

40 YEARS AGO - MESSAGES FROM MORRISSEY - MORRISSEY CENTRAL - 40 YEARS AGO
MESSAGES FROM MORRISSEY on MORRISSEY CENTRAL

The Smiths official FB as per 'On This Day' thread on the actual day of release:
Regards,
FWD.
It’s not like any other single, this one is different because our lives would never be the same again. It’s hard to imagine how our lives would have been without the Smiths and Morrissey. Such a beautiful day.
No idea why people are so keen on Cobrin being part of the line up when almost every other drummer Morrissey has had has been better than him. Boz also, love him to bits, his heart didn't seem to be in it years before he resigned.Morrissey - Vocals
Alain Whyte - Guitars & Backing Vocals
Boz Boorer - Guitar
Gary Day - Bas Guitar & Double Bass
Spencer Cobrin - Drums![]()
Because it's fiiirstBecause it's us![]()
Must be near 30 years for me as well... kinda scary how time flies!Viva Morrissey! Viva The Smiths (all of them)! Wonderful music that will live forever! Helps you grow as a person as well - the beauty of what you're listening to and the 'life experience' passed to you in the tales the lyrics tell. It's just shy of 30 years since I discovered Morrissey.
He is probably the only one Moz would never take back...No idea why people are so keen on Cobrin being part of the line up when almost every other drummer Morrissey has had has been better than him. Boz also, love him to bits, his heart didn't seem to be in it years before he resigned.
No idea why people are so keen on Cobrin being part of the line up when almost every other drummer Morrissey has had has been better than him. Boz also, love him to bits, his heart didn't seem to be in it years before he resigned.
Dream teamMorrissey - Vocals
Alain Whyte - Guitars & Backing Vocals
Boz Boorer - Guitar
Gary Day - Bas Guitar & Double Bass
Spencer Cobrin - Drums![]()
Yes, I thought that too. 31 times is a surprise. I do think it is one of those songs that sounds much better live. The song has glimpses of the greatness to come, rather than being great itself. Live it sounds much better than the studio version...An important song for sure as it was their first single... but never been on my Smiths' top list. I thought it was one he hasn't done as a solo artist, but he's played it 31 times (currently #151 on the list).
From a unique compelling review back in the day, by a MSolo memberNot nearly as momentous, but I also like this remembrance:
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KISS MY SHADES
a love song like no other
“Angie had just passed her driving test and her parents had loaned her this little VW Beetle that we used to sort of hang out in. I said, ‘Get me round to Mozzer’s!’ Cos he’s got a tape machine. So we got in the car like I was going to have a baby, you know?
Marr then sits like a child on his seat, cradling the birth of his new riff, “So I’m in the car, trying not to change this riff – cos you just change stuff, you know? So all the way though this 20-minute ride to Mozzer’s, I’m playing the riff.
“Angie always leaves me to it when I’m in that nutty headspace, but maybe because it was boring for her… she said ‘Make it sound like Iggy!’ She loves Iggy Pop. So I just took that Nile Rodgers thing and just played Iggy Pop chords. She said, ‘Yeah that’s cool!’ And I was like, Oh really!” Angie, The Smiths have a lot to thank you for.
So it’s a Sunday evening, we get to Morrissey’s house. I prayed that it was the one night of the year that he didn’t leave the house! He opened the door and I’m stood there with this guitar. He said ‘What’s happened?’ I said, ‘Check this out!’
“He knew me pretty well by this point, so he said OK, went and got this little tape machine. I was on the stairs in his hallway and I started putting it down. As I was putting it down, I thought, this song needs another bit – ‘Rebel Rebel’!”
And that became ‘Hand In Glove’, which was the best Smiths song at that point, I think. We were rehearsing, either the next day or the day after, and I showed Mike and Andy. I said, check this bit out. Andy, who’d played with me since being 14, goes ‘I’m sure that’s ‘Rebel Rebel’”
-Johnny Marr
That’ll be the 50thMoz should have replicated the cover artwork to mark the anniversary.
In full flight:Morrissey - Vocals
Alain Whyte - Guitars & Backing Vocals
Boz Boorer - Guitar
Gary Day - Bass Guitar & Double Bass
Spencer Cobrin - Drums![]()
I only posted that exact line up because it harkens back to a sense of unity and damn good material. I can do without Boz also.No idea why people are so keen on Cobrin being part of the line up when almost every other drummer Morrissey has had has been better than him. Boz also, love him to bits, his heart didn't seem to be in it years before he resigned.