Re: Mojo 2012 The Smiths Special
Thank you very much for the heads up.
Bonus CD looks intriguing.
Thank you very much for the heads up.
Bonus CD looks intriguing.
Johnny "Professional Ex-Smith" Marr and probably a few roadies and gossip-mongers who spoke to Morrissey for 5 minutes in a corridor in 1984. Same shit, different day.
I have a Mojo classic special about Manchester, where all 4 Smihs speak and Morrissey & the story of Manchester.
Came out round 2004[can't find a year or something when it was out]Iguess
Coverfoto is a pic of Morrissey, the first line is part of a few lines on the cover
so it's a just a way to get big sales,extra CD is prolly the most interesting [or not after hearing it]
I'm a Smiths fan. I'm supposed to be whiny, right?
I love the musical artistry of The Smiths.
What I don't love is these endelss re-heatings of their 'legendary story'. Every one of these dozens of 'Untold Story' pieces is basically the same. I could probably write this new one tonight; you know exactly who's going to be featured and exactly what they're going to say. So maybe Tony Fletcher's interviewed the bus driver who drove the No.27 bus Johnny took to Stretford on that fateful day; I could care less. The only 'truth' I'm interested in any more is Morrissey's, and that'll probably be mostly lies.
I suppose it is great that people are still discussing them, and it's great that new fans are finding out about them, but I grew up when The Smiths were a thorn in the side of the mainstream media. As much as they were worshipped by the few, when I got into them they were generally loathed by the mass culture (as solo Morrissey is now, curiously enough...) There was always that beautiful friction at play. So to see the mainstream clasp them warmly to it's bosom and herd them in to the vintage industry of Beatles, Bowie, Dylan et al...something about it irks me. It's great that they're taking their place with such legends, but there is just something demographic-driven and market-led that depresses me.
The Smiths music fills me with joy. This rips the joy right out.
Was it this one?
June 2004
They have done quite a few in the same vein,
but the Tony Fletcher stuff might be interesting in the new issue
whats the name of the film that the boy in the cover of the cd called? i forgot,its a classic movie just cant remember the title of the film.
anyone got a track listing for the cd?
anyone got a track listing for the cd?
Yeah right! Mojo is going to tell us an untold story? Umm... Not sure!! I will buy it, but I wish Billy Bragg was not in that compilation!! Yuck!!! And double yuck!!
I'm a Smiths fan. I'm supposed to be whiny, right?
I suppose it is great that people are still discussing them, and it's great that new fans are finding out about them, but I grew up when The Smiths were a thorn in the side of the mainstream media. As much as they were worshipped by the few, when I got into them they were generally loathed by the mass culture (as solo Morrissey is now, curiously enough...) There was always that beautiful friction at play. So to see the mainstream clasp them warmly to it's bosom and herd them in to the vintage industry of Beatles, Bowie, Dylan et al...something about it irks me. It's great that they're taking their place with such legends, but there is just something demographic-driven and market-led that depresses me
I too grew up with them, and witnessing the mass adulation and legendary status they are given these days by every band and music magazine actually gives me a kind of warm glow - we KNEW they were the best band there ever was at the time, despite them being generally reviled and vilified.
I'd still rather have them discussed to death in 2012 than ignored and be forgotten about...even if it means that the tale is told again and again, from a slightly different angle...I'll buy the magazine and make a judgement
I'm a Smiths fan. I'm supposed to be whiny, right?
I suppose it is great that people are still discussing them, and it's great that new fans are finding out about them, but I grew up when The Smiths were a thorn in the side of the mainstream media. As much as they were worshipped by the few, when I got into them they were generally loathed by the mass culture (as solo Morrissey is now, curiously enough...) There was always that beautiful friction at play. So to see the mainstream clasp them warmly to it's bosom and herd them in to the vintage industry of Beatles, Bowie, Dylan et al...something about it irks me. It's great that they're taking their place with such legends, but there is just something demographic-driven and market-led that depresses me
I too grew up with them, and witnessing the mass adulation and legendary status they are given these days by every band and music magazine actually gives me a kind of warm glow - we KNEW they were the best band there ever was at the time, despite them being generally reviled and vilified.
I'd still rather have them discussed to death in 2012 than ignored and be forgotten about...even if it means that the tale is told again and again, from a slightly different angle...I'll buy the magazine and make a judgement
Well said Sir, (or Madam!)
I love it when Mojo, Q, etc. run features about Morrissey and The Smiths, I can't get enough to be honest.
There's a funny attitude on this site where ANYTHING new appears it must be rubbish. Not as good as the old days. Tunes not as good. Band members not as good. Lyrics not as good. Don't let this attitude get to you, there are some positive posters here. It IS great that people are still discussing them and writing about them. Long may they continue to do so...
. Tunes not as good. Band members not as good. Lyrics not as good..
Which part of that isn't true?
I thought it was agreed that they are different and that 'good' when it comes to art is a subjective word...?