Morrissey 7/2015
Civic Opera House Chicago
My phone is old. But I still drag it around to catch but a few stolen seconds of my favorite concerts. Here is the latest one. I flew to Chicago from SC just to see it. The Smiths were part of my high school list that I was dying to see (also New Order, The Cure, Erasure, U2 etc.) BTW--The Cure or any version of Robert Smith's music is still on that #bucketlist.
Saw many many more. In fact, I not only saw U2 in 87 for the Joshua Tree tour but a few more times after that (Boston, Chicago etc.) Everyone from Maroon 5 and Barenaked Ladies (many of their shows), to Sarah MacLachlan, Santana, Del Amitri, and Jimmy Buffett. Matthew Sweet, Tragically Hip, Goo Goo Dolls, Melissa Etheridge, Indigo Girls, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, Clapton, James Taylor, Yes, Chicago, Steely Dan, The Police, Rolling Stones, Pearl Jam, Phish, Fleetwood Mac, and even the last official Grateful Dead show. But no Morrissey.
Until last night.
Original Everyday is Like Sunday: https://youtu.be/bf6Xwb03jTE
And my few seconds...
There was clothing I wouldn't have been caught dead in if I had seen him (or them) in the 80s, 90s etc. Really--you are going to wear pink plaid or a white dress to a band that caused millions of youngsters to dress only in black to this day. I liked the new young hipsters with their dark and sometimes plaid shirts with dark wash skinny jeans, vintage t-shirts or dresses that ran up against a few people that I can only assume have season tickets or work for major sponsors because they were not the Morrissey crowd.
I wore my requisite black of course but probably shiner shoes (certainly no Dr. Martens for me anymore) than I might have. But I still sang along with everyone loud as can be...wishing and hoping he'd play "How Soon is Now?" "William it was really nothing" or even the beloved "Girlfriend in a Coma." But alas, the night was short, the songs (ESPECIALLY THE ENCORE) were too few and I still dream of being able to fly somewhere and see him again. I really didn't need a video to accompany "Meat is Murder" (we kind of get the gist. Plus PETA was there.)
Now cut to the movie "500 Days of Summer"
Summer: [Tom is listening to headphones in an elevator with Summer. She notices the music] I love the Smiths.
Tom: Sorry?
Summer: I said I love the Smiths.
Summer: [they stare at each other for a moment] You... You have good taste in music.
Tom: [repeating after her] You... like the Smiths?
Summer: [singing] To die by your side, such a heavenly way to die.
[speaking]
Summer: I love em.
Tom: [elevator stops, Summer leaves while Tom remains dumbfounded] Holy shit.
Yes. SO SO want to see again. <3 and="" his="" is="" morrissey="" p="" quirky="" still="" strong="" voice="" ways...="" whose="">
but I'll bring a better camera/phone...
