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MuteWitness616
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haha, i will! Most are in love with Dizzee Rascal etc etc but I do hear some people humming FOTGTD occassionaly. Well, I guess it is like one of the catchiest ever
Are you a boy or girl?
haha, i will! Most are in love with Dizzee Rascal etc etc but I do hear some people humming FOTGTD occassionaly. Well, I guess it is like one of the catchiest ever
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Are you a boy or girl?
I'm also 18.I do. I'm 18.
I'm also 18.
Don't know a lot of people my age who like him though..
Because he's never on the radio or on music channels.And he's old enough to be their grandad.
I'm also 18.
Don't know a lot of people my age who like him though..
I had a gruelling conversation today with my hairdresser who hadnt heard of Moz, The Smiths, Cure, or Placebo. And she's 20
I think considering that The Smiths are an 'old' band for the youth of today they've got a fairly large number of teen fans. This applies less to Morrissey as a solo artist but Quarry certainly brought in a fair amount of young fans. I guess it depends on what you class as a fan though. I'm 18 and know plenty of people who listen to The Smiths now and again but I wouldn't say they're fans in the way I am (urgh that sounds so snobby!) and many fail to recognise that Morrissey is actually an active artist rather than a dusty relic shown draped in flowers on 'I love the 80s' shows. I think The Smiths/ Morrissey will always have teen fans due to the pure brilliance of the music and their prominent place in the annals of musical history, though naturally they will have dramatically less fans than the artists that are the darlings of radio 1 and mtv at that moment in time. To be honest I like it this way, i really don't want it to get to the stage where Smiths t-shirts are worn in the way Ramones t-shirts are sold in topshop and worn by teenagers who have never even heard a single Ramones song.
No, it's because teens are among those poor, poor individuals that think whatever is popular is the right thing to listen to. Whatever is blaring on the radio or being force fed down their throats from MTV, etc. Then those that actually do "listen" the Morrissey/The Smiths only do it for the vintage effect. Well this is in California anyway. Can't be too sure about everywhere else.
I agree with the first part RWRW, but as you said at the end there, not all young Smiths/Moz fans can be tarred with one brush. An irritating few maybe, but mostly no.