Unfortunately there was no interview after all - but plenty of shots from Green Room. Music made up for it tho' - Paris followed by This Charming Man.
Predictibly JR made reference to the naked photo shoot - taking mick out of Boz. Mozz was in great form - obviously has good rapport with JR & presented him with a Peter Wyngarde LP. Don't suppose that they will broadcast the comments about a track on there called "Rape"!
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Awsome!!! (Score:0)
Although I still think Jonathan Ross is a muppet for what he said at the Roundhouse Gig.
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No Interview? (Score:1)
Why is it he refuses to let Jonathan Ross interview him? Is it because he doesn’t like being interviewed on TV or is it because he doesn’t like Jonathan Ross?
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FAO An anonymous person (Score:0)
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This Chawming Man by Mowissey (Score:1)
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video of show (Score:2, Informative)
(start of show - brief chat with moz)
What can I say? (Score:1)
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Of all the entertainers in all the world... (Score:1)
Songs, I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris, and This Charming Man, were a great mix to finish the show.
Glad I caught it, just in from a great Damien Dempsey gig.
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Here's the pre-song segment (Score:2, Interesting)
So sad how Boz sat up when the camera pan on to him...
Love Wozzy though.
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video of performances (Score:3, Informative)
Paris and Charming Man
one thing missing, johnnys guitar (Score:1)
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Never my favourite (Score:1, Interesting)
Ouch (Score:0)
Vulgar and Vile...No Grace or Style (Score:1)
How Morrissey has allowed this truly awful man into his "inner circle" is, quite frankly, beyond me.
Ross has made a career out of crass, crude and, often times, deliberately inappropriate material coupled with cloying sycophancy.
It really is disappointing to watch him take this chump to his heart. It doesn't really say much for him.
This is the part of the thread when people can now defend Ross as being "hilarious" and accuse me of jealousy.
I thank you.
Kimura
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Good God (Score:1)
Best friends with Ross now? Oh dear, he really HAS lost it
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mr.ross and mozz (Score:0)
Oh well. (Score:1)
Regardless, the songs were great. "This Charming Man" might very well miss Johnny's highlife guitars. This version sounds like Death Cab For Cutie's cover.
As for the rest, I think the guests are really dull and are nothing but third-rate micro-celebs that you often see when the producers cannot reel in somebody bigger or more interesting.
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Bad Boys (Score:1)
Those vocals are astonishing but, as someone posted above, I miss the little high-pitched whoop. That' s what really irritated people all those years ago ; )
As for J. Ross, I don't understand all the vitriol. I only ever encounter him on this site, but he always comes across as clever, articulate and, yes, more than a little crass. A bit like a certain brilliant vocalist I can think of.
It's interesting that J. Ross and R. Brand (both of whom Moz seems quite close to) have incurred such public wrath of late. The three of them are quite a gang of thugs : D
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A nice new take on a mighty classic (Score:1)
That said, I saw a comment on here where someone said the band could've played it like the Smiths did but chose not to. I don't think that's right, none of them are talented enough to recreate Marr's guitar. Although also, I wouldn't really want them to. If I want to hear it as the Smiths played it, I'll just play the original. I'm quite happy to hear it played a different way.
And finally... of course, they were live and so without the benefit of three million overdubs like Marr had.
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Re:A nice new take on a mighty classic (Score:2, Insightful)
The song is certainly not beginner material but it's also something that is rather easy for an experienced musician to recreate, as many lesser musicians have done on Youtube.
The band nailed Still Ill, and it is roughly of the same technical difficulty as TCM. Almost all songs are fairly easy to play once their patterns are revealed. It's the creative impulse that is difficult to formulate.
Morrissey's taste has plummeted so dramatically that he likely thought this version was a good idea. I seriously doubt it has anything to do with it's supposed technical difficulty.
Fans who merely listen to the songs, and haven't taken the time to learn them on an instrument tend to think the material is a lot more complex than it really is. I know, because I felt the same way before learning to play guitar. Eventually, I realized how shallow the music listening experience is when you don't play a musical instrument. Most people are missing out.
Besides, the band did the same thing to Last of The Famous. It's merely the modern Morrissey sound, and he has a lot more to do with it than people seem to realize.
