MORRISSEY'S JACKET ON DISPLAY AT THE HARD ROCK HOTEL, LAS VEGAS (WITH JAZ'S ROSES)
After eighteen months, the final curtain has come down on the WPINOYB World Tour... although come to think about it, curtains don't actually rise and fall at concerts, only at theatrical performances.... anyway, it's over.
The final concert took place on Saturday night at The Hard Rock Hotel's, The Joint, in the playground of Sinatra and Presley, Las Vegas. The BRS were out in numbers.... four... not great numbers I grant you, but not bad for a Society that has only managed to recruit around 30 people worldwide in four years.
KERRY 'ACTION' BOOZEY-COCKTAIL
MERRYANNE SAD GLAMOUR
VULGAR ANGIE - BRS VICE PRESIDENT
JAZZY - ON THE RAILS (& MERRYANNE - OFF THE RAILS... BUT NOT ON THE RACK)
Morrissey, not unsurprisingly, ignored the blue roses at the concert, but he did sing Action is My Middle Name for the first time since October's concert in Budapest; which VERY coincidentally, Kerry 'Action' Boozey-Cocktail also attended. Morrissey also sang Reader Meet Author; a track from Southpaw Grammar which, somewhat coincidentally, was requested by Boozey back in September, at the very beginning of the tour. All the Lazy Dykes was also sung for just the second time on the tour, and the two times that it has been sung; in LA & Vegas, has VERY coincidentally been with Vulgar 'Cross-armed' Angie in attendance.
The whole set was just incredible once again, with Oboe Concerto and Presley's You'll Be Gone both sung as well. During Oboe, Morrissey added the lyric "they were happy to go" after "which pushes me to their place in the queue", and at the end of You'll Be Gone he said, "well, the spirit was there", which would suggest that maybe he wasn't happy with how the song went, but to me it was as good as ever. I still find it baffling that Elvis didn't write more of his own songs, this song really is as good as any other The King recorded.
Jack The Ripper was also in the set once again, and how I dearly wish that I had had the opportunity to witness it live on this tour.
MORRISSEY SINGS JACK THE RIPPER DRESSED IN A BLUEY/GREEN FLORALLY SHIRT
I must also make mention that Morrissey placed a red rose onto the drum kit during the Vegas concert. I have no idea who took the roses, but the word is spreading.
RED ROSES IN LAS VEGAS 2016
The three concerts of the past week really have been something rather special, and a fantastic way for Morrissey and his excellent band to sign off. I must make mention of the fact that the security man that MerryAnne met in LA was NOT Donnie Knutson, so perhaps that photo taken by Donnie The Don was posted on TTY to show us that he was at the back of the theatre, and not at the front.
True-To-You has today posted a list of all the concerts played on the World Peace is None of Your Business Tour - 101 concerts in 36 countries over the past eighteen months. Hundreds of thousands of fans have been to see Morrissey on the tour. There can now be no doubt in anybody's mind that Steve Barnett and Harvest Records fucked-up BIG TIME.
So, big man, what now? Will Morrissey return to The Loveless Go-Go bar, or is that journey over too? In my last blog entry, I wrote that he may have returned in the form of @MundaneGlamour, but the owner of that account beckoned me into the toilets of The Loveless on Sunday to assure me that she(?) isn't a Morrissey pessoa, so I shall take her at her word, and won't therefore be reporting her every tweet here.... mind you, she has already tweeted some gems:
"Grey can sometimes be glamorous but never on people."
"Sometimes I question the meaning of life but then I look at my silk socks and it all becomes clear"
"Conventional beauty does nothing for me"
"My style is not actually style. More a unique throwing together of dead people's ideas"
"I am forever enthralled by the faded glamour of the British coastal towns. Old Victorian buildings and people victorious in mundaneness"
"I find glamour in death but not in life. This makes me emotionally sensitive. Apparently..."
