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The Smiths: supercrap or not crap?
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hiraethified
But still a thousand times better than the fucking Cranberries.
Hahahahahaha. Troll obvious troll
Fair enough, but Brother In Arms is 80s album
souljacker
innit
A competent guitarist? Jonny Marr, competent? For fucks sake.
littlebabyjesus
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All those adjectives are wrong. His lyrics aren't pedantic or aseptic or presumptuous. Quite the reverse. They fit with the melody perfect, there aren't too many words, there aren't unnecessary flourishes, they're full of heartfelt emotion. They do everything a song lyric should do and don't try to do more.
I love Nick Cave, but you could level those kinds of objections at him. At Morrissey? Nah.
I love Nick Cave, but you could level those kinds of objections at him. At Morrissey? Nah.
A little boring jangly guitarist
He knew at least three chords!
souljacker
innit
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ElizabethofYork
Old Crone
Weren't you crying and moaning yesterday about people being "disrespectful" about a band that you like?
Yes, now I am being a bit foolish because many were disrespectful to the band that I love. In Spanish we call it "salseo", and I think it's innocuous but a lot of fun
Raheem
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You forgot to include a giveaway.
Raheem
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The Cranberries so obviously listened to nothing else but the Smiths for years straight.
Dolores never listened to The Smiths, and Hogan brothers also Rap and The Cure...
Raheem
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They asked Johnny Marr to produce their first album, but he said no, so they asked the Smiths' engineer/producer, Stephen Street. Dolores also formed a band with the Smiths' bass player. There is definitely more than a casual interest in The Smiths there.
Noel's guitar is quite inspired by the sound of Johnny, but this is it. There are many differences with The Smiths, to begin with The Smiths would never do hard rock songs like The Cranberries did.
It's true about the production of the debut album, Cordell and Street collaborated on the production of the album after Marr said not. And it is the best decision they could make, the debut of The Cranberries is one of the most beautiful albums that have ever been produced.
At the level in quality of the debuts of Boston, REM, Joy Division or King Crimson.
He seems to have been fairly busy. The last thing he did was Sassy Justice...
https://www.youtube.com/c/SassyJustice/videos
David Clapson
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Survey is crap. Where's the option for "Morrissey is a knob but I still love the music"?
I was a student living in Whalley Range when the Smiths were singing about Whalley Range. And I was depressed. But at least I didn't listen to Leonard Cohen.
I was a student living in Whalley Range when the Smiths were singing about Whalley Range. And I was depressed. But at least I didn't listen to Leonard Cohen.
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hiraethified
You start a thread about The Smiths but then just keep going on and on and on and on about the fucking Cranberries again.
I don't know if you know this, but the software that runs this forum can only take so many mentions of that band per day before it starts to overload.
To prevent that happening, I'm going to suggest that several days a week are officially declared Cranberries-Free Days. I think it's for the best.
If you're unable to stop yourself rattling on about them on those days, maybe we could set up an auto filter that replaces 'the Cranberries' with 'The Sausages' on those days.
You are a hater. Read the above post, it is not me who mentioned the best band of the 90s for the first timeYou start a thread about The Smiths but then just keep going on and on and on and on about the fucking Cranberries again.
I don't know if you know this, but the software that runs this forum can only take so many mentions of that band per day before it starts to overload.
To prevent that happening, I'm going to suggest that several days a week are officially declared Cranberries-Free Days. I think it's for the best.
If you're unable to stop yourself rattling on about them on those days, maybe we could set up an auto filter that replaces 'the Cranberries' with 'The Sausages' on those days.
Raheem
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I vote for more Cranberries stuff. It's funny.
Also, obviously the Smiths are good. Morrissey is a wanker, and he was undoubtedly a wanker then, even if he made it less obvious and people asked fewer questions. But he did write good lyrics. And Johnny Marr's guitar is very often astonishing, and you could write seven music PhDs on exactly why. Or someone could.
Also, obviously the Smiths are good. Morrissey is a wanker, and he was undoubtedly a wanker then, even if he made it less obvious and people asked fewer questions. But he did write good lyrics. And Johnny Marr's guitar is very often astonishing, and you could write seven music PhDs on exactly why. Or someone could.
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Raheem
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I think there must have been a problem with the sauce code.
farmerbarleymow
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I like the Smiths - morrisey is a twat obviously, but quite a few musicians seem to descend into twattery for some weird reason. They were probably twats to start with mind.
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"What are your top 3 albums of all time?
There's a lot of them that I love, but there are certain ones that really take me back. The Smiths album, Depeche Mode - Violator, and Soundtrack for the Mission film."
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