Unplayed / "One-off" Live Tracks

[Ryan.]

http://www.passionsjustlikemine.com/live-moz-stats.htm

And by "one-off" let's say... less than ten times performed live.

Of these:

http://www.passionsjustlikemine.com/live-moz-stats.htm

Pashernate Love - 9
You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby - 9
(I'm) The End Of The Family Line - 7
Drive-In Saturday - 7
If You Don't Like Me, Don't Look At Me - 7
Redondo Beach - 7
You Say You Don't Love Me - 7
Friday Mourning - 6
Vicar In A Tutu - 6
Good Looking Man About Town - 4
Nowhere Fast - 4
Used To Be a Sweet Boy - 4
What She Said (with Rubber Ring outro) - 4
America Is Not The World - 3
Moon Over Kentucky - 3
Come Back To Camden - 2 (on 30 July+8 August 2011)
Nothing Rhymed - 2 (on 2+3 October 2002)
Street Life - 2 (on 8+10 August 2006)
The Edges Are No Longer Parallel - 2 (on 5+6 October 1999)
Art-hounds - 1 (on 7 August 2011)
At Amber - 1 (on 9 August 2002)
Heir Apparent - 1 (on 1 February 2000)
I'm Playing Easy To Get - 1 (on 12 November 2004)
It's Not Your Birthday Anymore - 1 (on 14 March 2009)
Let The Right One Slip In - 1 (on 25 November 1992)
Sweet And Tender Hooligan - 1 (on 22 December 1988)


What would you like to see more of, or repeated? Or to make its debut?

Given that Ammunition is my favorite Moz track I'd love to finally see it make its live debut one of these days. Also wouldn't mind Camden and Birthday Anymore thrown back into the mix.

[Uncleskinny]

I don't think the Lazy Sunbathers was ever played live, was it?

P.

[Ryan.]

Nah don't think so.

[Amy]

I'd love to hear "Barbarism Begins at Home", but sadly I think there's more chance of an avalanche in Hell. At least until the inevitable Marr reunion.

[Kewpie]

for your interest I posted a thread Never Played Live (http://www.morrissey-solo.com/threads/72027/) on courtesy of absent user sid james.

[Orson Swells]

Well, in terms of the little or never played I'd like to see:

You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby - 9
Nowhere Fast - 4
Come Back To Camden - 2 (on 30 July+8 August 2011)
The Edges Are No Longer Parallel - 2 (on 5+6 October 1999)
Art-hounds - 1 (on 7 August 2011)
Heir Apparent - 1 (on 1 February 2000)
It's Not Your Birthday Anymore - 1 (on 14 March 2009)
Sweet And Tender Hooligan - 1 (on 22 December 1988)
Ammunition
I Know Very Well How I Got My Name
Interlude
Lifeguard Sleeping, Girl Drowning
My Dearest Love
You Should Have Been Nice To Me

Plus:
Half A Person (missing from the above list?)
Well I Wonder
I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
I Won't Share You
Reel Around The Fountain
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore

[modrevolve]

I don't think this touring band is near funky enough to pull it off properly. Though the thought of a Moz/Boz dance off does bring me great delight.


I'd love to hear "Barbarism Begins at Home", but sadly I think there's more chance of an avalanche in Hell. At least until the inevitable Marr reunion.

[Amy]

I don't think this touring band is near funky enough to pull it off properly. Though the thought of a Moz/Boz dance off does bring me great delight.

I don't think the band could pull it of either - that's probably why Moz has never played it solo. The dancing would be hilarious. Though it could never beat:

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[Harsh Truth]

Half A Person (missing from the above list?)

"Half A Person" was played on just about every date of the 2000 tour, so it would exceed the "under 10" threshold.

[Orson Swells]

"Half A Person" was played on just about every date of the 2000 tour, so it would exceed the "under 10" threshold.

Thanks. I missed it on the concert lists and thought it had been played far less than 35 times. Still mightily under-played live though.

[King Leer]

Is Sorrow Will Come in the End so disliked that people don't even proffer it as a request?

Really think he should do My Dearest Love. It's surely one of the better liked songs of recent years (and would've definitely given Years another dimension had it been an album track).
Following that, another attempt at It's Not My Birthday would be nice. Only once ever? Couldn't find any comments in the tour section on how it sounded, and no Youtube footage.

[Kewpie]

Is Sorrow Will Come in the End so disliked that people don't even proffer it as a request?

Really think he should do My Dearest Love. It's surely one of the better liked songs of recent years (and would've definitely given Years another dimension had it been an album track).
Following that, another attempt at It's Not My Birthday would be nice. Only once ever? Couldn't find any comments in the tour section on how it sounded, and no Youtube footage.

