Was that not John Lewis as well?
― ailsa, Monday, 14 November 2011 11:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
prob.
― Mark G, Monday, 14 November 2011 12:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
yes, this one
― koogs, Monday, 14 November 2011 12:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
xxxxpost "Paint a Vulgar Picture" (You could've said no if you'd wanted to...)
― Daniel Giraffe, Monday, 14 November 2011 12:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
shoplifters of the world unite.
― jed_, Monday, 14 November 2011 13:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Hang the tinsel, hang the tinsel/Hang the tinsel, hang the tinsel/Hang the tinsel hang the tinsel hang the tinsel" etc.
― Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 18:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
"There have been better bands than the Smiths"
outrageous.
OUTRAGEOUS
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 18 November 2011 12:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
" There have been better bands than the Smiths, but there has never been a more perfect band, in the sense of having a distinct, deliberate, powerful aesthetic shaped by the tensions of collaboration, combined with the ability to articulate that aesthetic."
Context, dude!
― Mark G, Friday, 18 November 2011 12:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
hm. can't get past outrageousness of the first part.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 18 November 2011 12:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, November 15, 2011 6:31 PM (3 days ago)
^ May never get this out of my head.
― john. a resident of chicago., Friday, 18 November 2011 13:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
That's a really good review by Douglas Wolk. I've always liked his reviews of James Brown's singles volumes for P4k and his review of The Fall's Peel Sessions (for Believer) was great.
Kind of shocked that they didn't include 'Jeane' in the complete box set. That's insane.
― righteousmaelstrom, Friday, 18 November 2011 18:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
ha, it really is. wonder if there's some kinda rarities comp in the works?
― tylerw, Friday, 18 November 2011 18:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
less insane to leave shit out than to include some stuff twice and not remaster all of it
― Θ ̨Θƪ (sic), Friday, 18 November 2011 22:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
3 new entries on tacky badge up btw
― tubbs farkas (electricsound), Saturday, 19 November 2011 00:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
mostly on account of that blog i think the smiths are my most listened to band this year. that single version of "the boy with the thorn in his side" (prolly my fave tune of theirs) is flippin' brilliant
― epigram addict (outdoor_miner), Saturday, 19 November 2011 02:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
8.1? get tae fuck.
― piscesx, Saturday, 19 November 2011 07:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, the rating is a joke. never trust ratings, esp. from s&p and pitchfork. the article is good though.
― alex in mainhattan, Saturday, 19 November 2011 08:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
i'm finding the drums and other percussive elements on some tracks of these remasters a little hard to take. far too foregrounded for my taste, i think i'll stick with my old versions.
― jed_, Saturday, 19 November 2011 17:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
many updates on the smiths 'extra track and a tacky badge' blog since we last revived this http://smithsrecycle.blogspot.com/they've still got a fair few singles to go mind..
― piscesx, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 04:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
more updates.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 12 March 2012 00:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
yep!
these make a great listen as a whole
― Flat Of NAGLs (sleeve), Monday, 12 March 2012 02:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Xpost*2 - It looks to me they only have one single left to do.
― Mark G, Monday, 12 March 2012 09:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
well, that makes six at the time pisces said it.
― Θ ̨Θƪ (sic), Monday, 12 March 2012 11:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh right.
They've been 'becalmed' for ages, fair enough.
― Mark G, Monday, 12 March 2012 12:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.vice.com/read/chunklet-to-go-go-the-smiths
― dandydonweiner, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 00:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
terrible piece
― Θ ̨Θƪ (sic), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 01:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
The last single was posted earlier, the next recycled project is REM! Excited for that one!
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
The Nitzer Ebb singles one sounds cool too.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
hmmmhttp://www.music-news.com/shownews.asp?H=The-Smiths-to-reform&nItemID=51298
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Thursday, 26 April 2012 12:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
crisply denied by Marr
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 April 2012 16:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
― tylerw, Thursday, 26 April 2012 16:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
It is never going to happen.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
seems like the best anyone could hope for is a marr/morrissey collab sometime in the future. but even that is unlikely, I think.
― tylerw, Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
in the long run all bands reunite one day...
in the berlin program magazine tip there was a page announcing concerts of bands where i didn't even know that they still had living members. like bad company, mötley crüe, beach boys, blue öyster cult, lynyrd skynyrd, bachman turner overdrive. i was also surprised to hear that roger chapman and james taylor still have to tour...
― alex in mainhattan, Saturday, 28 April 2012 17:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
But... The Smiths reunion with a Morrissey hologram! $$$$ £££ amirite?
― StanM, Saturday, 28 April 2012 18:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah that Beatles tour was something.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 28 April 2012 20:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
the beatles would have toured if only there hadn't been this crazy psychopath...
― alex in mainhattan, Saturday, 28 April 2012 21:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ringo?
― StanM, Saturday, 28 April 2012 21:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
the one that shot john lennon, i meant.
― alex in mainhattan, Saturday, 28 April 2012 21:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
I know, sorry :-(
― StanM, Saturday, 28 April 2012 21:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
i know that you knew, so that's ok ;-)
― alex in mainhattan, Saturday, 28 April 2012 21:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
I appreciate the bands that reunite every once in a while but don't tour, like zep.
Ccr hasn't reunited yet, but could. Same with husker du, but they're far less likely than Smiths.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 28 April 2012 22:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
still baffled that the so called Complete box set is missing not only 5 of the original non album single tracks but that there is STILL after 3 decades no complete BBC/ Peel session stuff available. it's the 21st century, The Smiths are regarded as the 2nd best UK band since The Beatles yet there's a Smiths *Peel session* of How Soon Is Now that isn't on CD. i mean.. words fail me.
― piscesx, Saturday, 28 April 2012 23:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
What are the 5 tracks?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 29 April 2012 01:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
Wonderful Woman Work Is A Four Letter WordJeanneI Keep Mine HiddenThe Draize Train
plus if one wanted a *complete* catalogue in the box you really ought to have the Kervorkian 'New York Mix' of This Charming Man, the live James cover of What's The World (from the B side of the CD EP of I Started Something..) and the alt version of Accept Yourself.
― piscesx, Sunday, 29 April 2012 07:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Jeane", "Wonderful Woman", and the NY "This Charming Man" are on the deluxe The Sound Of The Smiths, along with "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby" at its original speed.
― Leslie Mann: Boner Machine (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 29 April 2012 07:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
indeed. remastered too. makes the exclusion even more baffling.
― piscesx, Sunday, 29 April 2012 09:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
the only things I possibly do not know from this are
alt 'accept yourself'Peel 'how soon is now?' - I don't think I had any idea that existed.
but I have feeling there might be one or two other Peel tracks?
once you start including live tracks, well how aboutthe very early 'handsome devil'the late 'some girls are bigger than others' with alt lyricsthe Oxford Road Show tracks from 'that joke'
and what was it they contributed to that NME tape in 1985 ... was it just a live take of 'nowhere fast' or something?
― the pinefox, Sunday, 29 April 2012 09:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
According to Discogs they didn't contribute to an NME tape but a live version of 'What She Said ' featured on a 7" EP which was given away with poll winners issue.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Sunday, 29 April 2012 09:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
The Peel session versions of London and Half A Person are better than the studio versions, and (as far as I know) are unreleased.
― Ian Edmond, Sunday, 29 April 2012 11:23 (1 year ago) Permalink