Morrissey - Southpaw Grammar

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
19 Oct 2017, 2:17pm
Kory wrote:
19 Oct 2017, 2:10pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
19 Oct 2017, 2:06pm
1) Southpaw Grammar (a shame "Boxers" isn't on it)
2) Viva Hate
3) Bona Drag or some other comp of singles and b's up "Sunny"
4) Vauxhall
5) Your Arsenal
6 etc) Crab juice.
You don't rate Kill Uncle? It's his wittiest album!
"Sing Your Life" is okay. Everything else should have made wonder whether he still had Johnny Marr's phone number somewhere.
Sure, it was a pickup band, but the structures, melodies, and lyrics are still solid.
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Kory wrote:
19 Oct 2017, 2:20pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
19 Oct 2017, 2:17pm
Kory wrote:
19 Oct 2017, 2:10pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
19 Oct 2017, 2:06pm
1) Southpaw Grammar (a shame "Boxers" isn't on it)
2) Viva Hate
3) Bona Drag or some other comp of singles and b's up "Sunny"
4) Vauxhall
5) Your Arsenal
6 etc) Crab juice.
You don't rate Kill Uncle? It's his wittiest album!
"Sing Your Life" is okay. Everything else should have made wonder whether he still had Johnny Marr's phone number somewhere.
Sure, it was a pickup band, but the structures, melodies, and lyrics are still solid.
You, uh, got a lovely home here, Homer. Even when I was a pretty solidly in Morrissey's camp, that album did not inspire repeated listens.
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Heston wrote:
19 Oct 2017, 8:25am
101Walterton wrote:
18 Oct 2017, 9:08pm
Problem is, still got Morrissey singing.
Yeah, that strangulated moaning never resonated with me. I like a few Smiths songs but that's despite his vocals rather than because of them. They were very good musically.
Agreed.

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
19 Oct 2017, 2:24pm
Kory wrote:
19 Oct 2017, 2:20pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
19 Oct 2017, 2:17pm
Kory wrote:
19 Oct 2017, 2:10pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
19 Oct 2017, 2:06pm
1) Southpaw Grammar (a shame "Boxers" isn't on it)
2) Viva Hate
3) Bona Drag or some other comp of singles and b's up "Sunny"
4) Vauxhall
5) Your Arsenal
6 etc) Crab juice.
You don't rate Kill Uncle? It's his wittiest album!
"Sing Your Life" is okay. Everything else should have made wonder whether he still had Johnny Marr's phone number somewhere.
Sure, it was a pickup band, but the structures, melodies, and lyrics are still solid.
You, uh, got a lovely home here, Homer. Even when I was a pretty solidly in Morrissey's camp, that album did not inspire repeated listens.
Same here. It never inspired repeat listens. I think when he reissued it in 2013 it was a slight improvement, but I always thought the problem wasn't so much Morrissey - but the production and the fact that Mark E. Nevin wasn't able to come up with the effortless hooks that Marr did (or even Vini Reilly did). Morrissey was left to carry too much of the burden with his words and his voice.

The fact that he would soon hook up with Boz and Alain (who COULD write - and did - write great hooks) only serves to highlight how lacking Kill Uncle was.
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WestwayKid wrote:
19 Oct 2017, 3:04pm
The fact that he would soon hook up with Boz and Alain (who COULD write - and did - write great hooks) only serves to highlight how lacking Kill Uncle was.
Notably, that KROQ ep with his new band improved a couple Kill Uncle songs immensely.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
19 Oct 2017, 2:17pm
Kory wrote:
19 Oct 2017, 2:10pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
19 Oct 2017, 2:06pm
1) Southpaw Grammar (a shame "Boxers" isn't on it)
2) Viva Hate
3) Bona Drag or some other comp of singles and b's up "Sunny"
4) Vauxhall
5) Your Arsenal
6 etc) Crab juice.
You don't rate Kill Uncle? It's his wittiest album!
"Sing Your Life" is okay. Everything else should have made wonder whether he still had Johnny Marr's phone number somewhere.
The rockabilly version of SYL is way better.

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Your Arse ‘n’ All is my fave Moz album.

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BR16ADE_R055E wrote:
19 Oct 2017, 7:40pm
Your Arse ‘n’ All is my fave Moz album.
I love Morrissey. But I could have done without seeing that picture of "your arse an all" on one of the Greatest Hits albums. I thank my lucky stars I no longer collect vinyl because it would have been almost life size.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
19 Oct 2017, 3:13pm
WestwayKid wrote:
19 Oct 2017, 3:04pm
The fact that he would soon hook up with Boz and Alain (who COULD write - and did - write great hooks) only serves to highlight how lacking Kill Uncle was.
Notably, that KROQ ep with his new band improved a couple Kill Uncle songs immensely.
The reissue of Your Arsenal comes with a DVD of a show after White/Boorer/Day/Cobrin joined up (but before Your Arsenal), so it's largely Kill Uncle songs muscled up. It's pretty badass.
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The new single is a huge improvement on recent outings. That last two albums were about as interesting as watching paint dry. I am a fan. I enjoyed his recent BBC performance and like his cover of The Pretenders Back on the Chain Gang.
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