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"All You Need Is Me" single information
posted by davidt on Thursday April 10 2008, @12:00PM

 Uncleskinny writes:
From www.itsmorrisseysworld.com

ALL YOU NEED IS MORRISSEY

Excerpt:

CD single
Track 1: ‘All You Need Is Me’
Track 2: ‘Children In Pieces’ (Recorded in LA with Oscar and BAFTA winning composer Gustavo Santaolalla, responsible for Brokeback Mountain, Babel and The Motorcycle Diaries. Produced by Jerry Finn, the man behind 2004’s You Are The Quarry.)

7’ #1
Side A: All You Need Is Me’
Side B: ‘My Dearest Love’ (Recorded in LA with Oscar and BAFTA winning composer Gustavo Santaolalla, responsible for Brokeback Mountain, Babel and The Motorcycle Diaries. Produced by Jerry Finn, the man behind 2004’s You Are The Quarry.)

7’ #2
Side A: ‘All You Need Is Me’
Side B: ‘Drive-in Saturday’ (Written by David Bowie this version was recorded live at the Orpheum Theater, Omaha, Nebraska, 11th May 2007)
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Original forums post and reaction.
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Update: 04/10 20:04 GMT:

Chris posted the link in the comments:

Pascal Wyse on Morrissey's 'cosmic tango vibe' - The Guardian

Excerpt:

It takes a special kind of insight to see that Morrissey, the famously morose former frontman of the Smiths, is at heart a tango musician. But Argentine composer and producer Gustavo Santaolalla, who is bringing his group Bajofondo Tango Club to Britain this week, asked Morrissey to sing on a track for the eight-piece band's forthcoming album. Morrissey, he says, has got that "cosmic tango vibe".

"He's doing a song I wrote a long time ago," says Santaolalla. "There is a cosmic tango spirit some artists have, even if they don't come from Buenos Aires. Tom Waits is a tango guy. Marianne Faithfull is kind of a tango girl. There's an immediacy and melancholy implicit in what they do. In certain cases, such as Nick Cave and Morrissey, there is a deep sadness related to the spirit of tango. Nelly Furtado, who is also on the record, could really be a kind of suburban girl in Buenos Aires."

 
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Off the subject... (Score:0)
I've been trying to find the book "BIRDS OF BRITAIN" w/ photography from John Green...this book contains a foto of Alexandra Bastedo. She is the woman on the cover of The Smiths' RANK album..this book contains the entire foto of Alexandra along with other British beauties...any ideas or leads? I'm willing to pay good money for it...$80 offer on the table.
Anonymous -- Thursday April 10 2008, @12:05PM (#300133)
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Gustavo Santaolalla (Score:0)
http://music.guardian.co.uk/world/comment/story/0, ,2055178,00.html

Chris
Anonymous -- Thursday April 10 2008, @12:44PM (#300144)
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new song on vinyl (Score:0)
Just because we buy vinyl, doesn't mean we can play it...
Anonymous -- Thursday April 10 2008, @12:44PM (#300145)
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    so can we clear this up...? (Score:1)
    the music to the b-sides was written by this new guy? i'm a little confused..does this mean they scrapped the demo to 'children in pieces'?

    hmm..and i'm interested in what new directions moz may be heading in..
    mcrickson -- Thursday April 10 2008, @01:32PM (#300147)
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    Nelly Furtado could be from B.A. (Score:1)
    That's because she's Portuguese?
    mattorefice <oreficematt@hotmail.com> -- Thursday April 10 2008, @04:59PM (#300153)
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     Leslie Towne Hope = Packy West
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    Que Romantico! (Score:0)
    Who the hell is Oscar? Oh, as in the Academy Awards. Yeah. I for one think that this is exciting news! What's with all the dumb-ass non-sequitur comments?

    I for one am thrilled to see that Moz is working with new people! Nothing against the other guys, but a little shake up is good now and again. Tango? Sounds kinda interesting...

    -Bpy
    Anonymous -- Thursday April 10 2008, @07:42PM (#300161)
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      What Great Potential: (Score:1)
      "There are timbres that are important, such as the bandoneón, double bass, violins, piano - but also the element of melancholy," says Santaolalla. "In our case, it is kind of an active melancholy. There's also power, rawness - a savage element to tango we try to keep alive. That connects to some of the primal energy rock has." As Horacio Malvicino, Piazzolla's guitarist, once said: "Just as jazz musicians must swing, tango has to have mugre, dirtiness. [A good tango] musician has to be dirty in their soul".

      Sounds just right for Morrissey - I can't wait to hear this.
      Anaesthesine -- Friday April 11 2008, @04:36AM (#300176)
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       If Moz did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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      What's with the 7" (Score:0)
      Only popstars and other fortunates. can afford to play them. Give it a rest Morrissey, nostalgia only goes so far and this is far enough. When my local record store feels the need to incorporate a section for the old 45's, i'll have to reconsider, til then, we can't afford to administer to the self indulgencies of certain singers. Unless you want to preclude the majority of your buying public, stick to the material of today not your hanking for yesteryear.
      Anonymous -- Friday April 11 2008, @08:55AM (#300182)
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      I have some information on this single also. (Score:0)
      It's shit.

      Morrissey must try harder.

      We look for the improvement needed!

      Anonymous -- Friday April 11 2008, @09:55AM (#300187)
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      Don't understand the use of vinyl (Score:0)
      Is he trying to alienate his fanbase? I want to know the name/address of the ten people that buy the 7 inch singles so that they can be shot, as those B-sides will undoubtedly become an mp3 at some point.
      Anonymous -- Friday April 11 2008, @11:33AM (#300197)
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      It takes two... (Score:1)
      A friend of mine lives, eats and breathes tango, and this is what he had to say about Morrissey's new collaborator:

      "Interesting the article mentions Santaolalla. He is one of my favorite composers. His music was used to great effect in the movie the motor cycle diaries. It doesn't sound like tango though. It has a more folky countryside sound. To me it conveys a sadness but also an exhilarating feeling of freedom and space that's almost spiritual. The kind where you can just take off on a motor cycle and meet the wild untamed unknown."

      We'll just have to put down time till the single issues forth to sample the end result, but excitement is in the air.

      Meanwhile a tango alert -

      Some men who dance are all feet and when they stop they are all hand... - Unknown : )
      goinghome -- Saturday April 12 2008, @10:13AM (#300231)
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      I'm going to be set on fire for this but (Score:0)
      I think Morrissey should consider retirement
      Anonymous -- Saturday April 12 2008, @12:54PM (#300233)
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        Radio airplay in Ireland (Score:1)
        The new single was played on Today FM a little while ago, along with an announcement about Hyde Park. It's Morrissey at his most defiant and inexhaustable, and I'm sure, is face-slapping and pacy enough to lead to eye-popping and dropped jaws in various unexpected quarters.
        goinghome -- Monday April 14 2008, @12:02PM (#300397)
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          Re:What the fuck is up with him? (Score:0)
          sorry muddled it up with his next record sleeve.

          how vile does it get?

          shusshhhhh
          Anonymous -- Thursday April 10 2008, @12:16PM (#300136)
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            John Lennon wrote the song (Score:0)
            Who am I to argue?

            Whatever get's you through the night

            It's alright it's alright
            Anonymous -- Thursday April 10 2008, @12:23PM (#300138)
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