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"Something Is Squeezing My Skull" - release details (UK - Apr. 27)

posted by davidt on Wednesday March 25 2009, @01:00PM

Uncleskinny writes:

There's a buzz in the forum about this thread (posted by No Place Like Rome), details of the release of Something Is Squeezing My Skull. The b-sides are live recordings, the release date is April 27th. The cover art is on an Ebay-listed promo mentioned in the thread...

On the recordstore.co.uk site:

CD single
1. Something Is Squeezing My Skull
2. Best Friend On The Payroll

CD single
1. Something Is Squeezing My Skull
2. This Charming Man

7 inch single
Side A
1. Something Is Squeezing My Skull
Side B
1. I Keep Mine Hidden

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I confidently predict this will miss the top 40 (Score:0, Troll)

Who on earth would want these b-sides? A clumsy bodged version of This Charming Man, bearable perhaps, if actually at the live concert, and a live version of Best Friend; one of his worst ever solo songs complete with crap lyrics and a rubbish melody.
Sheesh!

Anonymous -- Wednesday March 25 2009, @01:21PM (#325649)

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Re:I confidently predict this will miss the top 40 by marred (Score:0) Wednesday March 25 2009, @02:19PM
- Re:I confidently predict this will miss the top 40 by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday March 25 2009, @02:55PM

Oh dear... (Score:1)

My instinct tells me that Morrissey didn't have much choice in the b-sides.

Dire, dire, dire. I'll buy it for the cover art.

Mada -- Wednesday March 25 2009, @01:23PM (#325650)
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Re:Oh dear... by Anonymous (Score:1) Wednesday March 25 2009, @02:22PM
can I have some money too? by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday March 26 2009, @10:42AM

Boz Poorer (Score:1)

Poor Boz....

With the world in financial meltdown, it appears he will not benefit in any way from the royalties of this release!
Alain Whyte will get royalties from two songs, as indeed will Johnny Marr.
Nowt for Boz then!!!

I'm guessing the live tracks will come from the BBC concert....they usually do.

Requiescant Inpacce * -- Wednesday March 25 2009, @01:37PM (#325653)
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Re:Boz Poorer by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday March 25 2009, @02:44PM
Re:Boz Poorer by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday March 25 2009, @02:52PM
- Re:Boz Poorer by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday March 26 2009, @09:27AM
- Re:Boz Poorer by Anonymous (Score:0) Friday March 27 2009, @08:58AM

Re:Boz Poorer by Celibate Cry (Score:1) Thursday March 26 2009, @08:24AM

Up The Brackets (Score:2, Interesting)

I was actually being ironic.

It just seems odd to me that when they were assembling the tracks for the single that none of Boz's compositions were chosen.

I don't want to sound patronising, but those names in brackets after a song title really do make a difference.
A good example is Soft Cell's 'Tainted Love'; instead of putting one of their own compositions on the B-side, they put another cover version. Thus, when the single went on to sell MILLIONS in the early 80s, Almond and Ball made NOTHING. Had they put their own song on the B-side they'd be able to buy their country by now.
Eight years later Marc Almond released a duet of 'Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart' with Gene Pitney and put another version of the song on the B-side instead of one of his own songs again, and the song went on to be one of the biggest selling singles of 1988, and again he lost out on making a fortune.

Just by not having his name in the brackets of the B-side track.

Requiescant Inpacce * -- Thursday March 26 2009, @11:59AM (#325773)
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In other news... (Score:1)

I see that he's still going with the "That 70's Show" font.

How unfortunate.

Nick The Name -- Wednesday March 25 2009, @03:01PM (#325666)
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Out of fresh B-sides? Live b-sides? (Score:0)

So, I take it he has no new b-side songs to offer. Also, I take it these b-sides are live.

Anonymous -- Wednesday March 25 2009, @03:17PM (#325668)

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Re:Out of fresh B-sides? Live b-sides? by Nick The Name (Score:1) Wednesday March 25 2009, @04:43PM
- Re:Out of fresh B-sides? Live b-sides? by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday March 26 2009, @02:48AM
- Re:Out of fresh B-sides? Live b-sides? by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday March 26 2009, @10:12AM

What about Black Cloud? (Score:0)

Wasn't there a story posted recently with a sticker on YOR saying "Includes the singles Arms Around Paris and Black Cloud"?

'Skull' fits to what Janice Long said on a UK radio show though.

