Day 2460 - Morrissey's forte
In my previous blog entry I wrote how I had presumed Dawn's tweet about "Mr T" had meant Tonight was the song sung during the pause in Speedway in Birmingham, but it was nothing of the sort. The actual snippet sung during Speedway was from the West Side story song Somewhere. Moz sang, "time to share, time...time...forget it".
Our Heather hadn't interpreted Dawn's "Mr T" tweet to mean Tonight, she left comment on my blog entry of Wednesday to say, "Could mischievous Dawn have been referring to the song "Mr. T" by the rapper Westside Gunn?"
Heather's theory was indeed correct. Dawn left a message on my Twitter DM in the early hours of Thursday morning saying, "Clever Heather once again."
I had never heard of Westside Gunn, nor his dreadful Mr Sodding T song, but more to the point, how and why does Morrissey know about this artist and song - Is Moz a secret rap fan?
Anyway, onto last night's concert at Brixton Academy. Snow fell for most of the day throughout the UK yesterday, and as more and more fans coming from outside London started to realise that they weren't going to make it to the concert, they started posting on social media that they wanted the concert to be cancelled. When it became evident that it wasn't going to be cancelled, people started to moan. So there you have it, when Morrissey cancels a concert his fans moan, and when he doesn't cancel a concert, his fans moan.
PHOTO COURTESY OF @OFFICIALMOZ WHO TWEETED IT EARLIER TODAY ALONG WITH, "FIRST OF 4 SOLD OUT LONDON SHOWS. TO ALL M FANS - THANK YOU!"
For only the second time on this tour, You'll Be Gone was omitted from the set, but unlike in Newcastle; where it was omitted as a tease to me, it was left out this time because Morrissey decided to throw-in Judy is a Punk instead; which was obviously as a tribute to London based punk designer, Judy Blame, who died last week - as mentioned by Morrissey at his concert in Dublin.
Judy is a Punk was accompanied by a picture on the screen of actress, Tallulah Bankhead.
With You'll Be Gone out of the set, Morrissey opened with The Last of the International Playboys, which had been requested on social media by Lyn Boorer back in January. I doubt there are many other people that Morrissey would play requests for; although perhaps it came at a price.....
BOZ: Er, Moz, Lyn has asked if we can play Playboys for her when she comes to see us in Brixton.
MOZ: Lyn?
BOZ: You know, my wife.
MOZ: Oh yes, I recall. The woman deserves a medal. I deserve a medal.
BOZ: So, is it alright if we play it?
MOZ: What?
BOZ: Playboys! At Brixton.
MOZ: You're putting me in a very difficult situation here Boz, old son. You know I don't do requests, and, well, if I do one for Liz-
BOZ: -Lyn
MOZ: Yes, quite, if I do one for, er...
BOZ: Lyn
MOZ: Lyn, then I'll have every Tom, Dick and Larry wanting a song.
BOZ: But it is my wife we're talking about, Moz, it's not like she's a fan or somethink
MOZ: Not a fan?
BOZ: I mean, well, you-
MOZ: I'm only toying with you Boz, of course Lyn can have her song, but it'll mean I have to give old Etienne Rue some royalties, so your wage packet will be a little lighter next Friday, old chum - I know you understand.
BOZ: Er, yeah, I, er, I understand. Thanks Moz. So I can definitely tell Lyn we'll play it, yeah?
MOZ: Of course. Tell her it's a special present from me....for her birthday.
THE BOORERS
The backdrop picture displayed during Playboys was one of singer/actor Fabian Forte; who a certain shimmying french maid told us back on Day 842 of FTM was the influence for the cover of You Are The Quarry.
According to Wikipedia, Forte was drafted for military service during the Vietnam war, but was rejected after producing a doctor's note that stated induction into the Army could cause him to develop homosexual tendencies.
Forte was also mentioned by Morrissey in a TTY Question & Answer session in 2014, when he named Forte as an influence, saying, "You possibly haven't heard of Fabian because he's practically prehistory these days, but I loved the way he dressed in his heyday. I always loved traditionally masculine suits and accoutrements and classically designed trousers."
FABIAN FORTE IN A BULLET FOR PRETTY BOY
FABIAN FORTE - THE BACKDROP PICTURE FOR THE LAST OF THE FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL PLAYBOYS
As Morrissey walked out onto the stage at Brixton, he was clearly making an 'O' sign with his left hand, which he held in place for ages. He then cried, "Bring back free speech, bring back free speech".
Apart from Playboys and Judy, the set was full of the same gems as we have had all tour, and AT LAST, AT LAST, AT LAST, somebody filmed Jacky's Only Happy. If You Don't Like Me was also filmed, which is great, because it's a cracker.... they're ALL crackers.
During the outro of Everyday Is Like Sunday Morrissey sang, "Fatty, you're the one for me". There was no I Started Something I Couldn't Finish, which meant the set only had one Smiths song, in the form of How Soon is Now.
The concert finished with Irish Blood, English Heart, and for the first time in ages there was no shirt toss, which is rather ironic because back in August 2011, Brixton was the venue of Morrissey's first shirt toss for a very long time - which 'coincidentally' happened following a pledge on the MorrisseysWorld blog from three days earlier made by 'Parody Morrissey' that stated, "I have decided I will once again strip down to the waist".... as mentioned by Kitty Empire in her Guardian review: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/aug/14/morrissey-london-palladium-review. That was one of the very first 'coincidences' on our 6+ year journey.
Next stop, Brighton, and as long as the snow doesn't stop the trains, I will be there for my first Moz concert since August 2016 . I cannot wait to witness the new songs in person. I will, of course, be taking a blue rose, but the Brighton Centre is another of these vast arenas, and so I don't anticipate getting to the front or being noticed. There is always the Palladium next Saturday for the offering of blue roses.