Whoever MundaneGlamour may be, they certainly give a good impression of being very Morrissey-esque, although I honestly do believe that it isn't Morrissey, after all, what sort of person would be tweeting about the faded glamour of British coastal towns at 4 o'clock in the morning? (West Coast America time)
EDITH SITWELL - POSTER ERECTED IN THE LOVELESS BY MUNDANEGLAMOUR
THE LOVELESS CHART
1. "WELCOME TO OUR SECRET SOCIETY"/SUEDEHEAD (LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO 2015) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuiwYTWboiQ
"WELCOME TO OUR SECRET SOCIETY"
2. ACTION IS MY MIDDLE NAME (LIVE IN LAS VEGAS 2016) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJeJzEyZwuk
3. ALL THE LAZY DYKES (LIVE IN WEST AMERICA 2015/2016) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ5CFIdWFH4 (VEGAS)
GERTRUDE 'ROSE IS A ROSE' STEIN - BACKDROP DURING ALL THE LAZY DYKES
4. ONE OF OUR OWN/"BUT YOU'RE HERE NOW" (LIVE IN LA 2015) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59fVTOxZNwg#t=38
5. OBOE CONCERTO (LIVE IN WEST AMERICA 2015/2016) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqW0LXyY0K8(SF) & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDFozcqX77o (LAS VEGAS)
6. YOU'LL BE GONE/"WHAT PUTS ME OFF RELIGION" (LIVE IN LA 2015) - MORRISSEY (NEW
ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bsl0VEODkc & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlerqiues0U (VEGAS)
7. READER MEET AUTHOR (LIVE IN LAS VEGAS 2016) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfaTsDA7msI
8. JACK THE RIPPER (LIVE IN WEST AMERICA 2015/2016) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WljIxO7LlmI (LA) & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg4VbRFGoLw (LAS VEGAS)
JACK THE RIPPER IN VEGAS - SLEEVES UP, AND ILL-ADVISED
9. THE WORLD IS FULL OF CRASHING BORES (LIVE IN WEST AMERICA 2015/2016) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kL9ey84pvA(SF) & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeMo_PcFLgg (VEGAS)
ANGIE'S ROSE IN VEGAS
10. LET ME KISS YOU (LIVE IN WEST AMERICA 2015/2016) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=059XYx7lHZU (SF)
11. STAIRCASE AT THE UNIVERSITY (LIVE IN WEST AMERICA 2015/2016) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmwX5f8HTtA
12. ALMA MATTERS (LIVE IN WEST AMERICA 2015/2016) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6STAX8hEdg (SF) & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq4l2bpfHr0 (VEGAS)
13. EVERYDAY IS LIKE SUNDAY (LIVE IN WEST AMERICA 2015/2016) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDdanxGO8UA(SF) & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yZhoR-MOmE (LAS VEGAS)
14. THE QUEEN IS DEAD (LIVE IN WEST AMERICA 2015) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX16jZXlYyU
MERRYANNE'S ROSE ON STAGE IN SAN FRANCISCO
15. SPEEDWAY (LIVE IN WEST AMERICA 2015) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GGQm7W9O6M
16. KISS ME A LOT (LIVE IN WEST AMERICA 2015/2016) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oRPWehTJ4A (LA)
17. MEAT IS MURDER (LIVE IN WEST AMERICA 2015/2016) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9slY9CE1WI (SF)
ANGIE'S BLUE ROSE MAKES THE STAGE IN VEGAS
18. WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS (LIVE IN WEST AMERICA 2015/2016) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJltBVL9zVY (LA)
19. HOW SOON IS NOW? (LIVE IN WEST AMERICA 2015) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UizZ2DaO1mw (LA)
20. WHAT SHE SAID (LIVE IN WEST AMERICA 2015/2016) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lGZVQZSzY0 (LA) & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTbw0skhBS0 (VEGAS)
21. FIRST OF THE GANG TO DIE (LIVE IN LA 2015) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqWa1V337KA
22. I WILL SEE YOU IN FAR-OFF PLACES (LIVE IN WEST AMERICA 2015/2016) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZRO_czWBEE (SF)
23. GANGLORD (LIVE IN WEST AMERICA 2015/2016) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwxdbRTvVkY (LA)
24. YOU HAVE KILLED ME (LIVE IN WEST AMERICA 2015/2016) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bGgjg3VEO0 (SF)
25. THIS CHARMING MAN (LIVE IN LA 2015) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8-p8Fp2nIQ
26. THE BULLFIGHTER DIES (LIVE IN WEST AMERICA 2015/2016) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCgXgDE7h0Y (SF)
27. I'M THROWING MY ARMS AROUND PARIS (LIVE IN LA 2015) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hs4Wd8ICak
28. EL CÓNDOR PASA (LIVE IN LIMA 2015) - MORRISSEY (DOWN 27 ): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2Z6dmdpnfE
29. MAMA LAY SOFTLY ON THE RIVERBED (LIVE IN LAS VEGAS 2016) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4WG00KBH94
30. NOBODY LOVES US (ACOUSTIC DEMO 1994) - MORRISSEY (DOWN 25): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PXAHWTl_Jo
31. SEASICK, YET STILL DOCKED (ACOUSTIC) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kLSi97vcpU&feature=youtu.be
32. SOUTHPAW (STUDIO OUTTAKE 1995) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uD8wonhhHU
33. BEST FRIEND ON THE PAYROLL (DEMO) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL8YDjzIs_M
34. UNLOVEABLE (STUDIO OUTTAKE) - THE SMITHS (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmuUze0HPAI
35. BOY RACER (ACOUSTIC) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzihiLB-ig8&feature=youtu.be
36. DAGENHAM DAVE (OUTTAKE) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igkSqXv82F4
37. NEVER HAD NO ONE EVER (STUDIO OUTTAKE 1985) - THE SMITHS (DOWN 35): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8uDqvXYxoY
38. KIT (FULL VERSION -UNRELEASED) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbXpP_NVaKM&feature=youtu.be
39. A KISS AND A CUDDLE - DIANA DORS (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iImmEKOTsHQ
40. VIVA LAS VEGAS - ELVIS PRESLEY (RE-ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxiO3zkK3WM&feature=youtu.be
41. NOBODY LOVES ME - TRINI LOPEZ (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT0LoGDsZ40
42. WICHITA LINEMAN (LIVE IN SOUTH DAKOTA 2001) - GLEN CAMPBELL (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjzTNWWO7U0&feature=youtu.be
43. I NEVER WILL MARRY - LINDA RONSTADT & JOHNNY CASH (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVvNXfzR6dw
44. KNOCK THREE TIMES - TONY ORLANDO & DAWN (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7Jvsbcxunc&feature=youtu.be
45. LONESOME TRAVELLER - TRINI LOPEZ (NEW ENTRY): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=147ld1ste5s
CHEERS!
