tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31163503.post1553432724756802653..comments2023-06-08T14:08:00.219+01:00Comments on 17 seconds: Album Review: The SmithsEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14243538543550888272noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31163503.post-31476208039652735982008-11-25T23:05:00.000+01:002008-11-25T23:05:00.000+01:00Craig - it's disappointing when you feel let down ...Craig - it's disappointing when you feel let down by a band, though sometimes the debut can grow on you<BR/><BR/>Dirk - I love lyric sheets too, I realised Pulp didn't want us reading the lyrics because they didn't always coincide with what was being sung!<BR/><BR/>Drew - as it's based on the music, then yes, even 'That Joke Isn;t Funny Anymore' can ruin it.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243538543550888272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31163503.post-36744569565503630282008-11-25T18:42:00.000+01:002008-11-25T18:42:00.000+01:00A perfect 5 Ed, really?DrewA perfect 5 Ed, really?<BR/><BR/>DrewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31163503.post-44796803967641811252008-11-25T11:10:00.000+01:002008-11-25T11:10:00.000+01:00Wise words, Ed. For me as a German - with my restr...Wise words, Ed. <BR/><BR/>For me as a German - with my restricted knowledge of the English language - I was always very pleased when a band included lyric sheets to their albums. Nowadays of course you can track down everyting in the internet, but that was impossible back then. You just sat there with your little dictionary, lifting and putting down the needle again and again and again, so that you could find out what someone might possibly be singing about in that specific line, you know. Learning by doing, if you like! <BR/><BR/>I'll never forget the day when I finally got my hands upon the lyric sheets of The Stranglers' first two albums and The Clash's first album (per mailorder from the UK, they'd cost a fortune!): my life changed on that day, believe me!<BR/><BR/>No problems like that with the first Smiths album, lyrics were included (thanks Morrisey and/or Rough Trade Germany): I'm willing to have a small bet that I could still sing along to every single line of the whole album these days ... some 24 years later. The same is true for 'London Calling', by the way ...<BR/><BR/>Cheers,Dirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02907703583893968857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31163503.post-15360184205543489542008-11-25T11:07:00.000+01:002008-11-25T11:07:00.000+01:00The Smiths' first Peel session was the soundtrack ...The Smiths' first Peel session was the soundtrack of summer '83 for me, and I had the good fortune to see 'em at Sheffield Poly in Sept 83, about two weeks before This Charming Man was released.<BR/><BR/>They were brilliant. Then I was crushingly disappointed in the first album -- the versions were so inferior to the radio sessions (and the Troy Tate sessions too), and a 1984 gig at Leeds Uni was listless beyond belief.<BR/><BR/>The highs and lows of a great band, eh?<BR/><BR/>cheers, CraigAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31163503.post-49288840351173353452008-11-24T22:43:00.000+01:002008-11-24T22:43:00.000+01:00Oh mother. Let me go!Oh mother. Let me go!Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14243538543550888272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31163503.post-79462268169014570022008-11-24T22:30:00.000+01:002008-11-24T22:30:00.000+01:00I can smile about it now but at the time it was te...I can smile about it now but at the time it was terrible...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com