-mike-

How About "Maudlin Street" Live Next Time????
Any Opinions???????

If it is to become such a collection, I would throw in tunes like Used to Be a Sweet Boy, Sing your life, Lost, I'll never learn, and why not the studio version of Jack the Ripper? Maybe Interesting Drug and Have-a-Go-Merchant?

I think Billy Budd is a good song, but it shouldn't be right after Springheeled Jim. They are too similar (compared to the rest of the album).

Wouldn't it be fun to have a "Best Of" of stuff that is not easily available. Hell, I would prefer a bunch of songs with Moz covering a bunch of other artists over a compilation CD. Moz doing some Bowie, or James, or Love Spit Love, or how about Moz doing some Joy Division, anyone; hell, Moz covering Britiny Spears or some carbon copy Boy Band would be more interesting than this "Paint a Vulgar Picture" attitude of these comp CD's.

Moz (with the Smiths inclusively) has had more compilation CD's out than most artist ever produce original CD's. Just say NO to comp CD's. (Besides, isn't it easier for you to make up your own lineup of your favorites than it is for a company to lay out the lineup for you?)

Late Night, Maudlin Street definitely belongs on any Moz best of, it's almost as good as Paint a Vulgar Picture (lots of lyrics, repetetive music) Maladjusted (the song, not the album or email list) is in that vein too.

"We have no differences whatsoever."

This seems to suggest that any differences between them are on Morrissey's side...or that this guy is talking out of his arse.

::shrug::

And please let Reprise know that you won't be suckered in to another re-hash of songs you already own!

I Know Very Well How I Got My Name
Hairdresser On Fire
Suedehead
Everyday Is Like Sunday
Late Night, Maudlin Street
Sister I'm A Poet
Will Never Marry (original version)
The Last of the Famous International Playboys
November Spawned A Monster
I've Changed My Plea To Guilty (US)
My Love Life
The National Front Disco
Seasick Yet Still Docked
I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday
Tomorrow
Jack The Ripper (studio)
Now My Heart Is Full
Billy Budd
Hold Onto Your Friends
Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself?
Speedway
I'd Love To
Sunny
Nobody Loves Us
The Boy Racer
Trouble Loves Me
Maladjusted
Alma Matter
The Edges Are No Longer Parallel
Lost

Also, to make it at all worthwhile, there MUST be a bonus rarities CD, including the real unreleased stuff. Can't see it happening though...

The ratio of compilations against new releases is becoming embarrasing. The video compilation I welcome...some live material from the last tour would be nice too...but with the Singles Box Set, recent Viva Hate re-release, Suedehead, My Early Burglary Years, World Of Morrissey, not to mention the Smiths Singles compilation...well, it's all getting a bit silly.

A BEST Of would be quite nice if it's done right.

Making it a two-disc set is a good idea. Like what Joni Mitchell did with her "Hits" and "Misses" compilations. Have one disc be pretty much the singles and most known songs, for those people out there who want to dip their toes into the world of Moz for the first time. Then have a second disc of overlooked, superior album tracks,
a stand-out b-sides, and perhaps a rarity or two.
Maybe let Morrissey handpick them.

Making aBest Of for Morrissey is difficult because
you could make 5 volumes of Best Of Morrissey and still leave some great stuff out. = ) But I feel very strongly that "Reader Meet Author" was a great song that didnb't get much attention. And "Late Night, Maudlin Street" belongs on there. If you go just with the singles, you'll not have anything respresenting Morrissey longer, wordier songs that he does so well. "Late Night" is my fave of these. Many of the tracks are, of course, no-brainers. You gotta have the obvious stuff like "Everyday Is Like Sunday" and "The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get," and "Suedehead."
But to make it more interesting, I'd suggest pulling a track off the excellent "Morrissey at KROQ" EP, and for a rarity including the studio version of "Jack the Ripper."

I think an accurate Best Of would bypass most of "Kill Uncle," opting for "Morrissey at KROQ's" "Sing Your Life." The only song I'd include from "Kill Uncle is "(I'm) The End Of tHe Family Line."
From the "Bona Drag" period, the best seems to be "Last of the Famous..." and "Interesting Drug." If space permits, perhaps "Michael's Bones," Picadilly Palare," "Disappointed." From "Viva Hate," what I've already mentioned plus "Hairdresser on Fire" (the represent Morrissey at his funniest and most playful). From "Southpaw Grammar," what I've mentioned plus "The Boy Racer." If space permits, the song "Southpaw" is gorgeous. From "Your Arsenal," "We'll Let You Know" (it's Moz's fave!) and "You're the One For Me, Fatty." Although most of that album could be used! The first four tracks of Arsenal go very well together. "Maladjusted"/Mercury stuff I assume is not eligible. From My Early Burglary Years, "Nobody Loves Us," perhaps "A Swallow On My Neck." From "Vauxhall," in addition to what I mentioned, also "Speedway" is a must, and consider "Spring-Heeled Jim" and "Billy Budd." A BEST OF should probably have at least one live song. Um....aw, hell, just do a box set!! = )

Havfine: Yes, "Paint A Vulgar Picture" proves a pop song can be sublime!!!

