The Miracle of the Smiths

no mike joyce no creditbility

here it says yes joyce, no rourke
http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a409472/the-smiths-reunion-new-rumors-emerge-of-glastonbury-2013-comeback.html

54321 til morrissey denies all this?

really hope they don't do it

I hope not either. I don't like the idea of reunions, especially this one because it is solely motivated by money.

feel like if morrissey was actually desperate for $$$$ he'd do a "morrissey sings the smiths" tour w/o any of them before he'd do a reunion. could be wrong!

funny that it is like the holy grail of reunions. is anyone offering a bazillion dollars to talking heads to reunite?

i don't see how morrissey could possibly be hurting for money though?

if the smiths reunite i would sell my firstborn child to go see the show. not even joking

xp i dunno, maybe he invested heavy in some really sketchy vegan smoothie stands and lost it all?

"leafy, succulents and gruel"

(i got the quote wrong! shit)

There's been so much animosity on all sides I don't really see a good reason for them to reunite aside from money. Morrissey & Marr had always been vehement against the idea of a reunion until now. I could be wrong, but I don't understand the sudden change of heart.

The Stone Roses were at each other's throats for years prior so i guess it could mean they could still.. forgive and forget.
although finding it hard to imagine a Smiths-y equivalent of this photo

http://static.nme.com/images/gallery/StoneRoses02PR181011.jpg

Isn't/Wasn't the Roses tour kind of a clusterfuck, though?

After a reunion by The Police, I'm not ruling anything out. However, I don't see what possible good could come of a Smiths reunion either for the band themselves or the fans.

something about the smiths still feels special because they never did a reunion. i'd hate for them to muck up the purity of their brief almost-perfect career just because morrissey and marr decide they can tolerate each other long enough to make a few extra bucks.

I wouldn't want them to reunite because the last thing they did before they broke up sucks super hard and directly informed the direction Morrissey went with his solo career; no one wants to here Strangeways-ified versions of TQID songs

mm i'd wager Pink Floyd doing it means anyone can, although Moz's "The Smiths will end in murder" soundbite from around the mid 00's always kinda raised the bar for hateful
'it won't happen' band quotes.

interestingly the final time Joyce and Rourke played with Moz (at the one-off Wolves Civic Hall gig in 88) they were suing him *already*.

'strangeways' is amazing! their second-best after 'TQID.'

no it isnt

Hasn't Marr been getting less and less interesting since the first electronic album though? I'd be more worried about them thrashing through stuff that was never meant to be thrashed; turning every song into 'London'.

Yeah, nothing I've heard by Marr post-Smiths even resembles Smiths-era Marr. Even if he just got up there and accompanied Morrissey Boz Boorer-style, it wouldn't be as good as Boz.

actually if they "London"-ified everything I'd be interested but I assume they'd actually "Girlfriend In A Coma"-fy everything

Boz Boorer has the best name

i'll never understand ppl hating on strageways. it's good!

I was about to say I feel like I've been arguing with DJP for 10 years about the merits of Strangeways, but then I remembered that's because I have.

strangeways is incredible wtffff also admittedly it's my least favorite smiths record. still a classic tho

Oh jeez, what if they write some new stuff?

lol Alba

i don't consider it the smiths w/o rourke, his bass playing was crucial to the band!!

I hope they reunite to play "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others" then promptly leave the stage.

i'd say that 'girlfriend in a coma' is one of their best singles but i fear the inevitable 'no it isnt' response

hating Strangeways is maybe DJPs most befuddling opinion, at least for me

Maybe they'll get Flea to dep?

lord probably just pisses me off...a band is a band!

Why would it 'not be Rourke'?

I can understand why it might 'not be Joyce'...

Anyways, at some point they are going to get so bored with denying rumours that they will stop doing it, then it'll be all 'ooh it's imminent' sigh..

hope this doesn't happen.

also rourke and joyce are one of the best ever rock rhythm sections and it would be megashit if they weren't both involved.

hating Strangeways "Domino Dancing" is maybe DJPs most befuddling opinion, at least for me

Hasn't Marr been getting less and less interesting since the first electronic album though

you mad, Dusk was after Electronic

Of course this is a terrible idea though

the ways of DJP are strange

?? dan loves domino dancing! he always says its the piper at the gates of dawn of the pet shop boys

The problem isn't so much that they'll thrash through songs or Strangeways-ify them so much as they will play them exactly as they were. As a young Smiths fanatic, I heard enough bootlegs to know that the bootlegs weren't worth hearing: the songs were played professionally and identically every time, wherever they were (the only variation came with the freedom Marr got with the inclusion of Craig Gannon, who I guess will not be invited). That said, this would be the only reunion I'd pay to see (while knowing I was getting fleeced).

i was wondering why the Smiths thread was so busy today. i hope this doesn't happen as i have already seen the Smiths twice before, selfish i know.

i really don't care if they do this or not. we already know they're civil enough to plausibly pull the big cash grab, and none are above hawking the smiths songbook when they perform in their own combos. i love a lot of smiths stuff, but not romantically enough that mozz doing "there's a light" at the end of a show with marr would be sadder for me than mozz doing "there's a light" at the end of a show with anyone else. if anything i approve of morrissey not being able to perform new originals between smiths numbers.

Not happening, apparently.

breaking news from 1991 there

it's dated 1-oct-2012 so heyz.

I mean it's been no more likely now than at any time since the court case

It can't be for the money, La Mozzer has sold out both his Sydney shows in a couple of days. And tickets were over $100!!