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jimmy marred (Score:0)
morrissey this charming man (Score:0)
black cloud (Score:0)
Consider this though... (Score:0)
Harry Hill mentions Morrissey (Score:0)
Well it was a knock knock joke but Harry is funny more than can be said for other would be comedic followers
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Pretty good but.... (Score:0)
I don't know... (Score:0)
Tcm (Score:0)
The moment he and band attempt a smiths classic, you are all on the bandwagon criticising, and if he decided to never play smiths songs again, good god, I dread to think of the stick he would get.
Can't people just be happy he's decided to dredge up a Smiths classic - its not 1984 now, things simply have to change and evolve! If people want to hear The Smiths songs ala 1980's then they should really stay at home listening to the records or shut up and just be happy that he's still around singing them!!
The harsh truth... (Score:1)
If someone played that video to Morrissey in the 1980's and said that the old, grey-haired grump with bloated belly singing would be him in a few years, he probably would have left the business completely, taking his would-be shame to the grave in silence, never speaking of what he saw to anyone, ever.
Sadly, this didn't happen and sadly, we all have to live with what has lazily replaced the brilliance of the Smiths.
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I don't like him and neither should you! (Score:3, Funny)
Well well well, what can be said about this dreadful "TV" appearence? It really is beyond words. The way he laughed when Jonathan "Ross" spoke - the younger Morrissey would be spinning in his grave. He's lost it. And as for that picture of him and his band in the nude - well, see my previous humorous posts for more wry withering asides on that score!! Suffice to say - he's lost it.
Ans as for those songs - don't get me started. "Paris" isn't even a song at all - its more of a speech or post-it note. "This Charming Man" - well! All I can say is - he's lost it. Really, that's all I can say. He's lost it. Lost.
Can this really be the same man who wrote the songs which meant so much to me, like "Sunday", "Hairdesser Fired", "Boxing" and "Skinhead"? I think not. He's lost it!
Of course none of you sad fans can admit these facts, and will level accusations such as "troll", "wanker", "tedious, self-important, illiterate fuckwit" at me. Well, all I can say is, the truth hurts.
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That said nick the name (Score:0)
But israel should still fuck off out of Palestine
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I'll show you my B-sides... (Score:1)
batch face killa's
puro Morrissey!
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bad version of the charming man? (Score:1)
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This Charming Man (Score:0)
Who is the keyboard player?? (Score:0)
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Walking on Sunshine (Score:1)
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The drummer (Score:0)
The Voice of the Past... (Score:2, Interesting)
That was incredible to me...he sounds as good as I've ever heard him...
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Moz loves Jonathon Ross... (Score:2, Interesting)
As regards the version of This Charming Man, this band are obviously trying a different take on the song rather than doing it Karaoke style. I'm sure Boz could play the proper guitar line if needed, I can even play it for fuck's sake, but then I never could have made it up , and neither could Boz have I would guess.And that where Marr's genius was and I'm glad they gave it respect by not imitating it note for note.
Finally, as Jonathon Ross is one of the few powerful media people who gives Mozz continual plugs and airtime
Best Bit (Score:1)
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'Over The Hill' and Far Away! (Score:1, Insightful)
Aver-a-g-e (Score:1)
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Interview & TCM (Score:1)
Oh well.
I gotta agree with some on here (and I can't believe it's only some), but that version of This Charming Man, is actually better than that done by The Smiths.
"Wow!"
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This Charming Man (Score:0)
I much much prefer Morrissey doing it NOW rather than the fey, pale & skinny Morrissey of the yore.
His vocals also sound much better now.
His Master's Voice (Score:1)
Firstly....Morrissey has stated on at least two occasions(maybe more that I'm unaware of) that he would NEVER sing 'This Charming Man' again; possibly because it was written about someone in particular, or maybe because it's too strong a reminder of headier times. There's almost a peculiarly hollow feeling of surrender about it's return. This is sated somewhat by the fact that I actually like the new version. Of course it will never replace the jolt I still get hearing the original, but given that I thought I'd never hear it live again....I'll take it.
Secondly....as a couple of other people have pointed out, it's an absolute unbridled joy to hear THAT voice again. A voice that seems to have been posted missing since 1987. If, as is blatantly obvious, Morrissey still possesses the voice he built his career upon....why doesn't he use it more often? I don't have a problem with the voice he chooses to sing with now(it sounds miraculous on 'When I Last Spoke To Carol'), but I just wish he'd let it loose a little more often.
THAT was the biggest thrill of Friday night's show!!!
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look in the mirror rogelio d (Score:0)
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Re:Swallowneck Has Something To Say... (Score:0)
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