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Sparks interview : Morrissey mentions
posted by davidt on Wednesday May 07 2008, @10:00AM

 DianaDors writes:
Great interview with Sparks from The Times (London) with some lovely comments about being friends with Morrissey and noting his "lyrical supremacy".

Here’s 21 they did earlier: Ron and Russell Mael create Sparks - Times Online

Excerpt:

Not forgetting Morrissey, of course, a longtime champion of Sparks who used to pop over when he lived in LA. “Our only disappointment was that he didn’t draw up in a horse and carriage,” Russell sighs. “It was a Jaguar XKE.”
v “I’m sure his horse and carriage was just being reshod,” Ron dead-pans. “It was in the blacksmith’s that day.”

Morrissey invited Sparks to join his Meltdown festival lineup in 2004. Now the Maels have belatedly repaid the compliment, in a backhanded way, with a song called Lighten Up, Morrissey on their shiny and sardonic new album, Exotic Creatures of the Deep. Despite its arch title, the song is really a plea for a potential girlfriend to cool her obsession with pop’s most famous celibate vegetarian.

“We gave it to Morrissey about two weeks ago and he’s in love with it,” says Russell. “We wanted him to hear it before it got out there.”

“It could have gone either way!” laughs Ron. “There is some humour in telling Morrissey to lighten up, but I would hate it if he ever did, because then he wouldn’t be Morrissey. He would just be . . . one of us.”

Another standout track on the album is a sleazy, sarcastic electro-glam stomp called I Can’t Believe that You Would Fall for All the Crap in This Song. A very Sparks confection, it is a seductive pop tune that sneers at seductive pop tunes.

“It’s directed at a person who would fall for a generic saccharine expression of love in a song,” Ron says. “Too much pop music is so lyrically generic. Getting back to Morrissey, I don’t hear too many threats to his lyrical supremacy. He is definitely Attila the Hun in that regard.”

 
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a very crappy band (Score:0)
indeed - sparks spucks
moho -- Wednesday May 07 2008, @11:32AM (#302292)
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'Attila the Hun'? 'Supremacy'? (Score:1)
Isn't there a danger the NME might quote Sparks when they're on the stand.

"See, your Honour? It isn't just us who think Morrissey's a fascist!"

Loose lips sink ships etc.
Deniston -- Wednesday May 07 2008, @12:04PM (#302297)
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 I just want to keep everyone happy
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