Ugh, I felt this! Although I got into him/The Smiths in the early 90s as a teen have had a similar journey. It really is quite a spectacle seeing the Morrissey diehards with their daffodils! I saw him play when I was 17 I think and even then I thought it was a little nuts (and I had done the whole mosh pit thing, but flinging myself at Morrissey seemed weird for some reason lol!). He wasn't great when I saw him tbh, the sound was bad and at one point I was convinced he was lip synching as he was swinging the mike around and the sound didn't change (maybe he was wearing a mike too though idk). I will always have a deep fondness for The Smiths, even though they had split by the time I got into them they really were a huge part of the soundtrack of my youth. Johnny Marr has some wonderful versions/performances of the tunes and would like to seem him live some day. Great read, thanks!