All 4 songs are incredible - totally worth it!!!

I got my got copy last week. I guess, indeed there were parts of the world where they were
for sale a bit early. My particular copy does
have the DVD as once mentioned. Do anybody know
if that's available here in the U.S.? If so, when?
Thanks.

is there a definitive list where one can figure out which formats this single is going be released on?

so far, the 7 inch single with 4 songs is confirmed. i got it sunday.

but is there still going to be a 2 part cd single release with dvd extras or is there just going to be a standard cd5 release?

will there be a 12 inch vinyl release?

Okay, I downloaded from iTunes...but where is the artwork? I don't see it. Can I print it out?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  - T

How about talking about the songs, are they any good? What do they sound like? Whats the dvd about?

Because I'm currently in Alabama and can only use the University computers I haven't had the chance to hear the studio version of IBEH until now. Absolutely brilliant! It's Hard To Walk Tall is also fab and it's great to hear the Morrissey falsetto again! Not sure of the Munich disaster song yet (never be harsh on a moz song until you've listene to it 10 times!), but The Never Played Symphonies is a solid song - well worth the money.

I'm here in NYC at an internet cafe. Just wandered into the Virgin Megastore to see all the Irish Blood English Heart CDs ($6.99) and the limited vinyls ($2.99) and get mine! There is a large banner (the cover for Quarry) which hangs in the store against the glass for all outside to see. It's really nice to see Moz back out here/there with something new.

p.s. last night's show @ The Apollo was great!

Smiling,

I can kill standing still, it's easy
I can scare with a stare, it's easy

Hey Ringo, it's sad though
Because it's hard to walk tall when you're small

Whether dressed in discipline style, nevermind
When you're small, you walk as if you're falling

I attack from the back, because it's easy
And I can assail while wearing very nice jewelry

Ohhh, hey Ringo, it's sad though
Because it's hard to walk tall when you're small
Weather dressed in discipline style, nevermind
When you're small, you spend your life crawling

I burst into public bars,
and I throw my weight around
and no one can even see me
no one can even see me
nobody can see me
no one can see me

Success is just a mess, ohhh

Hey gringo, it's sad though
'cause it's hard to walk tall when you're small

Whether dressed in discipline style, nevermind
When you're small, you're bound to look appalling

So compadre, please do this for me
Compadre, please weep for me
Compadre, compadre, please weep for me

We love them
We mourn for them
Unlucky boys of Red

I wish I'd gone down
gone down with them
to where Mother Nature makes their bed

We miss them
Every night we kiss them
Their faces fixed in our heads

I wish I'd gone down
gone down with them
to where Mother Nature makes their bed

They can't hurt you
Their style will never desert you
Because they're safely dead

I wish I'd gone down
gone down with them
to where Mother Nature makes their bed

Reflecting from my deathbed
I'm balancing life's riches
Against the ditches
And the flat greys in between

All I can see are the never-laid,
that's the never-played symphonies

I can't see those who tried to love
Or those who felt they understood me
And I can't see those who, very patiently, put up with me

All I can see, are the never late
Of the never-played symphonies

You were won/one, you meant to be won/one
And you jumped into my face and laughed and kissed me on the cheek
And were gone forever, not quite

Black sky in the daytime
And I don't much mind dying
When there is nothing left to care for
Anymore

Just the never-laid,
the never-played symphonies

You were won/one, you knew you were won/one
And you slipped right through my fingers,
No not literally, but metaphorically

Now you're all I see
As the light fades

(I think, the "You were one/won..." parts may not have the word were...not sure)

Is the US CD single release
a) one 4 track CD with all four b-sides, or
b) 2 CDs, as per the UK release, with on b-side on CD1 and 2 b-sides on CD2.

(I need to work out if I'm better off to get a copy from the UK or the US ... this isn't getting a general released in New Zealand.)

Thanks

The songs are amazing!! Even better than I was anticipating. Morrissey b-sides are always special. The only thing I'm not impressed with is the packaging. Why was this packaged in a cheap, thin cardboard sleeve?! Also, the 'ATTACK' plastered across the actual CD is sort of tacky. First release of any kind in 7 years, you'd think Morrissey would have put more into its appearance.

I'm going to say it, the artwork for this single is horrible. Did a kid just learning corel draw do this? That font is awful. The picture itself isn't bad, but the font ruins it. It's just a really bad layout. I'm happy that the music more than make up for it. Seriously folks, is it not some of the best Moz we've heard?

Of all Morrissey's songs on iTunes (and there are 9 LPs available) the four tracks from Irish Blood are his top sellers.

It is also the #2 downloaded record overall on iTunes for the day.

A good start.

Has anyone noticed the 2 secret bonus tracks that start 4:07 after "The Never-Played Symphonies"? Truly amazing, if not influential.

Morrissey is number 1 in Amazon Early Adoptor category. Hooray! Another Number 1.

Moz is back on the charts.

Not just literally, but metaphorically

Why the Fuck! werent this Songs on the CD? could have been a nice 15 track album !!!!! FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! or remove all the lazy dykes, america is not the world , and im not sorry..........i heard the clips from these songs and there my least favorite!!!!!!!!!! GOD DAMN ITTTTTTT AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

I think the lyrics to the three B-sides are splendid - simple, yes, but none the less brilliant for that. After all the accusations of lyrical naivety on 'America', it seems Moz has not lost his touch at all!

So far so good off the single. Is it me or does It's hard to walk tall when your small have a sort of a sweet and tender hooligan sound to it. Well I love the b-sides, weird how sometimes the b-sides on the single will be better then the songs on the album, I always wonderd why Morrissey does that especially around the time maladjusted came out, the b-sides on the singles that came out at the time were way superior then of the songs on the album. Maybe Morrissey does it so people will buy the singles, who knows.

is 'its hard to walk tall when you are small' a song about the police in L.A? Its just that in my opinion that seems to be the theme. Any alternative opinions?

'discipline style' seems to be the key words.

cheers

Having new Morrissey material in your hand and echoing thru your ears has to be one of the best feelings. I love the single and the bsides are fabulous..Walking Tall and Munich Air disaster are just brilliant.. Where Mother Nature makes their bed..great lyric. I like the sound on that tune as well. And never played symphonies..just beautiful, his voice sounds great and the words are just... Morrissey. Seeing him on Saturday..can't Fn wait!!

Not one store has the CD in Houston.

I've called 10 stores in my area NONE of them have IBEH!

guess it's iTunes for me... :(

...or at least thats what the clerk at the local indie record store I shop at told me last night. (Rhino Records in Claremont, CA where btw I may add Moz was spotted a few years ago)

I drove like a bat out of hell from work just to arrive and find NOTHING new from Moz. I was so disappointed and the guy at the register told me that they had a ton of IBEH singles last week for only $2.99 and they went like hotcakes!

damn damn damn!!! I suppose it was the plain vanilla single w/no bonus DVD or extras due to the low price.

Anyone here buy one of these at Rhino last week? I'm curious!

Maybe they'll make him a featured artist. ;)

sooooooooooooo goooooooooooooooooooood to have the maestro back....was enthralled with the tunes from the first notes as they blared through my headphones...bravo, Moz, bravo!!!