The Line Of Best Fit: "Nine Songs Patrick O'Dell" (January 10, 2025)

Nine Songs Patrick O'Dell
(There Is A Light chosen).

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Whether it’s O’Dell himself shoving a bunch of flowers in his back pocket in a homage to Morrissey, the iTunes library stacked with The Smiths, New Order and David Bowie songs or the opening pages blanketed in hyperlinks – lyrics which once captioned the photos, such as “All those people, all those lives, where are they now?” from “Cemetery Gates” by The Smiths – the pictures can almost be heard as readily as they are seen.


He directed the All You Need Is Me video.
 
don’t know about ‘legendary’. Still a fun video though. From the looks of it, it seems Decca/Lost Highway gave M a very large promotional budget to work with …

 
the dive over the drums was a fun part.
they all look so young in this especially jesse,boz looks a lot slimmer as well.
 
Filmed in Los Angeles.
FWD.
 
don’t know about ‘legendary’. Still a fun video though. From the looks of it, it seems Decca/Lost Highway gave M a very large promotional budget to work with …


It's strange this video cannot be found on Morrissey's official YT channel. It's the last great video he ever did.
 
I wish Morrissey was as adventurous in his videos as he is with his ideas and lyrics. I'm a fan since 1983, and apart from the excitement of live concerts his videos are so safe...and I say so boring.
 
I wish Morrissey was as adventurous in his videos as he is with his ideas and lyrics. I'm a fan since 1983, and apart from the excitement of live concerts his videos are so safe...and I say so boring.
That's an easy one. Morrissey doesn't 'believe' in the music video as an art form. Never has done. He thinks they detract from the music. He thinks the music should work or not work on its own merits. On this one, I think he is spot on. And videos have become much less important than they used to be. For a time, in the MTV age, they were all important. Not so now.
 
That's an easy one. Morrissey doesn't 'believe' in the music video as an art form. Never has done. He thinks they detract from the music. He thinks the music should work or not work on its own merits. On this one, I think he is spot on. And videos have become much less important than they used to be. For a time, in the MTV age, they were all important. Not so now.
well said gash,he has never had an interest in the mtv world.
 
I wish Morrissey was as adventurous in his videos as he is with his ideas and lyrics. I'm a fan since 1983, and apart from the excitement of live concerts his videos are so safe...and I say so boring.
Morrissey video= him and his band walking towards the camera in different locations.

And that’s all that was needed. I mean, after executing a video like November, there’s really nowhere to go from there.
 
That's an easy one. Morrissey doesn't 'believe' in the music video as an art form. Never has done. He thinks they detract from the music. He thinks the music should work or not work on its own merits. On this one, I think he is spot on. And videos have become much less important than they used to be. For a time, in the MTV age, they were all important. Not so now.
I get that he didn't at the start of the Smiths...and this video would be fine, if he'd put as much effort into all of them like his early singles, November, Playboys, Suedehead etc and the More You Ignore me etc. are all great videos. Just saying it's a pity he couldn't be bothered with others...because it is an art form.
 
I get that he didn't at the start of the Smiths...and this video would be fine, if he'd put as much effort into all of them like his early singles, November, Playboys, Suedehead etc and the More You Ignore me etc. are all great videos. Just saying it's a pity he couldn't be bothered with others...because it is an art form.
Is it? If it is, it's a rather parasitic art form. Existing only off other art. So a band or an artist record a track. That track is released as a single. A video maker then produces images that he or she thinks go along with that single. The result is often little more than musical wallpaper. Occasionally visually interesting. Music videos are often just TV 'adverts' for bands or artists. And I hate adverts. Has anything contributed more to the decline of Western civilisation, and the vapid emptiness of modern consumerism, than the TV advert?
 

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