Anonymous -- Wednesday March 25 2009, @03:25PM (#325669)

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Re:What about Black Cloud? by Mr Delaney (Score:1) Friday March 27 2009, @04:45AM

hmmmm (Score:0)

..something is squeezing my buns...and i don't know why......maybe it's because...i'm still too utterly shy...

Anonymous -- Wednesday March 25 2009, @03:34PM (#325670)

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Statue? (Score:0)

Is that Dee Dee Ramone?? Poooor choice of b-sides, Ive got to say...

Anonymous -- Wednesday March 25 2009, @04:15PM (#325675)

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Re:Statue? by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday March 25 2009, @04:50PM
- Re:Statue? by Strutting Rooster (Score:1) Thursday March 26 2009, @01:41AM
Re:Statue? by NewYorkMozzer (Score:1) Saturday March 28 2009, @11:08PM

Getting your April's Fool jokes in early. (Score:1)

There's no way this is legitimate.
Even if it is, Skull is a bad choice for a single. Good for the fans but singles are supposed to get played on radio aren't they? No-one will touch Skull, if he released Birthday, it'd be a hit but he's just wasting his time on anything else

AnthonyGlamour -- Wednesday March 25 2009, @04:32PM (#325676)
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Re:Getting your April's Fool jokes in early. by Nick The Name (Score:1) Wednesday March 25 2009, @04:41PM
- Re:Getting your April's Fool jokes in early. by AnthonyGlamour (Score:1) Thursday March 26 2009, @04:13PM
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b-Side myself (Score:1, Interesting)

Urrngh!!!
Action Man?
Theresa, Theresa?
There are, I'm sure, many more. Why release three live versions as singles? And let us not forget this is not the second but the forth single from the album - there can't be many more planned. Yes, Skull is an AMAZING track, but still, come on sweeten the deal for us 'hardcores'. Even if the songs are shite, they're new Morrissey songs, I'm a fierce completist.. I need to hear them. As do we all. Shoddy live tracks? Ugh, it stinks. I hate the haters, but they might be onto something...

Anonymous -- Wednesday March 25 2009, @04:45PM (#325679)

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Re:b-Side myself by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday March 25 2009, @05:11PM
Re:b-Side myself by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday March 26 2009, @11:12AM

bit of a let-down (Score:2, Insightful)

If this is accurate, the live b-sides--although I like good live stuff as much as the next fan--are indeed a disappointment. And with Morrissey's history of burying gems on single flip-sides, I really was hoping that this album (which I like very much but have not come to love, at least not yet) would produce some amazing b-sides. Hmm.

despair and i -- Wednesday March 25 2009, @05:54PM (#325683)
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can not be real (Score:0)

I know he's real happy with Charming Man and Best Friend, but is that it for b-sides. This has to be wrong. They are so old and he must, he must, HE MUST, have new material.

Anonymous -- Wednesday March 25 2009, @06:34PM (#325684)

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Does Morrissey keep a recording of every concert ? (Score:2, Interesting)

Does Morrissey keep a recording of every concert he does?

He pulls out live recordings as B-Sides rather regularly so he must archive them all and at some point note ones he especially liked. These sure can't be just random songs chosen?

And if he does have each tour stop recorded, he could put out limited edition recordings of those stops...I'm sure they would all get purchased pretty quickly. Or if they were sold as downloads only, there'd be practically no cost involved as opposed to a physical CD or vinyl and everyone who attended a show could get a copy instead of depending on the poor audio from cell phone recordings.

Even a one camera DVD recording of each show would be appreciated.

Come on Mogsy, its the 21st century...there is a demand to see and hear you and the technology to capture it rather inexpensively.

someraincoatedlovers * -- Wednesday March 25 2009, @10:26PM (#325700)
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Re:Does Morrissey keep a recording of every concer by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday March 26 2009, @12:15PM

Live B-sides (Score:0)

I can't abide live B-sides on a studio produced single. It's like mixing your drinks - it just doesn't work. Please Morrissey, let's have one or the other. Yamaha

Anonymous -- Thursday March 26 2009, @12:24AM (#325719)

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So that's that then (Score:1, Insightful)

All done with B-sides?
When will he realise that the die-hards are the only people still buying his singles and even they are having their tolerance tested with more live b-sides.
If the creative well has run dry then he should stop.

I suppose there's one positive way of looking at it....

None of the b-sides are THPGU or AYNIM yet again!

