First time I saw Morrissey was at Riverbend in Cincinnati, and instead of doing an encore he made some kind of snotty remark about the City and said that because Riverbend wouldn't let him conduct his show the way he had planned he would be cutting his show short.

 

My concert buddy and I looked at each other and wondered what it was that we missed. We didn't care for his remark, but since we were free two nights later we decided to drive to Cleveland and take in a proper Morrissey show to find out what it was all about.

 

Turns out that throughout the entire show he'd let fans one by one jump up on stage to hand him flowers and hang on him while he was crooning 'til he'd push them away for the next person to do the same. He never gave any fans any love back because he was so above all that.

It was an outdoor show at Nautica Stage and since everyone was standing and dancing, the folding chairs only proved to be an obstacle. Just to clear a little space for myself I folded a few chairs to give myself some room. A few fans near me thought that it was a great idea and started madly folding and stacking chairs until it caught on as I watched in disbelief of the trend I had started where people where pushing chairs out of the way everywhere to open up a chair free pit.

 

The next show I attended at Nautica a couple of years later was The Sex Pistols where there were no chairs in the pit and it made me wonder if I had played a part in leaving a permanent mark on the venue and how they'd set up for a show.

 

Next time I saw Morrissey was at the Taft Theatre in Cincinnati where his attitude left an even nastier taste in my mouth about him where he'd make more snotty comments to the audience about what a dreadful city Cincinnati was and how he wondered how we could live with ourselves by living here, and went on to again cut his show short with no encore. Why blame us for the venue's policies? We were the paying fans, so at least he could've honored us for honoring him by paying the tickets prices to show up.

 

That's common at every Morrissey show I've ever seen videos of.

First time I saw Morrissey was at Riverbend in Cincinnati, and instead of doing an encore he made some kind of snotty remark about the City and said that because Riverbend wouldn't let him conduct his show the way he had planned he would be cutting his show short.

 

My concert buddy and I looked at each other and wondered what it was that we missed. We didn't care for his remark, but since we were free two nights later we decided to drive to Cleveland and take in a proper Morrissey show to find out what it was all about.

 

Turns out that throughout the entire show he'd let fans one by one jump up on stage to hand him flowers and hang on him while he was crooning 'til he'd push them away for the next person to do the same. He never gave any fans any love back because he was so above all that.

 

It was an outdoor show at Nautica Stage and since everyone was standing and dancing, the folding chairs only proved to be an obstacle. Just to clear a little space for myself I folded a few chairs to give myself some room. A few fans near me thought that it was a great idea and started madly folding and stacking chairs until it caught on as I watched in disbelief of the trend I had started where people where pushing chairs out of the way everywhere to open up a chair free pit.

 

The next show I attended at Nautica a couple of years later was The Sex Pistols where there were no chairs in the pit and it made me wonder if I had played a part in leaving a permanent mark on the venue and how they'd set up for a show.

 

Next time I saw Morrissey was at the Taft Theatre in Cincinnati where his attitude left an even nastier taste in my mouth about him where he'd make more snotty comments to the audience about what a dreadful city Cincinnati was and how he wondered how we could live with ourselves by living here, and went on to again cut his show short with no encore. Why blame us for the venue's policies? We were the paying fans, so at least he could've honored us for honoring him by paying the tickets prices to show up.

 

Sounds like a great guy.

Sounds like a great guy.

 

He's been known to be a bit dour. Real slit-your-wrists kinda music.

I never could get into the Smiths or Morrissey and thus don't understand why people worship him the way they do.

 

As a side note, I read about Sun Kil Moon starting a one-sided insult war with the War on Drugs, whose music I like, because the music from their set bled into his during a festival, which totally turned me off of ever exploring Sun Kil Moon's music. Guy seems like a major league tool. I'm sure there are plenty of artists I love that are jerks, but I'm already invested in their music.

I never could get into the Smiths or Morrissey and thus don't understand why people worship him the way they do.

 

As a side note, I read about Sun Kil Moon starting a one-sided insult war with the War on Drugs, whose music I like, because the music from their set bled into his during a festival, which totally turned me off of ever exploring Sun Kil Moon's music. Guy seems like a major league tool. I'm sure there are plenty of artists I love that are jerks, but I'm already invested in their music.

 

Damn...I'm a big fan of Mark Kozelek/Red House Painters/Sun Kil Moon. I hate to hear about stupid squabbles like this, because they just end up making people look like babies. I can say that I have witnessed artists at the old SGH intentionally try to turn up their gear and get the crowd going loudly enough to drown out other acts playing there in the other stage areas...but I'm certainly not trying to accuse War On Drugs of doing that.

 

I'm really with you on The Smiths and Morrissey though. I don't hate on them or anything like that, but I honestly just don't see the fascination. I haven't really gotten into War On Drugs as of yet, but that's more out of lack of looking into them.

