darn. can't see it. I use a mac.

Its alot better than IBEH video. I never was a fan over concert videos but this one is good. He looks great and now I am even more pissed off that Lollapalooza was cancelled. How's the weather in Chicago in July?

Morrissey combines gestures of an air controller, mannerism of a flight attendant, the finesse of a body builder and acting of a Shakespearean actor, all in one.

But, At least you can access the classic videos. I prefer to remember Moz in this way...

FANTASTIC! I was about 4 rows back and I've been keeping an eye out for me and my mate. Best video he's done in a long time. This will make the Top 10 no probs. Elvis lives! ;-)

I loved this video cant get enough of it the night was just so marvalous

the shot footage looked fine; unfortunately it was diced up and presented badly. better than ibeh but not a stellar video for such a fine song.
el mannix.

ok, this is a fucking incredible, dare i say his best. if he could have only started the quarry campain with this single and video, who knows where the album would be now.

just amazing, high enegry, excellent footage. plus the uk crowd makes the us crowds look like they were at a funeral. i would have given all five of my nights at the wiltern to be at the MEN gig.

going back to look at the video again...

It reminded me a lot of the "Will Never Marry" video, but this is much better considering the better filming, the better audience shots, really showing how rabid moz fans really are. I think it perfectly caught Morrissey's natural charm and charism onstage which translates excellently for film.

Overall: A great improvement on IBEH which was a disgrace to video even with Moz's low standard for them.

Will someone (like MRs Shankly) kindly please put the video on their website, so people with technical difficulties can download it? Much appreciated - let us know!

No other video captures the moz 'experience' as this video has. That said, his other videos are so horrible that it didn't take much to top them, I don't think he has one classic video - although what I've seen from "Ouija Board" looked amusing.

The most positive set of comments I've seen on Moz's endeavours for some time!

Video is great - will Sanctuary include it on the single/a version of the single? Do hope so!

Great song too obviously - and I'm not a fan of the album on the whole! As someone said, Moz should have kicked off the Quarry campaign in this fashion!

Though I wasn't at the MEN show (and I regret it now), it apprears to have really captured his and the audience's performance well.

The way they pieced together shots from different songs so that he was constantly in various clothes, reminds me of the songs in Hindi movies where the characters are in different clothes in each shot of the same song.

I really enjoyed it. I'd love to see the full concert.

Truer Poetry

it's a poor video and quite sad. If anything demonstrates that morrissey's sense of self is way out of control, it's the version of the video I saw with backstage footage etc. It also has absolutely no popular appeal.

still, it's a great album and a great single.

People like eugenius and moby are the type of people who think it's classy to eat their food off a plate in the evening. They're simply idiots. They love this video and don't like the album, which speaks volumes really.

broken

that explains it.

They must be from a private school though; the equipment needed to do a video like that isn't cheap.

from MorrisseyMusic.com
"VH1.com is hosting the World Premiere of the video for "First of the Gang to Die," the second single from Morrissey's highly acclaimed album, You Are The Quarry.

The video was directed by AV club, directors of the video for the first single, "Irish Blood English Heart." It was shot on May 22, at Morrissey's recent birthday concert in his hometown, Manchester, England.

Visit the Morrissey Artist Page on VH1.com to watch!

Cheers"

Well, he's obviously got the fanbase wrapped up with this video, but I doubt he's going to get any new converts with it, which is part of the whole idea behind singles and videos.

Why do I end up with Lenny Kravitz when I click on the video link?!?!

I don't see it. What do you all like about the video?

ok how much ass did that kick...

morrissey rules so hard

Thank you for the lovely video.
Azami, was that you pick? It's so beautiful.
people and people and you're heading for the stage...It's like I see your working place..on the stage off the stage-you don't change, you're lovely!
Thank you so much!

shed

what a videoclip, awesome

gorgeous

Who's the lady hugging Morrissey by the tour bus? It looks like they're happy to see each other. A family member maybe?

