BANG Showbiz / Yahoo! News UK: Dana Gillespie was invited to tea by Morrissey after he loved her Spent the Day in Bed cover (May 30, 2024)

Dana Gillespie was invited to tea by Morrissey after he loved her Spent the Day in Bed cover​

Iconic singer Dana Gillespie was left stunned when reclusive star Morrissey emailed her to say that her cover of the song 'Spent the Day in Bed' was better than his original.

In fact, Morrissey was so impressed by Dana's interpretation that he took her out for tea at a posh London hotel.

Dana says: "It was such a thrill. Morrissey is such a brilliant songwriter, we had such fun together. What I love about the song is how relevant the lyrics are to today's world. It's about how it's better not to mess up with your brain by watching the news."

Dana's song can be found on her new album, 'First Love', which is being released on 31st May by Fretsore Records.

She told BANG Showbiz Managing Director Rick Sky during an outrageous two-hour video interview at London's Sanctum Hotel in Soho: "This album is technically my 74th album, and it's the first time for 50 years that I let someone else produce me and make some of the decisions. I have known Marc (Almond) and Tris (Penna) so well that I could trust them implicitly.

"Also, Marc and I have very similar taste in much of the music that I like, and he's been a great friend for years."

The single 'Spent the Day in Bed' went straight into the vinyl singles chart at number three and the physical singles chart at number six.

Commenting on the new record, Dana said: "It’s very unusual for me to do an album on which I haven’t written all the songs and it’s the first time in years and years that I’ve let someone else produce the album for me. Normally I do everything but, in some ways, it’s a bit of a relief and a joy to give it over to Tris and Marc, who are old hands at this."

She added: "I have some reason for having every song on this album, they’re not just thrown in there, randomly."

Marc Almond said: "Dana sings the life she lives and what a life indeed. The last of the great ladies of Bohemia, exotic troubadour and muse of Legends. An open mystery."

He continued: "A treasure waiting to be rediscovered, and famous for being unknown. The secret is out."

Dana Gillespie was invited to tea by Morrissey after he loved her Spent the Day in Bed cover

Dana Gillespie was shocked to be invited to tea by the reclusive former Smiths frontman Morrissey after he was impressed by her cover of his track 'Spent the Day in Bed'.

uk.news.yahoo.com

Has it come to this? Yahoo News article.
FWD.

 

[Anonymous]

he should delete the miley cyrus backing track and let just her sing on "i am veronica" ...

 

[Les Tameside]

he should delete the miley cyrus backing track and let just her sing on "i am veronica" ...

It would all have been so clear
If only she had never volunteered

 

[Mosserray]

"A splash back in 73" is one of the funniest things I've heard in a long time! I reiterate, who the hell cares???

Obviously, Morrissey cares. See also Jobriath.

 

[Les Tameside]

Obviously, Morrissey cares. See also Jobriath.

Indeed. At that level who cares about George Formby, or Richard Davalos? These people are only everything.

 

[The Wild Turkey]

Dana recordin' Spent The Day In Bed has turned
out to be a burst of positive energy for Moz.
Really been enjoyin' this whole story.

 

[Johnnie Ray]

he should delete the miley cyrus backing track and let just her sing on "i am veronica" ...

Their popularity and sex appeal are almost identical. The kids will love it.

 

[Johnnie Ray]

Dana recordin' Spent The Day In Bed has turned
out to be a burst of positive energy for Moz.
Really been enjoyin' this whole story.

 

[ZZ Top]

Meeting music industry people in the real world is the right thing. Rebuild & move on to whatever is next.

Whatever is next?????

The man is 65!!!!!

How insensitive.

 

[Malarkey]

Whatever is next?????

The man is 65!!!!!

How insensitive.

People can live longer than their 60s.

 

[Johnnie Ray]

Whatever is next?????

The man is 65!!!!!

How insensitive.

Just proves that people view Morrissey as a mere mortal. Meanwhile, Mick and Keith who will be turning 81 this year are rocking stadiums and releasing new music. They are gods among men.

 

[ZOOM FROM GLOOM]

Their popularity and sex appeal are almost identical. The kids will love it.

just like the Glimmer Twins.

 

[ZOOM FROM GLOOM]

he should delete the miley cyrus backing track and let just her sing on "i am veronica" ...

at the moment, it’s a toss up between Gillespie and J.K. Rowling.

 

[Mayfly]

Forgot about Non Stop Erotic Cabaret when I did my top 10 on here a few weeks about, It's an outstanding album and I also think there are some similarities in the way Marc and Morrissey tell their tales through their lyrics.

They also share a fondness for Marc Bolan, Charles Aznavour and Jobriath. Marc Almond’s version of the Aznavour song « What makes a man a man » is just brilliant. The lyrics are very powerful too.

 

[goinghome]

Did Contact Music publish this item first, on Thursday 30th May? https://www.contactmusic.com/dana-g...-loved-her-spent-the-day-in-bed-cover_6378514

Whether that or Yahoo, it seems quite odd and unnecessary, in a rapidly-shifting media scene, to tag the thread with the rather mean caveat, "Has it come to this?"

Irish News has slightly extended coverage
https://www.irishnews.com/entertain...ow-in-good-health-QG4LB4GVIVIXRLS7ZNDSRP4GFM/
+ https://archive.is/a1NIY

 

[goinghome]

Yesterday's Independent UK has a feature with interview on Dana Gillespie.

Excerpt:
"Counting music titans Davie Bowie, Bob Dylan and Morrissey among those you have rubbed shoulders with over the years is not a feat many have achieved. And while British singer and actress Dana Gillespie is among those who have worked with and called these men friends, she remains a largely undiscovered secret of the music industry."

Dana Gillespie: Music is still my last love, in between there’s loads of guys who have come and gone

The singer talks getting Morrissey’s approval for her cover of his song, and her relationships with Davie Bowie and Bob Dylan over the years.

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Light Housework]

Yesterday's Independent UK has a feature with interview on Dana Gillespie.

Excerpt:
"Counting music titans Davie Bowie, Bob Dylan and Morrissey among those you have rubbed shoulders with over the years is not a feat many have achieved. And while British singer and actress Dana Gillespie is among those who have worked with and called these men friends, she remains a largely undiscovered secret of the music industry."

Dana Gillespie: Music is still my last love, in between there’s loads of guys who have come and gone

The singer talks getting Morrissey’s approval for her cover of his song, and her relationships with Davie Bowie and Bob Dylan over the years.

www.independent.co.uk

My favourite Dana quote from this article:
“But your last love is the one that’s actually going to mean the most to you because hopefully the last love is going to see you to the end when you’re dribbling and senile or in a wheelchair, or taking you to Dignitas.”

 

[goinghome]

The more frequently you look at data, the more noise you are disproportionally likely to get (rather than the valuable part, called the signal); hence the higher the noise-to-signal ratio.

And there is a confusion which is not psychological at all, but inherent in the data itself. Say you look at information on a yearly basis, for stock prices, or the fertilizer sales of your father-in-law’s factory, or inflation numbers in Vladivostok. Assume further that for what you are observing, at a yearly frequency, the ratio of signal to noise is about one to one (half noise, half signal)—this means that about half the changes are real improvements or degradations, the other half come from randomness. This ratio is what you get from yearly observations.

But if you look at the very same data on a daily basis, the composition would change to 95 percent noise, 5 percent signal. And if you observe data on an hourly basis, as people immersed in the news and market price variations do, the split becomes 99.5 percent noise to 0.5 percent signal. That is two hundred times more noise than signal—which is why anyone who listens to news (except when very, very significant events take place) is one step below sucker.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile