HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE LOVED? |
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Does It Feel To Be Loved? In April, Morrissey gave an interview in which he dismissed The Smiths as being a "great but simplistic time", and declared that his pride was with his solo work. Asked if he still listened to The Smiths, he replied: "No. It was beautiful, but it's gone." So here's the line. On one side, Morrissey, his solo works, and the person he is now, abhorrent views and all. And on the other side, there's The Smiths, the sparkling guitar of Johnny Marr, and the poetry of a man who once believed "it takes guts to be gentle and kind". If Morrissey wants to disown those songs, those words, then that's fine by us. They're no longer his anyway - they belong to the fans, who've kept them alive for decades now. Morrissey has no right to sully them and he knows it - which is why he's turning his back on them. Johnny Marr has been playing and singing more and more Smiths songs live, and it feels like he knows that his time has come to become their custodian. He'll keep them safe. So
we're doing what we always do in the summer - having a Smiths special.
But this time we're drawing a line with it. No more Morrissey solo.
Smiths forever. Please come and draw that line with us. |
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