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Critically -acclaimed rock miserablists Radiohead are to release an album of covers of happy songs from the Eighties. Songs will include “Happy Talk”, “The Birdie Song”, and a duet with Cliff Richard on a startling re-interpretation of his 1988 Christmas smash “Mistletoe & Wine”
The Smiths to reform Reuters

― Masked Gazza, Friday, 21 January 2005 20:33 (twenty-one years ago)

nine months pass...

Kung apparently has recent word on this. Kung?

― (plurplurplur) ^_- DJ 'O' Nut -_^ (rulprulprulp) (donut), Monday, 14 November 2005 20:54 (twenty years ago)

You rang? Oh, sorry.

― klung (Ken L), Monday, 14 November 2005 20:57 (twenty years ago)

That wacky Kung.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 14 November 2005 20:57 (twenty years ago)

Kung?

Jonathan King?

― KSTFUNS (Ex Leon), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:07 (twenty years ago)

I suspect he has other things on his mind these days.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:10 (twenty years ago)

there is no way this is true, right?

― JD from CDepot, Monday, 14 November 2005 21:13 (twenty years ago)

(mainly because i dont want it to be)

― JD from CDepot, Monday, 14 November 2005 21:13 (twenty years ago)

If Kung says it we must keep it in mind. (In otherwards, no.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:14 (twenty years ago)

kung and kodos?

― stockholm cindy is in your extended network (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:35 (twenty years ago)

Hahahahah. Hahah. Hahahahahahahah. Hahahahahahahahah. Hahah.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:36 (twenty years ago)

Not the krung- the krung!

― klung (Ken L), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:45 (twenty years ago)

From Holy Moly:

"Just had dinner at Daniel (NY) with some work friends, when I noticed an older and wiser Johnny Marr of The Smiths coming in as we were going out. I stopped to gawk because, well, that's what you do.

As he went to his table, he shook his dining partner's hand - it was a greying Morrissey. Smiths reunion, anyone?"

Morrissey fan sites are rubbishing these claims, but my money is on 'something' happening for Manchester vs Cancer, a charity concert at the MEN arena in Jan 2006. Maybe.

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Monday, 14 November 2005 22:54 (twenty years ago)

There's no doubt that they will reunite within the next 2 years or so, most likely for a one-off series of gigs. Without M. Joyce obv, not that it matters.

― Dr.C, Tuesday, 15 November 2005 10:42 (twenty years ago)

They should call themselves "Morrissey & Marr: The Severed Alliance" and only play clubs

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 10:49 (twenty years ago)

Clubs with strings on, like the Boulder Brothers?

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 11:01 (twenty years ago)

"Without M. Joyce obv, not that it matters."

I'm sure that would be a lot of people's opinion - but I'm not at all sure I agree.

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 19:14 (twenty years ago)

OTM

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 19:17 (twenty years ago)

Joyce totally matters, that rhythm section was half of what made the band great!

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 19:42 (twenty years ago)

I agree, it would matter to me (the sans-Mike Joyce), but then again, i really don't even want a morrissey/marr reunion. i think it would just SUCK, im happy with the records i have.

― JD from CDepot, Tuesday, 15 November 2005 19:43 (twenty years ago)

i mean, don't visions of a grizzled page and plant come to mind? who in gods name wants to see an old fart version of "this charming man"?

― JD from CDepot, Tuesday, 15 November 2005 19:47 (twenty years ago)

[Post photo of Stewart here]

― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 20:00 (twenty years ago)

IIRC there were all sorts of rumours flying about that Johnny was supposedly going to join Morrissey on stage at some festival in South California a few years back (Morrissey was performing, Johnny was apparently recording in some nearby studio) but nothing came of that.

I still tend to think that Johnny joining Morrissey on stage for a couple of numbers is far more likely to happen than any sort of actual reunion.

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 20:09 (twenty years ago)

"i mean, don't visions of a grizzled page and plant come to mind? who in gods name wants to see an old fart version of "this charming man"?"

