Why do so many of you hate Andy Rourke????

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The guy is still one of my hero's and I cant understand why some of you seem to despise him.

It seems some of you got into Morrissey in about 1994 and seem to forget he did play a big role in the best band in the world.

The only thing that Andy is guilty of is some dodgy barnets over the years other than that he's a god in my book.
 
> The guy is still one of my hero's and I cant understand why some of you
> seem to despise him.

> It seems some of you got into Morrissey in about 1994 and seem to forget
> he did play a big role in the best band in the world.

> The only thing that Andy is guilty of is some dodgy barnets over the years
> other than that he's a god in my book.

Excellent point P.D. Personally I always thought his only crime was wearing white socks.....but then he wasn't the only Smith to do so.
The bottom line was he was an integral part of The Smiths and contributed some amazing bass lines.
I defy anyone to listen to "Barbarism Begins At Home" or "I know It's Over" and tell me that Andy Rourke was just a "hired hand".
The problem with this board ,I'm afraid, is that there are relatively few Smiths fans on it and even fewer who are aware of how far ahead of their time The Smiths were and how radical and life changing their music was.

From a Morrissey pint of view he co-wrote "Girl Least Likely To" and "Yes I am Blind" (amongst others) and I think Morrissey would give his right harm to have someone coming up with music of that calibre for him at the moment.
 
i like andy rourke and some of the songs you mentioned are favorites. i've always acknowledged the big part he played in making the smiths (and early morrissey solo stuff) great. the only thing i object to about andy rourke is that he seems to attract some really irritating fans (not that moz doesn't). i just think it's really annoying and in bad taste to come to a morrissey website and start a gazillion posts a day about andy rourke -- and not even interesting stuff either! if the posts were halfway interesting or relevant in any way to anything (i am not that picky), i wouldn't have much of a problem at all.
 
> The guy is still one of my hero's and I cant understand why some of you
> seem to despise him.

> It seems some of you got into Morrissey in about 1994 and seem to forget
> he did play a big role in the best band in the world.

> The only thing that Andy is guilty of is some dodgy barnets over the years
> other than that he's a god in my book.

I don`t hate andy rourke
but I don`t think he is worth being mentioned either
all this andy rourke talk on this board is boring like hell...
sorry...

MORRISSEY AND MARR HAVE BEEN THE SMITHS !
 
Your all sheep to whatever Moz tell you Baaaa Baaaaa Baaaaa Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

If Morrissey was doing anything of interest at the moment and Q magazine had a 5 page special on his new album and he said really nice things about Rourke and Joyce and said things had been patched up etc etc etc and gave them the applauds that true Smiths fans know they deserve yod all be singing his praises and listening to Morrisseys best work which is The Smiths.

Its funny that cos Mozzer fell out with "RICK AND BOB" 75% of you seem to have taken the side of Morrissey HE he he like sheep and lets face it,who's track record with working with people in all aspects of life speacks for itself.

Dont get me wrong I'm not knocking Mr M i'm just saying if Mozzer said run off a cliff would you???????MMMMmmm reading some peoples posts on here would be off the cliff smiling.

"DONT BLAME ME,DONT HATE ME JUST COS I AM THE ONE TO TELL YOU" ;-)

> I don`t hate andy rourke
> but I don`t think he is worth being mentioned either
> all this andy rourke talk on this board is boring like hell...
> sorry...

> MORRISSEY AND MARR HAVE BEEN THE SMITHS !
 
> I don`t hate andy rourke
> but I don`t think he is worth being mentioned either
> all this andy rourke talk on this board is boring like hell...
> sorry...

> MORRISSEY AND MARR HAVE BEEN THE SMITHS !

With the best will in the world Malina, if you had ever seen The Smiths as a live unit you would be reading what you have just posted and shaking your head in disbelief.
 
> i like andy rourke and some of the songs you mentioned are favorites. i've
> always acknowledged the big part he played in making the smiths (and early
> morrissey solo stuff) great. the only thing i object to about andy rourke
> is that he seems to attract some really irritating fans (not that moz
> doesn't). i just think it's really annoying and in bad taste to come to a
> morrissey website and start a gazillion posts a day about andy rourke --
> and not even interesting stuff either! if the posts were halfway
> interesting or relevant in any way to anything (i am not that picky), i
> wouldn't have much of a problem at all.

It's really only one person Mindy, who relentlessly posts about Andy and if I don a medical hat for a moment that person is probably not very well.
Ignore the posts.I do.
 
> It's really only one person Mindy, who relentlessly posts about Andy and
> if I don a medical hat for a moment that person is probably not very well.
> Ignore the posts.I do.

So we have ascertained that Rourkey's crimes are:

1. wearing white socks

2. some dodgy haircuts

3. attracting dodgy fans

hmmm...not bad for a 20 year career
 
Re: Because of the obsession of Andy I

> It seems some of you got into Morrissey in about 1994 and seem to forget
> he did play a big role in the best band in the world.

Not a big role but a minor walk-on part
 
> So we have ascertained that Rourkey's crimes are:

> 1. wearing white socks

> 2. some dodgy haircuts

> 3. attracting dodgy fans

> hmmm...not bad for a 20 year career

I could also say a pretty bad heroin addiction but that would be a distinct case of the pot calling the kettle black:)
Thankully in my case no more and I hope so in Andy's case.
 
> I could also say a pretty bad heroin addiction but that would be a
> distinct case of the pot calling the kettle black:)
> Thankully in my case no more and I hope so in Andy's case.

that's good to hear.I don't think I'll ever touch the stuff...well maybe when I'm 75 and my best days are behind me.
 
if i'm a failure at college, i'm going to take up the needle and become a fashion model. well maybe not.
 
I don't think "Barbarism" or "I know it's over" actually should deserve so much bass line credit.
Hatful has some very awesome ones, and I very much prefer "Some girls are bigger" than the ones you mention. But on The Queen is Dead album, Rourke really makes the bass lines wander extremely well, and I personally find "I know it's over" the weakest one.

Anyway.

Rourke is a nice bloke, and made a very fine contribution to the most crucial Smiths albums.

On a personal note again, at first I found MORRISSEY live to be the only one who really didn't fit in with the sound of The Smiths: as the other three kept rocking hard, he'd go falsetto. Or lose his breath and pause.

Which was, and is, a very funny haha.

> Excellent point P.D. Personally I always thought his only crime was
> wearing white socks.....but then he wasn't the only Smith to do so.
> The bottom line was he was an integral part of The Smiths and contributed
> some amazing bass lines.
> I defy anyone to listen to "Barbarism Begins At Home" or "I
> know It's Over" and tell me that Andy Rourke was just a "hired
> hand".
> The problem with this board ,I'm afraid, is that there are relatively few
> Smiths fans on it and even fewer who are aware of how far ahead of their
> time The Smiths were and how radical and life changing their music was.

> From a Morrissey pint of view he co-wrote "Girl Least Likely To"
> and "Yes I am Blind" (amongst others) and I think Morrissey
> would give his right harm to have someone coming up with music of that
> calibre for him at the moment.
 
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