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Billy Bragg name checks Morrissey, TQID

posted by davidt on Tuesday March 14 2006, @07:00PM
m_jraj writes:
Billy joked about Morrissey missing Marr in his North American tour opener Saturday night in Toronto. Billy will also be peforming in SXSW this week.

Billy Bragg - Operah House, Toronto (March 11, 2006) - chromewaves.net

Excerpt: He was also quick to quip during the outro for "Greetings To The New Brunette" where he quipped (paraphrased), "Makes me look around and wonder where Johnny Marr is... I bet Morrissey thinks the same thing". But he also showed his respect for The Smiths during an acoustic "busker" portion of the set with his cover of their "Jeanne", as well as a rather nice if bumpy cover of The Verve's "The Drugs Don't Work".
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torr also writes:
Billy Bragg was on Air America Radio's Rachel Maddow Show this morning. You can hear it here.

Bragg's segment starts at 58mins.
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  • Billy Bragg's a ledge-end. If Morrissey looks for a new collaborator then I think he's his man!
    Anonymous -- Wednesday March 15 2006, @04:01AM (#203487)
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    David T (different) -- Wednesday March 15 2006, @12:56PM (#203581)
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  • Though Morrissey was given the lead role in NME Story, shown on BBC2 @ 12.05am this Friday past, Billy Bragg made an honourable appearance too. For those who missed it, here's a rundown of sorts.

    The first mention of Morrissey was in 1973 when he wrote to the magazine regularly, particularly to the indifferent Nick Kent, at age 14 with views on music. An indirect link was about an article composed by Lucy O’ Brien in 1985 about youth suicide and popular music culture called “Sing Me to Sleep”.

    Morrissey was described as the messiah from Manchester in the late ‘80’s, and live footage of “Every Day is Like Sunday” was shown. The editors admitted how the NME became very dependent on Morrissey for press sales, and described how they latched onto any details – q & a’s, his hairstyle, pictures etc – to secure guaranteed income like no one else did for them. The turning point in 1992 was the historic Finsbury Park concert, at which juncture several writers in the magazine patently resented him and were out to nail him, exploiting his dubious flirtation with right-wing imagery to take their chief star to task. John Harris said it was like killing your dad!

    It wasn’t until 2004 that the mutual rapprochement occurred when NME was being steered by Conor MacNicholls. The headline ran: The Governor Returns! Those interviewed near the end claimed to have learnt to tread more softly and respectfully towards musicians as a result, while Morrissey’s appearance singing “First of the Gang to Die” on Top of the Pops ran in the background.

    The journal obviously fed deep needs richly throughout its existence since the ‘60s, more at some times than others. There was no doubt about the revered and influential place for Morrissey in this story of the New Musical Express, and how the symbiotic relationship proceeds amicably again now.
    goinghome -- Thursday March 16 2006, @11:59AM (#203789)
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