why do people still wave them around? trade them in for some nhs glasses and a hearing aid. that wouldn't look quite so desperate.

Hey, I brought some to some of the shows. I took them to Tucson, Salt Lake, and Berkeley. The other shows I went to, I did not have the time or means to find them. The flower thing has pretty much died out kinda. The only show that I saw a lot of people with them was Berkeley. They were everywhere. It was like 1991 all over again. And I took them to the Zephyr show cause it was so small and intimate, and he seemed slightly amused when I thrashed them about during "There Is A Light" (Thanks to MozTwins for driving me around salt Lake to find some flowers). But Berkeley was the best. During "November," somebody put his son(who looked like about 3 or 4) on his shoulders up near the front, and the little boy handed Moz a bouquet. He seemed quite touched and he put the bush in his back pocket just like the old days. It was quite cute. I do miss the days of floweres smashed and spread all over the stage though. It was kinda like that when he played the Hollywood Palladium three years ago, and at one point he slipped on a flower, and completely ate shit and fell on the stage. He seemed to get pretty embarrased by that, but it was all good. I think more people should bring them to shows, even if he does not seem that interested anymore. If he gets bombarded by them, then there really is no way for the stage crew to remove them all from the stage.

> It was kinda like that when he played the Hollywood Palladium three years
> ago, and at one point he slipped on a flower, and completely ate shit and
> fell on the stage. He seemed to get pretty embarrased by that, but it was
> all good. I think more people should bring them to shows, even if he does
> not seem that interested anymore. If he gets bombarded by them, then there
> really is no way for the stage crew to remove them all from the stage.

Oh, how nice, so no chance of them making it safe for him.

Don't forget he's getting on a bit now, he could break a hip! And although he'd look quite dashing with a cane, I just can't picture a Stanna Stairlift in his lovely home, I'm sure it wouldn't go with the decor.

i like the gladiola thing. regrettably, i didnt take flowers to either show i attended, but at the 20th anniversary sweet&tender hooligans show, gladioli were provided, and it was really cool. i got hit in the head a lot, but it was fun.

> i like the gladiola thing. regrettably, i didnt take flowers to either
> show i attended, but at the 20th anniversary sweet&tender hooligans show,
> gladioli were provided, and it was really cool. i got hit in the head a
> lot, but it was fun.
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Im up for the gladiolas too , actually somebody gave him in Paris what it seemed a *very* expensive/exotic kind of yellow orchid all nicely wrapped in celophane (one single flower)with a ribbon ,it was an oriental girl, what I didn't like it's that he threw it back again to the crowd ..-ouch!-:( and i suppose the poor flower was immediately distroyed.

well morrissey cant possibly keep all the gifts people give him. he likes to share.

good points

> why do people still wave them around? trade them in for some nhs glasses
> and a hearing aid. that wouldn't look quite so desperate.

I like the flowers actually. One of my memories of the RAH gigs was the perfume arising from the Mosh pit! Made a pleasnt change from the smell of leather boots and sweat.

Not that I'd carry a bunch of flowers myself to a gig of course.

Ruffian

I really wish people would let go of this. Morrissey hasn't performed with flowers etc. for years. Why can't fans keep up with where the artist is today? It's so shamefull when you go to a show and there are people there with gold shirts on like the Your Arsenal period. Or glasses and hearing aids! Or other such emphemora.
How must he feel looking into the audience and seeing mid-20's to 30's wearing his old wardrobe? It's bloody ridiculous!