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David Gray at it again
posted by davidt on Friday March 09 2001, @10:00AM

 steve claridge writes:

At mojo4music.com David Gray has been asked to submit the albums that he likes most. When reviewing the Waterboys This Is The Sea, he says that 'They played for about two-and-a-half hours, then started doing covers and jamming. I'd never seen that before. I saw The Smiths and it was great, but there was no passion about them.' The cheek of it.

 
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    oh yes! (Score:1)
    Oh yes! And David gray! Very passionate! Yes, very passionate indeed!!
    Puppet on string <tweedcoat@hotmail.com> -- Friday March 09 2001, @10:08AM (#8859)
    (User #2114 Info)
     Everyday I have the blues!
      David Gray's ego (Score:3, Funny)
      David Gray obviously doesn't realise that you need to be a decent artist to have an ego. His head must be getting sprinkled with miracle grow to get this big.
      Spring-Heeled Fish <fikfish@hotmail.com> -- Friday March 09 2001, @10:37AM (#8863)
      (User #1479 Info)
       Throw your NME copy onto the fire, come out and find the one you love!!!
        David Gray R.I.P (Score:1)
        Who the fucking hell is this clown? When youre good enough pal.
        memphis <stueynik@hotmail.com> -- Friday March 09 2001, @10:43AM (#8864)
        (User #2515 Info)
         'You don't know the power in what I'm saying' x
          Death to David Gray... (Score:2, Funny)
          To hell with david gray. He sucks anyway. He doesn't even have a good album and when he sings, he shakes his big, ugly head too much. Viva Moz!!!!
          Your Arsenel <YourArsenel@aol.com> -- Friday March 09 2001, @11:21AM (#8868)
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            who is this Gray dude? (Score:0)
            BTW, Who the heck is David Gray? Tell me, please.
            Anonymous -- Friday March 09 2001, @11:26AM (#8870)
            Please take my David Gray CD! (Score:0)
            Its horrible! what a horrible horrible little man.
            Anonymous -- Friday March 09 2001, @12:28PM (#8873)
              These comments are probably due to.... (Score:0)
              It wouldn't surprise me if David simply saw Morrissey's aloof manner and didn't "get it." He probably did not understand that he was in the presence of a genius.
              Anonymous -- Friday March 09 2001, @05:30PM (#8889)
                "no passion about them"? (Score:1)
                Corpses would shake in their graves just to hear this.
                somnium -- Friday March 09 2001, @07:11PM (#8895)
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                  jeeez (Score:1)
                  oh god im going to his show, what a fucking loser, he just doesnt stop mentioning how much smiths or moz do lack something.

                  now i really dont want to go to his crappy show and if i do im gonna make a note to tell his country ass to stop riding off smiths and moz

                  its so funny how he has been trying to make a "hit" for like 7 years and now that he has 1 he has enough ego to talk shit about his teachers

                  "dont forget the songs that made you smile, and the songs that made you cry, yes your older now and your a wiser ? but they were the only ones who ever stood by you"-moz

                  Stew -- Saturday March 10 2001, @12:36AM (#8904)
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                  • Re:jeeez by trouble (Score:1) Sunday March 11 2001, @02:01AM
                    • Re:jeeez by Stew (Score:1) Sunday March 11 2001, @01:26PM
                      • Re:jeeez by Anonymous (Score:0) Sunday March 11 2001, @05:57PM
                    David Gray is an... (Score:1, Funny)
                    absolute nightmare character from hell.

                    he should be given an award for managing to stuff the highest number of clichés into his appalling, queasy listening songs.

                    he is from wales but you'd never know, listening to him sing.

                    hey dave, some people have the integrity, sincerity and, yes, passion to sing songs in their own native accent instead of pretending to be from somewhere 5000 miles away. perhaps you should try it one day?

