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And here they are then covering a James song in their own sets from time to time.
That was sweet, because that was the only song they ever covered. It was the first lyric I ever wrote for James. I remember Morrissey calling me to the house, asking me for the lyrics, him writing them down, and then watching his eyebrow arch when he could really make out what I was saying. We shared a love of Patti Smith, who has probably been the main inspiration for both of us becoming singers. He introduced me to Mary Margaret O’Hara’s music, which was a big, big deal to me. We used to go walking in graveyards, as was his want at that time. We have really great memories of that time, but we knew we weren’t ready. We didn’t want to do photos. We turned down the NME front cover. We didn’t really even want to make music — we wanted to play live. We felt that was the litmus test of a great band. Watching them become really famous, it was all a bit unreal. So, we just carried on rehearsing and getting bigger and bigger in a very underground way. Seven years later, we broke.
Then, Morrissey wrote that song ‘We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful.’ He denies it now, but he asked us to be there for Its unveiling, because he told us what it was about. But now he says it wasn’t about James. I go, well, why did you ask us to be there for its unveiling, then?
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And here they are then covering a James song in their own sets from time to time.
That was sweet, because that was the only song they ever covered. It was the first lyric I ever wrote for James. I remember Morrissey calling me to the house, asking me for the lyrics, him writing them down, and then watching his eyebrow arch when he could really make out what I was saying. We shared a love of Patti Smith, who has probably been the main inspiration for both of us becoming singers. He introduced me to Mary Margaret O’Hara’s music, which was a big, big deal to me. We used to go walking in graveyards, as was his want at that time. We have really great memories of that time, but we knew we weren’t ready. We didn’t want to do photos. We turned down the NME front cover. We didn’t really even want to make music — we wanted to play live. We felt that was the litmus test of a great band. Watching them become really famous, it was all a bit unreal. So, we just carried on rehearsing and getting bigger and bigger in a very underground way. Seven years later, we broke.
Then, Morrissey wrote that song ‘We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful.’ He denies it now, but he asked us to be there for Its unveiling, because he told us what it was about. But now he says it wasn’t about James. I go, well, why did you ask us to be there for its unveiling, then?
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