I was chiefly drawn to the music, but I was enough of a mopey teenager to find the lyrics attractive. Morrissey's voice grew on me, in the same way M.E. Smith's and Jello Biafra's did.WestwayKid wrote: ↑11 Jan 2019, 3:18pmI'm trying to remember back to when I was 12-13 years old and first got into The Smiths. I think I was really drawn in by Morrissey's lyrics, voice, and persona. He did set them apart.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑11 Jan 2019, 2:33pmOh, sure, I was being semi-tongue-in-cheek. Morrissey's lyrics, voice, and persona allowed them to stand out amongst the crowd. Even with a more conventional singer, the band would have been really good—Marr was filthy with pop hooks—but the history of rock is littered with talented groups that never got sufficient notice.Kory wrote: ↑11 Jan 2019, 2:29pmAlso, not to denigrate the music of the band, but I'm not sure they would have really been that cool without Morrissey. The song structures are all quite simple, with one section coming right after the next in a line. The parts themselves are cool, but there's not much in the way of interesting or interlocking transitions—they're all just a bunch of parts strung together. It was Morrissey's phrasing and penchant for using the verse as a chorus and vice-versa that made them a great band. Trip that.
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"I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung." - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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Crime and the City Solution - On Every Train (Grain will bear Grain)
Love & Rockets - Kundalini Express
Shane MacGowan - Donegal Express
The Last Poets - On the Subway
Ian McCulloch - Another Train
Love & Rockets - Kundalini Express
Shane MacGowan - Donegal Express
The Last Poets - On the Subway
Ian McCulloch - Another Train
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Sure, I just prefer when it's more complicated. Purely a personal preference.Heston wrote: ↑11 Jan 2019, 2:34pmIsn't the history of popular music mostly full of songs which are "a bunch of parts strung together?" The Bohemian Rhaosodies of this world are the usually the exception rather than the rule.Kory wrote: ↑11 Jan 2019, 2:29pmAlso, not to denigrate the music of the band, but I'm not sure they would have really been that cool without Morrissey. The song structures are all quite simple, with one section coming right after the next in a line. The parts themselves are cool, but there's not much in the way of interesting or interlocking transitions—they're all just a bunch of parts strung together. It was Morrissey's phrasing and penchant for using the verse as a chorus and vice-versa that made them a great band. Trip that.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑11 Jan 2019, 2:18pmI plan on tripping you one day.Kory wrote: ↑11 Jan 2019, 2:14pmEh, it's basically the same song as Money Changes Everything. It was clear that Marr was winding down his days of talent while Morrissey was about to rocket through the stratosphere.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑10 Jan 2019, 7:01pm
Solid tune. Those instrumentals confirm they would have been shit hot even if Morrissey had been murdered with a turkey leg by an immigrant.
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Big Train - Mike Watt
Driver 8 - REM
Rock Island Line - Knitters (among others)
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Driver 8 - REM
Rock Island Line - Knitters (among others)
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In space no one can hear you clash!
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Checked out that This Train track by Rosetta Tharpe and it is several shades of wonderful. Thanks to those who recommended it, will be looking into more of her stuff.
There’s also a song of that title by Bunny Wailer that I’d recommend.
There’s also a song of that title by Bunny Wailer that I’d recommend.
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Trans Europa Express - Kraftwerk
All Down the Line - Stones
Downtown Train - Tom Waits
Boxcars - Joe Ely
Princess of the Night - Saxon
All Down the Line - Stones
Downtown Train - Tom Waits
Boxcars - Joe Ely
Princess of the Night - Saxon
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Fucking Saxon? And you call me for the Scorps?
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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Well, to begin with, I never had a sweater.
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You two should either get a room or just pass like strangers in the night.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
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Revbob said trains, not planes. You're breaking the law, breaking the law.Marky Dread wrote: ↑13 Jan 2019, 6:04pmYou two should either get a room or just pass like strangers in the night.
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Okay let's stop this train this crazy train as it's becoming a train wreck.
Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
"Without the common people you're nothing"
Nos Sumus Una Familia
Re: Heston and Marky's Friday Top 5
No need to get paranoid.Marky Dread wrote: ↑14 Jan 2019, 5:48pmOkay let's stop this train this crazy train as it's becoming a train wreck.
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Kundalini Express
We reach the parts other combos cannot reach
We beach the beachheads other armies cannot beach
We speak the tongues other mouths cannot speak
We beach the beachheads other armies cannot beach
We speak the tongues other mouths cannot speak
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Hello,
Down in the Tube Station at Midnight.
Down in the Tube Station at Midnight.