                    neil o.p.
                    Anonymous -- Saturday March 10 2001, @02:27AM (#8905)
                      no welsh accent=traitor??? (Score:2, Insightful)
                      i myself hate the stupid little idiot who has a very odd head tic and crappy lame ass songs, but i have to say that it might not be his fault if he doesn't sing with a welsh accent! loads of people sing differently to how they talk, and it probably doesn't come out in his singing voice. not a particularly valid reason to attack the man i fear, and also why the hell should he 'pretend' to be from anywhere else??? it's not as though welsh people have much of a stigma attached to them these days, look at msp, super furries, etc, etc. in fact i can imagine loads more bands pretending to be welsh as opposed to denying the fact to make themselves more interesting and marketable! does james dean bradfield sing with a welsh accent? no......and it doesn't make him any less patriotic!!!
                      lily -- Saturday March 10 2001, @04:48AM (#8913)
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                    Pardon? (Score:2, Funny)
                    Is David G. even sure that he's seen the Smiths? I mean come on, "no passion"? Obviously he must be getting the Smiths mixed up with some other band, or lying out his arse!
                    ShielaTakingABow <pole@samband.net> -- Saturday March 10 2001, @02:44AM (#8906)
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                     "We´re all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars" OW
                    David Gray (Score:0, Funny)
                    David Gray Is A Cunt
                    Anonymous -- Saturday March 10 2001, @04:28AM (#8912)
                    • Re:David Gray by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday March 13 2001, @06:30AM
                      David Gray (Score:1, Insightful)
                      I have two of David Gray's CDs. I think they are both extremely good. Who cares if he thinks someone else sings passionately? You either like his music or you don't. He is much more of an "artist" than almost anyone else on the radio.
                      But, then again, he did mention Morrissey in a slightly negative way, so maybe I'll throw out those CDs and decide not to go to his show. And tell me one thing about David Gray that is "country."
                      Anonymous -- Saturday March 10 2001, @02:49PM (#8924)
                        Welsh People- what do you expect? (Score:1)
                        So David Gray is Welsh. What do you expect? As for anyone suggesting welsh people are cool: get a grip. Oh, are the police going to come after me like Anne Robinson now? I am the Weakest Link, Goodbye!
                        PS: Americans who don't know who Anne Robinson is... just you wait.
                        MyMelody -- Saturday March 10 2001, @03:03PM (#8925)
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                         ...don't make fun of me later... cos I'm just lost...
                        November Spawned David Gray........... (Score:1)
                        "Fame, fame fatal fame, it can play hideous tricks on the brain, but still I'd rather be famous than righteous or holy any day any day any day". To put it like this:

                        Morrissey = Famous
                        David Gray = Righteous AND holy (trying to make up for the fact that he's total untalented by saying The Smiths had a lack of passion. Righteous AND holy - oh boy! I wonder if November spawned David Gray!)
                        itmustbeobvious -- Sunday March 11 2001, @05:38AM (#8941)
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                        • Gray, Schmay by Medvedev (Score:1) Sunday March 11 2001, @04:30PM
                          the lowest form of humor (Score:1)
                          Perhaps David Gray was attempting a bit of ill sarcasm? I mean, it is pretty clear that The Smiths epitomize passionate music--
                          As far as Gray's sound is concerned: I don't mind it, however it is a bit diluted if you ask me...I prefer music with passion.
                          tremulous heart -- Sunday March 11 2001, @11:39AM (#8949)
                          (User #2120 Info)
                           Who could wish for happiness when sorrow is so beautiful? comtesse de c.
                          I am not condoning it but... (Score:1)
                          I believe that I read somewhere that it is still legal to shoot a Welshman on sight in England.
                          tishbite -- Sunday March 11 2001, @11:46PM (#8961)
                          (User #1466 Info)
                           the commonest thing is delightful if only one hides it.
                            Just read this... (Score:1)
                            I think this article from the London Times by Barabara Ellen says it all.

                            http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,62-77320,00.html
                            N -- Monday March 12 2001, @01:35AM (#8963)
                            (User #2533 Info)
                             I could make a career of being blue, I could dress in black and read Camus.
                              mr. informative writes... (Score:1)
                              David Gray was born in Manchester in 1970.

                              He moved to Wales with his parents at the ripe old age of nine.

                              In my book, that makes him fucking english.

                              As for the twat that's going on about welsh people should sing in their accent....jeeeezzz.
                              Can u imagine Sheena Easton wailing in her inauditible Scottish tongue.

                              Like i said b4 all artists get mis-quoted.
                              Also every one has an opinion of what they like. Thats what makes the world go round.

                              shut-up already . damn.
                              christ now im quoting Prince...
                              inlovewiththepast -- Monday March 12 2001, @05:38AM (#8968)
                              (User #1028 Info)
                               truth rest your head there is more than a life at stake here..she may well sell sanctuary but she'll also sell your soul
                              Smelly! (Score:0)
                              This guy is s piece of shit and his music sucks ass! Plain and simple.
                              Anonymous -- Monday March 12 2001, @10:36AM (#8978)
                                Mr.Gray (Score:1)
                                Such a comment coming from a man who has covered a Soft Cell song on his first major label album, must surely be taken in jest.
                                I admire his subtle humor.

                                "say hello, wave goodbye".
                                Rusty Spanner -- Monday March 12 2001, @01:51PM (#8991)
                                (User #1491 Info)
                                • Re:Mr.Gray by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday March 14 2001, @12:46AM

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