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Sunday, March 3, 2013

The Smiths {RTT186} William It Was Really Nothing {HQ Audio}

The Smiths RTT186 William It Was Really Nothing HQ Audio Tube. Duration : 2.22 Mins.


REMASTERED 2012 AUDIO 'Meat is Murder' Live 'EP' excerpt .. Following the success of the 1985 Meat Is Murder tour, The band started planning the release of a live ep featuring this & four other tracks www.youtube.com .. Though the white labels were pressed, The proposed 'Meat is Murder' live ep was shelved .. Track Info Morrissey greets his audience with "Hello, we're the other funny Manchester group!" a candid reference to the supporting act 'James' .. Recorded by 'Auntie' at The Apollo Theater, Oxford 18th March 1985 & broadcasted on The Janice Long radio show 9th May 1985. ~ A Billy MacKenzie Tribute When the world was Brown, Black or Khaki & the raincoat was that years Duffle, Billy MacKenzie was Ultra Violet, Ultra bright but mostly Uncompromising. Morrissey befriended Billy circa 1984 & he is the most likely muse for the above Recording. They met up at Morrisseys Kensington flat in the spring of 1984. The pair apparently spent hours searching for some common ground, But ultimately there wasn't any. Morrissey described Billy as, ' Very erratic, Quite indescribable, He was like a whirlwind. He simply swept into the place & he seemed to be instantly all over the room ! '. William it was Really Nothing probably refers to MacKenzie's 'Theft' of one of Morrisseys treasured James Dean books during that fabled meeting !. Quote ' He walked off with it, which is a persistent cause of anxiety, I was quite speechless. I watched him walk out the door with it. It wasn ...

Monday, October 8, 2012

The Smiths William it Was Really Nothing (Top Of The Pops 30th August 1984)(HQ)

The Smiths William it Was Really Nothing (Top Of The Pops 30th August 1984)(HQ) Tube. Duration : 3.10 Mins.


Morrissey on William. 'it occurred to me that within popular music if ever there were any records that discussed marriage they were always from the female's standpoint, female singers singing to women : There were never any songs saying do not marry, stay single, self-preservation, etc'. I thought it was about time there was a male voice speaking directly to another male saying that marriage was a waste of time... that, in fact, it was absolutely nothing'. ~ Morrissey on Top of The Pops. 'I must be brutally honest but I find doing Top Of The Pops great fun, which is something very hard for the old lips to say .. I know I should spit on the whole idea of Top Of The Pops but I can't. I think the groups that criticize Top Of The Pops are those that probably know they'll never get on there. If you can do something different on Top Of The Pops, then you've got some value' ~ A Billy MacKenzie Tribute When the world was Brown, Black or Khaki & the raincoat was that years Duffle, Billy MacKenzie was Ultra Violet, Ultra bright but mostly Uncompromising. Morrissey befriended Billy circa 1984 & he is the most likely muse for the above Recording. They met up at Morrisseys Kensington flat in the spring of 1984. The pair apparently spent hours searching for some common ground, But ultimately there wasn't any. Morrissey described Billy as, ' Very erratic, Quite indescribable, He was like a whirlwind. He simply swept into the place & he seemed to be instantly all over the room ...