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Life without hope is hopeless.
I've been saying for years it's the logical conclusion and the only thing that can happen. Lots of others disagreed.
But do you really hope/wish for this to happen? Do you think it can possibly recapture the magic of yesteryear?
I would love to see them play those songs live (I mean Moz and Johnny of course, as a full reunion is nigh on impossible), but I can't help but feel that some things are best left as they are.
Nobody can erase our memories, those glorious days back in the 80s when we waited for each new release with baited breath, many of us queuing at our local record store hardly able to wait for opening time.
I'd be there like a shot. And I reckon, and I'm not including you here, that loads who say they wish it wouldn't happen would be there like a shot too. It's just too hard to resist.
I never said I wouldn't be there like a shot, of course I would.
What I am asking is if you think it will bring back the past, be as good as the original incarnation, I somehow doubt it.
I went to the Stone Roses reunion gig a couple of years back, not that I am comparing them to The Smiths (heaven forbid!) (lol), and even though it was a pleasant evening in itself it was nothing like on their heyday in 1989.
I dunno, I really feel it would ruin things even more for some reason.
I never said I wouldn't be there like a shot, of course I would.
What I am asking is if you think it will bring back the past, be as good as the original incarnation, I somehow doubt it.
I went to the Stone Roses reunion gig a couple of years back, not that I am comparing them to The Smiths (heaven forbid!) (lol), and even though it was a pleasant evening in itself it was nothing like on their heyday in 1989.
I dunno, I really feel it would ruin things even more for some reason.
Oh, I totally agree. "It just wasn't like...the old days anymore". But I won't care. The occasion will be enough.
Oh, I totally agree. "It just wasn't like...the old days anymore". But I won't care. The occasion will be enough.
oh my god, your nostalgic longing is so cute! it reminds me of this time i went with my friend to see her grandad at this old folks get-together where all the old foks sat around reminiscing and they were all drinking--get this--rootbeer floats! lol!! is that not the cutest thing? just like when they were young and life was new! i could totally see you there with your rootbeer float waxing nostalgic about the good old days of the smiths.
Oh Johnny, Mike and Andy I beg you please for the love God if you're going to go ahead and work with Silly Steven again ! Please ! Please ! Don't let that useless tw*t Gary Barlow lookalike Nephew of his have ANYTHING to do with it FFS !
Benny-the-British-Butcher
But do you really hope/wish for this to happen? Do you think it can possibly recapture the magic of yesteryear?
I would love to see them play those songs live (I mean Moz and Johnny of course, as a full reunion is nigh on impossible), but I can't help but feel that some things are best left as they are.
Nobody can erase our memories, those glorious days back in the 80s when we waited for each new release with baited breath, many of us queuing at our local record store hardly able to wait for opening time.
I've been saying for years it's the logical conclusion and the only thing that can happen. Lots of others disagreed.
Oh Johnny, Mike and Andy I beg you please for the love God if you're going to go ahead and work with Silly Steven again ! Please ! Please ! Don't let that useless tw*t Gary Barlow lookalike Nephew of his have ANYTHING to do with it FFS !
Benny-the-British-Butcher
Though posted in jest, this raises a point that rarely gets hashed out in reunion daydreams: a mutually-agreeable support system would be required for any protracted Smiths reunion (in whatever shape or form) to take place. A good number of the original Smiths' team has either passed or fallen from favor with one or the other principal. I can see Morrissey and Marr - or their inevitable solicitors - stuck in a room gridlocked on candidates for every role: manager, publicist, booking agent, drummer. All the more reason it is highly unlikely.
If Morrissey can't hash out arrangements with Supreme to his satisfaction, can you imagine the negotiations involved in a Smiths reunion? It would be the rock and roll equivalent of No Exit.
I discovered the whole of The Smiths back catalog about 10 years ago within the space of a few weeks. An amazing few weeks but I'm always envious of fans who lived through that period. It must have been such an exciting time.