The Smiths - Pretty Girls Make Graves

25 September 1983 - Lyceum Ballroom - London, UK

Supporting Gang Of Four with other support, The Orson Family. Tickets were £3.50.
The setlist was quite surprising, and not because of its length or omission of regulars like "Handsome Devil", "Accept Yourself" or "You've Got Everything Now". Being booked in between two other bands, the Smiths were probably not given more than 30 minutes anyway. But "Hand In Glove" was performed twice. Also, recent additions "This Charming Man" and "Still Ill" were not performed while "Pretty Girls Make Graves" became the opening track. "Wonderful Woman", which had been neglected lately, was reinstated. This was not the best performance for that period in time. Morrissey wasn't very talkative and sounded as if he was just going through the motions. It was probably dawning on him that The Smiths didn't deserve to open for others anymore. They had become successful enough to draw bigger and bigger crowds on their own. Quite a few people came for the Smiths as well as Gang Of Four, so "Pretty Girls Make Graves" was very well received. After the cheers subsided, a modest Morrissey exclaimed "Oh come now". For the first time Morrissey introduced the line "What to be said of her" in "Wonderful Woman", as it is heard on the "This Charming Man" single. The song was actually being recorded at that time for release on the latter single, which explains the growing similarity between the live performances and the studio version. "I Don't Owe You Anything" was introduced with "I don't. Owe you. Anything. Which isn't true... so..." "What Difference Does It Make?" was very well received, prompting Morrissey to say "Don't be greedy". He then introduced the next song with the words "Do you realize that these things take time?" The audience was warming up to the Smiths so the latter was also very well received. Morrissey then asked "Okay, what should we do?". They launched into a second helping of "Hand In Glove" after which Morrissey just exclaimed "Goodbye! Stay handsome! Goodbye!" and the band left the stage.

01. Pretty Girls Make Graves
02. Wonderful Woman
03. Miserable Lie
04. Reel Around The Fountain
05. I Don't Owe You Anything
06. Hand In Glove
07. What Difference Does It Make
08. These Things Take Time
09. Hand In Glove

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