Moz is bound to release something new. A creative fellah like him won't be held back!

Plus here is a recommendation for anyone: A completely undiscovered (in the UK) French band called 'M', who are amazing and have gone down a storm in France will be playing Shepherds Bush Empire on 20th June - tickets 0870 771 2000.

but it would be nice to hear of new material. i'm looking forward to the reviews now...

"there were two new songs previewed last night. the first one was mid-tempo. the second one was a bit faster..."

Hey people, I need help here. I'm going to the Isle of Wight festival(to see Morrissey for the FIRST time! Argh!), and as I am unexperienced in the case of festivals, I have a few queries.

a) Will we find out beforehand what time Moz will be on?

b) If so, when?

c) And can anyone estimate around what time he will be on?

If you reply and help me out, then I will be very grateful, and if you don't, then I will be angry!

I'm not sure if an outdoor festival will be the ideal place to try new material. Most sets at such events are normally the tried and tested.

1 The Teachers Are Afraid of the Pupils
2 Don't Make Fun of Daddy's Voice
3 How Soon Is Now
4 What She Said
5 Ambitious Outsiders
6 new song "Victoria Twilight"
7 GF in a Coma
8 new song "Lest We Forget"
9 First of the Gang to Die
10 I Like You
11 Handsome Devil
12 new song "Where is the Exit?"
13 You Know I Couldn't Last .............................
encore: Irish Blood, English Heart

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juste so iknow there is new material.

The first new song "Victoria Twilight" is apparently very strange and very long and has a very avant garde feel with lots of strange sound effects and white noise. It's supposed to be brilliant, but I'm only going on what a source told me. One of the lyrics is:

"Vicoria twilight, oh Victoria twilight,
Viewed through a gap in the metalwork,
Oh you said,
And then you went,
It was your fault,
All your fault"

The second new song, "Lest We Forget" is apparently quite political and quite heavy, heavier than anything from Quarry possibly with a - gasp - heavy metal influence. It's all very tasteful though with beautiful vocal melody and spiralling guitars. The description I was given is "T Rex on acid with Metallica's guitar technique"

The final new song, "Where is the Exit" is supposed to be quite upbeat and poppy, a little like "Suedehead" or "first of the gang"

One lyric is
"Where is the exit?
Where is the sign?
I am yours,
And you are not mine"

Apparently it's likely to be the first single and contains a line about a "Book wrote in jest, written in blood, containing poisonous lies"

I can't wait for the show

broken

My sources say the set list will run like this-

1 Hand in Glove
2 King Leer
3 Heir Apparent
4 The More You Ignore Me
5 Tony The Pony
6 Get Off The Stage
7 Plastic People(New song)
8 Alma Matters
9 Dagenham Dave
10 I Like You
11 Handsome Devil
12 Michael's Bones

Encore- Golden Lights/Speedway

He's going to come on and perform "Hit me baby one more time" through the forgotten art of mime before duetting with Paul Daniel's a new song called "Now My Debbie is Sawed in Half".

Morrissey's never done a one-off show before. there's only a month to go and no warm-up dates have been announced or any other shows.
the band all seem to be doing other things. Boz has been signed independently to Sanctuary, Alain's got a new band, Dean's drumming with someone else. the whole thing simply doesn't add up...
John

Well, I wish in a way Broken was telling the truth - the listed songs actually sounded quite interesting (avant-garde, upbeat pop, spiralling guitars) and would probably be great IF Morrissey WERE really writing them, which I'm sure we'll all agree he hasn't. The only new song he MAY play is 'Playing Easy To Get'. I agree with the poster who said that this will not be kind of show where he will debut new material. Bearing in mind the hostility that greeted the announcement of his appearance on the IOW website, I think the set will be similar to Reading. Of course, there will be some changes, but he will surely not play 'Ambitious Outsiders' to a non-partisan crowd!! Same with 'Teachers', unless it is an edited version. I would love to hear 'Handsome Devil' or 'What She Said', though the 'Rank' version of 'What She Said is probably unsurpassable.

Anyway, my source (i.e. a complete guess)tells me that the set will be:

How Soon Is Now?/The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get/First Of The Gang To Die/I Want The One I Can't Have/I Like You/Irish Blood, English Heart/I'm Playing Easy To Get (possibly)/Suedehead/Let Me Kiss You/Bigmouth Strikes Again/Come Back To Camden/Still Ill/Panic/Sister I'm A Poet/Jack The Ripper/There Is A Light That Never Goes Out//You Know I Couldn't Last.

I believe the 2004 set will be shaken up slightly, but not much.

My Sauces(Chardonay & Pimm's w/assorted fruit) tell me the set list will be as follows;
How Soon is Now?
Handsome Devil
Irish Blood English Heart
Cain and Mable(new song)
Head On (Jesus & Mary Chain cover)
You're gonna need Someone on your Side
Pretty Girls Make Graves
First of the Gang to Die
I Don't Owe you Anything
The Hurly Burly of Argy Bargy (new song)
Hairdresser on Fire
She Dazzled Me with Basil (Dentists cover)
There is a Light That Never Goes Out

Encores;
The Day in Question(Treading Lemmings cover)
I Don't Mind if you Forget Me

-The Treading Lemming
"there was love on the floor so i walked on the ceiling"

a song called "Home is a Question Mark". I just submitted this story to David: The ASCAP website (they monitor song rights, etc) shows this song as having been written by Moz and Alain right around the same time as "You know I couldn't last". This isn't BS....the title code is 381055974. Check it out yourself

