Straight from among the woolsheds on the Shetland Isles....
The Smiths
Clickimin Centre, Lerwick
28 September 1985
This is a delightful audience recording (unknown but low generation) from what may well be my favourite phase in the band's live history. The musical playing is supremely confident and incredibly fluid and Morrissey is his witty and defiant self throughout (lots of notable quotables). A must!
64', 397 MB FLAC (level 8/verify/align on sector boundaries)
01. intro
02. Shakespeare's Sister
03. I Want The One I Can't Have
04. What She Said
05. Nowhere Fast
06. What's The World
07. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
08. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
09. Stretch Out And Wait
10. Frankly Mr Shankly
11. Bigmouth Strikes Again
12. Still Ill
13. (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame/Rusholme Ruffians
14. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (tape flip)
15. Meat Is Murder
1st encore
16. This Charming Man
17. Hand In Glove
2nd encore
18. Miserable Lie
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from http://www.passionsjustlikemine.com/gigs/smiths-gi8509scot.htm:
28 September 1985
Clickimin Centre, Lerwick, Shetland Isles
Shakespeare's Sister
I Want The One I Can't Have
What She Said
Nowhere Fast
What's The World
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
Stretch Out And Wait
Frankly, Mr Shankly
Bigmouth Strikes Again
Still Ill
(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame/Rusholme Ruffians
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
/Meat Is Murder
/This Charming Man
/Hand In Glove
/Miserable Lie
People in Lerwick were not used to having bands travel all the way to play before them, so a lot of different people turned up. The front row was lined with people in heavy metal t-shirts. The setlist was the typical one of this part of the tour, minus "William It Was Really Nothing". It was replaced in the encore by "Meat Is Murder" which used to be the last number in the main set.
Entering stage, Morrissey greeted the audience "Hello good evening... we are the Smiths" before launching into "Shakespeare's Sister". After the next song, he said, sounding sarcastic "Thank you you're very kind hee hee hee hee ha ha ha ha!" He introduced "Nowhere Fast" with "This song is dedicated to Prince William (retching noise), it's called 'Nowhere Fast'." For some unknown reason, after "What's The World", Morrissey said "Thank you... good man, good boy." The newest single, "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side", was introduced with "This is our new single which you can buy in Aberdeen if you fancy a swim... it's called 'The Boy With The Thorn In His Side'."
"Stretch Out And Wait" was dedicated to "... all you really macho heavy metal fans". For the first time, Morrissey sang the alternate first verse almost as it appears on the "The World Won't Listen" compilation: "All the lies that you say, what's at the back of your mind... Ah your face I can see and it's desperately kind, what's at the back of your mind". He also sang "Ignore all the silly codes of the day". After "Frankly Mr Shankly" Morrissey announced "That was a new song called 'Frankly Mr Shankly'... this is another... hmmm yes true... this is a new song called 'Bigmouth Strikes Again'."
Before "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now", Morrissey said "This is for all the people who really care, and not just the stragglers." He changed the final line in "Meat Is Murder" to "And who cares if animals die..." After the song, he asked the heavy metal guys "Do you have anything to say? Would you leave please... because you're very boring and you're very old fashioned". This alternate line in "This Charming Man" might also have been intended for the same people: "This man said you're ugly, and we don't care!" Before "Miserable Lie" Morrissey said "We know somebody out there likes us, so... there's a lot of strange people around..." and then right before the first notes of the song he shouted sarcastically "Barbra Dickson yeaaahhh!"
A good quality recording of the whole concert is available on fanmade bootleg cds, occasionally under the titles "Clickerman" or "Send Only 5". MP3s have made it onto file sharing networks.
"What's The World" alone can be found on a bootleg 7" simply titled "The Smiths". It is paired with other rare recordings "What Do You See In Him?" and "Jeane" from 4 February 1983.