That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
"The live versions... ably surpass
the recorded versions"

That Joke
Isn't Funny Anymore
Nowhere Fast (Live in Oxford, March 18, 1985)
Stretch Out And Wait (Live in Oxford, March 18, 1985)
Shakespeare's Sister (Live in Oxford, March 18, 1985)
Meat Is Murder (Live in Oxford, March 18, 1985)
Released in July 1985
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Yea-Sayers: "Morrissey
trips out again on mellow folkiness. Try to get ahold of the 12" version
because the B-side boasts live versions of 'Nowhere Fast,' 'Stretch
Out and Wait,' 'Shakespeare's Sister,' and 'Meat Is Murder' which ably
surpass the recorded versions. Johnny Marr plays with a plectrum plucked
straight from heaven." "Morrissey
apparently responds to Daryll and Joe's 'It's Not Funny' on the Smiths's
'That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore,' which features a bunch of live takes
including the guilt trip 'Meat Is Murder' on the B-side (Rough Trade
import). Is he trying to put my mother out of a job?..."
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