Dear Morrissey . . .

The crowd was weird

now, i'm not sayin, i'm just sayin

he/they sounded great and he was in the best mood I've ever seen him in

I think this makes a difference - the two times i've seen him in recent times - first time - really happy = really good gig - second time - somewhat melancholy, annoyed by the constant attempts at stage invasion (those drunken 40 years old again)- whole thing somewhat subdued. He can be such a moody bugger (obviously).

Yeah, totally. He was almost . . . chipper, even.

Just wanted to point out - nothing against drunk 40 yr olds in general just ones who keep bumping into me and singing the wrong lyrics and being generally annoying and "look at me I've still got it - woo hoo!" I've been searching for a clip for these commercials we have here for a casino where it's like "By day I'm a soccer mom with a boring life but by night I let loose and am wild!". They're so annoying and it was pretty much exactly like that.

I've already seen all five of the Smiths songs they played live before.

not nitpicking, but i can only recall 'this charming man,' 'ask,' 'how soon is now,' and 'death of a disco dancer.' was there another?

i agree that it was a weird crowd, but that's boston, and more specifically, landsdowne street, for you!

i hadn't seen him since 1991, and was glad to see his performance is much less melodramatic than i remember. i seem to remember him writhing around on stage the whole show, but my brother assured me that it was only during one song ...

I'd love to see "Ask" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

nothing against drunk 40 yr olds in general just ones who keep bumping into me and singing the wrong lyrics and being generally annoying and "look at me I've still got it - woo hoo!"

Reasons I don't drink anymore - part 267.

EDB - he also played "I Keep Mine Hidden." That was my first time at the House of Blues and I'm not sure how I like it as a venue.

Pinefox - Ask was definitely the highlight of the entire thing for me.

Still glad we went but the shows I saw in 2007 were MUCH better as far as the set lists were concerned.

I wish I could rememer some of the banter. At one point he said, "I rolled in with the fog and out with the fog I'll roll to wither . . . and . . . die" but laughed while doing so making it very tongue in cheek.

E--what was good/bad about the house of blues? i just bought tv on the radio tickets for june and was moderately excited about checking it out (i always liked the avalon for shows and have been missing it recently).

enbb - thanks for clarifying; i was never a smiths completist, limiting myself to studio lps, etc., so i'd never heard that one before.
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'i just wanted to make brown rice and peppers, but you can't do that in the house of rules!' was pretty good, i thought.

cad - i actually prefer the house of blues to the avalon, insofar as they have moved the soundboard from near the back entrance, which was a major obstruction for walking and watching the show.

but shows still end early there, i was outside by 10:30. i always thought that the avalon used to do this so that they could reopen for dancing; i don't know why hob does this. though i can't complain too much, it being a sunday night and all ...

stop being so offensively vegetarian awready, you fucking tool.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/apr/20/morrissey-coachella-meat-fumes

At least he came back on. I'm surprised Macca has never done this given his riders.

Along with a selection of solo hits, the crowd were treated to blasts from the past

subs please check

"meat fumes"

"blast from the pasts?" shurely not!

What a toolkit. And I say this as somebody who still considers herself a Morrissey stan.

xpost: unlike his solo hits, which are from the current year of 1988

im sayin

At least he showed up for this, unlike the following night's tour-closer in Oakland, cancelled due to illness.

oh right but he's had solo hits (in the uk at least) well into the 00s.

Having thought about this for a while I have to say that the smell of burnt fat is pretty muich what keeps me out of most fast food establishments. It can be pretty gross.

But also "You've been paid you big jessie now get out there and play."...

Bringing home the bacon, aiw.

Dear Morrissey,

I still love you but please stop being a twat.

Love,

Erica

i was there and i wasn't offended at all -- it's morrissey for chrissake, what do you expect?

anyway he was only offstage for like two minutes, it was hardly inconveniencing the crowd or anything.

oh right but he's had solo hits (in the uk at least) well into the 00s.

in at #17, dropping to #43 week 2 and disappearing after that isn't a "hit" tho

QUEEN

(NOT A COMPLIMENT IN MY BOOK)

anyway he was only offstage for like two minutes

During Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others? So the ending when the band just play and there's no singing? I doubt I would have even noticed.

This might also explain why some reviews haven't even mentioned it.

Morrissey has collapsed on stage during a performance in Swindon.

The 50-year-old former Smith's singer was taken to hospital after suffering breathing difficulties while performing at the Oasis Leisure Centre.

A spokeswoman for the Great Western Ambulance Service said: "Just after 9pm we got a call to a 50-year-old who was reported to be... unconscious."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8324492.stm

A spokesman for Swindon's Great Western Hospital said: "Morrissey was brought in to the Accident and Emergency department this evening.

"He has been seen by the medical team.

"At this stage his condition is stable."

Eyewitnesses reported seeing the singer fall to the floor during a performance of his song This Charming Man.

Two band members rushed to his side and dragged him off stage.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Showbiz-News/Singer-Morrissey-Admitted-To-Hospital-In-Swindon---Condition-Stable/Article/200910415416146?lpos=Showbiz_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15416146_Singer_Morrissey_Admitted_To_Hospital_In_Swindon_-_Condition_Stable

Chronic ennui... lets try and find a cure!

This is why no-one should ever EVER go to Swindon.

Dear Morrissey,

I hope you don't die but if you do I'm glad we've shared the moments that we have.

Yours,

Erica

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I concur with this but am somewhat conflicted due to the emotions evoked by the effect that the clocks going back has on the ilx timestamp.

Dear Morrissey,

I am too angry with you for playing in the crap town I used to live in *after I left it* to feel any sympathy.

Yours cordially

L

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/2664/38325158.jpg

i hope he is OK.

He's been discharged - "feeling much better".

RIP Morrissey! :(

From the album cover I think it must have been constipation.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nuLXtj8l5qo/SsIcPFrS3QI/AAAAAAAADAY/utrk504v-qs/s320/Morrissey-Swords-Cover-Art_l.jpg

A spokeswoman for the Great Western Ambulance Service said: "Just after 9pm we got a call to a 50-year-old who was reported to be... unconscious."

I love the long pause in there...

alt:

A spokeswoman for the Great Western Ambulance Service said: "Just after 9pm we got a call to a 50-year-old who was reported to be... Morrissey."

Am wondering whether Anne Gina will do the cover art for the next LP.

Is that seriously the new Morrisey album cover? Looks like it was done with Photoshop in 15 minutes.

Just about every album cover these days does.

Looks like he has one of the swords stuck up his bum.

"He has been seen by the medical team.

Why do I keep picturing all the people coming to gawk at him and then cackle 'n' point?

You know that thread where people pick a photo off flickr, a random page title off Wiki, etc?

Those.

That was an xpost.

He has been seen by the medical team

.. is a third line from a missing verse of....