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| From | "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Bad First Impressions |
| Date | Wed, 06 Aug 2003 08:08:41 -0500 |
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Morrissey's vocals were a tough nut for me to crack too -- while I liked
some Smiths singles, his voice and what I, at the time, perceived to be
pretentious attitude-filled lyrics, were a turn off. However, upon finding
out what a major Sparks fan Morrissey was, I was able to realize that lyrics
like "Now I know how Joan of Arc felt" (from "Bigmouth Strikes Again") were
meant to be funny. Totally turned things around for me.
Mike Bennett
p.s. -- Mark -- give the Sparks new one another chance -- it may be one of
those that will need a few listens. Of course, even then it might not be
your cup of joe -- while it draws from a lot of things they have done in
their past, it is a unique recording within their own peculiar history...
Record reviews and more at http://fufkin.com
>From: "Mark Eichelberger" <markeichelberger@comcast.net>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: "Audities" <audities@smoe.org>
>Subject: Bad First Impressions
>Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 08:40:12 -0400
>
>Mike Bennett wrote:
>"Does anyone else have this happen -- a first impression so bad that you
>have a hard time ever getting back to the artist's music -- Yo La Tengo and
>Nick
>Cave are two other artists who immediately come to mind for me..."
>
>Great question Mike. I clearly remember that when I heard the first Smiths
>album, I absolutely hated it. I even referred to Morrissey as "Lettuce
>Head" due to both his strident vegetarianism and simply because I thought
>he was an insipid whiner. It took a while, but with a few more albums and
>Johnny Marr's melodies, I really began to appreciate the band. And I now
>really enjoy both the sharp attack and the droll humor in Morrissey's
>lyrics.
>
>Mark
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