By the way all this crap about a Best OF album is just that. There should be new material not recycled music, what happened to your art Steven?!

I mean if you're gonna get out of the business at least do it gracefully as you have always been!

VIVA KILL UNCLE!!!!!!!!

Can you imagine Morrissey coming out with a live album like Social Distortion did at the Roxy, intermixed with Morrissey's wit and short comments to the crowd... Now that i would buy..

(Make-believe album)
MORRISSEY:Live at Coachella
or how about MORRISSEY: Palladium Pleasures

we need a live album....................unless there are unreleased songs then throw those in their as well...

BEST OF MORRISSEY REMIXED

THAT WAY ALL THE FANS ARE HAPPY HAVING SONGS THAT THEY KNOW GIVEN A NEW TWIST. I WOULD SUGGEST

OUIJA BOARD (ATARI TEENAGE RIOT "DEATH" MIX)
I'D LOVE TO (OAKEY'S MEGA E MIX)
NOVEMBER SPAWNED A MONSTER (GOLDIE'S "MONSTER" PROG-ROCK/KNEES UP JUNGLE MIX)
SPEEDWAY (LTJ BUKEM'S AMBIENT MIX)
MARGARET ON THE GUILOTINE (FERRY CORSTEN TRANCE ANTHEM MIX)

PLUS A PUFF DADDY REWORKING OF
"SUDEHEAD" + "EVERYDAY IS LIKE SUNDAY"

KTEL presents:
- Morrissey Sings Heavy Metal Gospel Favorites!
- Morrissey: My Tom Jones Years
- Morrissey and William Shatner version of McArthur's Park
- Morrissey with Mariah Carey: I Did WHAT?

The "Had too many Coronas" Session

Just a thought...

One more:
An advertisement for Sears Point Raceway in Sonoma CA that starts out with the Moz tune and goes like this -
Everyday is like SUNDAY!! SUNDAY!! SUNDAY!!

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the funniest thing I have read in a long time. Thanks for the chuckle!

This is another typical bid at trying to get some more cash on the old washed up, miserable, poor me, poor you, blah, blah, blah....

In addition, why buy something from a record label that no longer has the artist (and I use the term loosely with Morrissey)even on it?

Sad, sad, sad...Reprise Suck! Morrissey Sucks!

Do us a favour, just retire if you are only going to re-issue, and/or produce crap like Southpaw and Maladjusted.

Morrissey Sucks!!!!!

Rainy Days and Mondays - The Carpenters
Waterloo - Abba
Penny Lane - The Beatles
Piano Man - Billy Joel

and others I can't think of right now. They could call it, Morrissey: AM Gold!

After the story broke, Clinton tries to distance himself from Monica(Why do you come here? And why do you hang around?)

He tries to console her for this treatment(I'm so sorry, oh, I'm so sorry).

When things get sticky he asks her(Why do you come here, when you know it makes things hard for me you go [I guess you can take liberties with that conotation]).

When she persists,(Why do you telephone, and why do you leave me silly notes?).

At the end of it all of course(It was a good lay, good lay...).

;>) Have fun folks! I'm going home! 13 miles on 395N to Springfield, here I come! It's 6PM now, I'll be home by 8.

give me a break.

He would do well adding some vocal tracks to John Tesh's new christmas album

Morrissey covers Willie Nelson's greatest hits. COME ON! Can't you hear Mozz singing "Mama's don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys?"

heh heh heh....... whew! and i'm spent.

YOU CAN'T GO PAST A MAGICAL PUFF DADDY REWORKING OF AN OLD TRACK TO ENRAPTURE A NEW GENERATION OF LISTENERS.

MAYBE EVEN......"NOVEMBER..." OR "USED TO BE A SWEET BOY"

"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man after Midnight)" by Abba.

