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on Saturday May 08 2004, @08:00PM
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May 8, 2004 (Score:1)
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speechless (Score:1)
anyone out there have the setlist?
(User #11070 Info)
Here is Harlem... (Score:3, Informative)
First of the Gang to Die / Hairdresser on Fire / Irish Blood, English Heart / Don't Make Fun of Daddy's Voice / The Headmaste Ritual / I Have Forgiven Jesus / How Could Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel? / Rubber Ring / Subway Train (into) Everyday Is Like Sunday/ Such A Little Thing Makes Such A Big Difference / No One Can Hold A Candle To You / All The Lazy Dykes / Jack The Ripper / I Know it's Gonna Happen Someday // There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
I know the order isn.t right, and I get the feeling that I've missed at least one, but that's what my memory is giving me right now. Please correct my mistakes!
Three shirts total, only one made it into the crowd. He came out in this fantastic red blazer. "How Could Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel?" seemed a bit more rock than it did on Tuesday, which I loved. And Moz was pretty chatty, though he did seem to have been taking dance moves from Ian Curtis. He really seemed to be giving it everything, though, considering it was the last night.
Someone up front gave him flowers, and another girl made it up on stage before being led off by security.
Now I have nothing to look forward to!
"Now you know why the tickets were so expensive. The drama and histronics are extra."
(User #11061 Info)
Rubber Ring!?!?!?!?!? (Score:1)
(User #615 Info)
The Setlist (I'm pretty sure) (Score:0)
I'm pretty certain this is right, correct me if I'm wrong, much much much more about this AMAZING show later (especially rubber ring. god it's about time!)
Twas.. (Score:2, Funny)
There were a few nice surprises in the set list tonight as you can see.. overall pretty amazed with the show.
So, I was the odd tall fellow with odd hair standing near the bar on the top mezzanine as staring as everyone was filing out.
Kudos to the lady with the white outfit and those wild platform(?) boots!
Walking through Harlem, I'll never forget the guy in the street who asked "Why so many crackers?" Golden.
Off to bed.
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Final Apollo Show (Score:4, Informative)
I could tell even before Moz came on that tonight was going to be special. A much more excited reaction to David, lots more Morrissey t-shirts. It just felt like it was going to be amazing.
He finally took the stage around 9:10 wearing a bright red jacket with a checkered shirt underneath. The crowd was really excited, they started off, as they have been, with The First of the Gang to Die. I was really surprised with how many people knew it word for word.
Hairdresser followed, except with London changed to Harlem in the first few lines, and then he also changed a line to "When he said I'm going to screw you, I felt quite happy for you." I think (if I'm reading my handwriting correctly he also said "Too busy to kiss me" instead of "Too busy to see me"
Irish Blood, English Heart was next, really really great performance of it. Afterwards, he said " Thank you to those who managed to make it to every show. We know who you are, we have your addresses, we'll be around."
Headmaster Ritual was really good, I was so glad that they played it tonight. During it, Morrissey did a lot of hand shaking and was given a massive bouquet of yellow gladiolas from someone in the front row with he took.
I Have Forgiven Jesus seemed really emotional, he seemed very into it, clinging to the mike stand the entire time, occasionally playing with his hair. This was one of the shows high points for me.
After, he said "Of course, you don't realize it but in a few days we have a new cd album coming out. It's called the Impotence of Earnest."
Next, Don't Make Fun of Daddy's Voice and Let Me Kiss You. After he was done singing it but the band wasn't done, he rushed off stage, I could see him taking off his shirt from where I was. He returned on stage a few seconds later this time wearing a yellowish plaidish type shirt with really nice buttons. He thanked the Apollo, saying "Before we go any further, we'd like to extend our extreme thanks to the Apollo and to those who have been here every night."
And then . . . RUBBER RING! Jesus Christ I nearly died. I cried in fact. It sounded just gorgeous. The crowd sand the second bit of la's by the way. It was so nice to hear.
He acknowledged Julia just once tonight, just saying her name after Rubber Ring.
Such a Little Thing was next, with "simple things" changed to "complicated things". At the end of the song he collapses to the stage and just stays ther for a moment. He gets up after the song is over and is laughing a bit and says, "Now you know why the tickets were so expensive. The drama and histronics are extra." Quote of the night in my opinion.
Then Everyday Is Like Sunday. Then Crashing Bores. During the intro he says the title and at the end says "The world is full of crashing bores. Absolutely full. That is why you're here tonight and not out there with all the people in the world."
No One Can Hold A Candle to You after which he says "So in that song, I mentioned Gertrude Stein which leads us, incidentally, into the next song" which was All the Lazy Dykes. Clever Moz :)
Then "this song is about the 80's, but the 1880's" . . .If you haven't guessed they broke into Jack the Ripper. It was during this song that the only stage invader made it. She looked a
Re:Final Apollo Show -thanks to the balcony (Score:2, Informative)
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MAY 8-Beautiful (Score:1)
And hearing There Is A Light AND Headmaster Ritual in one show....my inner teenager is glowing, freaking out, jumping up and down!
