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Bigmouth strums again: was Andy Burnham’s Smiths jam in Kyiv the perfect soundtrack to a Britain in freefall?
By Zoe WilliamsThe UK prime minister clearly still adores the band. Perhaps he’s attracted to songs about sham justice and murderous meat factories, shot through with nihilism and exquisite despair
#TheSmiths #AndyBurnham #Morrissey #Politics #TheGuardian #ZoeWilliams
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How Soon Is Now - Johnny Marr Live At The Crazy Face Factory
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♬ I am the son and the heir / of a shyness that is criminally vulgar / I am the son and heir / of nothing in particular / you shut your mouth / how can you say / I go about things the wrong way? ♬
#TheSmiths / #JohnnyMarr / #Manchester / #RockMusic / #rock 1984 Marr <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY8eKQFyRJk> / Smiths <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnpILIIo9ek>
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The bit that you skip #177: The Smiths – How Soon is Now?
A song with a strange lifecycle. Originally a B-side to William it was really nothing, How Soon is Now? carved a place of its own on indie darlings and their mixtapes. A song that you could dance alone to, specially if you were as terminally shy as the narrator. Sonically, it’s a far stride from what The Smiths were peddling. Jangly guitars, tambourine, and a slightly distant mixing now were replaced by studio trickery, tremolos, and a slick production.
Nothing wrong on both styles of The Smiths. They can coexist. The styles, not the band, though.
Always feels weird how so many classic bands like Joy Division, The Beatles, and The Smiths had songs with major appeal that weren’t on albums. Sure, the US edition of Meat is Murder has How Soon is Now? but for the United Kingdom, it was there, sandwiched between William it was really nothing and Please, please, please let me get what I want (at least on the 12 inch edition).
I was too young to “get” The Smiths when they were on radio. And to be honest, I think I was too much into The Cure or Depeche Mode to go for the poetic intimacy of The Smiths. What piqued my interest was Love Spit Love’s deft cover for The Craft, a movie almost all Gen Xer was attracted due to its cast and college radio friendly soundtrack.
Then This is England had Clayhill’s heartwrenching cover of Please Please Please let me get what I want. Then I really paid attention to The Smiths. It finally sink to me its importance. I remember going a few times to The Cookie Club in Nottingham on the gothic night, seeing people happily dancing by themselves listening to great tracks and not a single time was How Soon is Now? spared from being on the playlist.
I’ve mentioned before that you can accumulate a pile of “I’ll listen/read/watch later” stuff in your life and I know it’s unreasonable to believe you’ll be able to consume all of it. But start today, do a little bit. A page or two. An episode or two. Half an hour (or an act). A couple of songs. Never get stuck into a rut, listen to something new today, even if it was released decades ago. You won’t regret expanding your tastes.
-Sam J. Valdés López
https://youtu.be/hnpILIIo9ek?si=IF1lYf2SSm_-KpWs
#HatfulOfHollow #HowSoonIsNow #LoveSpitLove #music #Nottingham #Review #Reviews #Rock #TheCookieClub #TheCraft #TheSmiths #writing -
Johnny Marr to auction off dozens of guitars heard on Smiths classics such as This Charming Man https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jun/22/johnny-marr-auction-guitars-smiths-this-charming-man-christies-london #JohnnyMarr #Music #TheSmiths #PopAndRock #Culture #UkNews
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Riot Fest Drafts Preemptive Morrissey Cancellation Tweet
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The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
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Und wenn man die inbrünstig vorgetragene Textsicherheit der Fans (alte Knacker und junge Leute) bei den Doppeldeckerbussen und Zehn-Tonnen-Lastern erlebt, wird klar, welche Karriere die Smiths am Ende hingeworfen haben, die heute als Headliner Stadien füllen würden. #sentimentaljourney #TheSmiths #RickAstley
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DiscogsDienstag: The Smiths – The World Won’t Listen
„Und immer, wenn wir traurig waren, und traurig waren wir ziemlich oft, gingen wir zu dir nach Hause und da hörten wir die Smiths“ singt Farin Urlaub im Refrain seiner zweiten Solo-Single „Sumisu“ (MusicCloud) aus dem Jahr 2001. Damit hat er auch mein Lebensgefühl der späten Achtzigerjahre sehr schön getroffen. The Smiths waren für mich damals sehr wichtig und ich habe mich in den Texten von Sänger Morrissey wiedergefunden. Mein Einstieg in ihre Musik war 1987 die Kompilation „The World Won’t Listen“, eine Zusammenstellung von Singles und deren B-Seiten, einige der berührensten Songs der Band. Heute bin ich ambivalent, was die Smiths angeht, nachdem Morrissey den Weg zu Xenophobie, Rassimus, Islamophobie und Verschwörungstheorien (Musikexpress) gefunden hat. Es stellt sich mir die ewige Frage, kann und soll man die Kunst vom Künstler trennen?
