Saturday we went to see the always amazing Steven Patrick Morrissey at the Warner Theatre in Central DC. A beautiful venue, like a cinema of yore.
Moz has recently released the excellent Years of Refusal, and he played 4 or 5 tracks from that album and a smattering of classics from his long career – starting with “This Charming Man”. Set-list and opinions here. Encore was “First of the Gang to Die”, a neo-classic from You Are The Quarry. You can watch it here.
We had a great night. Moz was in top form, both campy and muscular, and his voice is simply unique. He tore of his shirt several times and threw it to the audience that was mainly filled with Moz-fans of our age or older, many of them Europeans. At last half of the audience knew the words to at least half the songs. The boy next to us – quite young – knew all the words to all the songs, and knew how to make expressive air-guitar moves as well. Personally, I could have used a few more of the newer songs and a version of “How Soon Is Now” without the lyrics changed. “Death of a Disco Dancer” has never been one of my favorites, but “Something Is Squeezing My Skull”, “Ask”, “Seasick” and “Crashing Bores” really stood out.
A great night in Squashington. “Warner Theatre, you have been warned”…
(Only downside: A much to aggressive security team, they really cracked down on ppl taking pictures or trying to shake hands with Moz. Seemed excessive from where I was standing).