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posted by davidt
on Monday December 02 2002, @09:30AM
Ryan writes:
OK. You say the Rock Masters DVD is going to feature the Derby gig. Being from Derby I can tell you a bit about it: It took place on December 8th 1983 at the Assembly Rooms in Derby and was broadcast on TV on "The Whistle Test On The Road". The setlist was:
Handsome Devil
Still Ill
This Charming Man
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Reel Around The Fountain
What Difference Does It Make?
Miserable Lie
This Night Has Opened My Eyes
Hand In Glove
These Things Take Time
enc: You've Got Everything Now
The gig was quite good - as all Smiths gigs inevitable were! - but there was nothing really special. I still prefer the German gig I have on video in which Johnny puts down his guitar and starts dancing like Morrissey! I'd probably give the Derby gig about 7.5/10.
Something seemed to go wrong during "Miserable Lie" and Moz walked off stage after the first line and didn't come back until "I need advice". During the encore, everyone ran onto the stage and mobbed Morrissey - he kept falling over but he did his best to keep singing. The Whistle Test version has some really crappy and distracting special effects, like a diamond shaped shot of Moz superimposed over a long shot of the stage.
Anyway, if you want to know anything else about the Derby gig, e-mail me at dirk_diggler2@hotmail.com
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I thought it was an ok gig but apparently the audience was full of people who were not fans.With it being a show filmed for the bbc they picked the audience to a certain degree.
Adam