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| Moz/Smiths-related stuff yet again in this week's NME |
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posted by davidt
on Wednesday June 23 2004, @10:00AM
An anonymous person writes:
This week's NME features (again) a number of Smiths/Moz related items. Amid a plethora of references to Moz in their reviews section (they reference Moz when reviewing The Bees and The Milk And Honey Band among others) there is a short review of the 'Hulmerist' and 'Malady Lingers On' DVDs as well as a review of a Smiths-tribute album on which various emo bands perform covers of Smiths songs. Here are the details:
1. 'Hulmerist'/'Malady Lingers On' DVDs - these are reviewed by Rob Fitzpatrick. 'Hulmerist' gets a 7 out of 10 - Fitzpatrick says the videos for 'Everyday Is Like Sunday', 'November Spawned A Monster' and 'Interesting Drug' are good but says 'Ouija Board, Ouija Board' is "still terrible". 'Malady Lingers On' fares less well (5 out of 10). Fitzpatrick claims that the footage is bad and that 'Sing Your Life' and 'We Hate It When Our Friends....' are "unloved" Moz songs. He says that 'Tomorrow' is still great though.
2. Smiths tribute - by various emo bands (Hundred Reasons, Million Dead etc). The NME give this ONE out of 10!!!! Oh dear! But fear not, they don't have anything bad to say about The Smiths. In fact, its obvious that the reviewer reveres them. His criticism is levelled at those performing the covers for failing to grasp the "wit, eccentricity and humour" of the originals. Million Dead's cover of 'Girlfriend In A Coma' is described as "utterly dire" and, apparently, Hundred Reasons ruin 'How Soon Is Now?'. Another band whose name I forget "butchers" 'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out'.
Elsewhere in NME there is a letter from a Gene fan praising Moz's compilation CD from last week - and rightly so!!!
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'The table is rumbling' moment is magnificent!