For promotion leading up to his new LP in March, iTunes had Noel list some favorites, on of which was TQID.
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Thank you very much for the heads up.
Glad to know that I had the same thought and experience with Noel.
For promotion leading up to his new LP in March, iTunes had Noel list some favorites, on of which was TQID.
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How a beautiful, eloquent, warm and deeply personal album like Maladjusted is by many considered a low point I will never understand. It feels like one critic started it and then everybody just tagged along. It's become tradition, more than anything.
If we are talking worst output, well it's Maladjusted and Kill Uncle for me. And if we are talking tuneless, you cannot look past Maladjusted as an opener. Kill Uncle was imho just a bit twee...but then, that's what I thought of some parts of TQID, especially Frankly... The humour was there, but just a bit too much. Quarry had strong singles, but the production didn't work...Crashing Bores was played too slowly compared to the live shows of 2002, and You Know I Couldn't Last was just awful. I don't know why, but as things stand, if I take WPINOYB out of the player and put another Moz LP in, even Vauxhall...WP goes back in quite soon. It just works.
How a beautiful, eloquent, warm and deeply personal album like Maladjusted is by many considered a low point I will never understand. It feels like one critic started it and then everybody just tagged along. It's become tradition, more than anything.
The melodies on Maladjusted and the accompanying B-sides were majestic and sublime. The reissued album with the b-sides throttled my cockles to no end. Maladjusted is one of my most played albums. I can not fathom the scorn and derision of some people here have towards it. Where were you when it came out? If only World Peace were as good & melodic. I think it has something to do with Alain's absence..
Stuff like Maladjusted, Alma Matters, Ambitious Outsiders, He Cried, Ammunition and Wide to Receive are just as good (even better in some cases) than any of the b-sides of that era. And the b-sides are stunning.
It takes a special person to like He Cried.
Stuff like Maladjusted, Alma Matters, Ambitious Outsiders, He Cried, Ammunition and Wide to Receive are just as good (even better in some cases) than any of the b-sides of that era. And the b-sides are stunning.
No, I can't imagine. I think it's very touching. Powerful.
Maladjusted title track tuneless? I can see where you're coming from but personally I think it is a stunning stream of consciousness lyrically, vocally and musically.... I think the music had to be abrasive to convey the atmosphere.
for me it was the track sequencing/tracklist running order. i dont even think he had much influence int hat like the cover. id rather have an average album where i dont have to skip songs than a lopsided one with some excellent songs and some horrible ones. putting majadjusted in the middle wasnt a great idea to me and i just tired of skipping around.
On certain days Maladjusted is my favorite Morrissey song ever - that narrative switch-up is just such a stunner. It's a miracle of a song.
Yes - the remaster of Maladjusted is the album that should have been. Vauxhall, Arsenal and that reissue are the albums that I still listen to regularly from beginning to end (except for Sorrow Will Come in the End and Ambitious Outsiders, which are still just plain embarrassing).
On certain days Maladjusted is my favorite Morrissey song ever - that narrative switch-up is just such a stunner. It's a miracle of a song.
Yes - the remaster of Maladjusted is the album that should have been. Vauxhall, Arsenal and that reissue are the albums that I still listen to regularly from beginning to end (except for Sorrow Will Come in the End and Ambitious Outsiders, which are still just plain embarrassing).
Speaking of embarrassing, I must be the only one that finds Art-hounds embarrassing.
nothing in any of his previous albums is as bad as 'neal cassidy'(yes moz, neal cassidy and allen ginsberg were gay with each other, you may be the only one that didnt know) 'kiss me a lot' or 'im not a man' and 'stairwell' or most of the others.
You forgot Trouble Loves Me! Arguably his best song ever (including The Smiths), unarguably his best lyrics ever. Hearing this song live just leaves me devastated. "Please fulfill me me/Somebody kill me".
Speaking of embarrassing, I must be the only one that finds Art-hounds embarrassing.
Actually, there are plenty of Morrissey songs (or bits of songs) that I find embarrassing, and Art-hounds is a good example. I liked it at first, but repeated listens revealed that, while it starts out just fine, the song gradually slides into complete silliness. Somewhere between insulting their genitals (?!) and breathlessly cramming the lines "Will I see you/will I see you/will I see you/will I see you" into too small a space, things went awry.
Just my opinion, of course.