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The Dears mention The Smiths and Moz
posted by davidt on Thursday May 05 2005, @09:00AM

 lg writes:

The Dears: Big mouth strikes again
Belfast Telegraph Tue, 03 May 2005

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"People say: 'Oh, they sound like The Smiths or a Britpop throwback,'" Lightburn says, "but for me it's 'not really' and 'definitely not'. There is only one Smiths, but there is also only one Dears. If you look at the entirety of what we do, no other band sounds anything like us.

"This Australian newspaper misquoted me, too. They said I claimed The Smiths were better than The Beatles, but what I actually said was that The Smiths meant more to me personally than The Beatles ever could. When we supported Morrissey and I realised that we were in the same room, you have no idea how much I was bawling. It meant so much to me that he acknowledged our existence and gave a small stamp of approval."

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Having met Morrissey, he's presumably like to meet The Smiths' guitarist Johnny Marr, too? "Absolutely," he says. "A Manchester-based journalist told me that Johnny is digging The Dears, so I was hoping he might show up at one of our gigs. If I ever get to meet him, I'll give him a guitar ask him how to play the intro to "Girl Afraid". It's the one Smiths guitar part that has always stumped me."

 
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    Bring on The Tears!! (Score:1)
    My question is when are they gonna play out here in L.A.? I missed suede back in the day Im sure Suede2k is cool.
    Gin N Tonic Jil -- Thursday May 05 2005, @12:22PM (#160689)
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     You're not down with who I am but, look at you now you're all in my hands...tonight I'm a Rock N' Roll Star!!
    Big mouth (Score:1)
    I like his vision, he seems like the salt of the earth, has something to say, and the music is by all accounts, intriguing, head-turning - must check it out soon.
    goinghome -- Thursday May 05 2005, @02:29PM (#160712)
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      uhm (Score:0)
      am i the only one who thinks the dears are terribly boring?
      -matt
      Anonymous -- Thursday May 05 2005, @04:16PM (#160731)
      • Re:uhm by Anonymous (Score:0) Friday May 06 2005, @01:12AM
        Hmmm... (Score:0)
        I rather like The Dears, though I think they're more like Blur than The Smiths. The singer sounds so much like 13-era Damon Albarn! The guitar gets quite Marr-esque at times, though. They also sound a *bit* like Tompaulin. I love that duet song with the woman, and there's one song with violins in it that makes my heart stop.
        Anonymous -- Friday May 06 2005, @02:34AM (#160786)
        • Re:Hmmm... by Anonymous (Score:0) Friday May 06 2005, @02:45AM
          • Re:Hmmm... by LawrenceM (Score:1) Monday May 09 2005, @01:27PM
            The Dears, now *there's* a good new band! (Score:1)
            After being sold on the opening synth-stab to "Lost In The Plot", (and the gloriously miserablist/minimalist video that accompanied it) I was initially disappointed with "No Cities Left". I wanted them to be the new Ride but found that wasn't the case. However, if ever there was an album for which the term 'a grower' was invented, this is it.

            They have taken the melancholy-genius attitude of Morrissey and have applied it to their obvious love affair with English indie. Yes, mostly they sound a lot like Blur's artier noodlings as someone pointed out, but they are also a lot more than this.

            Although the album is arguably more like a collection of 4 EPs than it is an LP, I seriously recommend people go out and buy it. They are not by any means the future of music, they are not revolutionary or perfect, but they make crackingly good epic pop music that any indie fan should be able to enjoy.
            bobmozza -- Friday May 06 2005, @04:36AM (#160809)
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              In concert tonight in Paris (Score:0)
              I will be at the Dears gig tonight !!
              Cool to see another band who have supprted Moz in Toronto last year.

              Let's see !

              Guillaume
              Paris - France
              Anonymous -- Tuesday May 10 2005, @05:46AM (#160956)

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