Morrissey - There is a Light that Never Goes Out (Move Festival, Manchester 2004)

Steven Patrick Morrissey rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the band The Smiths. The band was highly successful in the United Kingdom but broke up in 1987, and Morrissey began a solo career, making the top ten of the UK Singles Chart on ten occasions. His first solo album, 1988's Viva Hate, entered the UK albums chart at number one.
Widely regarded as an important innovator in the indie music scene,music magazine NME considers Morrissey to be "one of the most influential artists ever," while The Independent says "most pop stars have to be dead before they reach the iconic status he has reached in his lifetime." In 2004, Pitchfork Media called him "one of the most singular figures in Western popular culture from the last twenty years."
Morrissey's lyrics have been described as "dramatic, bleak, funny vignettes about doomed relationships, lonely nightclubs, the burden of the past and the prison of the home." He is also noted for his unusual baritone vocal style (though he sometimes uses falsetto), his quiff haircut and his dynamic live performances. Media controversies have been caused by his forthright and often contrary opinions, and he has also attracted media attention for his advocacy of vegetarianism and animal rights.
:: There is a Light That Never Goes Out ::
Take me out tonight
Where there's music and there's people
And they're young and alive
Driving in your car
I never never want to go home
Because I haven't got one
Anymore
Take me out tonight
Because I want to see people and I
Want to see life
Driving in your car
Oh, please don't drop me home
Because it's not my home, it's their
Home, and I'm welcome no more
And if a double-decker bus
Crashes into us
To die by your side
Is such a heavenly way to die
And if a ten-ton truck
Kills the both of us
To die by your side
Well, the pleasure - the privilege is mine
Take me out tonight
Take me anywhere, I don't care
I don't care, I don't care
And in the darkened underpass
I thought Oh God, my chance has come at last
(But then a strange fear gripped me and I
Just couldn't ask)
Take me out tonight
Oh, take me anywhere, I don't care
I don't care, I don't care
Driving in your car
I never never want to go home
Because I haven't got one, da ...
Oh, I haven't got one
And if a double-decker bus
Crashes into us
To die by your side
Is such a heavenly way to die
And if a ten-ton truck
Kills the both of us
To die by your side
Well, the pleasure - the privilege is mine
Oh, There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out
There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out
There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out
There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out
There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out
There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out
There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out
There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out
There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out

[@mgs721]

Imagine being able to stand in front of 50,000 people and move them, physically and emotionally, by singing a song. Amazing. Music is the truest, most powerful art form.

[@Ligerpride]

Imagine being able to stand in a group of 50,000 people.

[@dieauferstehung]

no humans are stupid

[@gattifan609]

True soo true...music will save us all.

[@fade8640]

Hello, my name is freddie mercury

[@qjblrm]

Imagine being able to see this live once

[@lorenzomenghetti]

I think this is the best song Morrisey has ever writter

[@dean-marr]

And Mr marr

[@theONLY1theyblame]

I think it's the best song ever written by anyone,anywhere at any point in any time at life. Just my opinion though

[@goth-granny]

@@theONLY1theyblame YES

[@angusstraford6395]

@@theONLY1theyblame yes sir you are correct

[@DoctorMeatDic]

@@dean-marr It's definitely Marr's best song, cos he hasn't done anything worth remembering since 1986.

[@P-Bass_Pete]

What strikes me about this video is that everybody in that audience related to this song as a loner at one point in their life where The Smiths seemed like the only thing on earth that understood them. Must be amazing to stand in an audience where tens of thousands of people just like you are all singing their hearts out.

[@3mill5]

Very well put.

[@draoi99]

Beautiful sentiment.

[@thiagor.9925]

Parecem brasileiros.

[@jas_a98]

UNREAL AUDIENCE. Could hear each and every word of the song SO BEAUTIFULLY by them. Absolutely unreal. And for Morrissey, what a voice man. What a song. What a band!

[@drewswallow6043]

I mean that’s like every concert in the uk

[@susanhulse3966]

So glad I was born in the 1960s and was around to see the smiths when they first arrived on the scene they are the very best of British music

[@44Hogarth]

I'm 26 and my average festival or music event I go to is strictly techno with no lyrics in a dark room with strobe lights....... Yet here I am in 2020, currently furloughed and listening to Morrissey wishing I could have witnessed this in the 80s!!!

[@Bachconcertos]

Dido me too!

[@Bachconcertos]

I love 💕 Morressy!

[@Bachconcertos]

So true. I saw the smiths in NYC free concert in the park awesome.

