The Smiths & Morrissey thread

Machiavelli said:
Forget the bedspread, wtf is on the wall behind?
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As much as I love The Smiths, I've got no real desire to watch England is Mine. The trailer didn't really grab me.
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
I had a listen this morning. I think it may need a few plays to convince me!

I find his songs a bit samey nowadays. I enjoyed quarry when it came out but since then they have all been a bit 3/5 for me.
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It's not a very good album, that's for sure. I actually thought World Peace was a very good album, his best in a long time but this album and the other two since You Are the Quarry have all been the same, 2 or 3 good songs and the rest a load of tedious filler songs that wouldn't have got on b-sides of his singles 20 years ago. I do think All the Young People Must Fall In Love is a great song though and would be good enough to get on any of his solo albums. Just a shame that the good songs are so few and far between these days.
 
Ric said:
As much as I love The Smiths, I've got no real desire to watch England is Mine. The trailer didn't really grab me.
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But it isn't a film about The Smiths!
I think the film suffers because it didn't have an ending.... Obviously we know what happened next but unlike the Ian Curtis film that was a film that built up the story to a dramatic conclusion.
England Is Mine simply spent time showing us Steven not doing much.....
 
Lancet Fluke said:
It's not a very good album, that's for sure. I actually thought World Peace was a very good album, his best in a long time but this album and the other two since You Are the Quarry have all been the same, 2 or 3 good songs and the rest a load of tedious filler songs that wouldn't have got on b-sides of his singles 20 years ago. I do think All the Young People Must Fall In Love is a great song though and would be good enough to get on any of his solo albums. Just a shame that the good songs are so few and far between these days.
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Will listen on spotify later if it is on there.
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
Will listen on spotify later if it is on there.
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I Wish You Lonely, Jacky's Only Happy, All the Young People and Spent the Day in Bed are all possibly worthy of being on a Morrissey album IMO. Musically I like Israel but it's difficult to like the lyrics very much. The rest I'm finding difficult to listen to at all. He should release half as many albums these days and go for quality not quantity.
 
Lancet Fluke said:
It's not a very good album, that's for sure. I actually thought World Peace was a very good album, his best in a long time but this album and the other two since You Are the Quarry have all been the same, 2 or 3 good songs and the rest a load of tedious filler songs that wouldn't have got on b-sides of his singles 20 years ago. I do think All the Young People Must Fall In Love is a great song though and would be good enough to get on any of his solo albums. Just a shame that the good songs are so few and far between these days.
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Agree. Same at the gigs too. He has over 200 songs to choose from yet Speedway (which he ruins by allowing Gustavo to sing the end), Alma Matters, Paris, Ganglord, Meat is Murder and How soon is now make appearance after appearance.
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
Agree. Same at the gigs too. He has over 200 songs to choose from yet Speedway (which he ruins by allowing Gustavo to sing the end), Alma Matters, Paris, Ganglord, Meat is Murder and How soon is now make appearance after appearance.
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That was the highlight of the 2nd Hollywood Bowl gig in that Moz sang all of Speedway and amazingly he dropped meat is murder. The first gig he sang it to a new video and even as a veggie i found it too graphic to look at....
 
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Mad Eyed Screamer said:
That was the highlight of the 2nd Hollywood Bowl gig in the Moz sang all of Speedway and amazingly he dropped meat is murder. The first gig he sang it to a new video and even as a veggie found it too graphic to look at....
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He certainly does his own thing! Three covers last night.That's three too many for me when he has so many good songs of his own.

I'm going to the Leeds gig but last time I was a bit disappointed. The last really good one I went to was Stoke. The MEN ones very underwhelming. Nothing will top Blackburn in 2001 when unsigned though.
 
Just got the CD from Asda in Ashton. Remember that, buying records in person from a shop?

Think I'll wait until after the Jerry Sadowitz gig tonight.
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
He certainly does his own thing! Three covers last night.That's three too many for me when he has so many good songs of his own.

I'm going to the Leeds gig but last time I was a bit disappointed. The last really good one I went to was Stoke. The MEN ones very underwhelming. Nothing will top Blackburn in 2001 when unsigned though.
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Stoke was a good gig.
Blackburn was 2002 ;)
 
I think it’s an alright album.

If I ever get there, will you meet me? Wrap your legs around my face, just to greet me.

Been singing that to the wife all weekend.

I like the opening 6 songs but then it goes a bit ropey in my opinion. It finished well with Israel though.

Hoping the songs I initially don’t rate much are growers.
 
urban genie said:
https://www.joe.co.uk/entertainment/morrissey-spacey-weinstein-149770

Oh mozza you bellend, why does he insist on speaking in public
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Don't have an issue (or big one) with what he said. He isn't defending Spacy or the other one, the director, but questioning what the 'victims' were doing in the first place in their respective bedrooms. He asks what a 14 year old was doing in Spacy's bedroom and where were the parents. He is criticising the trend in ''Me too'' allegations, saying people didn't speak up at the time because it might spoil their lovely career.... and only speak up when they didn't get what they wanted. he goes on to say he hates rape and sexual harassment etc....
 
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