Ladies & Gentlemen...Morrissey!

[palahniukkubrick]

good review, medusa.

[MoogiBoobi]

In the preshow playlist, there was a song done in a Serge Gainsbourg like style...anyone know who that was? someone told me it was jobriath...but...that doesnt seem right...
 
 also, there was a nancy sinatra song and a frank sinatra song.....anyone know what those titles were?
 
 thanks in advance...

[TomJaworski]

It seems I am the only one disappointed by this show. I definitely did not think it was worth the $65 I paid.
   

It was worth every damn penny.  First of all, Morrissey has always performed several ballads in concert.  Everyone of his albums (except Southpaw Grammar) is loaded with slower material. "Now My Heart is Full" is one of the most beautiful songs ever written, he's performed it the last four times I've seen him, and I would have been sorely disappointed had he not performed it on Wednesday.  The "MORRISSEY" stage design was cool as hell and actually was obviously inspired by Elvis' 68 Comeback (not his Vegas years) which as any rock n' roll fan would know, was when the King was at his peak of coolness and vocal ability.  Morrissey is not in a decline, he is as steady as ever.
 
 However, I agree with the audience being very boring.  I tried to get a "MORRissey" chant going from row R, but none of the saps around me joined in.

[Bags]

Originally posted by palahniukkubrick:
  good review, medusa.

Excellent....wish I could have gone, though I certainly see/hear what you're saying, Medusa.  I can picture it -- wonderful, yet, different.

[MoogiBoobi]

the best line was something to the effect of:
 
 "this is a pop concert. and you thought you were sophisticated"

[TomJaworski]

This is a good review:
 
 Morrissey Strikes Again At Constitution Hall
 Friday, October 1, 2004; Page C04
 
 
 As always, Morrissey has so much to answer for. How could the indie-pop cult hero take the stage at Constitution Hall on Wednesday night in a red velvet jacket? How could he perform in front of an Elvis-style backdrop that spelled out his surname in blinking red light bulbs? And how dare he allow his keyboardist to inject a tinkly synth-pop riff into "How Soon Is Now?," the existential boogie that was the American breakthrough of Morrissey's iconic '80s band, the Smiths?
 
 In fact, the British singer (currently resident in Los Angeles) made all these things work, as only he could. He has an uncanny ability to fuse the elements of his sensibility -- lounge ballads with raucous punk, showbiz campiness with earnest introspection, maudlin self-absorption with ironic wit -- and an engaging naturalness as a performer. After storming the hall with an introductory selection of new and older tunes in arrangements that could be fairly termed arena-rock, Morrissey shrugged that the show was just "a pop concert. And you thought you were sophisticated."
 
 
 
 Morrissey (shown in May) performed a mix of old and new material. (Yui Mok -- AP)  
 
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 In fact, the audience was sophisticated -- one fan who managed to scramble onstage kissed the singer's hand -- and so was the performance. Morrissey's first D.C. show in more than four years confidently ranged through his repertoire, not overselling material from his respectable new album, "You Are the Quarry," and including such Smiths classics as "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" and "Bigmouth Strikes Again" (with its "Walkman" reference updated to "iPod''). In about 80 minutes, the performer united the crowd and reestablished his relevance. Once again, Morrissey had turned alienation, petulance and playful self-deprecation into triumph.
 
 -- Mark Jenkins

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by Medusa:
 
 The negatives: The audience  

seriously
 
  the washington DC area is the LAMEST concert audience in the whole world.  hands down.

[thirsty moore]

Whatever man, if you were struck by the chords of thunder like I am, you'd be doing the standstill too.
 
 

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
 the washington DC area is the LAMEST concert audience in the whole world.  hands down.

[bearman🐻]

Depends on the show. I travel a lot and it's always interesting to see a tour in DC vs. other cities. I've got to say that 9:30 Club audiences tend to be some of the best overall. It carries over to the performances of the musicians. Sometimes the venue can really damper the audience's mood, but I sure hope that the Pixies shows will be incendiary. Constitution Hall unfortunately does tend to make people feel as though they have to sit. I just can't imagine sitting for the Pixies.

[lily1]

no one is complaining that his set was not even an hour and a half?  :eek: