Chicago, IL - Riot Fest - Thursday Preview Party (Sep. 16, 2021) post-show

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Setlist:

How Soon Is Now? / Irish Blood, English Heart / Alma Matters / Everyday Is Like Sunday / The Loop / Shoplifters Of The World Unite / I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris / Never Had No One Ever / First Of The Gang To Die / Ouija Board, Ouija Board / Lady Willpower / Knockabout World / You Have Killed Me / Back On The Chain Gang / Satan Rejected My Soul / Half A Person / Jack The Ripper

Setlist courtesy of Samuel Valdez, FWD & setlist.fm

(2 lines from "My Way" prior to How Soon Is Now?).

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• Riot Fest 2021: A ‘grateful’ Patti Smith returns, Morrissey wins over the crowd; plus Day 1 photo highlights - Chicago Sun Times. Link posted by ListeningLoud.
  
• NME: "Morrissey at Riot Fest review: pop’s problematic uncle wisely shuts up and plays the hits" 4/5*s - September 17, 2021
• Consequence.net: "The Agony and Ecstasy of Morrissey at Riot Fest 2021: Concert Review" - September 17, 2021
• From Alain Whyte / Facebook. Link posted by Famous when dead:
  
• From @mandophotos / Twitter. Link posted by Nerak:
  
  
  

 

[Light Housework]

He’s really made this song his own.

Interesting gesturing, slapping his arm, looking for a vein? a drug reference?



oh Patti

Oh, the pain in my arms,...

 

[Anonymous]

Moz rules over Riot Fest
Peeps, no meat, no McMuffins, McQuarter Pounders, or chicken chunks
no pork chunks
no roasted ukrainian boar
no cheeseburgers or solid worm soup

good food, veggie burritos

Any McPlant Burgers though ?
Curious as they're going to be BIG.
(BIG as in popular and tasty not in size )

 

[T. H. Auden]

I can't find any videos of the full concert on e.g. "JewTube" and I wanted to please complain a bit about this. It's nice for foreigners to be able to see the shows, especially during these times when it's difficult with traveling and so on and so no. Joshu's Mu, are you sitting on the tapes?

 

[Joshu's Mu]

Interesting, I don’t see that in the video though. He’s going out of his way to pull up his sleeve and slap the inside of his arm.

Just watched the video. You could very well be right. I was interpreting the upraised fists as him having chains on his wrists: holding up the chains for all to see. Then, tapping one wrist as if tapping a chain handcuff. But, yes, he is tapping further up his arm... Ah, we'll never know, I suppose.

 

[Joshu's Mu]

I can't find any videos of the full concert on e.g. "JewTube" and I wanted to please complain a bit about this. It's nice for foreigners to be able to see the shows, especially during these times when it's difficult with traveling and so on and so no. Joshu's Mu, are you sitting on the tapes?

I wish. Not a taper.

 

[Light Housework]

Just watched the video. You could very well be right. I was interpreting the upraised fists as him having chains on his wrists: holding up the chains for all to see. Then, tapping one wrist as if tapping a chain handcuff. But, yes, he is tapping further up his arm... Ah, we'll never know, I suppose.

There's a line in this song about pain in his arms.

 

[Anonymous]

what a waste of life.

The irony of you making this comment on here isn’t lost on ANYONE.

 

[ZOOM FROM GLOOM]

The irony of you making this comment on here isn’t lost on ANYONE.

In reference to animal slaughter?

 

[ListeningLoud]

First class journalism, brilliant photography. Hurrah for Chicago Sun-Times, putting the NME to shame. Does anyone even remember the NME?

Riot Fest 2021: A ‘grateful’ Patti Smith returns, Morrissey wins over the crowd; plus Day 1 photo highlights

Riot Fest returned to Douglass Park on Thursday with music, a carnival, wedding chapel and more.

chicago.suntimes.com

 

[Light Housework]

In reference to animal slaughter?

If animal slaughter means so much to you, why do you pick petty fights that make you repugnant? Wielding a bicycle chain...