The weird thing about this video is, as a Morrissey fan, I love it, but as a video that should attract interest in the artist, it is crap. I enjoy the various shots of Morrissey in concert and backstage - even though the are cut incoherently - but if I were a non-fan, this vieo would have about as much effect on me as a Backstreet Boys video, i.e. it preaches to the choir.

Overall, I like it. But only because I am a Morrissey fan and enjoy seeing him and the band live, which I really have not been able to i a long time. If I were an average music listener, I would not be impressed.

i dont understand, i saw this video more than 10 days ago,
how can it be called a world premiere???

I like the november porny video.

very emotional.
hope this is the appetizer for the full concert on dvd.
what a night, what a night...

The VH1.com version of the video which includes Moz singing 'My Way' at the start and featurs the live rendition of the song the start. It also includes back stage footage and snippets from throughout the show as opposed to the realtime version of the song.

Can I ask a few questions regarding the other version shown on MTV2. Does this feature Moz singing 'My Way' at the start of this and also is this actually realtime footage of the live 'FOTGTD' performance or is it the studio version of the song over the top?

Though I like to hear the Live version I'm not sure this should appear on the video - the studio version does have a better sound.

Great. All I get if I click on ANY Moz video is Lenny Kravitz! What the…?

yesterday, hardly anything would upload outside of lenny kravitz.

today, i almost get a full snapple commercial and only the audio from FOTG.

i suppose i'm going to either have to wait a week or sneak on at 3am on sunday morning to finally see it.

After seeing the video for "Boy Racer", I just am reminded of how awesome that album is and it's a damn shame that it doesn't get the respect that it deserves. Totally underrated.

I know everybody just loves this song to death, but not me. It's one of the lamer tracks on the album - pure, putrid pop, and now this video... the adoring fans (oh they do still adore) the concert footage, the name in lights... Haven't we all seen this before, thousands of times before? I don't know what happened, but somewhere along the way Morrissey has become somewhat

B-O-R-I-N-G!!!!!!

I agree with the obove poster - somewhere along the line Moz has somehow become middle of the road. I really can't fathom how this happended, but it has. I don't think 'First Of The Gang' is lame, I think it's a good pop song - but that's all, and you see in the past his songs meant so much more. Earlier today I heard again the live version of 'Disappointed' on 'Viva Hate' reissue - if only the Moz of today had HALF the energy and conviction and anger with which that song is performed, and if only his band played with half the ferocity. And what has happened to the lyrics??? 'Disappointed','Girl Least Likely To', even as late as 'Trouble Loves Me' - songs like these demonstrate how wonderful many of Moz's lyrics once were and how comparatively banal the likes of 'How Can Anybody', 'You Know I Couldn't' and 'IBEH' now are. I certainly don't think he should stop but he should concentrate now on giving the best for his studio work and scale down his live performances cos they aren't as great as they used to be. Oh yeah, and the video -it's ok, nowt special, rather like Moz's present batch of songs. I believe he can stun us again musically but some adjustment is now needed.

I know this is off-topic but I've noticed a number of people on this site saying in various posts that this is Moz's last album and that he is never going to release another one. Trouble is, no-one ever backs this up. It's not that I don't believe you, what I want to know is, are you speculating or do you know something/have evidence to support what you're saying?? I have been critical of YATQ but I would hate for Moz to stop working in the studio if nothing else - just the possibility that the next record might be fab will keep me interested (and there's no reason why it shouldn't be, some real veterans like Dylan have gone for years without doing a decent album and then have surprised everyone with something excellent - surely someone of Moz's standing could pull this off too). So is it REALLY true that Moz will not be recording again? Please tell if you know something or say if you are just guessing. You can always remain anonymous. I sincerely hope this is not the last music to come from Moz, that would be a HUGE waste, though I think he might want to change musical direction a bit and scale down his live performances. This site would certainly become rather dull if all we had to look forward to was Mark Simpson's next hagiography or the latest b-side compilation!

