The Smiths & Morrissey thread

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Wasn't half or all of viva hate the next smiths album?

When Marr quit / left / sacked and Ivor Perry from Easterhouse came in they did try a song that became Bengali in platforms but that was it.
Stephen Street / Vinny Riley did the rest of the music. Moz may have done a lot of the lyrics at that time of course.

 

[manimanc]

When Marr quit / left / sacked and Ivor Perry from Easterhouse came in they did try a song that became Bengali in platforms but that was it.
Stephen Street / Vinny Riley did the rest of the music. Moz may have done a lot of the lyrics at that time of course.

Was mad seeing clips of morrissey first solo tour with him, Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke onstage and no Johnny Marr. I think viva hate is up there as a great album too, in retrospect it's a bit like the roses second coming where musically it's a bit all over the place.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Was mad seeing clips of morrissey first solo tour with him, Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke onstage and no Johnny Marr. I think viva hate is up there as a great album too, in retrospect it's a bit like the roses second coming where musically it's a bit all over the place.

And Craig Gannon in the line up too!
Though wasn't a tour, just that Wolverhampton gig.

 

[manimanc]

And Craig Gannon in the line up too!
Though wasn't a tour, just that Wolverhampton gig.

Was it really? For over 30 years I never knew it was just the Wolverhampton gig, oh the shame :)

 

[manimanc]

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Worried about mozza with the virus going round - he's not a well man in recent times, and actually not cancelling shows recently will have run him down a bit.

 

[jimharri]

Worried about mozza with the virus going round - he's not a well man in recent times, and actually not cancelling shows recently will have run him down a bit.

No, no, and again, no. I will not take the bait.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Yes the gig was similar to that without the invasion!

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Was it really? For over 30 years I never knew it was just the Wolverhampton gig, oh the shame :)

Wolves one off gig was Dec 88 and his 2nd gig (and 1st tour) started April 91 with Boz, Alain, Gary and Spencer

 

[manimanc]

One for @Mad Eyed Screamer

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

One for @Mad Eyed Screamer

Ha ha

 

[Didsbury Dave]

I finally got around to watching “England Is Mine” last night and thought it was pretty weak, even though I was a big Smiths fan. The lack of Smiths music, no doubt because dickhead himself refused to alllow it, leaves a gaping hole in the film.

 

[PinkFinal]

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/johnny-marr-the-smiths-answers-fans-questions/

 

[peoffrey]

I finally got around to watching “England Is Mine” last night and thought it was pretty weak, even though I was a big Smiths fan. The lack of Smiths music, no doubt because dickhead himself refused to alllow it, leaves a gaping hole in the film.

The film is about how The Smiths came to be so their music wouldn’t be heard in it. I thought the film was ok. He portrayed Morrissey very well.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

I finally got around to watching “England Is Mine” last night and thought it was pretty weak, even though I was a big Smiths fan. The lack of Smiths music, no doubt because dickhead himself refused to alllow it, leaves a gaping hole in the film.

So a film about the teenage / early 20's Morrissey that ends in May 1982 when Johnny knocks on his door and asks if Morrissey wants to be in his band..... surprised you that it didn't contain any Smiths songs in the soundtrack....

 

[Didsbury Dave]

So a film about the teenage / early 20's Morrissey that ends in May 1982 when Johnny knocks on his door and asks if Morrissey wants to be in his band..... surprised you that it didn't contain any Smiths songs in the soundtrack....

Yes of course it did. The film should have been punctuated with clips of Morrissey writing/singing his fledgling lyrics and Marr putting riff together, and then the ending should have see the two unite gloriously. That’s the story in a nutshell.

 

[Mozzer]

2006 Blackburn too. God bless the Polecats.

Featuring Boz Boorer of course.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

My Smiths 10 question quiz...... The easy one with the harder one to follow.
No googling!
Don't answer here but PM me..... Then I can announce the winner.

1. How soon is now? was originally released on the B side of what single?

2. What single did Morrissey appear on the front cover after Terrence Stamp objected to his image being used?

3. How many songs did The Smiths perform at their first gig at The Ritz?

4. The opening line to "Hand in glove' was used in the lyrics at the end of which other song?

5. Which English county has 2 towns / cities mentioned in the song Panic?

6. What was the shortest single the band released?

7. The bands early song "What do you see in her?" was retitled as what?

8. The band played a benefit gig for Liverpool City Council with which two other Manchester bands?

9. Which Smiths song features very briefly in the film "Shaun Of The Dead"?

10. Which single did Craig Gannon claim song writing credits for?

 

[Corky]

1. William
2. WDDIM
3. 6?
4. PGMG
5. Cumberland and Westmorland now Cumbria
6. Coma?
7. WDYSI Him?
8. Bunnymen & Frankie?
9. Queen is Dead?
10. Ask and others.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

As corky has answered on here.

1. William
2. What Difference does it make
3. 4
4. Pretty Girls make graves
5. Cumbria
6. Please Please Please
7. ?
8. New Order/ The Fall
9. Panic
10. ?