Our Heather hadn't interpreted Dawn's "Mr T" tweet to mean Tonight, she left comment on my blog entry of Wednesday to say, "Could mischievous Dawn have been referring to the song "Mr. T" by the rapper Westside Gunn?"
Heather's theory was indeed correct. Dawn left a message on my Twitter DM in the early hours of Thursday morning saying, "Clever Heather once again."
I had never heard of Westside Gunn, nor his dreadful Mr Sodding T song, but more to the point, how and why does Morrissey know about this artist and song - Is Moz a secret rap fan?
Anyway, onto last night's concert at Brixton Academy. Snow fell for most of the day throughout the UK yesterday, and as more and more fans coming from outside London started to realise that they weren't going to make it to the concert, they started posting on social media that they wanted the concert to be cancelled. When it became evident that it wasn't going to be cancelled, people started to moan. So there you have it, when Morrissey cancels a concert his fans moan, and when he doesn't cancel a concert, his fans moan.
PHOTO COURTESY OF @OFFICIALMOZ WHO TWEETED IT EARLIER TODAY ALONG WITH, "FIRST OF 4 SOLD OUT LONDON SHOWS. TO ALL M FANS - THANK YOU!"
For only the second time on this tour, You'll Be Gone was omitted from the set, but unlike in Newcastle; where it was omitted as a tease to me, it was left out this time because Morrissey decided to throw-in Judy is a Punk instead; which was obviously as a tribute to London based punk designer, Judy Blame, who died last week - as mentioned by Morrissey at his concert in Dublin.
Judy is a Punk was accompanied by a picture on the screen of actress, Tallulah Bankhead.
With You'll Be Gone out of the set, Morrissey opened with The Last of the International Playboys, which had been requested on social media by Lyn Boorer back in January. I doubt there are many other people that Morrissey would play requests for; although perhaps it came at a price.....
BOZ: Er, Moz, Lyn has asked if we can play Playboys for her when she comes to see us in Brixton.
MOZ: Lyn?
BOZ: You know, my wife.
MOZ: Oh yes, I recall. The woman deserves a medal. I deserve a medal.
BOZ: So, is it alright if we play it?
MOZ: What?
BOZ: Playboys! At Brixton.
MOZ: You're putting me in a very difficult situation here Boz, old son. You know I don't do requests, and, well, if I do one for Liz-
BOZ: -Lyn
MOZ: Yes, quite, if I do one for, er...
BOZ: Lyn
MOZ: Lyn, then I'll have every Tom, Dick and Larry wanting a song.
BOZ: But it is my wife we're talking about, Moz, it's not like she's a fan or somethink
MOZ: Not a fan?
BOZ: I mean, well, you-
MOZ: I'm only toying with you Boz, of course Lyn can have her song, but it'll mean I have to give old Etienne Rue some royalties, so your wage packet will be a little lighter next Friday, old chum - I know you understand.
BOZ: Er, yeah, I, er, I understand. Thanks Moz. So I can definitely tell Lyn we'll play it, yeah?
MOZ: Of course. Tell her it's a special present from me....for her birthday.
THE BOORERS
The backdrop picture displayed during Playboys was one of singer/actor Fabian Forte; who a certain shimmying french maid told us back on Day 842 of FTM was the influence for the cover of You Are The Quarry.
According to Wikipedia, Forte was drafted for military service during the Vietnam war, but was rejected after producing a doctor's note that stated induction into the Army could cause him to develop homosexual tendencies.
Forte was also mentioned by Morrissey in a TTY Question & Answer session in 2014, when he named Forte as an influence, saying, "You possibly haven't heard of Fabian because he's practically prehistory these days, but I loved the way he dressed in his heyday. I always loved traditionally masculine suits and accoutrements and classically designed trousers."
FABIAN FORTE IN A BULLET FOR PRETTY BOY
FABIAN FORTE - THE BACKDROP PICTURE FOR THE LAST OF THE FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL PLAYBOYS
As Morrissey walked out onto the stage at Brixton, he was clearly making an 'O' sign with his left hand, which he held in place for ages. He then cried, "Bring back free speech, bring back free speech".
Apart from Playboys and Judy, the set was full of the same gems as we have had all tour, and AT LAST, AT LAST, AT LAST, somebody filmed Jacky's Only Happy. If You Don't Like Me was also filmed, which is great, because it's a cracker.... they're ALL crackers.
During the outro of Everyday Is Like Sunday Morrissey sang, "Fatty, you're the one for me". There was no I Started Something I Couldn't Finish, which meant the set only had one Smiths song, in the form of How Soon is Now.
The concert finished with Irish Blood, English Heart, and for the first time in ages there was no shirt toss, which is rather ironic because back in August 2011, Brixton was the venue of Morrissey's first shirt toss for a very long time - which 'coincidentally' happened following a pledge on the MorrisseysWorld blog from three days earlier made by 'Parody Morrissey' that stated, "I have decided I will once again strip down to the waist".... as mentioned by Kitty Empire in her Guardian review: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/aug/14/morrissey-london-palladium-review. That was one of the very first 'coincidences' on our 6+ year journey.
Next stop, Brighton, and as long as the snow doesn't stop the trains, I will be there for my first Moz concert since August 2016 . I cannot wait to witness the new songs in person. I will, of course, be taking a blue rose, but the Brighton Centre is another of these vast arenas, and so I don't anticipate getting to the front or being noticed. There is always the Palladium next Saturday for the offering of blue roses.
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