Well, I hope for one or two new songs, but surely he needs more time to create some great stuff. Anyway, I think the setlist will be almost entirely the same as the ones ending that last tour. Quarry will again by strongly represented, but I think a couple of great solo stuff completely neglected on the 2004 tour should be added, like perhaps Suedehead, Speedway, Now My Heart Is Full or one of Arsenal's tracks even. If I had my way, each of his solo albums would be represented in some way... People who want more more more Smiths either haven't listened to ALL of his solo stuff and are relying on Attack's releases or don't actually like his solo stuff - in which case, why would you want to go to a Morrissey gig. I love the smiths' work as much as the next person, but I do feel that it slightly puts Morrissey down, having to dish out the "old classics" to please the fans, when he could be doing exactly the same with the amazing Arsenal and Vauxhall tracks. I also think that Maladjusted and Southpaw should be represented in some form... Morrissey tries to hide the fact that he loves southpaw? Why? Be proud of a creation that some of us fans, including myself, really love... and play Southpaw live for the first time ever! :D

I have a friend whose wife knows Boz. Apparently, there are several new songs which will be played at the IOW:-

I am I,You Are You, But Who Is He?
Mishin Improbable
The Ballad of Sid And Barbara

They all sound quite fascinating.

I put yes so if anyone at Camp Moz sees the poll they'll know new songs are EXPECTED.

He has loads of songs, so many songs, more songs than you can stand! Seriously, he is a fiendish writer with notebooks at the ready!

My sister's best friend's uncle dates morrissey's cleaning lady. anyway, she found a piece of paper entitled 'Wight S-List' three new songs were listed.
How I Learned to Hate The Bootboys
Paper or Plastic?
Snooker is Not a Sport

I hate internetters, but what can I do
The world is full of festi-falls (cashing in)
cancelled to no ones surprise
Peta Meata
Johnny Rogans phoney number

it's offical!
J

Morrissey will never play this show. It is almost certain he will cancel. And when he does, everyone here will believe whatever lame excuse he comes up with this time and discuss how horrible it must be to have nerves like Morrissey and what a tough life he has and how wonderful and great it is that he canceled and screwed the promoters of the show and the fans that paid to see him because he couldn't be bothered to get his ass out of bed and go to work for an hour and a half.

please..it's a festival!

Is he doing any writing, anyone know?

"At You're Worst Your Words are Terse, Oh Little Man With Your Purse"

Supposedly sounds like Weezer.

There is somethign on general discussion board about this - few days ago I think. They are as follows :

High-Rise Flirt

Aptitude

Act Drunk

Could be lies and probably is.

All i want is some more 'solo' songs from Alma Matters and Your Arsenal albums.Ahh and something last, lets hope he is going to play Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now.

First of the Gang to Die
Hairdresser On Fire
Irish Blood English Heart
The headmaster Ritual
Everyday Is Like Sunday
etc. etc.

broken

the voices in my head have told me that morrissey has written a fantastic song which is bound to be a clasic called twinkle twinkle little star apperently its a song about a star up above the world so high like a diamond in the sky its very catchy and deppressing

If you could the choose the title for a song that Moz would then write, what would it be?

Alsatian Cousin
Little Man, What Now
Everyday Is Like Sunday
Michael's Bones
The Last of the Famous International Playboys
Angel
Late Night, Maudlin Street
The Ordinary Boys
Suedehead
November Spawned a Monster
Disappointed

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That is not only a wonderful listen - it plays like one of the greatest albums of all time. Morrissey has written more great albums than the Beatles or anyone else if you just play aorund with the tracklist a little!

The Teachers Are Afraid of the Pupils
The Operation (edit without outro and with 10 secs of drum intro)
Boxers
Best Friend on the Payroll
Reader Meet Author
I'd Love To
Don't Make Fun of Daddy's Voice
Jack The Ripper
Southpaw

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Reel Around the Fountain
This Charming Man
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Hand In Glove
The Hand that Rocks the Cradle
Still Ill (rank version)
These Things Take Time
Back To The Old House (hatful acoustic version)
What Difference Does It Make?
Handsome Devil
Suffer Little Children

is there ANYONE who prefers listening to the original viva hate tracklist? compile mine, and you'll never feel the same way about viva again!

vote now please!

mine.........................THE viva hate
Alsatian Cousin..............Alsatian Cousin
LIttle Man, What Now?.......Little Man What Now?
Everyday Is Like Sunday.....Everyday Is Like Sund
MIchael's Bones.............Bengali in Platforms
TLOTFIPBs...................Angel
Angel.......................Late Night Maudlin St
Late Night Maudlin Street...Suedehead
The Ordinary Boys...........Break Up the Tedium
Suedehead...................The Ordinary Boys
NOvember Spawned a Monster..I don't Mind if
Disappointed................Dial a Cliche ............................Margaret

  broken

Sing Your Life (live)
East West
Asian Rut
Mute Witness
Hairdresser On Fire
Ouija Board
Piccadilly Palare
My Lovelife
Our Frank
Such a Little Thing (Beethoven)
I've Changed My Plea to Guilty

Shit, I'll be coming from Canada (not just for the festival), with a one-day ticket, and I'm not interested in anybody else that day. If he cancels that's my 40 quid down the drain.

My Sorcerers tell me there are four new numbers to expect for the festival;

The Tseng Dynasty
The Isle of off White(not a racist song)
Chris Are A Clark Bar
and....
I'm A Smithsonian Institution

Enjoy kids!

-The Treading Lemming
"there was love on the floor so i walked on the ceiling"