Strange/unexpected Moz references?

The Smiths popping up unexpectedly on Duolingo as I earnestly, futilely study French
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JerryCan said:
Love that retro video shoot for those Moz songs. The band all look so cool decked out in those styles, and having Alain on drums a nice bonus too.

Grief Brothers - something else to have to check out now...
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I didn't fully check out The Grief Brothers, but think it might be more critical than fan service?
Regards,
FWD.
 
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Nikki Jayne via a FB group.
Morrissey pictured inside La Montecarlo Pizza.
 
goinghome said:
The Grief Brothers have been going a while; seem to have reformed after a 'hiatus' - http://thegriefbrothers.com/html/gigs.html
I like their sound, although pointedly banging on about a miserable singer is a bit rich for a band with a name like that.
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Yes the sound is actually a bit Smithsy. Need to listen again with my cloth ears but I don't think the song is the usual hatchet job. Seems to be about a run down industrial town by the sea - with local Moz worshiping youth, not necessarily a bad thing(?). See a link to their Myspace site with a tantalising early demo version of the song but it won't play for me.
 
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Morrissey 3 track EP by The Grief Brothers:
thegriefbrothers.bandcamp.com

Morrissey, by The Grief Brothers

3 track album
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Trk 2 is about Thatcher.

Lyrics:

In a ghost town by the sea
I saw Stephen’s bastard son
And he was looking quite black to me
Oh Morrissey, what have you done?

They think you’re wonderful, wonderful, wonderful
They think you’re wonderful, wonderful, wonderful

In a sticky basement club
Which they imagine is the Hacienda
Drinking bottled Newkie to their own LPs
They don’t like songs which have happy endings

They are so miserable, miserable, miserable
They are so miserable, miserable, miserable

In this town which used to make steel
Now they’re turning out bottle tops
And all those people who had a rough deal
Still sitting grinning watching Top Of The Pops

In a ghost town by the sea
I saw Stephen’s bastard son
And he was looking quite black to me
Oh Morrissey, what have you done?

They think you’re wonderful, wonderful, wonderful
They think you’re wonderful, wonderful, wonderful
They think you’re wonderful, wonderful, wonderful
And heaven knows I’m miserable now

ABOUT THIS TRACK
Written about the night the band went to Raffles Indie night club in Port Talbot to see The Jazz Butcher in 1988 - the lyrics tell the tale of the sad faces on the Indie boys in the steel town...

FWD.


 
Spin includes Hatful of Hollow by The Smiths in their latest list of best albums of 1984:

"The only thing better than the Smiths’ eponymous debut album (released in February 1984, undoubtedly one of the best of the ‘80s) was the band’s compilation release, Hatful of Hollow, at the end of the year. Not “better” because it was a better record, but with Hatful’s BBC 1 Sessions November release, the Manchester four-piece gave us two albums in one year, quite a gift from a band that only lasted five years.

Aside from uniquely executed, strikingly powerful, beautiful-melancholic songs, the Smiths gave us a place to put our ennui — turning the mirror on the upbeat sadness of our deepest humanity. From the former’s “What Difference Does It Make?” to the latter’s “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now,” we would never be the same."

https://www.spin.com/2024/09/the-best-albums-of-1984/
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For one of Paste's 15 picks of best Autumn songs, singer Jens Lekmen is compared to Morrissey:

4. Jens Lekmen: “Maple Leaves” (2003)
Swedish artist Jens Lekman first released “Maple Leaves” as part of his EP of the same name, and the song was later included on his debut album When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog. Sorrowful, layered strings ascend into the heavens before Lekman starts describing autumn in Gothenburg, the rich, melancholic timbre of his voice reminiscent of a young Morrissey. “Maple Leaves” follows a relationship rife with misunderstandings, including the signature line, “Cuz she says that it was all make-believe / But I thought she said maple leaves.” Lekman leans into the whimsy and imagination inherent to the season here, with winking references to post-punks The Fall that bring an edge of humor to the song’s bittersweetness. His careful tightrope walk of pathos and cleverness—calling to mind Magnetic Field’s 69 Love Songs—elevates “Maple Leaves” from forlorn nostalgia to something far richer.
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The Headmaster Ritual; 2024 Sound Mix by DJ Ruby Eve



"Premiered on 7 Oct 2024 This is a sound mix. Multiple sound manipulations with various techniques and several special effects were done. I don't own the rights of this music. This is for educational purposes only. I love you Morrissey. Enjoy."
 
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