Overall, great show....Moz doesn't whip that mic-cord like he did in his thirties, but he's consistent throughout the show, and blazes through the material. Most of the You Are The Quarry material sounded strong, especially IBEH and First Of The Gang at the top of the show-rockin! Everyday Is Like Sunday was beautiful.....makes me think some of the middle of the set wouldn't have sounded better with some more of his early solo material....I Don't Mind If You Forget Me, anyone? How about some Interesting Drug?
May 8 will be the star of my personal 2004 highlight reel!
Who can reccommend a good place to get bootlegs?
(User #11071 Info)
Wow This is So Random...But (Score:0)
Dunno if anyone ever noticed before, but it just struck me.
The REAL show stopper!!!!! ROW F Lower Mezz seat 2 (Score:0)
RUbbER RinG! (Score:0)
Don't mean to be a pain in the ass, but.... (Score:0, Flamebait)
Re:Don't mean to be a pain in the ass, but.... (Score:2, Informative)
Again, not entirely sure of the order or how complete it is.
He was great, it's just... *Morrissey*.
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report from the morricheapseats... (Score:2, Funny)
http://www.vinodtandon.com/ralphjunior/music/moz2.mp3
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Rubber Ring's got a great lyric (Score:0)
apollo sat nite- bootleg (Score:1)
thursday, and that was like the church of morrissey. very emotional, people hanging quietly on every word. saturday nite was like a party, people went nuts. moz even thanks the crowd for " extending" themselves. right from the start, i knew its was going to be a hoot, when he opened the show with a few bars from sinatra's My WAY.
when he played headmaster ritual, i punched my daughters boyfriend so hard( from excitememt) he almost fell out of his seat. then rubber ring!
i had never been to a smiths gig, my kids where very small back then and i made it a point to be home at nite. now i feel almost as if i had , and my kids ( now 20 and 22) were with me. one of the best things in life to me, for us all to experience this together. i'm working on mastering the sat gig now ( the thursday cd is done), so if anyone is interested, e mail me at
[email protected]
(User #10978 Info)
Front Row Tool, Pay-offs (Score:0)
But once music started, all was well with the world: Moz was absolutely magnetic, amazing, fantastic. Worth the trip from Pittsburgh. Thanks Moz
setlist scan, crotch flower (Score:2, Interesting)
I'm back to Rochester from NYC. A very sweet time, indeed. I was in the front row, center section for last nights show. I was 3 people in from the aisle where that big black dude was keeping people from getting into the front row in front of Moz. I'm the one who caught the crotch flower and got Moz's setlist after the show. Plus, 3 hand grabs from Moz. Christmas came early!
What a great show. David Johansen and his band did a great job opening up. I still semi-recall him opening for the Who and the Clash in Buffalo at Rich Stadium back in '82. It must have been his Buster days because it wasn't anything like this and he totally got shit thrown at him for the whole set. Last night was great. Except for the shit bag security who made us sit down after a couple songs. Assholes.
Then Morrissey. Brilliant! What a performer. That shirt pile on was a great site to see. Very funny.
I was talking with that girl who made it on stage. She and a friend got a couple of those box tickets right before the show. She must have sneaked around the back of the speakers. I was thinking about going for the stage, but being that I'm 39 and that fence being pretty high and that fence also being a pretty good distance from the stage and those goons standing there with their arms spread wide, I thought better. I can imagine maybe making it up to the top of the fence and then getting grabbed by security and falling fast first into the stage. Plus, I wanted to get that setlist, which I did!
I put it up real quick on my web-page:
http://home.rochester.rr.com/aksodoma/
Oh yea, that tool, paying off the guards in front of the stage was pretty annoying, chumming it up with the guards. I didn't see the big payoffs, but he was getting pretty friendly with those goons.
Later,
Al
(User #10485 Info)
Rubber Ring live (Score:1)
Last nights version of it was very flat compared to the way Johnny plays it on Rank. It really wasn't very good musically but its actually THE song that made me realize The Smiths were special so to be there for the first ever performance of it was great.
I met a guy who says he started the song but then went into Is It Really So Strange in California a few years back but I never heard of such a thing so I think he's full of it.
This song has potential to be great live but they need to keep working on it. This is like Shoplifters which wasn't very good when they first started doing it but was fantastic on Friday night.
(User #8415 Info)
I Know it's Gonna Happen (Score:1)
Boz strummed so hard on this during this show that he broke his pick and didn't have one on his mic stand and had to get one from his guitar man.
