Hang the DJ

Now you got me onto the subject of the north of England, I digress to the Smiths. There's one thing about the North and that is that all the great bands come from there.

I saw the Smiths at the Manchester Free Trade Hall in 1986. "Ask" just came in at number 2 in the national charts and they opened with this song. People were dancing in the aisles at the time and I recall the euphoria, as well as the sneaking feeling in my stomach that they were about to become total sell-outs. This they did. The next morning we found out that we hadn't witnessed that last date on that national tour, but that they'd played a private set at the Millionairre's Club in the centre of town right after we'd gone home. Morrisey never went back to his roots after that. Too commercial. I still love listening to those classic tracks though.