Please someone tell us about the new songs.

Jeff

> Please someone tell us about the new songs.

He soundchecked The World is Full of Crashing Bores and I Like You.
Those songs were actually played on the speakers outside the venue
so about 10 of us got a crystal clear earful.

Crashing Bores is really good musically, vocally and lyrically.
I Like You is a middle of the road song.
The First of the Gang to Die is a decent song.

All three of these songs are about the same in that they are
all sort of mid-tempo. Nothing heavy, nothing too soft.

Mexico is more of a ballad type of song. It has a real nice
rhythm to it.

I would say in order of best to not best the 4 songs are:

Crashing Bores
Mexico
First of the Gang to Die
I Like You

Additionally,

Please, Please, Please was a fairly heavy version.
Jack the Ripper was the same.
At Amber was ok. Moz had problems hearing himself all night.
Alsatian Cousin sounded a lot like live version of the past
but went straight into Little Man What Now just like the album.
Hairdresses was just like the Oye tour with the same lyric changes.
I Want the One I Can't Have was just SUPERB.
Everyday is like Sunday and Suedehead were both played without distortion
like they were played in 91 compared to 92 where it was all electric.
Sister I'm a Poet was the same.
Meat is Murder was just like the Oye tour.
Ditto for November.
Speedway was different in beginning the song. Morrissey sang the first
lines VERY VERY slowly, more wording it than singing it. Boz had
the chainsaw sample at his control but it was much much louder when
the road crew tested it.
The encore, There is a Light was great. Morrissey kind of gave up
on the vocals at the end but the crowd didn't.

Dean Butterworth had very short hair and a small goatee.
Boz had light brown hair with a full beard and mustache and
I think he was looking a lot like Al Borland from Tool Time/Home Improvement.
Gary looked like he always does.
Alain had some weird short haircut and looked like Joey
Tribianni from friends.
Moz looked good. I few less hairs but still Moz.

The set list had me in utter disbelief. I knew something
big was going to happen for the encore, I just had no idea.

From beginning to end Morrissey seemed eager to prove that
he can absolutely blow away an audience any time he wants.

He kept asking repeatedly if the crowd liked the new songs, specfically
Last of the Gang and Mexico. He didn't ask after Crashing Bores
because the response was so much better.

More on Dean.. he had a gong on his drum set like John
Bonham or something. It was kind of funny trying to see
when he was going to use it. I think he did some sort of
drum roll on it to end Meat is Murder.

He was real stiff and seemed like he was trying very hard
not to mess up. I think by the time they get to Vegas he
is going to really shine. He had some nice fills that spiced
up November and some other songs but most notably he by far
has the loudest drums out of him, Spencer and Spike.

The show was in a round theatre and people were getting on
stage like mad during Hairdresser. Gary's amps got knocked over
as did Boz's and his broke. Alain's mic got knocked over as well
and for a while it looked like it was going to get ugly fast
but people backed off.

Morrissey introduced Last of the Gang and started to play
but Boz stopped him because of his amp not working and
Morrissey quipped, "It's a short song"

They replaced Boz's amp with the King Cheeta's amp.

Overall the show was great even though there was sound
problems and sometimes the lack of rehearsal seemed
appearant.

At one point during the show he said, "I thought by now
you would have moved on.... There's still time"

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