(User #8415 Info)
Mikey's Setlist --- Last Moment of the Show (Score:0)
Did anyone notice at the end of the show, when Mikey was the last one left on stage, after he took his bows, he walked over to the right of the stage and gave that redhead his setlist? I was right near her and he seemed totally hell bent on her getting it. Others were trying to grab for it, and he knocked their hands away, pulled hers close, jammed the setlist in it, and closed her hand around it. I was just wondering, was this Julia? She didn't seem old enough to have been a fan for 20 years, but I figured it must be her because of the way he went out of his way for her. Lucky gal.
Long winded, but deserved it (Score:1)
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I must know (Score:1)
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add'l. may 8th comments (Score:1)
My favorite moment of the show had to have been when Moz was thanking the Apollo and staff, and then paused, bowed and swept his hand over the crowd... "And thank you."
You had to be there. ;)
(User #11061 Info)
[subject deleted] (Score:1)
(User #11084 Info)
sour-ly disappointed (Score:1)
Sincerely,
Boy in the lower mezzanine row F seat one.
(User #11085 Info)
My review (Score:1)
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An Amazing Nite! (Score:0)
I loved every minute of the shows well worth the $800+ spent on tix, though it is gonna make this week rather hard to get through...till the next time - Cheers K
The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores (Score:1)
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The Crowd was Full of Crashing Bores (Score:0)
Morrissey should have played much more, given his long career and our devotion as fans. Most artists with such a portfolio of hits and singles play for 2 hours!
And as for Julia: really, get a job, get a life......let's be real, not trying to be cruel or spiteful but really.... do someting with your life. Same goes for the foolish fans paying an arm an a leg for all the apollo shows and hoping he would change the setlist every night just for you!
I enjoyed seeing so many fans with their significant others. Life does go on after high school and it's nice to see people have moved away from adoration and fanaticism to admiration and nostalgia.
Let's face it: until Morrissey can provide a show worth going wild over, I guess we'll all just be mediocre fans with over-priced tickets to a very overrated show. Not to mention the horrible venue and shady location to say the least. Hopefully everyone made it home ok past the congregation of about 40-50 thugs crowding the sidewalk on the way back to the train station! White people in Harlem, not a good thing! Hang the Tour Manager!!!
still has it... (Score:1)
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Hold a Candle (Score:0)
Is this recorded anywhere? Where can I get it?
Question about 3 "new" songs (Score:1)
"Subway train" (used as an intro to "Everyday is like Sunday"), "Don't Make Fun of Daddy's Voice" & "No One Can Hold A Candle To You".
Who wrote these songs? Are they covers of one of Morrissey's favourite singers? I've looked for artists who would have performed these songs but didn't get any result. Does anybody know more about it?
Thanks for your answers!
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Anyone know what he said just before SALT (Score:0)
maybe if someone made a recording, they could check?
thank you so much! it's been driving me crazy trying to figure out what he said.
french songs (Score:0)
Celebrity Sighting (Score:1)
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Pre-show Setlist? (Score:1)
i feel like i may have seen one in either one of the Wiltern or Apollo threads but can't remember fully / can't find it now
thanks in advance for any help...
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Few things.. (Score:1)
2-I sat down the row from Smelly Guy. Only thing worse was that all of us were able to sit and take in teh show except only ugly bitch in a hideous pin striped pants suit who had to stand the whole time, taking the focus off the show and making it about her. We all told her to sit down and she wouldnt.
3-Daddy's Voice-cover or orginal? Same with Candle.
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eat my man......... (Score:1)
put down the needle miss karen carpenter....!
rubber ring!!!!!!!!
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"Extending" yourselves in the balcony.... (Score:0)
None of you stood up during the show, and only a handful of you stood up during the encore! Who in their right mind could actually SIT during a Morrissey show? It was ridiculous!
He made sarcastic remarks two nights in a row about the balcony - it was rather sad that the mundane fools in the balcony actually cheered when Moz insulted them!
Karma? (Score:1)
The show was amazing. Morrissey is incredible and can deliver a tune like none other. The two of us stood the entire time, singing along to every tune and smiling from ear to ear. David really wanted to hear Jack the Ripper, and we were both thrilled when it was played. I was surprised to see that we were the only ones not sitting, for the most part. We were located at the far right of the balcony (if you're facing the stage.) Well, during Everyday is Like Sunday, Morrissey noticed the two of us standing up there. I was wearing a white t-shirt and we were, apparently, very visible. At first he looked up, then he turned to face us and sang directly to us. I nudged David and said, "Is this really happening? Are you seeing this?" His response was, "Oh my God, Yes!" It was heaven. Morrissey has a way of making everyone in the room feel special, like he's singing directly to you. This time, he was. Following the song, he said, "I'd like to thank those in the balcony for standing." We were speechless!
Chris
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Pre Morrissey Music Query (Score:0)
"...and its raining" "...and I'm single"
Does anybody know what this song is?!
Post Show Music (Score:0)
Andy Williams - "Charade"
Serge Gainsbourg - "Intials BB"
Pony Club - "Single"
Does anyone know the complete set? if so, would you please be so kind as to post it...
Thank you
K