A friend of mine was at the gig and knowing the huge Smiths fan that I am, rang me as soon as the song came on. It sounded pretty good, so give them a break. Jeeeeeeesus.

Is it true that Astoria will be broken off?

As a Smiths and Oasis (well, much less) fan, I can't wait to hear that. I'm still waiting for a Shakespeare's Sister cover for Oasis !

Chris Martin introduced it by saying that the Smiths were one of the bands who'd meant a lot to both bands when they were growing up, which was a nice tribute. He did also say that they'd only rehearsed it for about a minute earlier that day, which is why he kept jokingly shouting out chords to Noel Gallagher. It was jolly exciting hearing it, and the reference to the Smiths got a (predictably) big cheer, but it still wasn't as good as the version of 'Dy-Na-Mi-Tee' with Chris Martin on solemn backing vocals. It was all fimed, so I imagine it'll be on Channel 4 at 2.30 in the morning in a couple of weeks. The Oxfam Fair Trade web-site, by the way, is at http://www.oxfam.org.uk/fair_trade.html .

An average Smiths song is still alot better than anything Coldplay or Oasis have ever given us. On the one hand you have the blokey and anonymous Gallaghers with their "I'm fookin' thick me, but I fookin love me bruvver and humankind, like" etc etc and then you have Chris Martin and chums representing the dullest of the middle class, with Wit and Style hardly being a part of their life. They buy every single item of their clothing at Hennes and are far more concerned about their pension fund than touching people with their music.

What I am basically saying is that they have no right to cover a Smiths song as should both fuck off back to writing third rate witless tripe for thick people in their bedrooms.

So Morrissey is a sacred cow to alot of the people that read this page, and I speak for alot of people by saying this.

Stop them, stop them, I HAVE heard them before! They represent everything that The Smiths opposed - thuggery, stadium rock and self pity. Surely there is a law against this?

I loved the song "Yellow" and bought the CD. I felt like the CD was a little dull. But when I saw them play "Yellow" live on Saturday Night Live they really had a much harder sound! I thought their performance kicked ass!

Uuuugggggghhhhhh!!!!

Not Johnny Marr indeed, in fact...he is not even a musician.

As long as I´m concerned he doesn´t even deserve to wash Johnny´s underwear.

I think these and many other are a pile of bullshit and why are they associated with Morrissey, MOrrissey is so too advanced for these gipos. Don't ever think they ever relate to Morrissey. Don't insult his intelligence and wit for these old bollocks of new music.

A bit bitter are we? I suppose he hasn't released anything of significance to music history such as say, the Spice girls or Ricky Martin. But, let's face it, music history sucks. On the other hand he's put out a lot of good music- The The's Dusk, Talking Heads' Naked, Electronic, some Kirsty MacColl and Billy Bragg stuff and a nice little Lp called Strangeways which I listen to all the friggin' time.

he just looks like it!

marr might be a technically better guitarist than noel (he's better than a lot of people & is my favorite guitarist) but it's true--marr hasnt done anything really important since the smiths. i LIKE his newest stuff, but i wouldnt say it's anything that's gonna make history. as far as guitar playing ability, noel may not be marr, but as far as anything else, noel is just as important and just as good a songwriter as marr.

Now if youre talking LYRICS, then youd be comparing Morrissey & Noel, not Marr & Noel.
and that's just a matter of opinion--people who only like angsty lyrics arent going to find much of that in oasis. on the other hand, if youve grown out of your teenage angst, or maybe if you just WANT to get out of it, then oasis are great for that. there are some great lyrics in oasis tunes if youre tired of being depressed and negative all the time. and im not talking about the silly songs that arent supposed to mean a thing ("Supersonic")or the songs about getting drunk...