Tal Bachman refers to The Smiths in bio

Posted on Mon, Aug 9 1999 at 8:47 a.m. PDT
by David T. <[email protected]>

Thanks to Ellie for the following:

Good things around Tal Bachman these days, his top 40 song "She's So High" is attracting attention, it caught mine. I was wandering around his website and found a few Smiths references. I hear the new cd is like a mixture of old 80's style rock and alternative.. we'll see...

Here are the snippets in question...

[Tal Bachman] had grown intimately acquainted with what he describes as "the popular music canon of the previous fifty years" - everything from Rodgers and Hammerstein to Roy Orbison, from The Kinks to Irish folk music, from Antonio Carlos Jobim and John Coltrane to The Beatles and The Who, from Led Zeppelin to The Smiths.

"When I was eighteen I stopped listening to music," Bachman states flatly. "I was a huge U2 fan, but The Joshua Tree unnerved me, and Rattle and Hum terrified me - my favorite band was cracking up! The Smiths had long since broken up, The Cure had become redundant, Queen had been comatose for years, hair bands sucked, and I just freaked out."

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If I hear "She's So High" one more time (barf, barf), I'm gonna flood radio stations with Moz requests

keefer
- Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 12:09:06 (PDT) | #1

Is that a cover of the song by Blur?

The Girl Racer <[email protected]>
Chicago - Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 12:58:48 (PDT) | #2

No.

maladjusted <[email protected]>
Ottawa, Ontario - Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 13:13:29 (PDT) | #3

That song is so lame. Hmm...the Joshua Tree isn't the greatest, but I don't know how he can criticize it and then release this @#!!!e.

Corey <[email protected]>
- Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 13:19:28 (PDT) | #4

He obviously isn't that discerning if he considered U2 his favourite, listening to lots of music is one thing, but how about picking some good stuff while you're there and not just the usual mainstream pap, there's always good music out there if you look for it.

John <[email protected]>
Glasgow, Scotland - Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 13:29:17 (PDT) | #5

Tal Bachman has no talent, and will soon be washed up like his old man

Roy
- Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 17:25:43 (PDT) | #6

...Tal who???

Michael Gordon <[email protected]>
- Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 22:22:41 (PDT) | #7

Washed up... Then you're not as excited as I am about the Guess Who? reunion tour?

maladjusted <[email protected]>
Ottawa, Ontario - Tue, Aug 10, 1999 at 12:25:07 (PDT) | #8

Tal schmal! That's Craig Kilborne!!
Craiggers, we love you man!!

alainsane <[email protected]>
- Tue, Aug 10, 1999 at 21:21:10 (PDT) | #9

I don't know who this chararcter is , but The Cure redundant.. They've been around for what 22 years now.... Man what the hell is he talking about. what next "Robert Smith is far from a musical genius" I'm sure this meathead probably already thinks that.

boy racer
Midland, pa - Tue, Aug 10, 1999 at 22:36:48 (PDT) | #10

Wow!
He really does look like Craig Kilborne.
As for the whole Cure thing, Tal's kind of right but that's just my opinion

The Girl Racer <[email protected]>
Chicago - Wed, Aug 11, 1999 at 09:48:51 (PDT) | #11

...ick!
just look at that (smug)mug.
punch it!
...that song is just grating on my nerves!

amber
- Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 00:40:53 (PDT) | #12

* return to Morrissey-solo