matt b
Indexing all opinion
Was going to mention them in the 'what do you return' to thread, but with the re-ignition of the Smiths thread, I thought a specific one might be worth a punt...
1988, Oxford. The Smiths were THE band for the literate set, of which I was certainly not a part. I didn't do English A level for a start. I was too busy listening to whatever hardcore I could find in Our Price.
Heard Cud in a mate's car. Sounded like Hue and Cry to me.
However, over the next few months the lyrics became embedded, in a similar way that Smiths lyrics did- humourous, knowing, self depreciating, but with a more overt sense of daftness.
I went to see them alone, rather than go and see Agnostic Front.
Seem to me to be a very 'Northern band' (like the Smiths), although members were not from the north originally. Didn't realise how massive they were until I myself moved north- they were the default teenage band for many of the people I met
Obviously, about as cool as Carter USM and the major label stuff was shit, but they define a certain sort of Englishness less pompously than Morrissey/Marr ever did
1988, Oxford. The Smiths were THE band for the literate set, of which I was certainly not a part. I didn't do English A level for a start. I was too busy listening to whatever hardcore I could find in Our Price.
Heard Cud in a mate's car. Sounded like Hue and Cry to me.
However, over the next few months the lyrics became embedded, in a similar way that Smiths lyrics did- humourous, knowing, self depreciating, but with a more overt sense of daftness.
I went to see them alone, rather than go and see Agnostic Front.
Seem to me to be a very 'Northern band' (like the Smiths), although members were not from the north originally. Didn't realise how massive they were until I myself moved north- they were the default teenage band for many of the people I met
Obviously, about as cool as Carter USM and the major label stuff was shit, but they define a certain sort of Englishness less pompously than Morrissey/Marr ever did