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davidt
on Saturday May 31 2003, @11:00AM
JacquesTheLad writes:
Came across this in the Daily Record in Scotland today...They give "Under The Influence" a measly one star out of five. In the same page, they give the debut album from Girls Aloud (from Popstars: The Rivals) four stars...Anyway, here's the transcript: Various Artists - "Under The Influence" MORRISSEY is one of those musicians you either love or hate. For the record, this reviewer has never really bought into the hype which surrounds the miserable, flowers-in-his-pockets musician. Unsurprisingly then, this compilation, which has been dedicated to The Smiths' frontman, was reviewed without the need to wear rose-coloured spectacles which the contributing artists clearly wore with pride. Aside from the fact that Morrissey's music was dreary, depressing and downright rotten, many of the artists featured, such as The Ramones, The Cats, Diana Dors and Patti Smith, must have been at a loose end one day to agree to take part in this woeful excuse for an album. If Morrissey fans want to pay homage to their idol, then tune into his collection of dull music (God only knows there's plenty to choose from), but don't do yourself and your idol the disservice of buying this banal compilation album.
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Is it me... (Score:2, Interesting)
Says a lot for this guy's reviewing capabilities if he believes the likes of Klaus Nomi and Joey Ramone would still in a fit state to contribute to a tribute record...!
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jeez, whatta cranky fuck (Score:1)
eh, anyways, about this album: i don't quite get the point. does Morrissey get a cut of the royalties? do these things actually sell? i could really care less who/what Moz listens to...Ramones? yuck!
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Re:jeez, whatta cranky fuck (Score:2, Interesting)
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Justice (Score:3, Funny)
"God only knows there's plenty to choose from"? He surely means "God knows there's plenty to choose from", for he also claims to know it. It's not important, just a symptom of untidy reasoning. Which I enjoy, call me childish.
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It's not for him anyway (Score:1)
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Does anyone know who wrote this trash? (Score:1)
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Lazy Journalists who Lie (Score:1)
Wankers!!!
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And Now For My Review Of Shakira's New Album... (Score:1)
Moreover, this critic admits in the first lines a bias. Why should we keep reading? Why on earth did he continue writing?
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The Dailly Record... (Score:1, Funny)
I wouldn't worry about that one (Score:0)
Some tabloids are better than others (Score:0)
(F*ck) Off The Record (Score:1)
The Daily Record's music journalism has always been lamentable, probably because they still have Billy Sloan as the music editor. Sloan has been in charge of the music coverage for almost 30 years now, and he is still spectacularly clueless. He is forever praising tripe like Rod Stewart, The Average White Band, Nazereth etc, purely because they're Scottish. Occasionally he tries to bolster his credibilty by reviewing hip Indie bands, often with laughable results, like today when he gave Radiohead a 5-star live review, but got several of the song titles wrong.
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opinion or slander? (Score:1)
Thank you
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Blah blah blah... (Score:1)
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A most surprising article! (Score:1, Funny)
What? (Score:1)
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Sadly, there's more where this came from (Score:0)