wembley 1991.....girls were crying
I was meant to go to that but my mum wouldn't let me stay in London on my own at 16. (Theres a song in there somewhere
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I got kicked out of home when I was 17
So my first was this one:
On my own. At 16. I missed the last train back and had to get a taxi to Stroud to stay with someone I knew. Which was 12 quid. A lot of money for a wee lad! The taxi driver subjected me to the PM Dawn LP and I had to go to three cashpoints till I could pay him (Stroud was hardly awash with them!)
This was before the days of mobile phones too si it was a reverse the charges call... Mind you I usually end up watching Moz at my own even now though I usually go with my mate. We get separated. In the crowd.
Anyway heres the bumpf from Passions:
7 October 1991
Leisure Centre, Gloucester
Interesting Drug
Mute Witness
Sister, I'm A Poet
Our Frank
Alsatian Cousin
Piccadilly Palare
King Leer
Angel, Angel, Down We Go Together
November Spawned A Monster
Driving Your Girlfriend Home
My Love Life
Everyday Is Like Sunday
The Loop
Suedehead
That's Entertainment
Disappointed
/The Last Of The Famous International Playboys
/Asian Rut
Despite poor sound and a questionnable choice of venue, this gig turned out better than the previous one. For the second night in a row, the setlist was shortened by one song. This time, "Sing Your Life" was the one dropped. The setlist was also significantly scrambled.
There was a false start in "Our Frank" after which Morrissey suddenly left the stage to have a piece of gum removed from his hair, much to Boz's and Alain's surprise. Then Morrissey asked "Do you mind if we start all over again?" followed by something undecipherable and the band launched into the song again. This time it was played in full and after that Morrissey replied to hecklers in the audience with his own questions: "What was wrong exactly? What happened? Who?"
After "That's Entertainment" and its frantic fast-paced live-only outro, the band started to play the T-Rex cover "Cosmic Dancer". Morrissey sang the first line "I was dancing when I was shit!" then the band abruptly switched to "Disappointed", as was custom on this leg of the Kill Uncle tour.
I was very DISAPPOINTED too at missing my train and the fact he didn't do I've Changed My Plea To Guilty. Still it was marvellous to see my new idol in the flesh. I don't really rememebr Moz. Boz was the distraction and Gary with the double bass.