Anonymous -- Thursday March 26 2009, @02:52AM (#325723)

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Re:So that's that then by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday March 26 2009, @04:02AM
- Re:So that's that then by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday March 26 2009, @06:11AM
  - Re:So that's that then by Jamie (Score:1) Thursday March 26 2009, @06:57AM

The Next Album? (Score:0)

If this news is legit, the remaining "b-sides" could very well become the bulk of the next album.

"Skull" will become the fourth single chosen from Years of Refusal. Since Morrissey usually chooses four singles from each album, the extra material may eventually find its way onto the next album. There are still loads of Morrissey/Whyte songs which have yet to be released. Throw in some Boz and Jesse songs, and we've got another album.

Just a thought.

Anonymous -- Thursday March 26 2009, @08:52AM (#325747)

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Re:The Next Album? by skulll (Score:1) Sunday March 29 2009, @06:42AM

The picture on the single... (Score:1)

...that isn't current is it? It looks like from the "Redondo Beach" single photo shoot.

someraincoatedlovers * -- Thursday March 26 2009, @09:27AM (#325754)
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Re:The picture on the single... by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday March 26 2009, @10:21AM
- Re:The picture on the single... by NewYorkMozzer (Score:1) Sunday March 29 2009, @01:21AM
Re:The picture on the single... by 2shy2die (Score:0) Friday March 27 2009, @04:45AM
Re:The picture on the single... by NewYorkMozzer (Score:1) Saturday March 28 2009, @10:57PM

it's sad to see he isnt as prolific as he once was (Score:0)

He recycled two songs that were already on a geatest hits album for the new one.
I'm going to skip this one if in fact those are the b sides. He should just record cover versions of songs he likes and use them as bsides.

robiskeen -- Thursday March 26 2009, @10:01AM (#325758)
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Re:it's sad to see he isnt as prolific as he once by skulll (Score:1) Sunday March 29 2009, @07:16AM
- Re:it's sad to see he isnt as prolific as he once by Anonymous (Score:0) Sunday March 29 2009, @09:15AM

I'd really hoped... (Score:1)

...that there might have been a version of 'You say you don't love me' on this single, as per the last couple of albums. Cover played live then gets studio release on single.

That said, 'No-one can hold a candle...' didn't get released until fourth single I think. Let's hope there's some more singles to come.

I'll still buy this one of course.

Hairdresser on Fire -- Thursday March 26 2009, @12:12PM (#325775)
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Re:I'd really hoped... by Boxers71 (Score:1) Thursday March 26 2009, @12:33PM

Gotto say I am disappointed (Score:0)

I own every single Morrissey release under the sun - well almost - but this time the B-sides are very disappointing. Surely he doesn't have to release a live version of "Charming Man"? Not that I am a Smiths nostalgic but it's just..pointless. Morrissey B-sides used to be worth waiting for but this one just stinks. As did the live version of "Playboys" on the "People Grow Up" CD single. It sounded very clumsy.

Mozza: Quality Control Please!

Anonymous -- Thursday March 26 2009, @12:29PM (#325779)

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Thought! (Score:0)

Here is an idea!

Release a single in one format, CD perhaps. Put all Studio & Live b-sides on said CD single and sell it in shops.

Anonymous -- Thursday March 26 2009, @02:28PM (#325789)

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Re:Thought! by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday March 26 2009, @03:01PM
- Re:Thought! by Mr Delaney (Score:1) Friday March 27 2009, @04:49AM

b-sides (Score:1)

Whatever happened to putting multiple tracks on the singles, like the old days. That was usually the motivation for buying the singles.

Everyday Is Like Sunday
Sister I'm A Poet
Disappointed
Will Never Marry

The Last Of The Famous International Playboys
Lucky Lisp
Michael's Bones

Ouija Board, Ouija Board
Yes, I'm Blind
East West

November Spawned A Monster
He Knows I'd Love To See Him
Girl Least Likely To

Piccadilly Palare
At Amber
Get Off The Stage

Our Frank
Journalists Who Lie
Tony the Pony

Sing Your Life
That's Entertainment
The Loop

Pregnant For The Last Time
Skin Storm
Cosmic Dancer (live Utrecht, Holland 1/5/91)
Disappointed (live Utrecht, Holland 1/5/91)

My Love Life (UK version)
I've Changed My Plea To Guilty (UK version)
There's A Place In Hell For Me and My Friends(KROQ)

You're The One For Me, Fatty
Pashernate Love
There Speaks A True Friend

The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get
Used To Be A Sweet Boy
I'd Love To (UK version)

etc.........

someraincoatedlovers * -- Friday March 27 2009, @10:19AM (#325901)
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