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  1. Jamie

    The Moz/Smiths Top 100, Part 253: BORN TO HANG

    By far my least favorite of the unreleased tracks. Even the most recent mix on Revelation feels incomplete. The parts just don't cohere to my ear. While I usually liked the appearance of stand-up bass, I find it really grating on this track. I think the rockabilly EP/mini-album would have...
  2. Jamie

    A heart to heart conversation with Morrissey

    That's a good one that I would second. From a more technical perspective, I'd like to know more about his actual writing process, including: - Does he predominantly write in regimented, "sit down at a desk or comfy chair" fashion - or write things down as notes while he's out and about? -...
  3. Jamie

    The Moz/Smiths Top 100, Part 249: I'M OK BY MYSELF

    His vocals on the outro are the only thing that kept me from making this a 3. The rest is as arid as the four overly simplistic words in the title. Better things ahead next time, I hope.
  4. Jamie

    Favourite Unreleased Track?

    Though they are technically released as of 2009, shouldn't the unreleased songs from Southpaw redux be included? And, as far as I know, the backing track to Laughing Anne has never been circulated.
  5. Jamie

    The Moz/Smiths Top 100, Part 247: YOU WERE GOOD IN YOUR TIME

    On the flip side, there are those of us who find it inconceivable that long time fans can find anything redemptive or remotely engaging in things like I Just Want to See the Boy Happy, That's How People Grow Up, and I'm OK By Myself. :sleeping: "You are sleeping and you want TOO HARD to believe."
  6. Jamie

    The Moz/Smiths Top 100, Part 243: BLACK CLOUD

    My thoughts exactly. The little noodling Jeff Beck does at the intro seem to set up an entirely different and more interesting song - and then that hamfisted "rawk" power chord ruins it. With the exception of Paris, I was very disappointed in Boz's contributions on YoR.
  7. Jamie

    Revelation tracks discussion

    Bb, The Cherokee sessions are from late 2001 or early 2002. As noted elsewhere, these were essentially Dean Butterworth's "audition" for Morrissey. (It's purely conjectural and he would never admit this, but I think they were also intended as demos for record companies as they predated his...
  8. Jamie

    Revelation tracks discussion

    Thanks for the compliment. I'm not an expert on these matters, but I believe that as long as a new master is recorded that the new label owns, he shouldn't be restricted. Hard to imagine he'll revisit that many old songs roughly three years on, though. In a brief exchange I shared with Alain...
  9. Jamie

    Revelation tracks discussion

    Stephane, an abundance of thanks for the detail. I thought that the drums on those songs didn't sound like Spencer. So how does the originally leaked version of Honey You Know Where to Find Me fit into all this? Was it also recorded at Miraval - or did they try it again when they reconvened...
  10. Jamie

    Revelation tracks discussion

    Fantastic Bird sounds fully mixed - the vocal is brought upfront so much more that it sounds more complete than the version on Southpaw redux. The solo and "bird" effects have more pop. While the quality of Lifeguard and Happy Lovers is certainly evident, they are such carbon copies of the...
  11. Jamie

    Jesse Tobias

    What's more, it simply beggars belief to think that Boz/etc. is going to provide any details to a fan on a social networking site in lieu of a statement from Morrissey or his "people." I admire the chutzpah in asking, but, frankly, it's naive in the extreme to expect Boz to reveal personal...
  12. Jamie

    Ringleader vs. Refusal

    "Plodding, monotonous noise...thunderous unnecessary guitar." Hmm...words I would use to describe Black Cloud, Sorry Doesn't Help, and I'm OK By Myself. To each his/her own, but I find I Will See You in Far-Off Places, Dear God Please Help Me, You Have Killed Me, I'll Never Be Anybody's...
  13. Jamie

    post 'Official' reviews of Swords

    Re: huh I feel it needs to be restated that Mikey's alternate version is in no way "official." He clearly stated on Jose's show that the vocal was the only element from the original recording. The music was recorded by Mikey and some of his musician friends AFTER the fact. Hence, it's not...
  14. Jamie

    The Songs That Saved Your Life Is Shit.

    Source? If you read Goddard's introduction to the second edition, he quite explicitly states that permissions for new interviews were granted AFTER the first edition was published and he also discovered various errata that he wished to correct. Not to mention the fact that Johnny Marr...
  15. Jamie

    New Morrissey songs ?

    This doesn't seem to square up with what Goddard's research yielded in Mozipedia nor is supported by Spencer Cobrin's or Jonny Bridgwood's recollections of those sessions. Spencer provided three additional demos that either were never attempted or never completed in the studio ("Hanratty,"...
  16. Jamie

    Morrissey and Marr is DEAD

    Brilliant. The cries for Morrissey and Marr to reunite are the music fan's version of a child constantly asking "are we there yet?" on a long car ride. This would be a perfect antidote. :clap: Cheers, Jamie
  17. Jamie

    Kristopher Pooley out of the band?

    I don't see any reason to mourn his departure, unlike Gary's or Alain's. I found him to be less than adequate at the show I saw on the Refusal tour. I'm sure he's probably a nice person, but he never seemed like more than a proverbial "lawnmower part" with ten fingers and voice - mission...
  18. Jamie

    Does anybody actually like THPGU?

    +2 And enough with that lousy cowbell already...!
  19. Jamie

    Copeland Tells Talking Heads, The Smiths to Reform

    Why doesn't he just spit out "do it for the money" and get it over with?
  20. Jamie

    Swords: Wtf?!

    My only complaint about Swords is that a few of the tracks on the live bonus disc already appeared on the Hollywood Bowl bonus disc from Greatest Hits. Life is a Pigsty is long enough to be scuppered for two other live tracks - and surely the world would not be poorer without yet another...
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