Amazing!

This was the first time in my life I saw the video to "November Spawned a Monster," and I must ask someone who knows: Is this a sarcastic video? Is there some kind of irony that I fail to notice, because this was frankly completely devastatingly terrible. What on Earth is he doing out in the desert like some Madonna/Robbie Williams wannabe? Perhaps there was a slight anachrony in that last sentence of mine, but you all get the point, I hope. He looks ridicilous. Oh, get me away from here, I'm dying.

For some reason, everytime I try to play the video its just a black screen on the left with the "Snapple" ad on the right side of the screen. I had no trouble watching the IBEH video when it was first posted on VH1.com. Do I need an upgraded player? Any help or advice would be appreciated.

He acted himself in it. The Dallas concert was horrible. A histrionic manic-depressive is not the impression I wished to have of him.

Being attacked with cookie requests (2 hrs)
Watching lame ass Snapple ads (3 hrs)
Watching the same save your
connection speed screen (4 hrs)

Time it takes to download the video
off a file sharing program..... (5 mins)

I saw the video last night on MTV, was absolutely brilliant. And I was there, so it brought back what a brilliant night it was. Excellent choice for a video, it was a really special night.

It's better than most live videos, but only just. I think it was the bit with Moz holding a cup and saucer that made it for me.

I just want to concur with someone who posted above who said the video is rather too "Las Vegas cabaret" - I agree. By Moz's standards this isn't a bad video at all, but I can't understand these people who keep saying they want him to become the new Sinatra. WHY?? So, you want him to become some crooning bastion of the establishment who's work is filed under 'easy listening'? No thank you. The idea of him playing Las Vegas in a white suit is frankly horrifying - if anything, he should now go Bowie's way and dress respectably but maintain his credibility in the indie scene. And for those who hate Bowie, the truth is that MOST people in the rock world do hold him in esteem and his present image does make him look very cool for his age. At the same time, he still makes the same kind of music he used to, and, since 'Heathen', is beginning to make it very well again. If Bowie tried turning into Bing Crosby it would be awful, if Moz tried turning into Frank Sinatra it would be awful too. No lounge act/cabaret Moz please - just Moz the indie godhead!

FOTGTD is an awesome video that shows how truly appreciative we Morrissey fans truly are.I could say the energy on that video reminded me of the energy I felt at the "Joint" in Las Vegas back in May. His line from the song/video sums up how we feed of his music.....
"He stole from the rich and the poor and the not very rich and the very poor he stole our hearts away!!!!!"

VIVA Morissey!!!!!1

the video's great...what ARE you on about? It's a wonderful document of a great night....

I too was at that concert (thank gawd) and I think that this video is by far the best one he has ever made- the quick cuts show just about everything there is to see in Moz and his appeal to his passionate fans... look at the expression of the boy trying to get just a grasp of his hand- that right there is the epitome of our fanaticism... Moz shows the full range of his complex character if you pay any attention to the many shots taken before, after, and during the best concert ever staged...

Cheers,

Jay "Some Totally Random Moz Fan"

I haven't seen the version up on VH-1, but I'm told it's the backstage version.

The one I've seen that was taken from MTV2, is of the complete live performance and is really good.
It's also available as a torrent.

Which one do you mean?

an acoustic rendition of "lazy dykes?" you couldn't be further from being right. i'm so amazed that anyone could think this is "pathetic" but then again, i think you were the one who thought that "lazy dykes" should be a single, right?

I don't beleive you!

It is a sad video. moz just give up. you were good in 1988, but youre a really old man trying to be hip and this video shows youve lost the plot completely

the morrissey of 1985 would have laughed his head off at this crap

Ok, don't mean to sound harsh... but what hell does any of this have to do with the video?

Maybe you should submit your "very good authority" story which you say you have at hand. After that maybe we can go from there and complain how Moz avoids paying taxes like the rest of us wish we could do? comprende bucko?