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Strange/unexpected Moz references?
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In the new issue of "Uncut" magazine there is a career retrospective interview with producers Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley.
They discuss their various recording highlights, including Madness, Elvis Costello and the Commotions, Lloyd Cole and the Attractions, etc., and, most high of all lights, "KILL UNCLE" by Morrissey.
They talk of the odd nature of the recording process ~ the fact that the 'band' would work up the musical compositions without Morrissey present. Morrissey would then come down from his Manor quarters and, 'Emperor-like' as they put it, give it the thumbs up or thumbs down. He would then sing his lyrics over the so chosen music, words and vocal melody heard for the first time by band and producers.
They repeat the oft told story, by sundry Moz producers, that he would sing the chorus where they thought the verse was and vice versa. His voice is described as a tone easy to record, and never taking more than a few takes {plus ça change}, Moz himself not being especially a tech bod.
They refer to the critical mauling it got and it being particulary out of step with the times, but that they loved it musically and lyrically (as do í
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Clive Langer describes a budding friendship that quickly ended, with the rather poignant phrase, "When he leaves, Morrissey turns the light out". Talked of long walks and going bowling. He neglects to specify whether crown green or ten pin...
Finally describes occasions when Morrissey would disappear to his haunted Hook End room for three days at a time. Occasionally, Langer would knock on his door with a "Hello?" only to be replied with silence within.
Maybe he had his Walkman up loud?
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They discuss their various recording highlights, including Madness, Elvis Costello and the Commotions, Lloyd Cole and the Attractions, etc., and, most high of all lights, "KILL UNCLE" by Morrissey.
They talk of the odd nature of the recording process ~ the fact that the 'band' would work up the musical compositions without Morrissey present. Morrissey would then come down from his Manor quarters and, 'Emperor-like' as they put it, give it the thumbs up or thumbs down. He would then sing his lyrics over the so chosen music, words and vocal melody heard for the first time by band and producers.
They repeat the oft told story, by sundry Moz producers, that he would sing the chorus where they thought the verse was and vice versa. His voice is described as a tone easy to record, and never taking more than a few takes {plus ça change}, Moz himself not being especially a tech bod.
They refer to the critical mauling it got and it being particulary out of step with the times, but that they loved it musically and lyrically (as do í
) Clive Langer describes a budding friendship that quickly ended, with the rather poignant phrase, "When he leaves, Morrissey turns the light out". Talked of long walks and going bowling. He neglects to specify whether crown green or ten pin...
Finally describes occasions when Morrissey would disappear to his haunted Hook End room for three days at a time. Occasionally, Langer would knock on his door with a "Hello?" only to be replied with silence within.
Maybe he had his Walkman up loud?
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On today's BBC2 Daily Politics Jo Coburn asked the two panelists (two MP's) the daily quiz question, which was "It seems that Bigmouth Strikes Again, the former Smiths singer Morrissey has had a go at a senior politician during one of his concerts so our question for today is who was it? Was it A Nicola Sturgeon, B David Cameron, C Theresa May or D Jeremy Corbyn" The MP got it right 
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The Smiths getting a mention again on the snooker, Stephen Hendry saying anthony McGill has the best walk on music, (referring to this charming man). McGill was actually interviewed at the snooker shootout earlier this month and asked to name his Top 5 albums, three of which were Smiths albums.
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Morrissey mentioned in this article from last week.
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Being a Smiths fan in the 80s was perilous. Not because Morrissey might at any moment open his mouth and reveal himself to be a terrible human being, but because he might at any moment open his mouth and inveigle you into buying a record by a terrible band. Some were more awful than others. The Primitives were a cheerily fuzzy post-Mary Chain pop band whose chart success owed everything to cleaning themselves up with 1988 single Crash, and nothing to Morrissey banging on about them. But dear God, you got to see a certain pattern emerging in the groups he championed.
For a start, they might sound not unlike the Smiths, only not as good, because they didn’t have the melodic genius of Johnny Marr (see Raymonde, fronted by Morrissey’s old friend James Maker, who sounded uncannily like his mentor). Or they might sound not unlike the Smiths and be prone to saying the unsayable, in true Moz fashion (see hard-left janglepoppers Easterhouse, who found that expressing sympathy for Soviet communism was not the surest route to chart success). You could create a fairly sizeable festival out of forgotten bands championed by Morrissey; the only question would be where on the bill to put Blackburn indie no-hopers Bradford.
I'm with the band: meet the pitiful proteges of pop music patrons
Morrissey
Being a Smiths fan in the 80s was perilous. Not because Morrissey might at any moment open his mouth and reveal himself to be a terrible human being, but because he might at any moment open his mouth and inveigle you into buying a record by a terrible band. Some were more awful than others. The Primitives were a cheerily fuzzy post-Mary Chain pop band whose chart success owed everything to cleaning themselves up with 1988 single Crash, and nothing to Morrissey banging on about them. But dear God, you got to see a certain pattern emerging in the groups he championed.
For a start, they might sound not unlike the Smiths, only not as good, because they didn’t have the melodic genius of Johnny Marr (see Raymonde, fronted by Morrissey’s old friend James Maker, who sounded uncannily like his mentor). Or they might sound not unlike the Smiths and be prone to saying the unsayable, in true Moz fashion (see hard-left janglepoppers Easterhouse, who found that expressing sympathy for Soviet communism was not the surest route to chart success). You could create a fairly sizeable festival out of forgotten bands championed by Morrissey; the only question would be where on the bill to put Blackburn indie no-hopers Bradford.
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I haven't been to a Denny's since i was a teenager. I would say that I'll pencil them in when I'm a senior citizen, but they're awful.
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Poor Rossiter. Like so many other people he just can't let it go
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Well played Chrissie:
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Regards,
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