Although it would be their last, Strangeways, Here We Come might just have been The Smiths’ best album and although it follows the formula of Morrissey’s words and melodies over Marr’s concise jangle, there’s something different about it sonically – a maturity. A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours opens the album […]
From Berlin to Frankfurt and today venturing into Bonn to pick up Olivia’s violin from the repair shop. It rained (again) and driving and then walking through the streets of this city, I notice a rather large leaning towards Classical Music. It is of course the birthplace of Beethoven and the deathplace of Robert Schumann […]
Twinkle made little impression on the world, having only one real hit with Terry reaching No.4 in the UK in 1964. But, she was a rather interesting character, not only did she write the song but it was also banned by the BBC as a”Death Song” – plus Jimmy Page played on it, not a bad […]
Although the title might have been more appropriate before Christmas, the song lives on through the years. Johhny Marr singing it, who knew? This is from a KCRW session in 2013. The song was originally the B-side of William It Was Really Nothing released in 1984 and appeared later on the Hatful Of Hollow and Louder […]
Morrissey’s new album arrives in store on the 15th July 2014. The album, recorded in France, will be released on Harvest records and is produced by Joe Chiccarelli, it will be the first album in five years (the last being Years Of Refusal in 2009). Since then he has released his autobiography, titled “Autobiography” to mixed reviews. The […]
This year’s NME poll places The Smiths, The Queen Is Dead as the greatest album of all time. If you would like to see the Top 500 go here: http://www.nme.com/news/the-smiths/73363 Here the complete album here but if you do not have a vinyl copy of this then hopefully this will inspire you to go and […]