Morrissey ‘Kill Uncle’ re issue – in depth review and think piece by Fergal Kinney - Louder Than War

Vu writes:

I'm reading The Stone Roses: War and Peace book by Simon Spence, and there is this quote in the book from Si Wolstencroft (the drummer in pre-Stone Roses band The Patrol and pre-Smiths band Freak Party) that I thought you'd find interesting:

"'I just didn't fancy it,' said Wolstencroft. 'I didn't like the cut of Morrissey's jib and the rest is history.' The Smiths replaced Wolstencroft with Mike Joyce, signed to Rough Trade Records and quickly scored two massive hits with 'This Charming Man' and 'What Difference Does it Make?' before releasing their eponymous debut album in February 1984. 'We watched them go from being kids rehearsing, to being on Top of the Pops, to being a big and important band,' said Garner [Pete Garner, bassist for The Patrol]. 'So once you've seen your mates on telly, you're like, F***, we can do this.'"

There is also a throwaway line in the book that said Johnny Marr thought about...

Brutalful sends the link / clip:

Keith Top of the Pops - "Morrissey Will Never Forgive Me" (MP3) (PopMatters Premiere) - PopMatters

Excerpt:

On this lead-off track from TOTP2, “Morrissey Will Never Forgive Me”, Keith Top of the Pops takes the piss a bit, using snippets from Morrissey lyrics and then saying how the former Smith would never forgive him. The song was recorded live with full band in one take to preserve the sense of urgency in the tune. TOTP2 will be released May 17th via Corporate Records.

I just stumbled upon this in the back catalogue of the talented rapper Shad. The shout out comes a little after 3:50 in but I recommends listening to it all. The song is called Out of Love Part 2.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KUjxFnkzww

Re: BBC Culture Show - celebrating 30 years since the release of Hand In Glove

Looking forward to this!
I wonder if Johnny will be making an appearance or Mike/Andy for that matter...

He's on a stage giving a talk, he wanted to get a laugh. Not buying it.

Press release:

We thought you might be interested to know that British band The Ukrainians have a limited issue (1000 copies only) 20th anniversary re-issue of their acclaimed 1993 4-track 'Pisni Iz The Smiths' EP coming out for the first time on vinyl (12 inch, of course) for Record Store Day 2013 (Sat 20 April).

Tracks featured include their versions of 'Bigmouth Strikes Again', 'The Queen Is Dead', 'Meat is Murder' and 'What Difference Does It Make?'

The first 500 copies are on orange vinyl and are numbered 1-500. The remaining 500 copies are on black vinyl.

You can order the record from http://www.the-ukrainians.com/shop
Please remember to add postage costs if ordering from outside the UK

The Ukrainians will be playing an in-store gig on the day at Jumbo Records, St. John's Street Centre in the band's hometown of Leeds (England) @ 4.15pm.

Please contact me if you would like any further info or a copy of the record for review, etc (as it is a limited issue we...

Re: Surely how I feel is not nothing? MORRISSEY 16 APR 2016

HandThatRocksTheCradle said:

16 April 2013

Surely how I feel is not nothing?

by Morrissey, 15 april 2013

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But isn't that his attitude towards his fans?