The Smiths - June 18, 1985 - New York, NY, USA (Full Concert) LIVE

Recorded Live at Beacon Theater, New York, NY, USA, June 18, 1985. Meat is Murder Tour - North American Leg.   / mozutd   Artwork & Information: Passionsjustlikemine.com #thesmiths #morrissey #johnnymarr #andyrourke #mikejoyce @ILoveMorrissey
Setlist:
Meat Is Murder
The Headmaster Ritual
Reel Around The Fountain
Shakespeare's Sister
Nowhere Fast
I Want The One I Can't Have
This Charming Man
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
Stretch Out And Wait
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
What She Said
Still Ill
How Soon Is Now?
/William, It Was Really Nothing
/Hand In Glove
//Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want
//Rusholme Ruffians
//Miserable Lie
///Jeane
///Barbarism Begins At Home
Because the Smiths were playing the same venue for a second night in a row, the setlist was completely re-sequenced. It was also stretched by one song, "Reel Around The Fountain" which was returning for the first time on this leg of the tour. It had only been played a few times on the British leg at the beginning of the year. All this added up to a record total of 20 songs. Given that final song "Barbarism Begins At Home" lasted around 12 minutes, it can be said that the New York crowd was spoiled.
"Meat Is Murder" was usually the last song from the main set in 1985, but for this date it was moved all the way up to the beginning. The song was performed slightly slower, but still with a good dose of passion and emotion. The intro was slightly stretched as the band entered stage. Morrissey was the last one to come in, just before he started singing. In this night's performance, he changed a line to "The meat in your silly mouth as you savour the flavour of murder". There was no break between "Meat Is Murder" and "The Headmaster Ritual", the first segued straight into the other.

Morrissey wasn't very talkative throughout the evening. Before "This Charming Man", in which he sang "Will nature make a mouse of me yet", he said "Thank you, you're very nice, kind and considerate...". Soon after, "Stretch Out And Wait" was introduced with "This is a song which was like... thrown in the wastebasket at Sire Records... where would we be... 'Stretch Out And Wait'." Sire was the Smiths' American label and they had passed on releasing the "Shakespeare's Sister" single on which that song was found. Instead they preferred to slip the latter a-side on the back of their "How Soon Is Now?" single and forget about "Stretch Out And Wait".

Before "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now", Morrissey commented on the previous night's less subdued crowd by saying "Obviously it was all the tomboys last night and tonight it's the poetic librarians but you're... a nice crowd...". After "How Soon Is Now?", which replaced "Meat Is Murder" as main set closer, he just said "Goodbye we love you" and the band left stage. They were soon called back for a total of three encores. In "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" Morrissey changed a line to "Lord know you can be the first time". "Jeane" was dedicated by Morrissey: "This song is for Billy... who is a good boy... 'Jeane'!" The final song "Barbarism Begins At Home" was stretched to 12 minutes and was very well received by the New York crowd.

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