"Sorrow Will Come in the End" is really childish rant which only has a negative novelty value.

According to an absent user Not Right in the Head who recorded "It's Not Your Birthday Anymore" in Washington DC gig, Morrissey was struggling the high notes due to earlier illness.

[Jamie]

Of the "nevers," I'd like to see "Lifeguard Sleeping, Girl Drowning." Of the "rarely," it would be nice if he brought back more of the early singles/B-sides and "Your Arsenal" material, e.g., "Suedehead," "Interesting Drug," "He Knows I'd Love To See Him," "Girl Least Likely To," "Glamorous Glue" (which seems like it would fall in the current line-up's sweet spot), and "Certain People I Know." Revisiting "A Swallow On My Neck," "Have-a-Go Merchant," "Nobody Loves Us," and "The Teachers Are Afraid of the Pupils" would be welcome, too.

It seems like a good chunk of the material from 1988-1994 has been disavowed - or only brief peeks-in are allowed every so often. Meanwhile, "Everyday Is Like Sunday" and "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" have been overexposed to repeat concert attendees, in my opinion.

[Maurice E]

Well, in terms of the little or never played I'd like to see:

You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby - 9
Nowhere Fast - 4
Come Back To Camden - 2 (on 30 July+8 August 2011)
The Edges Are No Longer Parallel - 2 (on 5+6 October 1999)
Art-hounds - 1 (on 7 August 2011)
Heir Apparent - 1 (on 1 February 2000)
It's Not Your Birthday Anymore - 1 (on 14 March 2009)
Sweet And Tender Hooligan - 1 (on 22 December 1988)
Ammunition
I Know Very Well How I Got My Name
Interlude
Lifeguard Sleeping, Girl Drowning
My Dearest Love
You Should Have Been Nice To Me

Plus:
Half A Person (missing from the above list?)
Well I Wonder
I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
I Won't Share You
Reel Around The Fountain
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore

Good thread - I didn't realise he'd ever played 'The Edges'.
Also, I think we've missed 'The Never Played Symphonies' which he played once in 2004 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vOnZuWdhBY). Pretty good version of a great song - odd that he dropped it straight away.

[Harsh Truth]

Good thread - I didn't realise he'd ever played 'The Edges'.
Also, I think we've missed 'The Never Played Symphonies' which he played once in 2004 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vOnZuWdhBY). Pretty good version of a great song - odd that he dropped it straight away.

Nice version. Thanks for sharing. It was also done a few times later in the 2004 tour on the West Coast. Pretty sure I saw it done at the Universal Amphitheater in LA.

[Ben Budd]

Wow, didn't notice Camden had been played live. I believe that means that Arsenal, Quarry and Ringleader are the three albums to have all album tracks played live.

[MossFK]

I did see both Street Life (Oslo August 6 2006) and Art-hounds at Brixton. Still remember his frown after seeing the crowds reaction to Street life at the Øya-festival. Don't think he'll ever do that again!. The Norwegian state television did broadcast the show, so there should be a good version of it out there somewhere.

[Ben Budd]

How many Smiths songs have never been played live by either The Smiths or Morrissey in his solo career? I can't keep track anymore.

[Stephane]

How many Smiths songs have never been played live by either The Smiths or Morrissey in his solo career? I can't keep track anymore.

Scroll down to the bottom of this page: http://www.passionsjustlikemine.com/live-smiths-stats.htm

Stephane

[celibate]

http://www.passionsjustlikemine.com/live-moz-stats.htm

And by "one-off" let's say... less than ten times performed live.

Of these:

http://www.passionsjustlikemine.com/live-moz-stats.htm

Pashernate Love - 9
You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby - 9
(I'm) The End Of The Family Line - 7
Drive-In Saturday - 7
If You Don't Like Me, Don't Look At Me - 7
Redondo Beach - 7
You Say You Don't Love Me - 7
Friday Mourning - 6
Vicar In A Tutu - 6
Good Looking Man About Town - 4
Nowhere Fast - 4
Used To Be a Sweet Boy - 4
What She Said (with Rubber Ring outro) - 4
America Is Not The World - 3
Moon Over Kentucky - 3
Come Back To Camden - 2 (on 30 July+8 August 2011)
Nothing Rhymed - 2 (on 2+3 October 2002)
Street Life - 2 (on 8+10 August 2006)
The Edges Are No Longer Parallel - 2 (on 5+6 October 1999)
Art-hounds - 1 (on 7 August 2011)
At Amber - 1 (on 9 August 2002)
Heir Apparent - 1 (on 1 February 2000)
I'm Playing Easy To Get - 1 (on 12 November 2004)
It's Not Your Birthday Anymore - 1 (on 14 March 2009)
Let The Right One Slip In - 1 (on 25 November 1992)
Sweet And Tender Hooligan - 1 (on 22 December 1988)


What would you like to see more of, or repeated? Or to make its debut?

