Live Review: Morrissey at the Fillmore, 09/23/07
Morissey Live: Aidin Vaziri | At the Fillmore, Morrissey showed you could do misery without being a miserable bastard. The show was the first of a four-night residency at the Fillmore. The former Smiths frontman bound onstage with an arched eyebrow and jutted hip, vigorously reclaiming "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" from Mark Ronson's crossover retro-soul clutches. "Welcome to an evening of utter contempt," he offered by way of introduction. For the next hour-plus, Morrissey and his young five-piece group charged through a tempestuous set jam-packed with fatalistic classics: "The Boy With the Thorn in His Side," "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want," "How Soon Is Now?" After Morrissey soaked through two shirts, the show ended, as all the best ones do, with the singer topless and rolling around on his back while the audience fought back its tears. Continue reading.
posted by Aidin at Tuesday, September 25, 2007
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