Music

[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]

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.

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

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.

agreed think a lot of people miss the take the piss humour in a lot of what they wrote and Morrisey was a great front man.

spent a lot of time in lock down listening to stuff I used to play a lot. Pulp, the Doves, Ian Brown, Temper Trap, Kasabian and Elbow. Also from the 80s - Hall and Oates - forgot how good they were.

[MrsORichSenior]

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.

Blimey Jez & I agree - are we the new John & Yoko ?



Simple gizmo still creates that great sound for Marr - live he's still using the GT 100 for sure.



For a budget start up sound you cannot beat the simple old Peavy speaker hooked to any 'pedal board' and whatever guitars you can lay your hands on and my husband makes one hell of a noise on his at the bar port side.
As for students being into the Smiths - bang on 'bro !
In my final uni year,aged 20,I was pregnant,unmarried with no income with 'livid' Irish parents and with such pending responsibility you really do get the Smiths thing very quickly so God Bless 'em.
MOT