― jon (jon), Monday, 4 November 2002 13:59 (twenty-one years ago) link
The only band I can think of who actually sounded like they were influenced by the Smiths were the Wedding Present. It's hard to imagine David Gedge's long song titles and conversational Northern 'wit' without Morrissey.
― James Ball (James Ball), Monday, 4 November 2002 15:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
a distinction between rock and pop and indie required. thanks.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 4 November 2002 15:18 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 4 November 2002 15:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mark s (mark s), Monday, 4 November 2002 15:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mark s (mark s), Monday, 4 November 2002 15:50 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 4 November 2002 16:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Anna (Anna), Monday, 4 November 2002 16:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
― christoff (christoff), Monday, 4 November 2002 16:44 (twenty-one years ago) link
Sonic Youth?MBV?
― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Tuesday, 5 November 2002 06:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
What, no double pack, photograph, extra track or tacky badge? We wuz had!
― Charlie (Charlie), Tuesday, 5 November 2002 06:10 (twenty-one years ago) link
I'd include The Sundays here as well -- at least on their first album. A lot of bands tried the jangly-Marr guitar route, but Gavurin's playing appears to me as a sort of refinement to this style. Meanwhile, Wheeler's take on Englishness in her lyrics are somewhat akin to Morrissey's, although I wouldn't necessarily postulate direct in***ence.
― OleM (OleM), Tuesday, 5 November 2002 12:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
The penguin classics autobiography cracks me up whenever i see it. I was an intern at penguin but before. Wish i could have sat in on a meeting when they were debating which imprint the book should be published under
― Treeship, Saturday, 6 December 2014 18:14 (nine years ago) link
It wasn't a debate: Morrissey insisted on the 'penguin classics' livery, when they tried to issue it on a more 'ahem, fitting' cover he had a mini-fit and withdrew permission and was going to take it some other publisher, so they acquiesced.
(I'm not an insider, that's from news-stories from around the time)
― Mark G, Monday, 8 December 2014 10:24 (nine years ago) link
lol that's the worst thing i've ever heard about morrissey
― difficult listening hour, Monday, 8 December 2014 18:15 (nine years ago) link
Between "fits" I can only imagine he is fidgeting in a chair somewhere looking at the clock.
― Evan, Monday, 8 December 2014 19:18 (nine years ago) link
If it hadn't already been done to death, I'd have launched a Smiths website. But too many already. So I decided instead to launch a website around the music of two other great songwriters - Cathal Coughlan and Sean O'Hagan. On https://coughlanohagan.com/, I think I'm building up something worthwhile. Hope you enjoy it.
― weirwrite, Saturday, 23 May 2020 06:52 (three years ago) link
weishite
― buzza, Saturday, 23 May 2020 07:12 (three years ago) link
*If it hadn't already been done to death*
Pity you didn't exercise the same restraint by not bombing loads of threads completely unnecesarily (and making me think The Smiths were getting back together).
― Maresn3st, Saturday, 23 May 2020 08:10 (three years ago) link
Was hoping they were obit bumps
― What fash heil is this? (wins), Saturday, 23 May 2020 08:17 (three years ago) link
not a good time for garbage fansites with "cough" in the title ... way too soon!
― calzino, Saturday, 23 May 2020 09:00 (three years ago) link
Guy's doing a great job of making people hate Cathal Coughlan and Sean O'Hagan.
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Saturday, 23 May 2020 09:04 (three years ago) link
Can't believe this thick cunt wasn't banned the first time around
― come out you melts and bams (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 23 May 2020 09:09 (three years ago) link
weirshite too
― come out you melts and bams (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 23 May 2020 09:10 (three years ago) link
when a spamming cunt can't even be bothered to spam the right threads they are beyond beyond contempt
― calzino, Saturday, 23 May 2020 09:15 (three years ago) link
oh I see they spammed the appropriate thread 2 months ago to no avail
― calzino, Saturday, 23 May 2020 09:20 (three years ago) link
I must admit, as a fan of Cough Lanohagan, linking them to the Smiths is doubly irritating.
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Saturday, 23 May 2020 09:23 (three years ago) link
Suggests the poster hasn't quite grasped what Lanohagan is all about.
― Is Lou Reed a Good Singer? (Tom D.), Saturday, 23 May 2020 09:28 (three years ago) link