I think Julia just wants to be near him- she was one of the few who got a handshake. The gap between the barrier and the stage was really wide and he nearly fell off shaking hands with someone else.
Where did you see him? I went to Radio City last week, but was in the middle of the orchestra section.
I missed out on the last tour- poor and in college.
I’m hijacking my own thread! I don’t know if there are a lot of people here who like Morrissey though to make it worth starting another thread- I’m pretty sureJackknifed Juggernaut has mentioned being a fan (and now I know you are), but that’s all.
There used to be another big Morrissey fan here but he got banned a couple years ago. How did Radio City compare to Terminal 5? I’ve seen Pulp and Travis at Radio City and the experience really changed depending how far away the seats were. I was in the rafters for one of the shows and I might as well have watched on TV.
I caught the Waterbury show and it was great. Weird venue but very nice. Each tour he digs some gems out of the back catalogue, so it’s worth it to see him every few years. This time it was “Spring-Heeled Jim,” “Maladjusted,” and “I Know It’s Over.” I’ve been waiting my whole life to hear that last one live.
My life goal is to get on stage one time, but I have to hurry because it would just be sad to see some white-haired old man stage invading.
That was my experience seeing Florence + The Machine at Radio City and I was in the second mezzanine.
Radio City was really good but the audience was kind of tepid- part of it was being stuck in seats and maybe there were just more casual fans there- a lot of people were walking in and out to get beer throughout the show. At one point Morrissey asked if he should go. I liked Terminal 5 a lot better even though the audience was crazy.
Glad you enjoyed Waterbury! He skipped “Maladjusted” at Radio City- it was on the set list, but I guess he just wasn’t feeling it or wanted to get done sooner. Heard it at Terminal 5 though and it was amazing (I love “I Know It’s Over” live too- do you have the Smith’s live album Rank**?). Getting on stage would be nice, but I’m afraid of getting put in a headlock by security.
This makes me sound like a nutter but I did get to smell part of his shirt though- a girl I’d been standing in line with caught a scrap of it when he tossed it. He must drench himself in cologne- it smelled like potpourri.
I don’t know about “show” - in fact, I don’t think I’ve ever been to a live music concert, except for the ones where I was performing (school bands) - but I once got in line three hours early for a football game to get into the general admission seating area. It’s remarkable only in that the game in question was the 1982 Cal-Stanford “band is out on the field” game (and no, I did not leave early).
In 1988, I lined up about 4 hours early for general admission to Aerosmith/Dokken. I met a nice guy in line and we just talked and talked the whole time. We’ve now been married almost 20 years.
That second mezzanine is a killer. It’s like watching from the space shuttle. I have Rank, but I haven’t listened to it in ages. I forgot that IKIO was on that; I’ll have to dig it out. But yeah, that one song was worth the price of admission for me. I think the only all-time favorite I haven’t heard live yet is “Pigsty.”
At my show, he left the stage briefly before “Let Me Kiss You.” Maybe he was dunking his shirt in a vat of cologne in the wings.
I love Rank**, I listen to it all the time- “Bigmouth Strikes Again” and “Panic” sound amazing live too (well, on the CD, I wasn’t around for the Smiths).
“Life is a Pigsty” is great. I hope he comes back to the states for another tour soon- despite what he sometimes says I think he’ll continue touring until he keels over.