 

[Mike Rourke]

Here's a review of last night's show from the NME:

Morrissey at Riot Fest review: pop's problematic uncle wisely shuts up and plays the hits

The disgraced icon croons his way through an enviable setlist of Smiths classics, and thankfully avoids controversy

www.nme.com

4 stars - 'Morrissey at Riot Fest review: pop’s problematic uncle wisely shuts up and plays the hit'

'If this Riot fest set proves anything, it’s that Morrissey can still sing and when he sticks to business instead of giving his opinion on Brexit, immigration, or the Chinese – all topics that have caused outrage – he is still among the best performers around. That’s not to say he doesn’t have the right to voice his opinion, but he cannot act surprised when even his staunchest fans are appalled by it.'

 

[The Wild Turkey]

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This is the real reason that folks hate Moz.
They'll always tell ya it's the Chinese thing
or the thing with the pin, but it's really cause
Moz said Meat Is Murder.
They been hatin' Moz for it since way back.

 

[Mike Rourke]

This is the real reason that folks hate Moz.
They'll always tell ya it's the Chinese thing
or the thing with the pin, but it's really cause
Moz said Meat Is Murder.
They been hatin' Moz for it since way back.

He has indeed been surrounded by a toxic atmosphere since day 1. However, what changed when he declared his support for the far right in 2018 and 2019 was that tens thousands of people who had actually stuck with him for all that time decided to jump ship. He still has a pretty decent fanbase but it is just considerably reduced, especially in the UK. He's got an album ready and it sounds like a new manager so there are grounds for optimism. Just wish he'd clearly retract his support for the far right. Saying that he never votes is pretty meaningless, and has clearly made no difference to the way he is perceived.

 

[The Wild Turkey]

He has indeed been surrounded by a toxic atmosphere since day 1. However, what changed when he declared his support for the far right in 2018 and 2019 was that tens thousands of people who had actually stuck with him for all that time decided to jump ship. He still has a pretty decent fanbase but it is just considerably reduced, especially in the UK. He's got an album ready and it sounds like a new manager so there are grounds for optimism. Just wish he'd clearly retract his support for the far right. Saying that he never votes is pretty meaningless, and has clearly made no difference to the way he is perceived.

Moz gives'em plenty excuses to jump ship, but they hate Moz
because he said Meat Is Murder.
Ya gotta understand that the Human Bein' has been conditioned
with a blood lust and most of'em ain't got the ability to escape it.

 

[bangster]

How many people were in front of the alternative stage for Kristeen Young, 100 persons ? LOL

Morrissey apparently gave a great performance with Patti Smith as the deluxe second headliner.

 

[Light Housework]

Anyone have video of Jack the Ripper from last night?

 

[Light Housework]

First class journalism, brilliant photography. Hurrah for Chicago Sun-Times, putting the NME to shame. Does anyone even remember the NME?

Riot Fest 2021: A ‘grateful’ Patti Smith returns, Morrissey wins over the crowd; plus Day 1 photo highlights

Riot Fest returned to Douglass Park on Thursday with music, a carnival, wedding chapel and more.

chicago.suntimes.com

""You’re okay by me,” sang Morrissey consolingly during recent single “Knockabout World.” Afterward, he said there were a couple of exceptions. He ultimately pointed to himself." Lol

 

[Deleted member 29227]

LOL, these twats at the NME just can't help themselves can they?: 'the disgraced icon'...
As for the turkey leg eating moron...well, enjoy your rebellious 15 minutes or so big man.

 

[Deleted member 29227]

Ignore above question - a couple of lines from "My Way" in to HSIN.




"...to say the things he truly feels
And not the words of one who kneels..."

(Slightly altered).

Yep, great clip, band really tight, great vocals. What's he singing part way through?...'big pause, big pause...soil all over my head, all over my head' (from I Know It's Over).

 

[Verso]

I wanted to please know what festival this was.

“Tropicalia Festival” in Long Beach, CA.