-- JD from CDepot (kicksjoydarknes...), November 15th, 2005 7:47 PM. (later)

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"[Post photo of Stewart here]"

-- k/l (lauter...), November 15th, 2005 8:00 PM. (later)

I'm not too sure to be honest. I'm certainly not amongst those who are against all reunions on some sort of principle (in my experience for every Page and Plant there's a Damned or a Bauhaus or a Buzzcocks or a Buzzkunst or a Penetration or a Pixies....); however there was something so essentially.... adolescent.... about so much of The Smiths material, that it's hard to imagine how a bunch of 40-somethings would be able to either recapture that or compensate for its absence.

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 20:21 (twenty years ago)

IIRC there were all sorts of rumours flying about that Johnny was supposedly going to join Morrissey on stage at some festival in South California a few years back

That was the first Coachella festival. No reunion happened, obv.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 20:24 (twenty years ago)

They should call themselves "Morrissey & Marr: The Severed Alliance" and only play clubs

most otm post ever

― Banana Nutrament (ghostface), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 20:30 (twenty years ago)

"however there was something so essentially.... adolescent.... about so much of The Smiths material, that it's hard to imagine how a bunch of 40-somethings would be able to either recapture that or compensate for its absence."

OTM. I mean, id go see morrissey anytime, but i find it hard to believe that the essence of the smiths would be anything but betrayed by a reunion.

― JD from CDepot, Tuesday, 15 November 2005 20:36 (twenty years ago)

I happen to think that the Page/Plant version of "Gallows Pole" is far superior to the original. Much of Unledded is a little underrated, IMO.

― Thomas Inskeep (submeat), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 20:43 (twenty years ago)

Thomas Inskeep OTM...Unledded was really cool, I thought.

A few of the reunions I've seen recent years, Mission of Burma, Pixies, Bauhaus, Gang of Four, Buzzcocks, were all pretty great, actually.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 20:50 (twenty years ago)

four weeks pass...

Marr and Rourke together at least, with quite a line-up backing them up.

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001659262

― Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 22:28 (twenty years ago)

There's a website about the gig/charity here...

http://www.manchestervcancer.co.uk/

― Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 22:31 (twenty years ago)

Tickets - £40 - on sale on Saturday.

http://www.manchestervcancer.co.uk/tickets.asp

― Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 22:34 (twenty years ago)

Morrissey & Marr: The Softcock Alliance

― The Velvet Overlord (The Velvet Overlord), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 09:32 (twenty years ago)

i thought this was a joke thread. that must be why there is so little response to the lates news.

― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Saturday, 17 December 2005 08:56 (twenty years ago)

do they have reissues with bonus tracks that i'll play once and never listen to again ?

― retrokid, Saturday, 17 December 2005 16:27 (twenty years ago)

Fuck! Marr & Rourke! Well that's as good as a full reunion, innit?

― The Wanderers' Wandering Daughter (noodle vague), Sunday, 18 December 2005 03:57 (twenty years ago)

Damnit why don't I live in England again?

― Halloween Spooky Party Hints! (Bimble...), Sunday, 18 December 2005 04:33 (twenty years ago)

three weeks pass...

Today is the day the Smiths reunite threads reunite.

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 11:46 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

Marr. Rourke. 'There Is A Light' and 'How Soon Is Now' - it wasn't much, but it was enough to make me blub like a fule.

― Zora (Zora), Monday, 30 January 2006 11:42 (twenty years ago)

I'm still wanting to shout Marr's praises from the feckin' rooftops. I hope this feeling never fades.

I would pimp my full review on my blog, but then people would want to poke me in the eye. And they would also mock me for my inaccuracies. No. I will go to bed and cocoon myself in memory.

― Zora (Zora), Monday, 30 January 2006 23:53 (twenty years ago)

six years pass...

WONH WUH

― ma ck ro ma ck ro (mackro mackro), Tuesday, 2 October 2012 06:51 (thirteen years ago)

I was wondering why this wasn't the Smiths thread that got revived yesterday.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 06:58 (thirteen years ago)

five years pass...

