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PapaGeorge

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I was enjoying a Smiths/Morrissey musical marathon today, and realized that his music has become increasingly more sucktacular with age -- no edge, same notes, hacknayed lyrics. How I yearn for the days of Johnny Marr and Viva Hate (at the latest)...
 
Re: Don't overlook Sunny

I think that the "Sunny" single was a bright spot that restored my faith in Morrissey for a short time...

LWF

> I was enjoying a Smiths/Morrissey musical marathon today, and realized
> that his music has become increasingly more sucktacular with age -- no
> edge, same notes, hacknayed lyrics. How I yearn for the days of Johnny
> Marr and Viva Hate (at the latest)...
 
First of all, I don't think Moz can do anything other than be Moz. Most successful acts never change their routine, 'if it aint broke'. Secondly, Vauxhall and I is equal to The Smiths . Your Arsenal is simply brilliant. there isn't a Moz album I dont like. Moz solo is class in my opinion, much less effeminate and with a much better and stronger image.

> I was enjoying a Smiths/Morrissey musical marathon today, and realized
> that his music has become increasingly more sucktacular with age -- no
> edge, same notes, hacknayed lyrics. How I yearn for the days of Johnny
> Marr and Viva Hate (at the latest)...
 
Lost? I Can Have Both?

I think they were both released no earlier than 1999 (correct me if I'm wrong). I've listened to Lost many, many times, and I think it is one of his absolute best songs ever. Lyrically and musically. And there are several songs on Maladjusted that are extremely powerful musically, like Papa Jack.
 
Vauxhall was a great CD, about 1/2 as good as viva hate, and about 1/4 as good as any given smiths album

Your Arsenal was unforgivable worthless crap!

LWF

> First of all, I don't think Moz can do anything other than be Moz. Most
> successful acts never change their routine, 'if it aint broke'. Secondly,
> Vauxhall and I is equal to The Smiths . Your Arsenal is simply brilliant.
> there isn't a Moz album I dont like. Moz solo is class in my opinion, much
> less effeminate and with a much better and stronger image.
 
Vauxhall is easily the equal of any Smiths LP. Possibly better than all. (Meat Is Murder is sooooo over-rated.) Your Arsenal is great, much more consistant than Viva Hate -- which was great in patches, admittedly. Since Vauxhall, Moz has struggled to get his best tracks onto his albums. Sunny, Swallow, Lost, Edges, Nobody Loves Us, etc. That said, much of late Moz is just lazily under-rated by people. Tracks like Maladjusted, Trouble Loves Me, Ammunition, Wide To Receive are very strong, very good. I agree with Hibernianbilly, you can definitely see a progression to his work. Some of his early Smiths lyrics probably embarrass him now, I bet.
 
The Criminally Misplaced B-Sides

It has been commented on before that many of the better tracks have been shoved aside on 12" and CD singles for mediocre or more "typically Morrissey" A-sides. This goes back even as far as "How Soon is Now?" on the flip of "William, It Was Really Nothing."

"Whatever Happens, I Love You" was tremendously passionate and musically bold for latter day Morrissey. However, "Boxers" was more typical of his style at the time. He stuck with the safe bet. Much the same with "Lost" on "Roy's Keen" and "Nobody Loves Us" on "Dagenham Dave."

No doubt muck shall be heaved my way for saying so, but I personally think "You Must Please Remember," despite the crap "Radar Love"-sounding opening chords, is lovely. The background vocals arrangement is sinuous and equal to some of the Marr magic in the '80s. Also note the melody of Jonny Bridgwood's bass playing and the totally dedicated delivery from Morrissey.

Cheers,

Jamie
 
Hey! East Coast Tour Dates! Haha!

Angelic Deviled Eggs

From "The Fat Fallacy: Applying the French Diet to the American Lifestyle."

6 eggs

3 tablespoons mayonnaise

1 teaspoon Dijon mustard

Garlic salt and pepper to taste

Cayenne, optional

1 tablespoon half 'n' half, optional

1 tablespoon relish, optional

Paprika, as garnish

Olive slices, as garnish

To start: Set the eggs in a pan of cold water, and then bring the water to a boil. Once it comes to a boil, set the timer for 13 minutes flat. Of course, if you're at a higher altitude, you'll have a longer boil time.

When the timer goes off, run cold water into the pan to cool the eggs. After about 2-3 minutes, take them out and peel the shells.

Next -- the yolks: Getting them out of the egg without destroying the white takes just a bit of care. First cut them lengthwise before gently separating the yellow around the edges.

Now press gingerly on the underside of the egg half and turn it over to pop the yolk out. Put all yolks into a small bowl and add the mayonnaise, mustard, salt and pepper.

Tricks: You can make these a bit more "devilish" by throwing in a conservative sprinkle of cayenne.

But the thing that really makes them silky and "angelic" is adding 1 tablespoon half 'n' half to the mix. Another suggestion is to throw in 1 tablespoon relish.

The main trick here is to sample and then correct the seasonings as you go.

Finishing up: When the mix makes you moan out loud, you know you've gotten it right! Now take a small spatula and refill the tiny cups in the egg whites, one at a time.

Finally sprinkle them with a bit of paprika and top with a slice of olive. Makes 6 servings.

Per serving: 125 calories; 10.5 g fat (2 g saturated fat; 76 percent calories from fat); 1 g carbohydrates; 216 mg cholesterol; 123 mg sodium; 6 g protein; 0 g fiber.
 
Re: The Criminally Misplaced B-Sides

I agree, You Must Please Remember is criminally underrated. I read an interview with Alain Whyte on the internet a couple of years back and he said that Southpaw Grammar would have been better with You Must Please... and Nobody Loves Us on it.
 
Re: The Criminally Misplaced B-Sides

> I agree, You Must Please Remember is criminally underrated. I read an
> interview with Alain Whyte on the internet a couple of years back and he
> said that Southpaw Grammar would have been better with You Must Please...
> and Nobody Loves Us on it.

Yes, just as Maladjusted would have been better if it could have somehow included Lost and The Edges Are No Longer Parallel. And I Can Have Both and Heir Apparent. And Sorrow Will Come In The End. Now that would have been an album...
 
Re: Lost? I Can Have Both?

The "b-sides" from the 3 Maladjusted singles a/k/a "Rare Tracks" cd(6 songs in total) are his best since at least Southpaw Grammar(which is vastly underrated).
Anybody agree?

> I think they were both released no earlier than 1999 (correct me if I'm
> wrong). I've listened to Lost many, many times, and I think it is one of
> his absolute best songs ever. Lyrically and musically. And there are
> several songs on Maladjusted that are extremely powerful musically, like
> Papa Jack.
 
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