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posted by davidt
on Sunday August 27 2000, @08:00AM
Johan writes:
Amidst several Morrissey/Smiths references on the new Dubstar homepage, this is most prominent - in the q&a part. Dubstar usually mention the Smiths among their favourite bands and inspirations, and I find them to be quite Morrissey-ish too (indeed, one of their songs: "The Day I See You Again" from the first album Disgraceful, mentions Morrissey in a less than flattering way: "if the man you've grown to be is more Morrison than Morrissey").
They have a new album out in the UK on Monday August 28th.
The quote from the homepage starts here:
"What bands do Dubstar listen to? And what do you think about Morrissey/The Smiths? P.S. Sarah has the best voice ever!
Answered by: Chris
I'm surprised by the question because I've celebrated the Smiths quite conspicuously over the years. Without trying to blatantly copy what they did (which would be pointless) we've always tried to follow their example in some ways because they really knew how to be 'important to people'. Our decision to have the continuity of style/theme in the artwork on the sleeves for the first two albums was very much a Smiths thing for example, and I think Steve would admit that his knack for writing lyrics about 'life as it is lived' was influenced in no small part by Morrissey. Your favourite band should kind of 'talk' to you like a friend and as a teenager they were definitely mine. As for what we listen to currently, Steve tends to be drawn to the more avant garde end of electronic music these days and Sarah has amazingly just discovered the 'House Of Love'! My most played CDs of the year so far have probably been the Doves 'Lost Souls' and Elliott Smith's 'Figure 8' among others. PS. Sarah was very flattered by your comment.
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