[@sbakernyc5761]

they are almost as much an Irish band as they are British

[@maryam-xo]

Okay but I am glad I was born in a generation where I can listen to all these masterpieces in just a click😭😭 still I wanna listen Morrissey sing live tho🤷🏻‍♀️

[@maryam-xo]

JwahAmore41 you lucky fella! I wish I had seen him earlier when he performed in NYC😭

[@morrissey7146]

it's pretty remarkable how many people my music touches.... I think I am very lucky in that way, I think I have you to be the most thankful fan ❤️ 🎹🌹🎹🌹🎹🌹.

[@sweetnuthin]

@@morrissey7146 is this satire or are you really trying to pretend to be Morrissey? isn't very convincing if it's meant to be serious

[@deseuryderia]

@@sweetnuthin cmon guys, he’s obviously real! just look at that hefty 13 subscriber count!

[@alexjarlos9789]

the chorus still gives me chills... love this song... ;-)

[@morrissey7146]

it's pretty remarkable how many people my music touches.... I think I am very lucky in that way, I think I have you to be the most thankful fan ❤️ 🎹🌹🎹🌹🎹🌹.

[@cantthink_of_aname]

I’m a 13 year old girl btw and I’m so happy I’ve discovered bands like the smiths and I don’t just listen to rap like many of the other kids my age do. music is a HUGE part of my life and it is a really special thing to so many people I honestly think it’s a cool way to make friendships or bonds with people

[@alezsides]

gives me goosebumps to hear the crowd so moved by the chorus!!!

[@rogerkay8603]

Brings me to tears just from the memories of the time around it.

[@morrissey7146]

it's pretty remarkable how many people my music touches.... I think I am very lucky in that way, I think I have you to be the most thankful fan ❤️ 🎹🌹🎹🌹🎹🌹.

[@rogerkay8603]

@@morrissey7146 Awesome song, without being morbid it will be played at my funeral, it works on so many levels. Thankyou for giving it to the world, hope to see you again soon (last time was Brighton, 2018)

[@morrissey7146]

@@rogerkay8603 I don't have time to talk much here, write to me on my privately on Google Hangout, [e-mail], I’ll keep in touch over there.

[@mattwarrensocal]

Same. We lived in magic

[@wasint3727]

this song will be listened to forever, there will never be a time in the universe where somebody isn’t playing this very song, in thousands of years it will still be played, it is timeless, let that sink in.

[@kjsbadfkjlasbdg]

You're completely wrong but nice try.

[@deanlintott351]

@@kjsbadfkjlasbdg L

[@cimmerianfable]

​@@kjsbadfkjlasbdg You are the one who's wrong here, buddy, nice try!

[@yaboimoonshine1806]

Somebody call me back in 2043

[@thegolfdude]

I'm 14 and this is deep

[@manuelpua4618]

I'm only 3 years old at this time (2004), but I'm still happy coz I discovered this band. I'm obsessed by this line: "To die by your side is such a heavenly way to dieeee"

[@saibalkoley5436]

wtf

[@manuelpua4618]

@@saibalkoley5436 Why?

[@salmayehiakafafy3087]

Did u watch the movie 500 days of summer

[@manuelpua4618]

@@salmayehiakafafy3087 No. What is that?

[@salmayehiakafafy3087]

@@manuelpua4618 it’s a movie where the protagonist listens to the smiths so and was listening to this song and he met a girl who was the smiths fan as well and started dating I think you’d like it

[@akashpatil5639]

If double decker bus crashes into me i will still come to hear this song

[@scarffers]

This song never gets old. I listen to it everyday and it still hits the same like the first time i heard it

[@imgoingtocountdownfromthir4580]

I was there, i bought my ticket for this, the day my first daughter was born, a few months before in April, it was such a special gig, firstly it was in Stretford, literally a few hundred yards where Morrissey grew up, secondly it was my first Morrissey gig, thirdly as a fellow Stretfordian and former pupil at the same school as Morrissey, it was great hearing Moz sing "The Headmaster ritual" only myself and Morrissey knew exactly how awful that place was! And finally, last September, i took my little girl (now 19) to her first Morrissey gig in Blackpool, she adores him as much as i do.😊

[@minton5388]

How did the Blackpool gig compare? Glad you're making amazing memories with your daughter. Just went to Roger waters with my old man last month. The gig was great but the quality time was worth the admission fee alone.

[@imgoingtocountdownfromthir4580]

@@minton5388 the biggest difference was that the Blackpool gig was in an old theatre, just less than 2,000 people, cosy and intimate, the Old Trafford gig was outdoor, with around 45,000 people in attendance, both were really special in their own ways. Funnily enough, my first ever gig was seeing Pink Floyd on the 8/8/1988 at Maine Road, Manchester, Manchester City's old ground, as City supporter, it was probably the best performance I saw at Maine Road in the 1980s! 🤣

[@luizaabud]

I was moved by your story. Congratulations to you and your daughter. I'm from Brazil and I love Morrissey ❤

[@imgoingtocountdownfromthir4580]

@@luizaabud thank you ❤ hello from Manchester

[@butterfree93148lifestyle]

That one song that can move any generation. We've all felt the lyrics. We've all gone through that phase, that angst, and that depression.

