Re: Hibernian... yoo hoo!
> OK, I am not wise, if you say so. But I am not wasting energy on conflict.
> I saw the TSTH on TV, the singers voice was an appaling mockery of
> Morrissey's. Do you want me to pretend that I liked what I heard ? The
> fact that you had a great time at TSTH gig doesnt change my mind, because
> I have EARS !!! I think you are confusing the experience you had sharing a
> night out with friends, with the act you saw that night. My view is
> objective, it is not tainted by the rush of the live experience ,of a few
> beers or mates or whatever. In my living room, totally sober, I watched a
> band and they were AWFUL. What is your objection to my having an opnion ?
Hibernian,
Do I REALLY have to repeat myself? My objection isn't with your opinion... instead it's with the ease and willingness that you wrote 'twats' in the subject title of your original posting. STILL, you do not make an appropriate excuse/apology for this. The fact you are wrong on this matter seems to have passed you by. Can you be this naive? Please say "no", and either apologise or explain why you saw it appropriate to call some people who love the same music you do SO MUCH, that they decided to get up on stage and try their best and replicate it. I mean, is THAT such a crime?
And for your information, (and I've said this ALREADY...) you really need to see the band live before you make a judgement. INSTEAD, what you did was come on to a website and try and be as offensive as you could by calling them what you did. And for what? 'Oh, Hibernian has an opinion, so that's okay'... NO, it's not okay. And you should apologise... cos it's not acceptable to call people 'twats'. Especially if you don't even know them.
You see, Hibernian, it's so safe writing on the internet. You can say WHAT YOU LIKE, and be anonymous. I've taken an exception to your posting because I feel it's unacceptable for someone to call someone a 'twat' on this website (A website dedicated to the marvel that is Morrissey). You wouldn't do it to their faces, so why here? Well, we all know the answer to that I guess.
Oh, and in reply to your last posting... I went to the Sweet And Tender Hooligans gig on my own (not with mates, as you said), didn't drink (cos I had to drive...) and went purely because I have never seen some of the songs they play, in a live music environment. I'm not old enough to have seen The Smiths and I have only been lucky enough to have seen MOZ once (it was like a dream, by the way...).
C'mon Hibernian... try your best. Find it within yourself to excuse yourself for what I find offensive. If you can't excuse yourself, you'd better come up with a bloody good reason for the wording you used. 'Twat' isn't a nice word and I've a feeling you realise that now.
You've got to remember, the people who play in the Sweet And Tender Hooligans are actually VERY pleasant and GOOD at what they do. The Passengers programme you saw (I saw it too, incidentally) was inaccurate and it wanted to mickey take... that was the whole idea of the piece. "Oh, look at THESE guys... still into a musical movement WE left behind nearly 20 years ago!!!". Oh please.
Yours, Northerner.
(Fresh from the MOZ night at the Star and Garter, Manchester).