Badly Drawn Boy's cd, Bewilderbeast, has got to be the most infectious cd i've heard since Bona Drag first came along. I find myself rotating this cd over and over and enjoying it more and more each time. If you don't already have this, pick it up and see for yourself. Enjoy...

I know he did a version of this one couple of years ago in Peel Session. Anyone got a copy of this recording? (I'm desperately collecting all kinds of Smiths/Moz covers.)

And a fucking ugly one at that. How dare he rip off a morrissey line in the first verse of his new single spitting in the wind (I chanced a gesture). Fucking wankshaft bruce springsteen wannabe bore. Mercury music prize? Fucking dumb monkeys on the judging panel. God Manchester so much to answer for? Yeah especially with this fat cunt who cant sing or hold a tune. Twisted nerve records home of every fucking prick arse namby pamby new acoustic movement fucking shit. Factory records were dull too but at leastthey had some personality on their roster. Fuck all fans of BDB and realose Moz is the only thing from Manc worth talking about bar doves and joy d.

I adore "The Hour of Bewilderbeast", but I think Badly Drawn Boy's live shows are insultingly awful.

You stand for 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 hours as he attempts to dazzle us with his comedy routine. His music? What music?! He's too busy stuffing towels in his crotch, pulling them out, throwing them into the audience and saying, "it has revitalizing juices". Really clever, hah?

When he finally gets around to playing his songs--songs which on the album had a real emotional impact on me--he plays them with little or no emotion. But everyone here (I can only speak for the audience he had in Hollywood) was absolutely taken by his "charming" displays of crude humor.

I discourage anyone from seeing BDB live. I'm all for a fun show, I don't think you have to be dour to be sincere so I'm not going to stand for any responses which accuse me of being a "prudish Morrissey fan". But I do believe that BDB has to concentrate on the music first. Once he masters actually delivering his lovely songs with sincerity and warmth then he can wipe his crotch as many times he wants in between songs. Until then I really hope he stays off the road and in the studio.

Oh, and one last thing...

Many might feel that what is charming about BDB shows is not the actual humor but the spontaneity of his shows. Too many bands just show up paint by the numbers, as it were. Okay, fine. But ummm...he used the towel in the crotch "joke" in Chicago, L.A. and countless other places. In short, there is nothing spontaneous about his stupid routine.

What does this have to do with the simple claim that he covered Oscillate Wildly? Nothing, just had to get that off my chest! :)