Ich lernte Morrissey musikalich als empfindsamen Sänger kennen, der sich für Tierrechte aussprach und gegen Thatcher, Monarchie und die allgemeinen Zustände in seiner Heimat. Vieler seiner Texte waren zudem sehr persönlich und trafen auch meinen Nerv. Heute kann ich The Smiths dagegen nicht mehr unbeschwert (was für ein Attribut in dem Zusammenhang!) hören und ich habe selbst im GothDiscoInferno erst ein Lied von ihnen gespielt, „What Difference Does It Make?“ in der Ausgabe 31. Dabei mag ich ihre Musik nach wie vor.
Jedenfalls ist „The World Won’t Listen“ ein sehr guter Einstieg gewesen. Nach den ersten drei Alben „The Smiths“ (1984), „Meat Is Murder“ (1985) und „The Queen Is Dead“ (1986) war es bereits die zweite Kompilation nach „Hatful Of Hollow“ (1984). Wie bereits erwähnt, wurden hauptsächlich die Singles zusammengestellt und mit „Panic“, „Ask“, „London“ und „Bigmouth Strikes Again“ geht das Album schon gut los. Es folgen „Shakespeare’s Sister“, nach dem sich die fast gleichnamige Band benannte, „There Is A Light That Never Goes Out“, „Shoplifters Of The World Unite“ und „The Boy With The Thorn In His Side“. „Bigmouth“ und „There Is A Light …“ stammen von Album „The Queen Is Dead“ und wurden nicht als Singles veröffentlicht.
Die zweite Seite der LP beginnt mit den sehr emotionalen B-Seiten „Asleep“, „Unloveable“, „Half A Person“ und „Strech Out And Wait“, gefolgt von der Single „That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore“. Den Abschluss bilden das instumentale „Oscillate Wildly“, „You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet, Baby“, das ursprünglich auch als Single erscheinen sollte, was dann aber nicht geschah und „Rubber Ring“.
Der Albumtitel soll darauf zurückgehen, dass Morrissey der Auffassung war, kommerzielle Radios und Plattenkäufer würden die Band nicht angemessen würdigen. Da hatte er im Grunde ja auch Recht.
Das Cover basiert auf einem Bild des deutschen Fotografen Jürgen Vollmer aus dem Buch „Rock ‚N‘ Roll Times: The Style and Spirit of the Early Beatles and Their First Fans“.Es war schon ein großer Glücksfall, dass sich die vier Musiker in Manchester zusammengefunden haben. Das Gitarrespiel von Johnny Marr ist extraordinär und auch Bassist Andy Rourke, der leider heute, am 19. Mai, vor 3 Jahren im Alter von 59 Jahren starb und Schlagzeuger Mick Joyce trugen ihre außergewöhnlichen Parts bei. Nach diesem Album erschien im selben Jahr noch „Strangeways, Here We Come“ bevor sich die Smiths trennten. Es folgte noch das Live-Album „Rank“ (1988) und in den Neunziger Jahren einige Best-Of-Alben. Ab 1989 gab es Rechtsstreitigkeiten um Geld, Andy Rourke und Mick Joyce verlangten eine höhere Beteiligung an den Tantiemen, die hauptsächlich Morrissey und Marr zuflossen, die allerdings auch die allermeisten Songs der Band geschrieben hatten. Rourke begnügte sich mit einer Pauschalzahlung, Joyce kämpfte gerichtlich weiter, was bis heute ungeklärt ist.
Ich war von der Musik so begeistert, dass ich mir auch das Songbook zu „The World Won’t Listen“ gekauft und mich auf der Gitarre an den Songs versucht habe.
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“Meat is Murder” is a great song about the reality of modern food. BUT b/c Morrisey is a major POS here’s Johnny Marr performing it with his longtime friends Chrissie Hynde and The Pretenders (https://youtu.be/cbO7rNAedXY?si=YlfqMohCsukxh1So)
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THE SMITHS
Louder Than Bombs
2011 Europe 2xLP reissueWhen you’re in the mood for a sad, mopey bastard with his shirt open…
there can only be one choice.Louder Than Bombs was the second Smiths album I ever heard, and the first of theirs that I bought with my own money.
After stealing my older sister’s boyfriend’s cassette copy of The Queen Is Dead (and having my mind blown), I then set out to find as many Smiths albums I could find.
My local Good Vibrations had the CD version of this, and Strangeways, Meat Is Murder, and the self-titled soon found their way into my collection.Johnny Marr remains one of my all-time guitar heroes. And even though Morrissey grew up to be one of the douchiest twats of all time, my love for this band will never waiver.
