THE SMITHS - April 21, 1984 - Amsterdam, Netherlands (Full Concert) LIVE

Recorded Live at Vinyl Party De Meervaart, Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 21, 1984 . Debut Album Tour - European Leg. / mozutd Artwork & Information: Passionsjustlikemine.com #thesmiths #morrissey #johnnymarr #andyrourke #mikejoyce @ILoveMorrissey
Setlist:
Hand In Glove
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
Girl Afraid
This Charming Man
Barbarism Begins At Home
This Night Has Opened My Eyes
Miserable Lie
Still Ill
I Don't Owe You Anything
What Difference Does It Make?
/Handsome Devil
/You've Got Everything Now
//These Things Take Time
This concert, put together to celebrate Dutch music magazine Vinyl's fifth anniversary, was the Smiths' first show in a country where the main language wasn't English. Everything went well but Morrissey sounded rather reserved at first. He was probably intimidated by the language barrier, but by the end of the show he appeared to be more comfortable. He did say a few words in between songs but didn't really alter lyrics the way he sometimes did in England where the audience was more familiar with the Smiths' material.
"Miserable Lie", "I Don't Owe You Anything" and "These Things Take Time" returned to the setlist. They were rarely performed at this point in time. The latter two titles were almost at the end of their live career.
During the recent tour of the UK "Hand In Glove" had been the standard set opener and its intro extended by a few bars. For some reason, even if the song was still opener in Amsterdam, the normal intro was brought back. After the latter number Morrissey introduced the next planned one by saying: "Thank you, this song is called 'Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now'." The song had just been recorded and it was planned to be released as a single one month later, so this live performance was much closer to the studio version we are familiar with. Only minor differences remained.
"Girl Afraid", which was next on the setlist and planned to be released as the latter single's b-side, had also just been recorded in the 4-week break between the end of the recent UK tour and this concert. So not only was "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" closer to its definitive version, but so was "Girl Afraid". In the instrumental bridge in the middle of the song, Morrissey hummed "Mmmmm that mistake again", as he does on the studio version. He had never done this before. "This Charming Man" was introduced as being "...a song about a bicycle." Before going into "Barbarism Begins At Home" Morrissey told the audience "Coincidentally, it's a great privilege to be here... so..."
Before introducing "Miserable Lie" Morrissey enquired "Can anybody here speak English?... So?" The following planned number was "Still Ill" and it was simply introduced with a shout of its title. Then the next one was introduced with the line "This song is called 'I Don't Owe You Anything'..." When the band returned to the stage for the first encore Morrissey shouted "Handsome Devil"! before the band launched into the song. When the band returned to the stage for the second encore, Morrissey's final words to the audience were "Thank you, we didn't expect this, thank you..."
The complete concert was recorded and various subsets were broadcast on KRO radio at different times. One reported broadcast from 1987 or 1988 (apparently the second broadcast) featured the following set: "Girl Afraid", "This Charming Man", "Barbarism Begins At Home", "This Night Has Opened My Eyes", "Still Ill", "What Difference Does It Make?", "Handsome Devil" and "These Things Take Time". Another one from a few years later (apparently the third broadcast) featured "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now", "Barbarism Begins At Home", "Miserable Lie", "I Don't Owe You Anything", "What Difference Does It Make?", "Handsome Devil" and "You've Got Everything Now". In February 2009 the complete set was finally broadcast in order on Dutch radio station Radio 2. This was also webcast at the same time from the station's webpage.
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