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jan/22/the-smiths-partially-reunite-for-classical-concerts

― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Monday, 22 January 2018 16:17 (eight years ago)

lol everyone except the two that made the smiths the smiths

saved you a click

― infinity (∞), Monday, 22 January 2018 17:28 (eight years ago)

thx infinity

― flappy bird, Monday, 22 January 2018 18:15 (eight years ago)

― infinity (∞), Monday, 22 January 2018 18:39 (eight years ago)

finally, the chance to see the legendary craig gannon in action

― grim-n-gritty hooty reboot (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 22 January 2018 18:50 (eight years ago)

I am sure those shows will be sold-out soon. But this has nothing to do with a reunion. That is more like a string orchestra covering rock songs.

― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Monday, 22 January 2018 18:54 (eight years ago)

Keep hoping the Panozzo brothers will come to town to perform the songs of Styx with a string quartet

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 22 January 2018 18:57 (eight years ago)

...then again

https://pitchfork.com/news/andy-rourke-denies-involvement-in-classically-smiths-concerts/

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 January 2018 19:24 (eight years ago)

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Wasn't there a rift between Hall and Oates a while back about something similar? Daryl Hall was upset that John Oates wanted to sell his half of the band's publishing company (which I learn is called Whole Oats Enterprises, or WOE for short):
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/nov/30/the-ultimate-betrayal-more-details-emerge-in-hall-oates-lawsuit

Oates counter-argument was that Daryl Hall had gone out of his way to portray the band as two individuals rather than a team, which gave him the right to sell his stake independently.

Of course it could be that Morrissey is having a fit, or his internet has been hacked.

― Ashley Pomeroy, Wednesday, 3 September 2025 21:53 (nine months ago)

Why does he write like English is his second language?

― AI Jardine (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 September 2025 21:54 (nine months ago)

(xxp) Snap!

― AI Jardine (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 September 2025 21:55 (nine months ago)

Hall and Oates rift; officially healed btw

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/aug/12/hall-oates-lawsuit-settlement

― piscesx, Wednesday, 3 September 2025 22:00 (nine months ago)

The Guardian has contacted representatives for Marr and Joyce for comment.

Johnny Marr must love getting phonecalls on the regular about Morrissey's bullshit.

― visiting, Wednesday, 3 September 2025 22:12 (nine months ago)

(xxp) Snap!

Pretty sure they’re still broken up

― Dumpy's Rusty Nuts Gimmick Poster (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 3 September 2025 22:15 (nine months ago)

The Guardian has contacted representatives for Marr and Joyce for comment.

What does Andy Rourke not count or something?

― AI Jardine (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 September 2025 22:18 (nine months ago)

At first I was like "say it isn't so," but

Hall and Oates rift; officially healed btw

This makes my dreams come true

― je ne sequoia (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 3 September 2025 22:45 (nine months ago)

M-E-T-H-O-D-O-F-L-A-W

― peace, man, Thursday, 4 September 2025 09:00 (nine months ago)

xxp Rourke died last year

― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Thursday, 4 September 2025 09:03 (nine months ago)

I know but does Morrissey?

― AI Jardine (Tom D.), Thursday, 4 September 2025 09:14 (nine months ago)

haha fair point!

― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Thursday, 4 September 2025 09:23 (nine months ago)

Pretty sure he doesn't care.

― AI Jardine (Tom D.), Thursday, 4 September 2025 09:35 (nine months ago)

Haha that Guardian article linked to another piece describing how Morrissey apparently wrote an anti-woke screed so bad that even Nick Cave wouldn't sing on it. My life flashed before my eyes trying to even imagine it

Let's crowdfund a cagematch between Morrissey, Nick Cave and Jonny Greenwood over who can espouse the most old man shouts at clouds anti-woke diatribe on the interwebs

― Etherwave, Thursday, 4 September 2025 10:32 (nine months ago)

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