Flyer
The Hacienda
28th November 1985

My mam always said if you can't say anything nice about someone say nuthin' at all so I'll just say I couldn't be doin' with the band; just all seemed a bit try hard to me. Actually I was listening to a Moss Side pirate station one time while making me tea; it was a Sunday and it happened to be a gospel show. Well I don't know what happened but the next thing the young lady announced in a Jamaican accent the next song was by The Jesus and Mary Chain. I was a bit baffled and a few minutes later halfway through the track she faded it out and quickly, with some sort of flustered apology, went to a Mahalia Jackson track or some such. I can only think that, due to the band name, she must have thought it was some sort of gospel album....funny....and about the closest I ever got to liking them.
Primal Scream just toured here and were v. good by all accounts.