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    I like Morrissey

    I'm not the only one either, and this thread will prove it.

    He's popular with Mancs and Merkins, thickies and thinkers - but not people who don't like him.

    ..Wish I could download more than 33 seconds of Pregnant For The Last Time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp View Post
    He's popular with Mancs
    He's no more popular with Mancs than anyone else.

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    ^ Yeah but it coupled well with 'Merkins'.

    I don't know why I started this thread as I have not been listening to him lately, (It's Hall & Oats week in disco Scampy) but I never gave him credit for Teenage dad On His Estate - one of the best songs I've heard from him and anyone who considers themselves an admirer of his work may not have heard this one as it never made it onto You Are The Quarry, though god/Morrissey only knows why.



    You chase in the rat-race
    And you always feel so hollow
    You marry because it's expected of you
    And it only makes you feel more lonely

    But still you look down on the
    Teenage dad on, on his estate
    He's happy - so leave him alone
    With his baby and his modest home
    He's happy - so leave him alone
    With his Jensen Interceptor
    It's just a runaround


    You defer to the views of the television news
    Let someone do your thinking for you
    And you still buy a daily newspaper
    And you find everything there but the news

    And still you look down on the
    Teenage dad on, on his estate
    He's happy - so leave him alone
    With his baby and his modest home
    He's happy - so leave him alone
    With his Jensen Interceptor
    It's just a runaround


    You become your parents' parent
    And you love them
    But you can't help feeling used
    And you hate the teenage dad on his estate
    Because he's poor / but he's happier / than you
    They're all laughing at you
    You're a dipper, a slider, cart-horse provider
    Nobody cares about you
    Just as long as you're out there bringing it in
    Despising the grin on the face of the boy
    With the methadone
    With his methadone
    He's happy - so leave him alone
    With his methadone
    He's happy - so leave him alone
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    "I'm an outsider by choice, but not truly. It's the unpleasantness of the system that keeps me out. I'd rather be in, in a good system. That's where my discontent comes from: being forced to choose to stay outside.
    My advice: Just keep movin' straight ahead. Every now and then you find yourself in a different place."

    George Carlin

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    every day is like sunday, specially when the relationship breaks down but at
    least it lasted 3 yrs.
    movin on ......
    morrisey and natalie merchant on stage together... what a blast.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp View Post
    Wish
    Paste the Youtube url of the video into this

    Convert Youtube and Myspace Video to MP3! Only at VidtoMP3.com

    & you've got it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp
    I like Morrissey
    of course you do, he's another self-absorbed waste of time... suppose he made a bit more money though.

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    Loved The Smiths
    Got me through those teenage years ,well sort of.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp
    ..Wish I could download more than 33 seconds of Pregnant For The Last Time.
    poor scamp still hasn't worked out torrents.

    i think i'll download it now just because i can and then never listen to it.

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    Morrissey is a boring kunt.


    a bit like me I suppose

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    Cant say as Ive heard too much of him on his own. The odd track here or there but nothing thats made me go out and get his solo albums.
    When he was with The Smiths thats a different kettle of daffodils. I was into rock/thrash/death metal at the same time and these hardcore Smiths fans couldnt work me out. Top music but comes across a bit of a knob sometimes.

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    Morrissey -- wasn't he the singer for the Doors?

    Never heard of 'im.

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    Morrissey is a great lyricist, dark humor at its best. The Smiths were easily one of the best rock bands of the 1980's. Meat Is Murder was brilliant. When Morrissey split with Johnny Marr, I think his music went down hill. Morrissey's a bit of a strange guy, not admitting to ever having sex until he was well his into his forties. His politics are as unique and always appealed to me, as he is fairly nationalistic but progressive at the same time.

    From the song Bengali in Platforms (1988):
    "Bengali, Bengali, shelve your Western plans. And understand that life is hard enough when you belong here"

    From a 2004 interview prior to the US presidential election:
    "Bush has single-handedly turned the United States into the most neurotic and terror-obsessed country on the planet".

    And finally, one of my favorite lyrics from Frankly Mr. Shankley:
    "When I'm lying in my bed, I think about life and I think about death.
    And neither one particularly appeals to me."

    An interesting guy that Morrissey.

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    Quote Originally Posted by floorpotato View Post
    From a 2004 interview prior to the US presidential election:
    "Bush has single-handedly turned the United States into the most neurotic and terror-obsessed country on the planet".
    Based on that line alone, he could be TD's poster child.

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    Girlfriend in a coma is a classic

    Blokes still a cnut though

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    I think the album Rank is one of the best live albums ever!

    Johnny Marr one of the best guitar players ?

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    ^ Hey Scooter, do you know what the classical music is at the beginning of Rank before he comes on stage?

    It's often used with industrial revolution footage and I've been after it for years, it's well known but I don't know if it's Tchaicovsky, Wagner, or what.

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    ^
    Its called Romeo & Juliet.

    Not 100% but I think its Tchaicovsky.
    Funny I have it here in CM with me.I did one mini disc(No ipod in those days)with classical and had to stick R & J on it.Its a long fine piece.

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    ^ Cheers, i'll try downloading it.

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    I liked the Smiths but when Johnny Marr split I, kind of, lost touch with all of them. I still have a lot of catching up to do, in the music department.

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    Shit, a Scamp thread that I find myself agreeing with

    But sometimes I'd feel more fulfilled making Christmas cards for the mentally ill (and Texpat)

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    Quote Originally Posted by NickA View Post
    sometimes I'd feel more fulfilled making Christmas cards for the mentally ill (and Texpat)
    Don't pay much attention to the sugary message and scenes of horse-drawn sleigh gliding through the snowy meadow to the cottage where whispy licks of warmth escape the red-brick chimney.

    Just ensure the cashier's check contains plenty of zeros following the first numeral.

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    Gothic rubbish music for suicidal teenage college kids, voice was and is bloody awful
    sorry scamp he is one of my pet hates

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    ^The first word of that posts probably shows that you have never actually listened to any of his work. Gothic, in what way?

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    ^ No i haven't can't stand the sound of his voice, he was a hero to all the goths at my college things may have changed in that respect it was a while ago

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scooter View Post

    Johnny Marr one of the best guitar players ?
    One of them for sure. And that chap from Stone Roses who went on the Sea Horses or whatever they are called.

    However, I think you should know that Jimmy Page page wrote Stairway to Heaven when he was in his 20s whilst I could play it on my guitar when I was only 15.


    I think that says something.

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