Friday, September 14, 2012

THE SMITHS ON BRITISH TELLY (Parts 24 & 25)


The band returned to the north-east of England to the Tyne-Tess studios on 5 Jult 1986 to take part in a one-off show called Eurotube.

Two songs were played. One was well-known as probably the most popular track on The Queen Is Dead, while the other was a brand new song.  The producers of the show captioned them the wrong way round:-




It was a great way to first hear Panic...and the kid who briefly turned the band into s six-piece was a specially hired actor and not as some rumours have suggested a relation of Johnny's Incidentally, am I alone in thinking that the live version of There Is A Light... is a bit weak and limp?

But then again, it's a song that has never been bettered than its original version...even when played live by the band or covered in later years.

mp3 : The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (live, August 86)
mp3 : Morrissey - There Is A light That Never Goes Out (live)
mp3 : The Lucksmiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
mp3 : The Divine Comedy - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
mp3 : Dum Dum Girls - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

Happy Listening

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