[@UlyssesSGrant-de9pn]

Seeing Morrissey in Manchester for the first time next month. Praying he does There is a light

[@Admiral_Kekdog]

You are lucky

[@weedhighpsychopath8449]

Best live version of this song imo

[@draoi99]

Morrisey's voice sounds so good live. A lot of live acts have terrible vocals but he sounds great.

[@mbamalaka]

Yesterday i found my 13y old son singing this song outloud in his room.... #parentingwelldone in the times of reggaeton

[@goranmilanov4626]

Mine too 😊

[@yulianamunoz8733]

i cant take out this song of my head!

[@morrissey7146]

it's pretty remarkable how many people my music touches.... I think I am very lucky in that way, I think I have you to be the most thankful fan ❤️ 🎹🌹🎹🌹🎹🌹.

[@virusfan1607]

Singing at the top of my lungs before reality hits back. . .

[@krell2130]

tell reality to get lost and keep on singing xD

[@mwc1988]

“To die by your side is such a heavenly way to die” 😭😭😭

[@cero5586]

The smiths are like wine, its getting better as it ages

[@diamonddog4708]

This is one of Morrisey's finest performances of this wonderful song

[@giovannilombardi99]

Fans of Manchester United and Manchester City singing togheter, that's music power, dear!!!!!

[@whynugs]

the crowd give me chills and ghostbumps

[@lambertedl]

Morrissy voice is effortless perfection and puts so much feeling into his performance. The audience just wow, what a connection he has with them. I don't want to sound like a old curmudgeon, but in todays iphone/social media world, I don't think you can recreate this.

[@sangsoro1786]

i love the smiths..

[@jorgesindoni6357]

I love this song since 80's.

[@boongonewild]

I belt this out just like this great crowd. Difference is, I am in my car and get some strange stares!

[@robbydrobot9708]

That's alot of frkn people ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Morrissey is everything ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@chkby4]

Fuck me. Goosebumps everytime the crowd sings the chorus. 🥺😭

[@hebertfelix5459]

I can only Imagine what it feels like being in the crowd. Screaming and just singing along. It must have felt amazing. Overwhelming with emotion

[@niallmcdonagh1093]

Morrissey and Manchester...so much to answer for...and they did...with love...

[@andymiles3886]

It's the keyboards that gets me.

[@lottepeng9691]

R.I.P. Andy Rourke 🙏

[@ddpg3]

I don't think there is another songwriter quite like Morrissey, he hits the emotions of of the human heart that most others can't, just amazing!!

[@anonymousanonymous7878]

Take me out tonight Where there's music and there's people And they're young and alive Driving in your car I never never want to go home Because I haven't got one Anymore Take me out tonight Because I want to see people and I Want to see life Driving in your car Oh, please don't drop me home Because it's not my home, it's their Home, and I'm welcome no more And if a double-decker bus Crashes into us To die by your side Is such a heavenly way to die And if a ten-ton truck Kills the both of us To die by your side Well, the pleasure - the privilege is mine Take me out tonight Take me anywhere, I don't care I don't care, I don't care And in the darkened underpass I thought oh God, my chance has come at last (but then a strange fear gripped me and I Just couldn't ask) Take me out tonight Oh, take me anywhere, I don't care I don't care, I don't care Driving in your car I never never want to go home Because I haven't got one, da... Oh, I haven't got one And if a double-decker bus Crashes into us To die by your side Is such a heavenly way to die And if a ten-ton truck Kills the both of us To die by your side Well, the pleasure - the privilege is mine Oh, there is a light and it never goes out There is a light and it never goes out There is a light and it never goes out There is a light and it never goes out There is a light and it never goes out There is a light and it never goes out There is a light and it never goes out There is a light and it never goes out There is a light and it never goes out

[@katherine8938]

Seriously this song saved me from committing suicide at my early teens, I just grasped to it as hard as I could, and it did save me . Can’t imagine the emotions while listening this song live, truly amazing

[@jokroberts]

Pure heaven....

[@alexisbyrd596]

The best live performance I’ve ever fuckung saw

[@hezkywardhana1563]

I Wish im in that million or crowd😢

[@GIRASOLITA68]

Love youuuu Morrissey

[@morrissey7146]

Thanks for your sincere compliment and love, I’m not complete without you as my Fan 🌹🎻 I have you to be most thankful fan🎻🎻🌹

[@Brokensoldier1973]

Wow......that was intense..

[@MagneticDwarfReptile]

How this man is able to share his pains and move so many people.

