MORRISSEY IS GOD (5 Viewers)

[ann post]

I know, I know. It was annoying me too. The only thing that stopped me being arsed doing it is when you reply twice to a thread and then it disappears. I've gotten rid of it now anyway.

I <3 your new signature.

 

[travispickle]

Except for the version of Back To The Old House

I guess when I think of them I think of either Hatful of Hollow or of The World Wont Listen - again compilations both.

Queen is Dead is my fave of the studio lps
Hatful and World Won't Listen are both class compilations

 

[hermie]

I actually prefer the Louder Than Bombs version of 'Back to the Old House', as nice as the acoustic version is.

 

[CinnamonBoy]

I'm with Mormon.

But back to my original question.....Vauxhall and I is better than any of their studio albums including Queen is Dead and Strangeways.
You can't say "oh, but Louder than Bombs or Hatful is their best". They're compilations, innit. There's loads of bands you could compile their best stuff and it'd be their best album.

The Eagles, for instance.

 

[Mormon Nailer]

The Eagles, for instance.

 

[Mormon Nailer]

Viva Hate and Your Arsenal are great too.
I like Vauxhall a lot but prefer those two, I guess I was younger and more of a fan when they came out ...
all are good, but it's a stretch in my opinion anyway to talk about them with Strangeways and TQID

 

[David Kronenbourg]

I love Viva Hate. Alsatian Cousin is a great opening track.

 

[CinnamonBoy]

Viva Hate and Your Arsenal are great too.
I like Vauxhall a lot but prefer those two, I guess I was younger and more of a fan when they came out ...
all are good, but it's a stretch in my opinion anyway to talk about them with Strangeways and TQID

It's a different style though, but it carries in it just as many memorable guitar riffs and lyrics. It's possibly a silly argument, but I'm just such a fan of that period. The "Introducing...." live movie where he does We'll Let You Know and it turns into Moonriver....it tops any Smiths stuff for me. There's a maturity, a venom at time, an outright joy at other times (Billy Budd), a celebratory tone (Now My Heart is Full), a......oh I could go on....I just think it's magnificent. Hold on to Your Friends. The riff on that alone.

Anyway, listen to me, bleating on.....

 

[Lefty Frizzell]

"loafing oafs in all night chemists, loafing oafs in all night chemists."

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

I think that would be the least surprising thing ever

but I don't think he actually admits it in the book. Then again, why should he?

Tom Dunne was saying he admitted it in the book. Thats how I found out.

 

[CinnamonBoy]

"loafing oafs in all night chemists, loafing oafs in all night chemists."

That settles it. Moz from 1992-1996 pisses all over the Smiths.

 

[Jerry Twig]

Vauxhall and I is better than any of their studio albums including Queen is Dead and Strangeways.

Don't be daft

 

[travispickle]

Tom Dunne was saying he admitted it in the book. Thats how I found out.

He doesn't go so far as to "admit" anything; doubtless he'd say there's nothing to admit; but he does mention 2 particular relationships with men.
For any Mozz watchers, that's surely the least surprising element of the book.

 

[therealjohnny]

Review

 

[nlgbbbblth]

Now that we're all a little older.....is Vauxhall & I actually better than any of the Smiths' studio albums?

I could argue that it is.

I prefer Southpaw Grammar to Vauxhall and I.

No Morrissey solo record is as good as Meat Is Murder or The Queen Is Dead.

EDIT - is the book out in paperback?

 

[Jim Daniels]

I prefer Southpaw Grammar to Vauxhall and I.

No Morrissey solo record is as good as Meat Is Murder or The Queen Is Dead.

EDIT - is the book out in paperback?

Paperback in Easons for €8.99. Same size as a hardback though.

Trouble with Morrissey solo albums for me, is the absence of a great/ unique/ cool guitarist. The lads are obviously good, but it sounds like they are simply hired hands/ session musicians.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

I remember Ian Brodie saying he would love to work with Morrissey because he thought his lyrics were great but the music was below par and lacking.

Like he could do any better...

 

[therealjohnny]

...

 

[CinnamonBoy]

Paperback in Easons for €8.99. Same size as a hardback though.

Trouble with Morrissey solo albums for me, is the absence of a great/ unique/ cool guitarist. The lads are obviously good, but it sounds like they are simply hired hands/ session musicians.

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I think Johnny would've been proud of the guitar work in either of those.

 

[CinnamonBoy]

I <3 your new signature.

Dudley stood up and called me out like a boss. You came snivelling behind him like a coward.