One of the best compilations of a band’s work, PERIOD.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #TheSmiths #indie #alternative #1980s #80s #80sMusic #louderthanbombs #morrissey #johnnymarr
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Billy Bragg, Sweet Pill, The Smiths, Soft Cult, Beck and more feature in my latest weekly curated collection of punk rock, alt rock and indie music news and writing.
https://tangleofwires.substack.com/p/weekly-digest-55
#music #punk #PunkRock #AltRock #AlternativeRock #indie #IndieMusic #BillyBragg #SweetPill #TheSmiths #SoftCult #Beck
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“… Oh mother, I can feel
The soil falling over my head
See, the sea wants to take me
The knife wants to slit me
Do you think you can help me?” -
"William, It Was Really Nothing" is a song by the English #rock band #theSmiths. It was released as a single in August 1984, featuring the B-sides "#PleasePleasePleaseLetMeGetWhatIWant" and "#HowSoonIsNow", and reached No. 17 in the #UKSinglesChart. The song is featured on the compilation albums #HatfulOfHollow and #LouderThanBombs, as well as other best of and singles collections. In 2004.
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"William, It Was Really Nothing" is a song by the English #rock band #theSmiths. It was released as a single in August 1984, featuring the B-sides "#PleasePleasePleaseLetMeGetWhatIWant" and "#HowSoonIsNow", and reached No. 17 in the #UKSinglesChart. The song is featured on the compilation albums #HatfulOfHollow and #LouderThanBombs, as well as other best of and singles collections. In 2004.
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The Smiths, Strangeways Here We Come, 1987 on Rough Trade.
Fourth (and final) studio album from The Smiths, produced by Stephen Street, Morrissey, and Johnny Marr and recorded at The Wool Hall in Beckington, Somerset. On constant repeat in my late 80s experience.
Strangeways was a prison in Manchester (now Manchester Prison) – The Smiths had previously used the Salford Lad’s Club for the cover of The Queen is Dead.
My copy—via A1 Records in NYC—is the 2009 Rhino reissue which sounds great (though I don’t have an 80s pressing to compare it to).
#1980s #1987 #2009 #A1Records #JohnnyMarr #morrissey #NYC #Reissue #Rhino #RoughTrade #Salford #StephenStreet #TheSmiths #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
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Scopri il testo della canzone “I Know It's Over” di The Smiths
#TheSmiths #IKnowItSOver
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#ActionFigures #Toys #Music #Rock #Indie #AlternativePopRock
#Radiohead #OKComputer #NoSurprises #ThomYorke #TheSmiths #Morrissey #LouderThanBombs #Interpol #PaulBanks #TheOtherSideOfMakeBelieve🎨 By Jacob Alvarez, Marquee Marauders Club
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Hoy descubrí este cover de «How Soon is Now?» de The Smiths hecho por una banda llamada Snake River Conspiracy, a quienes tampoco conocía. Me gustó harto, así que se va mi playlist de covers.
#SnakeRiverConspiracy #HowSoonIsNow #TheSmiths #Covers #Rock #Música
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As usual I’m sharing last month’s playlist about a month after the fact. In August 2023 I listened to #AaronDilloway, #AdelynStrei, #AlexG, #AmericanAnalogSet, #CatPower, #DavidBowie, #Dayglow, #FrankOcean, #HiroshiFukumura, the amazing much missed #JaimieBranch, #JessicaMazin, #JulieByrne, #JuneJones, #LouReed, #MLBush, #PatKeen, #PleasureSystems, #Pogo, #SweetDreamsNadine, #TheSmiths, #SteveSobs, and #Vagabon
https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/aug-2023/pl.u-1MqDYivbqJv
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As usual I’m sharing last month’s playlist about a month after the fact. In August 2023 I listened to #AaronDilloway, #AdelynStrei, #AlexG, #AmericanAnalogSet, #CatPower, #DavidBowie, #Dayglow, #FrankOcean, #HiroshiFukumura, the amazing much missed #JaimieBranch, #JessicaMazin, #JulieByrne, #JuneJones, #LouReed, #MLBush, #PatKeen, #PleasureSystems, #Pogo, #SweetDreamsNadine, #TheSmiths, #SteveSobs, and #Vagabon
https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/aug-2023/pl.u-1MqDYivbqJv
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As usual I’m sharing last month’s playlist about a month after the fact. In August 2023 I listened to #AaronDilloway, #AdelynStrei, #AlexG, #AmericanAnalogSet, #CatPower, #DavidBowie, #Dayglow, #FrankOcean, #HiroshiFukumura, the amazing much missed #JaimieBranch, #JessicaMazin, #JulieByrne, #JuneJones, #LouReed, #MLBush, #PatKeen, #PleasureSystems, #Pogo, #SweetDreamsNadine, #TheSmiths, #SteveSobs, and #Vagabon
https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/aug-2023/pl.u-1MqDYivbqJv
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I knew there must have been a reason that the first song I chose for #FridayRockShow today just happened to be #HowSoonIsNow by #TheSmiths
Did I have a gut feeling about this? I'd not seen/heard any news site at all today... Was out all morning until at least 2pm.
So here it is again
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Not done #FridayRockShow for ages... and it's not really gonna be rock today either... but #choons from my youth all the same.
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It's like The Smiths without Morrissey:
How Soon Is Now - Johnny Marr Live At The Crazy Face Factory - Invidious
https://yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=mY8eKQFyRJk
