posted by davidt on Sunday April 22 2001, @10:30AM
Phill writes:

Strange happenings down at the Salford Lads Club were revealed in The Manchester Evening News (21st April).

The BBC programme 'A Question of Pop' has a popular section during the programme where an old video is re-enacted by a celebrity artist, who is part concealed throughout, and the celebrity contestants have to guess who it is.

For the programme due to be screened Saturday 28th April, 90's one hit wonder, Chesney Hawkes, and 3 others created the scene outside the Lads Club for the video of 'Stop Me If You Think...' In the article, Hawkes confessed to not knowing too much about The Smiths, other than seeing Morrissey prancing about on stage with daffodils on Top of the Pops.

Curiously, in the UK, the video was not for 'Stop Me...' but for 'I Started Something I Couldn't Finish.' Apparently, the reference to 'a mass murder' was too close to home at the time of release and deemed unsuitable, so 'I Started Something...' was released in the UK instead, using the same video to promote it.

The feature showed a large picture of Chesney and co. outside the club sporting their Smiths T-Shirts and jackets etc.
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