*Facepalm* It wasn't humorous, let alone actually funny, the first time you said it (years and years and years ago) and it certainly hasn't become funny with repetition. You're no Stewart Lee. It's actually almost more tedious than the endless posts you make about Radio 2 airplay and your...
It's an odd one.
Radio 2 and 6 Music probably felt some kind of obligation to a-list Spent the Day in Bed.
Radio 2 because they were given the world exclusive, and 6 Music because they had the live concert.
But Absolute Radio a) was under no obligation and b) is a commercial station.
Radios 2...
Four different songwriters - I think that's a first on a Morrissey studio album.
Putting the singing and the lyrics to one side, who came up with the best pieces of music?
Top marks for this YouTube comment about 'The Girl from Tel Aviv':
"I love a jaunty, piano tune from Mozz, it's so unfamiliar but welcomed....like seeing a teacher outside of school or a dog walk on its hind legs."
Brilliant!
I've pretty much lost track of who's who in the Morrissey band since the Years of Refusal era. Boz and Jesse have obviously stayed in it, and I know there were some brothers, one of whom left.
Not even sure I'd heard of Mando Lopez before this new album came out but I'm guessing he's been the...
www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-5091481/ADRIAN-THRILLS-Big-mouth-Morrissey-gripes-again.htmld-rate performers.
"As the famously gloomy singer of The Smiths, Morrissey was a pivotal figure in the Eighties. The Manchester band soared above their peers, and their music, as last month’s...
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/review-morrisseys-low-in-high-school-w512057
"Quiz: Morrissey's endless, withering disdain for cultural hypocrisy might get wearisome if not for A) his equally-relentless tenderness, B) his Wildean wit, C) the truth of his observations. Yes, it's D)...
Apols if already posted. This is an interesting one. Reads a little more like a 4 than a 3.
www.list.co.uk/article/97434-morrissey-low-in-high-school/
"Well now, here's a difficult one. In times of easy, internet-assuaged polarisation of debate, the story of Morrissey appears to be a simple...
First week sales aren’t the be all and end all, but they’re usually a pretty good indication of an album’s eventual commercial success especially for Steve. This is because subsequent singles rarely pick up the amount of airplay needed to send an album back up the charts (Every Day is Like...
Another similar sounding review with praise (generally) for the music and concern about the lyrics (‘the controversy-baiting broadsides grate’).
Open your Legs is described as soaring pop, Spent the Day is much better as an album song and ‘mercifully removed from matters political’, ‘Home’ is...
There is surprise around these parts that the Morrissey album has yet to leak. T Swift's new one comes out this Friday and even the track-listing (other than the singles) remains a mystery.
Anyone like her stuff at all? Not normally my cuppa tea but I thought 1989 was brilliant.
Ryan Adams...
This news seems to have got lost/buried in another thread but it's pretty significant. It's the 4th proper published review of the album, and it's been given 4 stars. We now have a 2 star (edit, actually 5/10 so would be 2.5 stars), 3 star and two 4 star reviews.
This means that the first 2 star...
Looks like this could do with its own thread.
Some thoughts - Morrissey was strongly associated with the musical genre of rockabilly in the Kill Uncle era. People kept banging on about it as if his songs back then were exclusively rockabilly when the reality was hardly any were. I remember a...
This came out too late for the poll of all the other 6 songs played to date so here's a separate one. With no more pre-album live appearances scheduled (?) I'm guessing this is the last new song we'll get to hear properly before November 17th.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/C7brnCxujRo?controls=2
UPDATE 13TH OCTOBER - the song is now in the Airplay Top 30 (at #29)
'Spent the Day in Bed' has climbed 279 places up the UK airplay chart to 34 over the last week (Oct 5th to 11th). His first UK top 40 since 'I'm throwing my arms around Paris'. This rapid ascent is due to the Radio 2 A-list to...
Missed the show but this new song appears to have been aired for the first time.
Any thoughts/info on the words/music?
Seems to have been pretty well received from the few comments I've read...
The new album 'campaign' seems to be going pretty well (in the UK at least).
The single has had considerable critical acclaim, and it's attracting more airplay than any Morrissey song since First of the Gang. A batch of new songs has been showcased on national radio (6 Music) and TV, and they've...
After the single, this seems to be the song that people have listened to the most.
So, I propose another little poll. Be interesting to see how the results compare with 'Spent the Day'.
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