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| Hand to Moz |
Morrissey, a little frail but NEVER flinching, lit up the stage. As a seasoned performer, he vocalized a powerful roar -- this was only intensified by the emotional rawness in the theatre, the baited breath of fans who came so far to see their icon this last night in Italia.
The opener, "Hand in Glove" (The Smiths, 1984) echoed this intensity with an almost doubtful and an even more poignant lyric since its original release, "And I'll probably never see you again." It left many of the concert goers with a bit of a wet eye. We do hope to see you back in Italia!
Moz has been stripped bare by his recent health scares and it slightly shows, but oh boy, does it also show the relentless fight between The Mind: compassion, truth, wit, and justice, (in this instance, Morrissey.) vs. The Body: injustice, machinery, ruthlessness, and mortality (The battle that Life wages.) But Moz already summed this up years ago when he asked, "Does the body rule the mind? Or does the mind rule the body? I dunno," in the song "Still Ill" (The Smiths, 1984)
Moz has been stripped bare by his recent health scares and it slightly shows, but oh boy, does it also show the relentless fight between The Mind: compassion, truth, wit, and justice, (in this instance, Morrissey.) vs. The Body: injustice, machinery, ruthlessness, and mortality (The battle that Life wages.) But Moz already summed this up years ago when he asked, "Does the body rule the mind? Or does the mind rule the body? I dunno," in the song "Still Ill" (The Smiths, 1984)
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| Not a man. |
He's still here, folks. The microphone cord still whips the air as he sarcastically and playfully lashes his loves and foes of both the past and the present.
Early on in the gig, Morrissey quipped that he saw nothing beautiful about “industrialized Padova” on his drive in -- It was clear that even the audience would not be spared. This of course, did nothing but thrill everyone in attendance!
(Italiano and video after break)
(Italiano and video after break)
