Now this is proper fan worship, filmed back in the days when Morrissey didn’t mind some man hugs, or indeed being battered with some wildly flung gladioli. The video is one of the promos on the Hulmerist collection. The featured concert was his first solo performance – Wolverhampton Civic Hall, 1988. You’ll note that, curiously, both Smiths bassist Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce, not to mention ‘fifth Smith’ Craig Gannon are all part of the band. Both Rourke and Joyce were already pursuing him for owed Smiths monies and would soon be banished from his presence! Still, this is an astonishing visual document and gives a sense of what it was like at the height of Moz mania. Go on, gizza hug Mozzer!
Posted on: 27th January 2010
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