their new record in hand.
the sound was great.. just wish there was more energy
Re:dead crowd (Score:2, Insightful)
For someone who watched this show through the eyes of a musician and as someone who goes to alot of concerts I couldn't have been more impressed. The band was tight, the stage design was stunning, and Morrissey's performance...he's always been true to us...
(User #22377 Info)
Parent
some girls..... (Score:1)
NICE!!!!!!!!1
(User #20041 Info)
"Well fancy that!" (Score:0)
thetexasbloke
Shyness can stop you... (Score:0)
How Soon Is Now? VIDEO (Score:0)
Why? (Score:2, Insightful)
Is it necessary to put an on-line petition Moz?
(User #21525 Info)
"Sir, this is a rock concert." (Score:3, Informative)
No huge or a**hole security guards, they all knew we were going to rush the pit area and any who wanted to freely streamed down. It was actually a moment of pandemonium as people claimed their spots.
Aside from the good details everyone's shared already, Morrissey came out in a black tux with black bow-tie and proceeded to sweep us all off our feet as the grand master, big dramatic gestures, generous whipping and looping of the mic chord that actually looked like the rim of a dancing folkorico skirt after a while, imho. I thought it was also very reminiscent of Dave Vanian (he's a tux-wearing chord-whipper, too, ends up! Could be Moz's homage to him/The Damned).
Moz later changed into a thin, bright aquamarine tie-dye-like shirt. Then a black shirt (without cufflinks it seemed, this time ;)
which was tossed to the audience. Last, a bright, thin, fuschia tie-dye designed shirt (it wasn't spiral tie-dye, but sort of horizontal layers/shades).
He did a great job making it an intimate show even though there was a barrier with a 5-6 foot moat separating. I don't think there were any successful stage invaders (a little bit of effort for it during the encore). Moz passed the microphone around and bantered a good amount in the latter half of the show. It was nice that before that, he took all gifts at once during Some Girls (?). I gave him an issue of Mojo mag with great history of Buzzcocks (including Ludus in the story), 20pp of Elvis (the cover star of the issue), and immediately following, a great pic of Moz to promote the Kevin Cummins book (the actual review listed later in the pages). A couple people gave him necklaces. He separated I think the charm off of one and proceeded to spin the necklace itself while he sang.
Performance highlights: The Loop, Moz was an even crazier tambourine shaking mo-fo in Austin than in Houston (which was already rockin, bouncing off the walls). Jesse gave his all for the Austin crowd, coming downstage several times to shine. After Moz did his band introduction of him, the crowd went bonkers and Jesse shot a very bright smile. I also noticed last night that the flag J took to his hip pocket at the end of the Houston show was displayed again on his amps at Austin. It's a Mexican flag with Moz's face in the middle instead of an eagle. Very witty, I thought. Was that a fan gift? Then for I'm Okay by Myself, the presentation of Solomon's gutteral, punching bass-line ending was perfect: tight spotlight on just him, the rest (including Moz) in shadow, Moz posed watching him, Boz facing stage left sideways (was good he adjusted and opened his stance a bit more to the audience, I thought), Jesse completely still downstage (front) and upright with his back towards the audience. Their timing getting into places, and their placement was impeccable. The effect of it was strong and the drama of the moment was markedly felt.
Moz's exit was really cute. He was shaking a lot of hands during and at the ending of FOTGTD. He feigned not being able to choose the last hands to shake, pointing from his waist level, elbows bent, then the funniest and most human thing I've ever seen him do at a show, changing the direction of his pointing to offstage left and letting his index fingers lead his eyes and body to exit. It was the cutest thing. Hard to describe in words, but I hope people can visualize to some degree.
One last note, I must say that Moz's crew are some of the nicest people on this planet. I got to talking with the merch guy after the show and he shared that he used to run several indie record labels, one of them being that of The Breeders and Sonic Youth (!). So piracy of the music industry has brought him to be doing this, being the go between for us and the material objects of our Moz-fetish!
(User #2891 Info)
sidenote: Paris in Las Vegas airport! (Score:1)
Just thought I'd share the random thrill! Yes, slightly off-topic, sorry.
(User #2891 Info)
el paso ticket available (Score:1)
(User #22348 Info)
Does anyone know who Travis is? (Score:0)
Finally gave Morrissey The MOZ Pendant in Austin! (Score:0)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtwjAjf18wY
¡Viva Moz! ¡Viva Austin!
(User #18555 Info)
brownsville (Score:0)
where u from
-mcallen
is that near brownsvile something something something
????
Great show! (Score:0)
thetexasbloke