Death Disco
Banned
Well said... My sentiments exactly!
In those 5 simple words, you have shown more intelligence than many people on here have in any of their regular 3000 word posts.
Well done.
Well said... My sentiments exactly!
I obviously have no evidence to back this up, but I also think it's quite naive to think that Morrissey was just going along with what the record company wanted. He seems like a man who sticks to his principals. And I think it's unlikely that he doesn't have anymore tracks that he could have used instead. I feel that Morrissey is probably doing what some novelists do, which is to release an "improved" version of the same novel they released years ago, "how it should have been" now that they have the benefit of hindsight.
It will be interesting to see how Stephen Street's remastered 'Viva Hate' tracks compare with the versions remastered by Bill Inglot and Dan Hersch that were included on 'Bona Drag' Redux and Very Best Of
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No, honestly. It will.
He re-released "Viva Hate" in 2002. Why not use the song then? Wasn't it kicking around for 14 years at that point?
Also, I did find it chucklesome that he nixed 'The Ordinary Boys' but retains 'Bengali In Platforms'. I can just see the Zadie Smith op-ed 'Guardian' blog now. Such fun.
That was what struck me too. Really with these reissues it would be best if the original track-listing was retained (although nobody would probably argue with the inclusion of Hairdresser and I Know Very Well) and then an additional disc of extras rounds up the more obscure tracks, outtakes and unreleased demos - Oh Well, Please Help The Cause, Lifeguard, Lancashire Home, Treat Me, etc.
What no signed vinyl competition, Lol, they'll not get caught in a fiasco like that again.