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New York, NY (Feb. 29, 2000)

Re: Drive-In Saturday

Posted By: DaScLo <[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, Mar. 1 2000, at 7:29 a.m.

In Response To: Drive-In Saturday (Raffi)

> Well, I guess I stand corrected!

=)

> Morrissey's band sound @#!!! ing fantastic tonight (in
> comparison with the Roseland show where they sounded awful).

Didn't attend Roseland, BUT ... I think that Morrissey's band is actually pretty fantastic. The sound person might need to be replaced, however. The sound tonight on the whole was good, but parts of the show showed that the sound person was really not listening to the mix as closely as he/she should have been. You can see the musicians really communicate with each other on stage and listen closely; their tight and very talented IMHO. I think a lot of people mistake poor or muddy sound quality for bad musicianship. I'm not saying the band are gods, as evidenced by a little looseness during the encore, if ya wanna be nit-picky, but I think that Morrissey's music demands sound almost as perfect as it can be mixed for what each of the band members is contributing to come through and correctly be heard. And yes, I have mixed sound for bands and played in plenty. When the sound sucks, no matter how well one plays, the crowd really misses out ... Just my opinion. . .

>And as a treat, an encore of Bowie's "Drive-In Saturday".
> (Not a hit Bowie tune state-side, but then good Bowie never was
> a hit hear, just that watered down 80's crap us Americans could
> deal with).

No doubt ... the least radio friendly Bowie is the best. . . An interesting choice for Morrissey . . .

> Of the four shows I've seen this was by far the best. The band,
> Morrissey himself (sporting a nice little NY Dolls shirt for the
> Bowie tune BTW), the Beacon theater; a great performance.

Agreed ... the shirt, the theater and the performance =)

> However, he still needs to change the band line up.

Gotta disagree here, though. Sorry

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