johnnydawg68
Chairperson, People's Front of Saint Domingo
"Vintage Video: The Smiths’ third-ever concert, 28 years ago today at The Hacienda. Exactly 28 years ago today, The Smiths took the stage for only their third concert — and only their second with the final Morrissey/Johnny Marr/Andy Rourke/Mike Joyce lineup — opening for Factory Records funk band 52nd Street at New Order’s infamous Manchester club The Hacienda.
A chronicle of the show on "Passions Just Like Mine" calls the eight-song set “a milestone in the Smiths’ history,” and notes that, “Morrissey thought the Hacienda was too grey and had the place filled with flowers, beginning a recognizable tradition (fans bringing flowers) that would last many years.” The setlist (see below) is notable for its inclusions of early B-side “Jeane” and “What Do You See in Him?,” a rarely performed track that would later resurface with different lyrics as the song “Wonderful Woman,” another B-side.
The concert was professionally filmed, Passions Just Like Mine notes, but never broadcast — and remained largely unseen until surfacing online in 2009. Given the footage’s age and the band’s unknown status at the time, the quality’s fairly remarkable".
I love how Morrissey opens the show with "Hello. We are the Smiths. We are not Smiths. We are THE Smiths".
For a die hard like me, this is like found gold.
http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2011/02/04/smiths-hacienda-video-feb-4-1983/
http://www.youtube.com/slicingupvideo#p/c/0/eedZJnmy_Ok
A chronicle of the show on "Passions Just Like Mine" calls the eight-song set “a milestone in the Smiths’ history,” and notes that, “Morrissey thought the Hacienda was too grey and had the place filled with flowers, beginning a recognizable tradition (fans bringing flowers) that would last many years.” The setlist (see below) is notable for its inclusions of early B-side “Jeane” and “What Do You See in Him?,” a rarely performed track that would later resurface with different lyrics as the song “Wonderful Woman,” another B-side.
The concert was professionally filmed, Passions Just Like Mine notes, but never broadcast — and remained largely unseen until surfacing online in 2009. Given the footage’s age and the band’s unknown status at the time, the quality’s fairly remarkable".
I love how Morrissey opens the show with "Hello. We are the Smiths. We are not Smiths. We are THE Smiths".
For a die hard like me, this is like found gold.
http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2011/02/04/smiths-hacienda-video-feb-4-1983/
http://www.youtube.com/slicingupvideo#p/c/0/eedZJnmy_Ok
