First Morrissey gig was glasgow 27/04/06. Day before the gig i had been growing my hair for 3 years with a ponytail about halfway down my back and after some pondering decided to chop it all off into a short quiff-esque (not quite like mozzers) style
purely because of moz's comments in the past about ponytails (hates them for anyone who doesn't know). Showed up early and got down on the barrier and chatted briefly with a guy called Hugh (who appears on the end of who put the m in manchester) so big thumbs up to him if he's reading as i believe he said he occasionally visits here.
When Morrissey came on everything ceased to be real. i was about 2-3 metres away from the man yet it felt like there was a giant screen between us- i couldn't believe he was actually there. he looked awesome and i don't believe my eyes gazed anywhere else for the whole time he was onstage. Despite the mixed reviews about the ringleader tour dates there was no way he could have disappointed me- his presence alone was always going to be enough
The only thing that could have gone wrong was the crowd and it was a lively crowd and pretty much all positive comments on here the next day along with a full recording on mp3 with a few of my "wooos" on it although unfortunately you can't hear me shouting "not quite" after he said "this song is for the older section of the audience...which is everybody really" before floorboards (I was 19 now 20 and proud member of those occasionally understated new generation of morrissey fans that the critics often forget about- queen is dead was no 2 on the album chart when i was born).
I marvelled and thought back to all the smiths gig tales of stage invasions i'd read about when i counted 6 people throwing themselves at him during the encore while i was jumping up and down (security and gap between stage and barrier were too great an obstacle on this occasion). After the gig- euphoria is too weak a word, i have never been at peace the way i was on my train ride back home to edinburgh that night.
It's true- in many ways my life is now split into "Before Morrissey" and "After Morrissey"
I hope everyone yet to see him feels the same as i did afterwards. Can't wait for the next album and tour as this was the first surge of Morrissey activity i fully apprechiated as i was just starting to listen to the smiths stuff when quarry came out and wasn't sure about moz's solo stuff then. i was doing my smiths homework album at a time in 04- i took ages immersing myself in smiths and most of his solo stuff before i listened to quarry and didnt hear about the tour at the time anyway as before i got into smiths and moz i was hardly even into music at all.
sorry if i rambled, i just had to share it
