Incidental Smiths recollection in today's column @ pitchforkmedia.com

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"A while later, after Dave and I were more or less best friends, he picked up The Queen Is Dead. "How Soon is Now?" had been the Smiths anthem from Dave's collection to that point. It was something I could give myself to. Not only did the words fit perfectly for two guys drinking alone, afraid to hang out with other high school kids at a party, but there was Johnny Marr's riff, and it was huge. But "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" was something more. It seemed to understand what made us miserable, but it also pointed to a way out. In the world of the song, friendship counts-- to someone alone and estranged from his family, it's everything-- and there was a possibility that things would eventually be different. There was also Morrissey's voice, so far removed from anything I'd identified with before. Little by little, I could feel a new world opening."

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/37839/Column_Column_Resonant_Frequency_39
 
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