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The Smiths' The Queen Is Dead explored on new DVD (out June 10)
posted by davidt on Wednesday April 09 2008, @08:00AM

 mattorefice sends the link:

The Smiths' The Queen Is Dead Explored on New DVD - Pitchfork

The Smiths' third LP, 1986's The Queen Is Dead, deserves pretty much every kind word that's ever been thrown at it. (Heck, we even voted it the #6 album of the 1980s). Dense and lyrical and paranoid and yearning, it's arguably the finest single document of one of the greatest bands of all time.

On June 10, Sexy Intellectual via Music Video Distributors will add a few more positive adjectives onto the pile with The Queen Is Dead: A Classic Under Review, a DVD containing a so-called "visual review" of the seminal LP.

Documenting the sessions for what would become The Queen Is Dead, the Under Review disc features both studio and live readings of every song on the album, as well as interviews with band members, the late Factory Records head Tony Wilson, a host of Smiths/Moz biographers, Suede's Brett Anderson, and the album's engineer/co-producer Stephen Street. In addition to the two-hour feature, there's plenty of bonus goodies, including an interactive DVD game. Please please please let it be "Pin the Tears on the Morrissey".

Hey, speaking of that guy, he's no racist, and he's got the court-ordered apology to prove it. He'll headline London's O2 Wireless Festival on July 4, though, which does bring his patriotism into question. Oh, wait, Morrissey's British? Guess that explains all that talk about the queen.

 
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Release date... (Score:1)
Is this also being released in the US?
sonnet29 -- Wednesday April 09 2008, @08:26AM (#300020)
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 My love, wherever you are, Whatever you are...Don't lose faith...I know it's gonna happen someday...
    Normally, I'd be excited... (Score:0)
    but I've seen a few "under review" DVD's and they are generally weak. Tons of interviews with has-been journalists and stock footage of tape machines running. Unless Moz & Co grant them access to some tasty archival footage, which is doubtful, I can't imagine how they're gonna fill up 2 hours. I'll Netflix it, but I won't buy it.
    Anonymous -- Wednesday April 09 2008, @08:40AM (#300023)
      Same old, same old (Score:0)
      Exactly the same interviewees as the other DVDs they've released. What's the betting they are even the same interviews?
      Anonymous -- Wednesday April 09 2008, @09:04AM (#300032)
        pitchfork is worse... (Score:0)
        than the eNeMEy! by a long shot.
        Anonymous -- Wednesday April 09 2008, @11:23AM (#300051)
          What's a "live reading"? (Score:1)
          Documenting the sessions for what would become The Queen Is Dead, the Under Review disc features both studio and live readings of every song on the album,
          Does that just mean a "live version"? What's the legal status of that? If it's an official release, then it looks like Stephane will have some new entries to add to the list of song versions on Passions, which also means new versions for me to collect!
          NRitH -- Wednesday April 09 2008, @01:29PM (#300060)
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            These Things Are Shit (Score:0)
            William, it was really nothing special...

            These DVDs tend to be pretty uneventful... a few disposable interviews interspersed with nanoseconds of footage, most of which we've all seen before.
            Don't shell out big bucks for this stuff. Buy it used for half price but only if you're really desperate but otherwise just stick to the stuff you find on the forums here.

            Thanks to EVERYONE who's EVER posted any bit of audio or video here. Your efforts are very much appreciated. You're making people happy. That's a nice thing. Thank you.
            Anonymous -- Wednesday April 09 2008, @01:42PM (#300065)
              Is it wrong? (Score:1)
              It's a brilliant album and all, but I've always preferred Strangeways and The Smiths.

              I just don't know why TQID is always voted ABSOLUTELY the best Smiths album.

              Stan * <stanleymchale@mac.com> -- Thursday April 10 2008, @12:40AM (#300093)
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              Why not Butler? (Score:1)
              He was THE fan.
              Jesus Christ -- Thursday April 10 2008, @08:35AM (#300111)
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                waste of money (Score:0)
                it isn't even the best Smiths LP...and these DVD's are crap. Don't buy it , you can only be disappointed. What else can be said about the album that hasn't already been said a billion times.
                Anonymous -- Friday April 11 2008, @08:47AM (#300186)

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