The Smiths are reuniting

Rourke himself has also issued the following statement:

"I am deeply saddened that during the week of the death of my dear friend Dolores O'Riordan, that false statements are made on my behalf. At no time did I give my consent for anyone in connection with this Classically Smiths project to act on my behalf or my name and nothing was ever confirmed, approved or contracted by me or my team."

So is Mike Joyce even involved?

William Tell, It Was Really Nothing

Well this all became a total clusterfuck

https://www.facebook.com/mikejoyceofficial/posts/1563982187016807

https://www.facebook.com/craig.gannon.18/posts/10156147205244697

Shocked, I tell you!

I guess you could say that's the end of that. Or, as a classical music fan might say, "Girlfriend in a Coda."

And now, the lead violinist in the orchestra makes a statement

(I had like five other Smiths-related puns lined up and now have no use for them. Sigh.)

i feel bad for the members of the orchestra

i: they are caught up in a vitriolic shitstorm not of their making, with derision hard on its heels
ii: they have been having to rehearse arrangements of smiths songs lol

They were looking for a job, then they found a job, then they lost a job.

has anything mike joyce ever participated in post smiths ever come out right

he won that court case

xp "Millionaire" Mike Joyce you mean?

This is too bad. I think it would have been great to see those three together again.

actual office lol

err... although i apologize if you were being sincere?

uh i meant musically

has anything mike joyce ever participated in post smiths ever come out right

Nah but at least he wasn’t in Freebass.

http://www.topfiverecords.se/images/morDSCF4477.jpg

oh one song he was told how to play probs

This Charming Rachmaninoff

Yeah I didn’t realise he and Rourke were on Bona Drag. He hadn’t played on a record since according to his discography??? Even though I slagged off Rourke just now, he’s worked a lot more than that.

Louder Than Brahms

Ring Cycle Around The Fountain

Oh wait... it was "Reel" wasn't it? damn.

Last Night I Dreamt Václav Karel Holan Rovenský

There is a Leitmotif that Never Goes Out

Heaven Knows I'm Miserere Now

okay i checked

for the completist

joyce played drums on interesting drug, such a little thing, international playboys, and lucky lisp

ftr i only like interesting drug but i do recognize that playboys is a good track

not sure about the other two

i never read about what was going on during the recording of bona drag but i wonder what the history of getting him to play on those songs was

Hand in Gluck

Some Girls are Bigger than Hummel

there is a liszt that never goes out

meat is mahler

"Panufnik on the streets of Birmingham..."

this nocturne has opened my eyes

what she satie

Cemetrio Gates

The Handel That Rocks the Cradle

Never Had Nono Ever

Death of a Dieskau Dancer

Frankly Mr. Stravinski

last night i dreamt that somebody loved meat

k waiting for a Chopin pun to come to me so i can remove bookmark from this thread

Chopinlifters of the World Unite?

has anything mike joyce ever participated in post smiths ever come out right

https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FixHZQh-MHw/UfmJIA-jtsI/AAAAAAAAZ0o/e5mcgm85oDA/s1600/The+Mighty+Wah+-+Songs+Of+Strength+&+Heartbreak+-+Front.jpg

never read about what was going on during the recording of bona drag but i wonder what the history of getting him to play on those songs was

Bona Drag is a compilation, those singles were recorded and released consecutively - Rourke and Gannon are also on them

Chopinlifters of the World Unite?

― bannonality of evil (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, January 23, 2018 2:45 PM (eighteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

thank you

I think there was a time when Rourke and Joyce hoped the band would get back together which might explain his involvement in the earlier singles, who knows Moz might have had those kicking around in some form towards the end of the band?

Rourke is such a great bassist

This revive is making me think of a future remake of Annie Hall wherein Alvy Singer complains about the record store guy telling him, "We've got a sale on Mo-rrissey this week..."

Ravel Ruffians

"i never read about what was going on during the recording of bona drag but i wonder what the history of getting him to play on those songs was"

bona drag wasn't recorded as an album, it's a singles compilation, and he was used to record those singles.