Strange/unexpected Moz references?

Warners (UK) have restocked The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead available on black vinyl ~£24.99.
Your local indie should be able to order it in for you via them.
FWD.
 
25 years ago today Morrissey played at the first Coachella, 10 years later he would play again and walk off the stage citing the smell of meat as an excuse

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The Irish Independent:

I’m a die-hard Smiths fan but a Morrissey and Marr reunion? No, thanks!

(no gate)
Opinion piece framed by recent events - by Lauren Murphy.
 
Quoted from the opinion piece:

'Within a few months I had devoured their back catalogue, smitten by that auspicious combo of Morrissey’s wry lyrics and Marr’s distinctive melodies and guitar-playing. As teachers droned on about quadratic equations, I was dreamily doodling their song lyrics in my A4 refill pad.
I clung to their songs with an embarrassing teenage fervour that has still not fully abated. At 21, I had the title of one of the songs — Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me — tattooed around my wrist, a constant reminder of my abiding love for this band (almost 20 years later, I only slightly regret it.)
'

I always find it...interesting...how some Smiths fans unfortunately buy-into the notion that their Smiths fandom is/was something to be embarrassed about. That kind of passion, I think, isn't something to be ashamed of, and the funny-though-old joke that 'Everyone grows out of their Morrissey phase...except Morrissey' only has merit if one accepts the false received wisdom that a) the Smiths solely created songs for angst-ridden teenagers/young people, and b) to be passionate about something or someone is something automatically undignified or embarrassing - 'Oh no, our unthinking peers might think that we're uncool!'

TL;DR Smiths songs are for people of all ages and all frames of mind. And peer pressure is for idiots.
 
Quoted from the opinion piece:

'Within a few months I had devoured their back catalogue, smitten by that auspicious combo of Morrissey’s wry lyrics and Marr’s distinctive melodies and guitar-playing. As teachers droned on about quadratic equations, I was dreamily doodling their song lyrics in my A4 refill pad.
I clung to their songs with an embarrassing teenage fervour that has still not fully abated. At 21, I had the title of one of the songs — Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me — tattooed around my wrist, a constant reminder of my abiding love for this band (almost 20 years later, I only slightly regret it.)
'

I always find it...interesting...how some Smiths fans unfortunately buy-into the notion that their Smiths fandom is/was something to be embarrassed about. That kind of passion, I think, isn't something to be ashamed of, and the funny-though-old joke that 'Everyone grows out of their Morrissey phase...except Morrissey' only has merit if one accepts the false received wisdom that a) the Smiths solely created songs for angst-ridden teenagers/young people, and b) to be passionate about something or someone is something automatically undignified or embarrassing - 'Oh no, our unthinking peers might think that we're uncool!'

TL;DR Smiths songs are for people of all ages and all frames of mind. And peer pressure is for idiots.

Wonderful post, completely agree.

That she regrets the tattoo at all, is extremely sad to me. That is one of the greatest songs ever, in my opinion.
 
Paul Heaton, The Mighty Several review: A less dramatic Morrissey

The Mighty Several is his eighth record since the breakup of the Beautiful South (the majority being collaborations with former bandmate Jacqui Abbott) and serves up a reassuringly familiar mix of grumpiness and joy. Deliciously addictive, it’s a ham and cheese toastie of an album, where Heaton snuggles into his familiar persona as a sort of jangle-pop Philip Larkin with a lot to get off his chest.

Heaton has been making music in this vein since his early project The Housemartins broke through in the mid-80s. Forty years on, he sounds and looks much the same. Like a less dramatic Morrissey, he is a uniquely English voice who sings about the evils of craft lager with the same passion other artists warble about sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll.


 
Never commented before, useless with the internet. BUT just seen in my TV guide for next week, yes I am old and sad now, is The Smiths in concert on Friday 18th October BBC 4 at 9pm. Hope this is of use to some of you.
 
Never commented before, useless with the internet. BUT just seen in my TV guide for next week, yes I am old and sad now, is The Smiths in concert on Friday 18th October BBC 4 at 9pm. Hope this is of use to some of you.
Great, thanks for the tip.

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(And that is Morrissey on Top of the Pops, on the occasion Rick Astley describes above).
 
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Never commented before, useless with the internet. BUT just seen in my TV guide for next week, yes I am old and sad now, is The Smiths in concert on Friday 18th October BBC 4 at 9pm. Hope this is of use to some of you.

Many thanks for posting that here. On your advices, I've just set it to record (yes, I'm also old and sad! :LOL:)
 
Morrissey giving birth to triplets, thanking God and hailing them to the world?

Sure, why not!

I think he’s asking the heavens … ‘Christ, why me?! and why these three?!’ 🙃
 
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