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on Sunday August 11 2002, @10:00PM
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Day 3 (Score:0)
Jack in Clear Lake.
Opening music (Score:2, Informative)
"Someone was asking about the walk on music: it's Sir John Betjaman [ an ex poet laureate ] reading a very touching poem about the death of one's father....."
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Yuma Concert (Score:0)
Loved it loved it.
Aesthetics, damn aesthetics (Score:1)
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morrissey in perfect form (Score:3, Informative)
also, "late night, maudlin street" was absolutely beautiful live. i loved looking at morrissey's face as he sang this; just full of emotion.
some highlights:
01. as soon as "november spawned a monster" started, someone threw a hat with the word "vile" on it, just like in the video, and as if on cue, morrissey puts it on right before the lyrics are to begin!
02. only one fan was able to make it on stage. he managed to touch morrissey but as he was about to kiss him on the cheek he was manhandled by security, quite roughly at that.
03. as someone already mentioned, moz was handed one of the new blue tour shirts. morrissey examines the shirt, places it up to his chest and asks "and why on earth did you give me this? i know who i am!" and tosses it back.
04. morrissey received many gifts, some of them being a colorful lei and what looked like a gold chain with a cross on it, which he promptly put on around his neck.
05. a fan threw an object on stage which incidentally hit boz on the hand. visibly agitated, he shook his hand and cursed under his breath. other fans who noticed this yelled and asked him if he was okay. :)
06. besides boz getting smacked with a flying object, all the boys seemed to be having a great time. i would catch alain looking to get boz and gary's attention, and as soon as he got it he would give them a wink and a smile. morrissey was dancing, and he turned to look at dave gahan aka dean the drummer and dean flash the biggest smile.
07. during the new song, "mexico", after the first verses featuring the title, fans actually applauded as opposed to just cheering. morrissey of course took a bow. ;)
many more highlights, but i can't think straight - still overwhelmed by the show! thank you morrissey!
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Yuma... an evening of showtunes! (Score:3, Informative)
The Yuma set list was exactly the same as Tucson, but I didn't mind as long as he played Maudlin again. The venue actually looked like a high school gymnasium than a concert venue. It felt like homecoming and prom all over again, but this time with people you'd rather NOT poke in the eye!
Just to add to Ladymoz's comments about the show, here are some things I remembered...
After the first song, Moz welcomed Yuma by saying, "Welcome to an evening of showtunes!"
As in Phoenix, Moz changed the first part of Hairdresser to... "Where is Yuma? Where is Yuma?"
He also mentioned the "new album" again by saying, "We have a new album that's set to be released in 15 years!"
The song I noticed that got the most response (compared to the previous 2 shows) was Mexico. Not surprised being that the border is minutes away. He asked if anyone was from Calexico and after Mexico, the crowd started chanting ME-XI-CO, ME-XI-CO, ME-XI-CO!!!
Speaking of the shirt Moz threw out, I almost caught that, but someone behind me got it. Damn it!
I don't want to repeat Ladymoz, so I'll just end it here. I'll see you in Seattle Moz! N-e-e-d s-l-e-e-p...
AzMozFan
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Please, please, please.... (Score:1)
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The new songs (Score:1, Interesting)
Well, they're not exactly his best are they? A lot of the same old ground being covered - glamorised lowlife (First Of The Gang), being unloveable (Crashing Bores) and a few more suspicious veiled comments about magistrates and criminals running the law. After 6 years surely he isn't STILL pissed off about that court case?
At least Mexico seems interesting - an attack on white affluence which should one hopes put an end to the racism thing.
If the lyrics are transcribed properly then it's weird to see him use the word "shit" in a song! That's what living in LA does to a nice English boy.... (43? boy?)
New releases? (Score:1)
If a full international tour can be organised, then surely it's just a load of bollocks that Morrissey is having difficulty arranging a record contract?
(Anyway, I suppose the lyrics of his new songs don't look anything special...)
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Come to the East coast, PLEASE!! (Score:1)
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faces in the crowd? (Score:1)
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Re:faces in the crowd? (Score:2, Informative)
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I Met Him!!! (Score:3, Informative)
Songs that i would enjoy hearing (Score:0)
break up the family
well i wonder
sing your life
the edges are no longer parrallel and i would explode if he sang THE QUEEN IS DEADi just think it would be appropriate ;)
I am in shock (Score:3, Informative)
The first night in Phoenix was just a little bit extra special because it was the first show and it was great to see all the bands' reaction to slight mistakes that were made or the bad sound probs(Alain, how many times can you cringe?) My heart seriously dropped into my ankles when they came out and I heard "Please, Please, Please..." I cannot even describe with words what this moment was like. I could not believe it was actually happening. And to hear "There Is A Light" at all three shows is truly one of the highlights of my life. This has pretty much been the most important song in my life for the last 15 years, and I never dreamt that I would be so lucky to actually hear it live in person. That changed this weekend. I was so overcome with emotion, that I could not even cry. I could only stare in awe and sing from the bottom of my heart. I can't believe this really happened!