Quite frankly, I like Kill Uncle. It is lyrically marvelous and a treat to listen to. I believe that there are many who are more in tune with the "musical" sound of Morrissey and the Smiths than the "songwriting", hence the distaste. As for me, I enjoy both which is why, again, I'll state I really enjoyed Maladjusted and Southpaw Grammar along with Kill Uncle. Not a lot of agreeance out there on that, but when the music "say's something to me about my life" as these three albums did, thats where I put my money so to speak.

That is how I feel. Kill Uncle was a very important album to me. I enjoyed it immensly. Along with Southpaw and maladjusted. It just seems like some people need to just enjoy the music. It is wonderful. And not be so critical. But again. everybody does have there right. I just never understood why there was so much Kill Uncle bashing. Thanks for the response.

I urge each and every set of eyes to pass this message to email the guy (and yes - it does seem strange that he has an AOL e-mail address) and tell him how you think.

See you soon....

POLL: how many of you guys have MOZ bootlegs? Which ones?

I have one, Higher Education.

RE: POLL,
my answer is 6...they are all great!

singles

suedehead
sunday
playboys
november
piccadilly palare
the more you ignore me
hold on to your friends
interlude (edit)

b-sides

I know very well..
oh well, I'll never learn
sister, I'm a poet
hairdresser on fire
I'd love to
jack the ripper (studio)
will never marry (edit)
moonriver (edit)
nobody loves us
I've changed my plea to guilty
cosmic dancer (live)
sweet and tender hooligan (live)

album tracks

seasick
I know it's gonna happen
we'll let you know
now my heart is full
used to be a sweet boy
lifeguard sleeping

p.s... JUNE 09 was my b-day... who wants to wish me an unhappy birthday? i am evil, and lord do i ever lie!

What happened to "You've Had Her?" Am I the only one who loves hearing Morrissey do that "rarararara ahhhhh" throughout the song? I still think it is one of the funnier songs he has ever done. And the Cosmic Dancer B-Side? Or the live version of Disappointed that starts out with Cosmic Dancer "I was a dancin' when I was 12... ha ha ha" and Disappointed kicks in? I think that version is really brilliant. But anyhow... another compilation is just boring. Can't we just get a DVD of the music videos we don't have yet? I know they're not all owned by the same record label... but still. I won't buy anymore repackaged songs. I'm just so very done with all this crap about re-selling the same songs. If the record companies know that idiots out there will still buy anything with morrissey's name on it, they will still produce stuff. And them asking for us to send in song "wish-lists" is probably them just testing the water to see what we will and willnot buy. (We, meaning fans or those people more interested) Don't give in, just walk away....

--EA

It's a little late in the game, I know, but I'd like to contribute my Best Of Wish List (quite arbitrarily reduced to 21 songs, because we have to limit ourselves somehow, don't we?)

In no particular ardor:

Trouble Loves Me
Sing Your Life
Such A Little Thing Makes Such a Big...
Hairdresser on Fire
Everyday is Like Sunday
Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself
Late Night, Maudlin Street
The National Front Disco
Jack the Ripper
The Boy Racer
Dial a Cliche
Piccadilly Palare
There's A Place in Hell For Me and My Friends
Have a Go Merchant
November Spawned a Monster
Pregnant for the Last Time
Tomorrow
Glamorous Glue
Sunny
The Last of the Famous International Playboys
I've Changed My Plea to Guilty

Admittedly, I would love to see the album begin and end with the bookend songs here; they could even be swapped, I think--they are ideal representations, and deserve a prominent place in line.

2.

Re: 'Kill Uncle' -- I think it really is a supbar work, a lackluster effort, especially considered in light of where it falls on the timeline--sandwiched among much stronger releases. 'Mute Witness' and 'Asian Rut' are criminally underrated, however.

3.

As far as covers go, wouldn't 'Sentimental Journey' b/w 'My Funny Valentine' be a treat?

M

i also said that jack the ripper (studio) shold be included because of the radioplay it once had in its live format, and becasue i love that song.

i got a package in the mail from JackMack from Reprise on saturday with the following message:

"thanks for sending your suggestions for a morrissey greatest hits package- much apreciated. let me know what you think of Snake River Conspiracy's version of "how soon is now?" morrissey told me that the louder it's played. the more he loves it."

while i dont love it, and i doubt that moz does, its not too bad. the music is very different in tempo and instrumentation, with female vocals and its very much shorter, and the lyrics are faithful to the original. the legnth is 3:18 and its a one track promo that was sent out. it does seem to grow on you, as i thought it was crap at first, but i think its ok now.

-jeff