Given that Ammunition is my favorite Moz track I'd love to finally see it make its live debut one of these days. Also wouldn't mind Camden and Birthday Anymore thrown back into the mix.

what she said/nowhere fast

maybe it's time to put ' now my heart is full' on the upcoming shows, as ' Alma Matters' has to stay

pregnant for the last time

cemetery gates

that'll be nice , cause I think Morrissey will play the same songs as USA /Europe 2011

[Luke Action McClure]

I'd like to hear 'Shame is the name', 'Dial-a-cliche', 'The ordinary boys'

I believe Luck Lisp is a rarely played song? I have one live version somewhere...

[lindsey1151]

Did the smiths ever play Suffer Little Children live?

[lindsey1151]

What are some songs that The Smiths didnt play live???

[mcrickson]

"How Soon is Now?"

[Stephane]

What are some songs that The Smiths didnt play live???

Answer at the bottom of this page:
http://www.passionsjustlikemine.com/live-smiths-stats.htm

Stephane

[lindsey1151]

No they did play it live!!!

[Death Disco]

What are some songs that The Smiths didnt play live???

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Party Hard - Pulp
Down-bound Train - Bruce Springsteen
Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks
You Keep Me Hangin' On - Kim Wilde

These are only some of the songs the Smiths never played live. There are literally dozens more. Dozens.

[Ben Budd]

No they did play it live!!!

Prove it.

[MORRIZSEY]

No they did play it live!!!

Not sure how Johnny recreated the resonant guitar loop live. Anyone know?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmXAnB0mEvo

[egosheep]

Yes, they played it at least once, at the Ritz in Manchester.

[egosheep]

Not sure how Johnny recreated the resonant guitar loop live. Anyone know?
Yeah, his name was Craig Gannon and he's the chap standing between Andy and Mike.

[Dave2006]

Answer at the bottom of this page:
http://www.passionsjustlikemine.com/live-smiths-stats.htm

Stephane

It's interesting to see how few haven't been performed live. From Stephane's list, if you eliminate those that Morrissey has since played live, or songs that were performed for TV, it only leaves:

Golden Lights
I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
I Won't Share You
Oscillate Wildly
Unhappy Birthday
Unloveable
Well I Wonder
Work Is A Four Letter Word

Some I can live without, but I'd love to hear Morrissey do "I Started Something..." (to hear him sing "grab you by the gilded beams...") and "Unloveable" (I wear black on the outside...)

Dave

[Irregular Regular]

It's interesting to see how few haven't been performed live. From Stephane's list, if you eliminate those that Morrissey has since played live, or songs that were performed for TV, it only leaves:

Golden Lights
I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
I Won't Share You
Oscillate Wildly
Unhappy Birthday
Unloveable
Well I Wonder
Work Is A Four Letter Word

Some I can live without, but I'd love to hear Morrissey do "I Started Something..." (to hear him sing "grab you by the gilded beams...") and "Unloveable" (I wear black on the outside...)

Dave

I'd love to hear Well I Wonder and I Won't Share You live. Well I Wonder is one of my favourite Smiths songs.
Unloveable was never played live, but here is a pretty decent recording of the soundcheck from Inverness in 1985.
We get a good idea as to what it would have sounded like if played live.


http://youtu.be/olN4tsBmTHU

[Stoned]

Well I Wonder is a gem, very very beautiful. I agree.
Cheers Moz

[123xyz]

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Party Hard - Pulp
Down-bound Train - Bruce Springsteen
Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks
You Keep Me Hangin' On - Kim Wilde

These are only some of the songs the Smiths never played live. There are literally dozens more. Dozens.





After a sleepless night of extensive internet research , I think I found another one...


By The Time I Get To Arizona - Public Enemy

[Ryan.]

It's interesting to see how few haven't been performed live. From Stephane's list, if you eliminate those that Morrissey has since played live, or songs that were performed for TV, it only leaves:

Golden Lights
I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
I Won't Share You
Oscillate Wildly
Unhappy Birthday
Unloveable
Well I Wonder
Work Is A Four Letter Word

Some I can live without, but I'd love to hear Morrissey do "I Started Something..." (to hear him sing "grab you by the gilded beams...") and "Unloveable" (I wear black on the outside...)

Dave

Unloveable was soundchecked, I have two different mp3s of it.