[@leviackermanswife6840]

WHAT I’D JUST TO SEE MORRISSEY I’LL CRY

[@WilliamMale-hi7hi]

The definition of 80s music

[@diamonddog4708]

Being in my 20's through the 80's was all I could ever have asked for. Phenomenal times 🎉🥳🍾🎈

[@WilliamMale-hi7hi]

Such an iconic song

[@fraciccio1364]

Me listening to this record in my car: malinconia & nostalgic People in the crown: dancing

[@bobsmith3291]

Imagine having the power to do this to people and choosing not to do it . I’ve seen morrisey live and all he played from the smiths days was meat is murder . If he played this last everybody would have went home happy

[@matthewmaurysmith2486]

But the trade-off is that they switch their setlist up a lot! I was able to see him and his band two times in 2009, he actually played in South Carolina twice! And both times he played two totally completely different shows with different songs

[@wehawt2725]

I remember watching this at the age of 5, 13 years on, still loving moz!

[@talazi9195]

he is singing it with all his heart

[@Dhiijesus]

Que energia magnífica

[@arifinareef5316]

Such a depression lyrics with beautiful music.....

[@adrianaarnold578]

Incredible good. I love Morrissey since 80’s it takes me back to my young age 15/16 when the world was not like now. I love all Morrissey songs , he is incredible talented and beautiful inside out❤️ unique , rare talented 💕

[@kjb1611tw]

truely timeless....greetings from taiwan, during crazy pandemic 2022....

[@Kelvo]

being not able to experience anyof this will always be sad

[@pickle5051]

Crowd is a reminder of the lyrics

[@imguidingu]

The best song evet

[@dean-marr]

The greatest, smiths my favorite, my idol Morrissey

[@marcosantoniodeoliveira7650]

The best....

[@guerreirodocaos9293]

Morrissey the master of goth Rock

[@morrissey7146]

it's pretty remarkable how many people my music touches.... I think I am very lucky in that way, I think I have you to be the most thankful fan ❤️ 🎹🌹🎹🌹🎹🌹.

[@simonesousa2789]

I love this music it represents all that we want to say for someone we have a strong passion.

[@user-wy6yd8oy6w]

damn one of the best crowd i've seen

[@MarlboroughBlenheim1]

Take me out tonight. The light that never goes out is in the boy’s bedroom. Because he never leaves it.

[@jonathan.bariradja]

To die by your side 🔥🔥🔥

[@diadechuva80]

Wonderful 🥰

[@italopaulino1997]

Awesome!

[@marcelelazzari8214]

Thanks. You are humble❤😊

[@m0cl0v]

Nowadays everyone would have their phone out

[@Thomas-px2lh]

Morrissey was on absolute fire in 2004!

[@charlyb1624]

Increíble!!! Hermosa canción

[@sueb7217]

Just wow

[@philipegan1806]

Thank you for the "meanings" ❤️🍀🇮🇪🇪🇦🗝️💚☮️🇮🇪

[@diadechuva80]

Love this song 🥰🥰

[@redbird.78]

that is so fucking good..

[@yannpinguet]

I feel like ithis is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen

[@deepsouthNZ]

Amazing

[@MSquare20055]

Literal chills✨🥰

[@noonetime8478]

Im a Morrissey fan for years, but just recently, became a fan of the smiths because of this song.

[@hannescarlsson4315]

GOOSEBUMPS!

[@franciscotello]

Temazoooo, 🙌👏👏👏

[@emanuelvine]

beautiful

[@fabianbernales5101]

Amo esta canción son lo máximo

[@PauloCosta-db3uk]

sublime!!!!

[@alvaroguimaraes5840]

Perfeito 👏

[@baronhery6837]

gives me goosebumps🙌

[@natzuri]

o meu deus to arrepiada 🥰

[@igavehimadollar3354]

just rediscovering this stuff just what an amazing show just amazing

[@krell2130]

Wow, that was amazing. Amazing song, amazing singer...and what an amazing crowd!

[@isaachenriquevasconcelos]

Perfeito!

[@yorkshiredefender1105]

Just stunning.

[@runwendyrun1]

Sick

[@fernandarenovanhuwa3203]

Goosebumps 😱

[@daviaraujo5631]

No Brasil, anos 90 todos nós roqueiros curtiamos Smiths. Esses caras são lenda.

[@lucianocunha5347]

❤ Amo

[@valentinabelladonna6159]

Great. Bloody great.

[@enzoefraimcouto6012]

Entender essa musica fantástica produz um mix de sentimentos inexplicáveis.Um misto de tristeza, paz, alegria, segurança, sei la... simplesmente Mágico 😢😊❤

[@armandogarciaromero]

Te conmueve y te habré tu corazón y sientes que te comunicas con el universo porque es su lenguaje y es hermoso.

[@JohnWilliams-ge7eh]

Banging...