Music

[MrsORichSenior]

Surprising I know, but can't really see how can anyone seriously consider the Smiths anything other than a slightly quirky, self-indulgent piece of nonsense (apart from the aforementioned Johnny Marr) who took themselves way too seriously? Incoming!!!!!!!!

Disagree - think equal merit goes to Morrisey & Marr.
Morrisey - words are up there for me with the great alternative views of the Greeks Aristotle and Zeno's thought school of Stoicism,England's Francis Bacon,Bertrand Russell,Frenchman Jean Paul Sartre,Ireland's George Bernard Shaw,American John Locke,and even modern Manchester pair John Cooper Clarke (Poet) & Ian Curtis (JoyDivision) to name a sprinkled few,but each to their own I guess.
Marr - riffs are simplistic,easy for kids to copy and then able to create a confident quick understanding of an instrument with many permutations.His balanced use of catchy arpeggios with simple two string melodies often layered on top with other guitar solo parts (all on top of one another) produces some incredible sound effects,particularly effective when playing live.Plenty of old style gizmo to his unique sound/style.
MOT

[Jezleeds]

Lol the 'depressing' angle. Only if you don't actually listen to the words - have a crack at Frankly Mr Shankly, or really, most Smiths songs just even reading the words - you'll end up smiling if you get over the media-led miserableness dogma.

Morrissey and Marr were equal geniuses in their own fields. Hence why they are now rightly seen as game-changers in music history - poetry, passion and power.

[asturianblanco]

Disagree - think equal merit goes to Morrisey & Marr.
Morrisey - words are up there for me with the great alternative views of the Greeks Aristotle and Zeno's thought school of Stoicism,England's Francis Bacon,Bertrand Russell,Frenchman Jean Paul Sartre,Ireland's George Bernard Shaw,American John Locke,and even modern Manchester pair John Cooper Clarke (Poet) & Ian Curtis (JoyDivision) to name a sprinkled few,but each to their own I guess.
Marr - riffs are simplistic,easy for kids to copy and then able to create a confident quick understanding of an instrument with many permutations.His balanced use of catchy arpeggios with simple two string melodies often layered on top with other guitar solo parts (all on top of one another) produces some incredible sound effects,particularly effective when playing live.Plenty of old style gizmo to his unique sound/style.
MOT

looks like a cracking "copy paste" from a Smiths lovein website.....

[asturianblanco]

Back in the day, if you were Leeds it was the goth scene, if you were Manc, it was the Smiths, happy mondays and all that bollox.

[WTF11]

Back in the day, if you were Leeds it was the goth scene, if you were Manc, it was the Smiths, happy mondays and all that bollox.

Can't ever say I was in the goth camp (younger brother was, but he was never a Leeds fan!), but prefer if that had been than any Happy Mondays/Inspiral Carpets bogsh1te

[Jezleeds]

Whooooaaaaa steady Tiger.....

The Smiths being lumped in with the C rappy Mondays and the Uninspired Carpets?

Mozza and Marr had more talent in their respective roman noses.

[asturianblanco]

i like the smiths, wouldnt have admitted it in the 80s in leeds though...

[george_kaplan]

I always liked Smiths crisps, you know that little blue bag! Quite catchy!!

The Tea Party anyone? ‘Ocean at the end’ particularly a firm favourite of mine.

[Orgoner]

Some girls are bigger than others.

[george_kaplan]

Some girls are bigger than others.

Guys too (cough)