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Happy The Queen is Dead Day
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Millwallawayveteran1988
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Have a watch of this. Look at the energy of the band at it's peak.
Queen is dead Salford University 1986.
Queen is dead Salford University 1986.
crizack
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Best album ever made? Give me the Holy Bible by the Manics any day of the week over that. The lyrics are beautifully haunting and so well constructed that it dissects and covers more or less every aspect of how depraved humanity can be.
From prostitution to the holocaust, from suicide to anorexia and from political corruption to serial killers, there is nothing that isn't discussed in pure, honest detail with possibly the most gripping soundtrack I've ever heard. How James Dean Bradfield managed to string such a vast array of lyrics together in time still astonishes me. No matter how many times you listen to the album, no one will ever be able to sing it word for word.
From prostitution to the holocaust, from suicide to anorexia and from political corruption to serial killers, there is nothing that isn't discussed in pure, honest detail with possibly the most gripping soundtrack I've ever heard. How James Dean Bradfield managed to string such a vast array of lyrics together in time still astonishes me. No matter how many times you listen to the album, no one will ever be able to sing it word for word.
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Have a watch of this. Look at the energy of the band at it's peak.
Queen is dead Salford University 1986.
First Smiths gig I ever saw.
Their best gig ever by all accounts.
It was the day after the Festival of the Tenth Summer and the day before Panic came out.
Bill Walker
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Its not even in the top 50 ffs
Hahaha
Hahaha
Mr Ed (The Stables)
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I'm from a different generation obviously.
Just listening to the 1971 Pink Floyd album MEDDLE, awsome!!
Not for young uns, as side two of the album is just one track called Echoes and lasts 20+ minutes.
Just listening to the 1971 Pink Floyd album MEDDLE, awsome!!
Not for young uns, as side two of the album is just one track called Echoes and lasts 20+ minutes.
Mad Eyed Screamer
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Have a watch of this. Look at the energy of the band at it's peak.
Queen is dead Salford University 1986.
I was there! Still have the ticket!
Yes as said the day after the 10th Summer at GMEX.
This was indeed my best ever gig and also Johnny's and Mike's favourite gig.
Apparently the ceiling of the room below the concert hall was crumbling in and the concert hall couldn't be used for a while.
Also thirty year old this month. Possibly the greatest 7'' ever IMHO
A friends band supported the Chameleons in Leeds a few weeks back, Mark was a complete gentleman. He used to work at City's ticket office
Millwallawayveteran1988
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I was there! Still have the ticket!
Yes as said the day after the 10th Summer at GMEX.
This was indeed my best ever gig and also Johnny's and Mike's favourite gig.
Apparently the ceiling of the room below the concert hall was crumbling in and the concert hall couldn't be used for a while.
When you think how big they were by 1986 and were still playing University venues. Nowadays they would be filling the Etihad. Another way life has changed and concerts have become much more popular despite the ridiculous ticket prices. How much did you pay about £4 ?
This one looked a fun one to be at in the early days. I remember watching it on Whistle Test and it was how I got into the Smiths.
Stuuuuuu
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Christ, you're kidding right? What Johnny Marr did on that track is simply staggering.Some girls are bigger than others is the throwaway song at the end looking back on it but the rest is 9 songs of pure quality.... off to work on my bike in 10 minutes...... ipod at the ready....
For me, the 'weaker' tracks on the album are Never Had No-one Ever and Vicar In A Tutu. They're good tracks, but not quite up to the astronomical standards of I Know It's Over, Cemetry Gates, There Is A Light That Never Goes Out etc...
P.S. Strangeways, Here We Come is the best Smiths album.