I never could get into the Smiths or Morrissey and thus don't understand why people worship him the way they do.

 

As a side note, I read about Sun Kil Moon starting a one-sided insult war with the War on Drugs, whose music I like, because the music from their set bled into his during a festival, which totally turned me off of ever exploring Sun Kil Moon's music. Guy seems like a major league tool. I'm sure there are plenty of artists I love that are jerks, but I'm already invested in their music.

 

Not sure why exactly, but I've allowed myself to overlook Morrissey's attitude for his artistry, and found at times tunes that I identified with. It's not something that I can listen to regularly, but I do appreciate his originality. There's really only one Morrissey.

 

Went through a big Smiths/Morrissey phase years ago (in my early 20's) when I was finding myself straying further and further from mainstream. It was a thrill then for me to hang out in record shops and have the owner clue me in to stuff worthy to check out that I wouldn't ever hear on the radio.

 

Was into Red House Painters a whole lot before he became Sun Kil Moon. Really dug some of his original stuff and a few of his covers. After a while, and having not followed SKM too much further than their beginnings, I burned out on his nasal vocal sound, and his cold stage approach. Some artist IMO don't translate well on stage to bring a very interesting live performance.

 

With bands like "Low", you know what you're getting into, so it can be a pleasant live experience if you don't have high expectations and already get their approach, but some other artists can be just downright cold and boring, and forget that an audience came to see them.

 

If Oasis ever get back together, that's a must.

 

Too busy fighting and shooting dope. In the words of Forrest Gump, "it must be hard being brothers." :lol:

I never could get into the Smiths or Morrissey and thus don't understand why people worship him the way they do.

 

As a side note, I read about Sun Kil Moon starting a one-sided insult war with the War on Drugs, whose music I like, because the music from their set bled into his during a festival, which totally turned me off of ever exploring Sun Kil Moon's music. Guy seems like a major league tool. I'm sure there are plenty of artists I love that are jerks, but I'm already invested in their music.

 

Damn...I'm a big fan of Mark Kozelek/Red House Painters/Sun Kil Moon. I hate to hear about stupid squabbles like this, because they just end up making people look like babies. I can say that I have witnessed artists at the old SGH intentionally try to turn up their gear and get the crowd going loudly enough to drown out other acts playing there in the other stage areas...but I'm certainly not trying to accuse War On Drugs of doing that.

 

I'm really with you on The Smiths and Morrissey though. I don't hate on them or anything like that, but I honestly just don't see the fascination. I haven't really gotten into War On Drugs as of yet, but that's more out of lack of looking into them.

 

What's your thoughts on The Cure, guys?

What's your thoughts on The Cure, guys?

 

I like The Cure a fair amount. Add "Boys Don't Cry" to their greatest hits album Galore, and I don't know that I'd ever have to listen to anything else by them.

I would really like to see Metallica in concert.

 

If you ever get the chance, do it. One of the best live performances I've seen and I have watched a lot of bands.

I've been to many concerts, music festivals, etc. and like many bands. I have watched plenty of good ones and others that I didn't consider good. The best live performances I've watched are Metallica, The Eagles, Garth Brooks, and Old Crow Medicine Show. Just a bit of difference in the types of music, but all of those concerts were excellent.

 

Concerts that I would like to see that I haven't include:

 

Bruce Springsteen

Led Zeppelin

U2

Nine Inch Nails

The Roots

OutKast

Steve Earle

Willie Nelson

John Prine

Erykah Badu

Lauryn Hill

Janelle Monae

John Legend

Loretta Lynn

The Roots

OutKast

Steve Earle

Willie Nelson

John Prine

Erykah Badu

Lauryn Hill

Janelle Monae

John Legend

Loretta Lynn

 

I got four of those already knocked out. :sssh:

What's your thoughts on The Cure, guys?

 

Love them... have seen them 3 times.

 

They were one of the biggest influences on me to pull me away from my more aggressive metal style days.

 

Their colorful artistry started making some of what I had been digging previously pale by comparison, and although I can dig some screamin' rock n' roll from time to time, I started desiring it less and less.

 

Chilled out from listening to them much over the last 10 years, but recently needed a fix, and revisited my collection which made me realize just how brilliant they are, and I almost forgot they were by having gone through a "been there done that" stage after having burned myself out on them years ago.

 

Came to realize that I dig and respect them now more than ever, and what a mistake it would've been if I had never given them another whirl.

 

Just needed a break to then come back to give them more of a critical listen with fresh new ears, whereas years ago I was so deeply submerged in them that I probably started to take them for granted.

What's your thoughts on The Cure, guys?

 

Never really scratched the surface with them, but I've liked it when I hear it.