Canadian band Stars discusses The Smiths in recent blog interview; "What Difference..." cover

.@morrisseysolo RT @wxpnfm: Listen to @youarestars cover The Smiths' "What Difference Does It Make?"

 

[Lil'Bastard]

Stars have been vocal fans of the Smiths forever (includingly previously covering This Charming Man (YouTube), and have discussed them again for over 4mins in a recent interview linked below, starting at 14:04, where the interviewer calls Asleep "Sing Me To Sleep". They call any siding with Johnny Marr vs. Morrissey or vice-versa complete crap. They say some very complimentary things about both Morrissey (including solo) and Marr.

Feel free to skip over the first 5+ minutes of terrible music news reporting.

Stars discuss The Smiths, Kim Kardashian’s butt, and hardcore rock ‘n’ roll stories - Consequence of Sound

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Also, link from @torrHL / Twitter:

Listen to Stars cover The Smiths on WXPN’s Like A Version - WXPN

Even the most casual fan of Canadian indie pop torch-bearers Stars has to pick up on the band’s evident reverence for the music of Morrissey and The Smiths. So it’s totally fitting that, when Torquil Campbell and Chris Seligman of the band stopped by Dan Reed’s show on WXPN this Wednesday for the Like A Version segment, they unpacked an acoustic guitar and dusted off a Smiths classic. After the jump, listen to their rendition of “What Difference Does It Make?” from The Smiths’ self-titled 1984 album, and listen to their full conversation with Dan Reed.

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Stars have made some beautiful music. Too beautiful. Dangerous.