Despite suffering extreeme heat exhaustion all weekend(Phoenix was 115 degrees all day in line) I had a great time at all the shows. I want to thank everyone I met in line, or saw again, for at least making the time pass a little easier. Only for Moz shows would I wait in 100+ degree heat from the early morning on. I can't wait for the next shows I get to go to. I am kinda bummed that I have no shows to go to in Canada now, but I will make a good vacation out of it. I am still in ultra-shock. The five hour drive home from Yuma gave me time to realise how lucky I am to have seen these shows.
Greg
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And... (Score:1)
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Re:And... (Score:2, Informative)
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Intermission music (Score:1)
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Hot Shower (Score:3, Interesting)
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this concert was money! (Score:1)
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maladjusted (Score:1)
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Miracle of Yuma, AZ or Moz is back in style!... (Score:2, Informative)
I would start from afar: Personally, I always wanted to go to Yuma and meet Tibby... Remember her, she was very active on this board about a year ago, and then she somehow almost disappeared from the radar screen... (Did she lost Internet access? That's what her dairy says.) Alas, I didn't meet her, yet I hope she indeed was there and she recharged her batteries so to speak with Moz's energy... She is a beautiful, somehow vulnerable spiritual girl, and, in case she was there, I'm sure she had enjoyed the show, which featured perhaps one of the best Moz performances ever...
Now, back to the start of my overbearing and boring story (If you stopped reading already, you made a right choice, if you are stubborn reader and still here with me up to this point, I give you a virtual Tori-esque bear hug)…
Well, I hate to say it, but I came to Yuma… alone… My Israeli LA ex wanted to go, but he was tied up by his current love interest at LA, while my SD partner decided to go to Hillcrest 5th Avenue Street Fair, and get drunk and merry with his buddies… So we went to Hillcrest Street Fair around 11AM, it was very cool by the way, a real ‘hood holiday, with all kinds of locals, queers and straights enjoying themselves under benevolent San Diego sun and buying/selling all kind of useless but cute merchandise like steroid-spiked energy drinks, incense and all kind of crafts and foods… I tried to make my partner and his zillion friends go with me, but SD men are lazy and hedonistic… There were no takers on my offer… My partner line of argument: “Fuck! Yuma, where is that? Alaska? It’s 6 hours drive, are you nuts, your car would explode, you would get lost in mountains under snowstorm or even worse, Yuma Indians would scalp you! Then Arizona coyotes would feast on your bones… Do you want to see Senator McCain that badly? All of this crazy travel to see some closet-case has-been obscure British singer instead of drinking beers with your boyfriend?! ” In response, I was somberly repeating many times: “I must see Morrissey” with manic conviction of kamikaze pilot… So then my partner decided to outfox me by (falsely?) claiming that he spiked my beer with LSD and therefore I can’t go… unless it is Grateful Dead concert… Well, I asked him for divorce and went by myself… OK, I really didn’t ask for divorce, but he was pissed and I felt guilty, almost like unfaithful spouse… So merrily I went…
Well, it sucks to travel by myself, so I was listening to the bunch of music on my way to Yuma not to fall asleep… I passed Alpine, 2 casinos, mountains, deserts, dunes, humid greenery of Imperial County with numerous cranes munching on avocados or whatever agricultural produce it was… It was hot, I sweated like a pig, and angrily thought of my partner and his friends drinking cold ones at Hamburger Mary… Why Moz chose Yuma? Maybe to impress Miss Tibby?! To explore the new listeners market of San Louis/Mexicali/El Centro/Yuma? The guy used to be the toast of London and now Yuma, Arizona…? Yet later I realized that small and intimate Yuma venue would be perfect to observe the Legend closely. Yuma Convention Center provincial, close face-to-face, LA-fans-less (sorry!), comfy, almost high school soccer game environment would be worth all the travel…
Again, it was hot and humid, Yuma was a pleasant but boring place, not moneyed place for sure, somehow different from San Diego… It looked a ‘lil shabby, like poorer parts of El Cajon Blvd, but without hookers and homeless, just well-behaved and well-mannered locals driving and walking here and there, oblivious to Morrissey… Many motels and all kinds of fast foods and car dealerships… I got to the Yuma Convention Center at one piece, it looked like high schoo
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Viva Hate in Japan ?? (Score:0)
Could it be that Viva Hate was the best received of all the solo work in Japan ?? Does anyone know if the other material was even released there ??
Im trying to find a reason why he picked 6 songs out of a 17 song set off the same disc, the oldest disc at that. I think hes trying to play to the favorites of the Japanese fans , while at the same time earning the respect & heavy payday from the promoter. I mean , why else would he play 3 dates in America, and THEN go to Japan ?
Ill tell you why- to warmup old songs and be ready to give the festival his best shot, then return to the states with hard earned cash in hand.
Then he switches the setlist to include other songs & even more new material to get ready for the studio.
I hope Im right, because for an artist with 110+ solo songs , and 75+ Smiths songs under the belt, its just not right to play 30% of a set off one recording.
Any thoughts ??? Kram
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(Off topic) Anyone need a rommate in the LA area? (Score:1)
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link (Score:1)
http://www.geocities.com/gunshot_licker/tour1.html
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Please Ignore Us Again (Score:0)
Love,
Will I ever get to Hug You?
Hey...? (Score:1)
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The best time of my life! (Score:1)
Love your devoted and forever fan!
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