skankdelvar Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 (edited) Morrissey gets a very bad press; I can state from personal experience that - in the flesh - he is charm personified. When he had the flat over mine he went away for the weekend one time and left a tap running. About ten o'clock on Saturday night the missus says 'Why is there a big bubble on the ceiling?' Next minute it all comes down, water and plaster everywhere. So we cleaned up and put a bucket out then I nipped upstairs and put a note under his door. First thing Monday he comes round, profuse apologies. Workman comes in the same day and by that evening you'd never know there'd been a problem. He even wrote and recorded a short song for us and gave me the lyric sheet which I reproduce below: You tell me that the ceiling came down You tell me that the ceiling came down And it did It really did Because you said that it did A cycle trip over the moors A snatched kiss on my crossbar This handsome man stole my clips My bicycle clips Perchance I left the tap on in my flat If I left the tap on in my flat I couldn't help it I really couldn't help it It's what I do It's what I do-oo-oo Meet me at the slaughterhouse gates Oh, meet me at the slaughterhouse gates If you're there before me And you're waiting It's because I'm late I couldn't help it I really couldn't help it It's what I do It's what I do-oo-oo (repeat to fade) (Morrisey / Boorer) [color=#ffffff].[/color] Edited July 17, 2014 by skankdelvar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Spoombung Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Liked him when he first appeared and bought all the Smiths albums. Since then I've found[size=4] his solo stuff unlistenable, power-chord Pub Rock of the worst kind and he is now a bitter and twisted [/size]narcissistic[size=4] twit and a [/size]colossal[size=4] bore.[/size] [size=4]Why did he think it was perfectly all right not to pay the drummer and [b]BASS PLAYER[/b] in his band? Truculence indeed.[/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 [quote name='Spoombung' timestamp='1405699779' post='2504477'] [size=4]Why did he think it was perfectly all right not to pay the drummer and [b]BASS PLAYER[/b] in his band? Truculence indeed.[/size] [/quote] Truculence and unfettered hubris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoombung Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Apparently he spent 54 pages going on about how right he was and how wrong the judge and everybody else was according to all the reviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gub Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Well I have been a big fan from the early smiths days, part of me growing up is in every song! Will always have a soft spot for mozza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gub Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1405609662' post='2503627'] [size=4] [/size] [/quote] brilliant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gub Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 [quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1405608609' post='2503612'] Morrissey gets a very bad press; I can state from personal experience that - in the flesh - he is charm personified. When he had the flat over mine he went away for the weekend one time and left a tap running. About ten o'clock on Saturday night the missus says 'Why is there a big bubble on the ceiling?' Next minute it all comes down, water and plaster everywhere. So we cleaned up and put a bucket out then I nipped upstairs and put a note under his door. First thing Monday he comes round, profuse apologies. Workman comes in the same day and by that evening you'd never know there'd been a problem. He even wrote and recorded a short song for us and gave me the lyric sheet which I reproduce below: Brilliant You tell me that the ceiling came down You tell me that the ceiling came down And it did It really did Because you said that it did A cycle trip over the moors A snatched kiss on my crossbar This handsome man stole my clips My bicycle clips Perchance I left the tap on in my flat If I left the tap on in my flat I couldn't help it I really couldn't help it It's what I do It's what I do-oo-oo Meet me at the slaughterhouse gates Oh, meet me at the slaughterhouse gates If you're there before me And you're waiting It's because I'm late I couldn't help it I really couldn't help it It's what I do It's what I do-oo-oo (repeat to fade) (Morrisey / Boorer) [color=#ffffff].[/color] [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterfire666 Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 morrissey - Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha each to their own and all that but for me- ha ha aha aha aha aha ahahaha aahahahahhaahahdhd;rkjvsd;ighdoi;sjghgoir!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monckyman Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 The book is quite funny, and he has a few good points about the contracts being witnessed and signed properly despite Joyce and rourkes "assumption" of an equal split, and how the prosecution went for him rather than Marr,who also greatly benefited from the bias. No solo Morrissey means no November spawned a monster,Suedehead,We hate it when etc and his last four LPs have all done very well indeed. As I have said before, "a bit of an attention seeker" might well be the best description of a singer I ever heard, and pop/rock stars with controversial attitudes is exactly how they should be. Or you might prefer One Direction. Who knows? ; ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubis Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Fully agree with that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles'tone Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 The Smiths were my Beatles growing up and I love them dearly to this day. I kind of went off Morrissey's solo material for a long time but I must say this last decade he's just got better and better again. He's always got stick since the beginning and he always will, but that's ok. I love Marmite myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc S Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 (edited) [quote name='Monckyman' timestamp='1405707771' post='2504624'] ..... "a bit of an attention seeker" might well be the best description of a singer I ever heard, and pop/rock stars with controversial attitudes is exactly how they should be. Or you might prefer One Direction. Who knows? ; ) [/quote] Absolutely! +1 from me [quote name='miles'tone' timestamp='1405712169' post='2504694'] The Smiths were my Beatles growing up and I love them dearly to this day. I kind of went off Morrissey's solo material for a long time but I must say this last decade he's just got better and better again. He's always got stick since the beginning and he always will, but that's ok. I love Marmite myself. [/quote] Another +1 I can well recall Nick Kent saying that by and large, even the Beatles were still singing in an American accent and that Johnny Marr's approach to songwriting came not from the great blues artists but from the likes of Bert Jansch Which made The Smiths the first great, influential, truly English band of all time.... A bit of an over-statement? Maybe But I grew up with the Beatles and the Smiths and to me the Smiths were equally as important..... Edited July 23, 2014 by Marc S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 [quote name='Monckyman' timestamp='1405707771' post='2504624'] Or you might prefer One Direction. [/quote] Given a straight choice between One Direction and The Smiths I'd have to go with One Direction.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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