Sparks discuss their admiration for Morrissey and premiere a track entitled "Lighten Up, Morrissey" from their forthcoming album "Exotic Creatures Of The Deep". They explain that the song is about a guy who finds that girls won't date him because he's not enough like Morrissey. Very witty and respectful lyrics. Listen to the interview and song here:

Sparks on Janice Long (April 3, 2008) (mp3, 12:15).

Whilst doing a double shift at work and at around 2am this morning!I happened to notice that janice long (BBC Radio 2) mentioned the new Sparks track "Lighten up Morrissey" and proceeded to interview both members of Sparks before playing the new song (which wasn't half bad!!).

The band mentioned that Morrissey thought their new song was "hilarious" and he really liked it and went on to add that they also aspired to produce lyrics to the high standard that Morrissey consistently penned.

They also explained that they intended to cover all of their back-catalogue on their forthcoming UK tour (all 21 releases!) including a special performance of Morrissey's personal favourite "Arts and Crafts Spectacular" which he previoulsy featured on his "Under The Influence" compilation.

Janice also played "suedehead".

Sorry my account isn't too detailed, but I was "half asleep" at the time.

Nice song no?
Links and lyrics in this forum thread started by Assassin:

Hear Sparks' 'Lighten Up, Morrissey'