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🔴 LIVE NOW ON VORTEX
📻 Vortex WaveSpiral 🌀 (Post Punk & Classical New Wave)
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🎵 The Smiths - Barbarism Begins At Home▶️ Écouter / Listen : VorteX [Radio]
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🔴 LIVE NOW ON VORTEX
📻 Vortex WaveSpiral 🌀 (Post Punk & Classical New Wave)
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🎵 The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (2011 Remaster)▶️ Écouter / Listen : VorteX [Radio]
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🇬🇧 The Smiths "The World Won't Listen" – 1987
One of those compilations that hardly feels like a compilation at all. Bringing together singles, B-sides and selected album tracks, it offers an extraordinary snapshot of The Smiths at the height of their creativity...
#thesmiths #alternative #indie #indierock #janglepop #80smusic #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinning #nowlistening
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The Smiths - Handsome Devil (Peel Session)
Handsome Devil by The Smiths, taken from the Peel Session recorded on 18 May 1983.
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🔴 LIVE NOW ON VORTEX
📻 Vortex WaveSpiral 🌀 (Post Punk & Classical New Wave)
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🎵 The Smiths - Barbarism Begins At Home▶️ Écouter / Listen : VorteX [Radio]
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"People who called the Smiths miserablist were wilfully ignoring what they actually sounded like, which was the opposite of despair, a kind of penetrating vivacity that obliterated the greyness its words described."
Nah, they were just bloody miserable.
And let's not talk about Morrissey.
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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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Easy fasted 5 and now cake 🍰 time
Is the best time 🏃🏻🩵 #running #runnersofmastodon #runningcommunity #health #fitness #music #sport #workout #thursday #cake #summer #august #holidays #mindfulness #mentalhealth #nature #athlete #runner #love #peace #harmony #thesmiths -
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The Smiths - How Soon Is Now? (Peel Session)
How Soon Is Now? by The Smiths, taken from the Peel Session recorded on 1 August 1984.
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Any Smith fans reading this? Sing along with me!
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How Soon Is Now? 🆕
#TheSmiths
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How Soon Is Now - Johnny Marr Live At The Crazy Face Factory
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicArtistCollection
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🎵 Back To The Old House (Radio 1 Session, 14 Sept 1983)https://deerlordrar.bandcamp.com/track/the-smiths-back-to-the-old-house-deerlord-rar-remix-2
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🎵 London (Radio 1 Session, 2 Dec 1986) -
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🎵 The Night Has Opened My Eyes (Radio 1 Session, 14 Sept 1983)https://niconico77.bandcamp.com/track/this-night-has-opened-my-eyes
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🎵 Nowhere Fast (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 1 Aug 1984) -
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🎵 Still Ill (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 14 Sep 1983) -
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🎵 What Difference Does It Make? (John Peel Session, 18 May 1983) -
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The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make? (Peel Session)
What Difference Does It Make? by The Smiths, taken from the Peel Session recorded on 18 May 1983.
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🚨 Bandcamp Friday!!1!
I'd like to introduce you to my dear friends at MirrorWorldMusic!
For over three decades, they've been home to wonderfully diverse projects, united more by experimental spirit than by genre—and with some gorgeous physical releases.
https://mirrorworldmusic.bandcamp.com/
Listening tip:
Gvoon – Version 2-11 by Holger Czukay / Diverse
https://mirrorworldmusic.bandcamp.com/album/gvoon-version-2-11
A golden oldie:
The Light 3000 by Schneider TM & Kptmichigan — a wonderful cover of The Smiths:
https://mirrorworldmusic.bandcamp.com/track/the-light-3000*Be so kind as to boost this if you find something you like. This machine runs on love!*
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♬ I decree today that life is simply taking and not giving / England is mine, it owes me a living / but ask me why and I'll spit in your eye ♬
#TheSmiths / #Manchester / #RockMusic / #rock 1984 <https://youtu.be/ECAdrCAItiM>
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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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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RadcliffeAndMaconie
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🎵 Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Wanthttps://americanlaundromatrecords.bandcamp.com/track/please-please-please-let-me-get-what-i-want-2
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New upload:
The Smiths - Miserable Lie (Peel Session)
Miserable Lie by The Smiths, taken from the Peel Session recorded on 18 May 1983.
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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
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Riot Fest Drafts Preemptive Morrissey Cancellation Tweet
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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.
#AndyRourke #IndieRock #JohnnyMarr #MickJoyce #Morrissey #PostPunk #TheSmiths
