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5.24.2007Is This What It's Come To? Concert Reviews?
 As you can probably tell, Twisted Wife and I have been taking in some shows recently. So, last night we went to see Morrissey. Shocking as it may be, I am not a big fan. However, Twisted Wife is a HUGE fan, which means by default I am a fan. Married guys know exactly how this works, speak ill of the Morrissey and my lifestyle as I know it will be disrupted in horrible ways. So, to keep the peace in my house, I will now say nice things about the show:The opening act, Kristeen Young, was terrible (I refuse to link to her site due to the trauma I am still enduring). She was a cross between Tori Amos, Bjork and The Dresden Dolls without a millionth of the talent. She jumped around, caterwauling like a spoiled child. The only saving grace was that she was somewhat cute in an art-school girl kind of way. I felt bad because her drummer was good. Unfortunately, she made me cringe. After the show, I was forced to explain to TW that I was in such a state of horror that I couldn't even force a pity clap for Kristeen. The highlight of her act came when she said to the crowd, "I'm not naming names, but some of the English people on this tour think we're in Kansas" (we were in Missouri). "And they think we are stupid because we don't know our geographics." Sorry, dollface, talentless and stupid is no way to go through life. The Morrissey Review Although I said I wasn't much of a fan, every time I've seen Morrissey I've really enjoyed the show. By no means does his live show make me want to buy his albums, but it does make me respect his contribution to music. And at 46, he's been in the game long enough to have made a substantial contribution. Last night was different, though. When he first stepped on stage, he looked his age... too old to rock. He wore a suit that made him look like the stereotypical creepy old guy. And until he ditched it, about three songs into his set, he was freaking me out. Then came The Smiths' songs. As soon as he sang Girlfriend in a Coma, he looked different... younger, possibly, definitely confident. And that was that, the rest of the show was amazing. But I'm still not running out to buy his albums. 
posted by Jim at 6:08 PM
1 Comments: Kathy said...
Ok, I saw Morrissey last night and he was SPECTACULAR! Kristeen Young, on the other hand, was absolutely wretched. Just wretched. She was going on about how the drummer hadn't bathed in five days. Ugh. |
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