What You Heard Downstairs at Underground’s Smiths x Joy Division Night

Flyer for Joy Division x The Smiths Nite at Club Underground in Los Angeles on Friday, August 9, 2024 at Grand Star Jazz Club with DJ Larry G. and DJ Liz O.

Last night was The Smiths x Joy Division Night at Club Underground. It was also the release of Gorillaz new album, The Mountain, which features multiple contributions from my all-time favorite guitarist, Johnny Marr, so I kicked off the open-to-close set downstairs with “Casablanca,” from Gorillaz, featuring Mr. Marr and bassist/dapper punk Paul Simonon.

“How Soon Is Now?” was going to be the last song, but I underestimated how long it is. Then “Unloveable” was going to be the last song, but I could totally squeeze in “Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want” after that because it’s only two minutes, so that was going to be the last song. Then the crowd asked for one more, so you got a bonus track, “Morrissey” by Robbie Williams. It’s on his new album, Britpop. Totally in theme. Anyhow, set list is below. Songs from the past year or so link back to previous mentions on the blog.

Gorillaz feat. Paul Simonon and Johnny Marr – Casablanca 

The Smiths – Golden Lights

Joy Division – Day of the Lords

The Cure – Charlotte Sometimes

Psychedelic Furs – Love My Way

Human League – Seconds 

New Order – Everything’s Gone Green

The Smiths – Barbarism Begins at Home

Edwyn Collins – A Girl Like You

Depeche Mode – Get the Balance Right (request)

Joy Division – A Means to an End 

Sisters of Mercy – Lucretia 

Real Life – Send Me an Angel

The Cure – The Walk

The Smiths – Shakespeare’s Sister 

New Order – Love Vigilantes 

Jesus and Mary Chain – Head On

Interpol – The Heinrich Maneuver 

Fontaines DC – Jackie Down the Line

Joy Division – She’s Lost Control

The Smiths – Hand in Glove

Bloc Party – Banquet 

She Wants Revenge – Tear You Apart

Soft Cell – Sex Dwarf 

Joy Division – Transmission 

Franz Ferdinand – Michael 

The Smiths – What Difference Does It Make?

Le Tigre – Deceptacon 

Wet Leg – Chaise Longue 

Blur – Girls and Boys

New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle

Yaz – Situation 

The Rapture – House of Jealous Lovers 

Sextile – Rearrange 

Peaches – Fuck the Pain Away 

Joy Division – Digital 

The Smiths – This Charming Man 

Iggy Pop – Lust for Life

Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out

The Smiths – Panic

Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus

New Order – Blue Monday

Trans X – Living on Video 

Bronski Beat – Smalltown Boy 

The Cure – Lovesong

The Smiths – Bigmouth Strikes Again

Joy Division – Isolation 

Siouxsie and the Banshees – Christine 

Soft Cell – Tainted Love

Human League – Sound of the Crowd

Pulp – Common People (request)

Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart

The Smiths – There Is a Light

New Order – Ceremony 

Joy Division – Dead Souls

The Smiths – Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now

The Smiths – Rusholme Ruffians 

New Order – Temptation 

New Order – Sub-Culture

The Smiths – Ask 

The Smiths – What She Said

Joy Division – Disorder

The Smiths – The Boy With the Thorn in His Side

Morrissey – First of the Gang to Die

The Smiths- How Soon Is Now

The Smiths – Unloveable 

The Smiths – Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want

Bonus Song: Robbie Williams – Morrissey

Liz O. is an L.A.-based writer and DJ. Follow on Instagram  or sign up for the weekly, Beatique newsletter for updates on new stories and gigs.

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