Mikel Erentxun on meeting Morrissey (translated) - peru21.pe (April 28, 2023)

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Morrissey segment (Google translated - so pinch of salt):

There are various versions of your meeting with Morrissey. What was that date really like?

I was presenting a record in Los Angeles, California, and a fan friend who was also a fan friend of Morrissey's worked the magic. He told me: "Hey, Morrissey told me that he wants to meet you"; back then he lived in California. I had had some success with the versions of his songs, in fact at that time they called me the "Latin Morrisey", for me it was very funny. So this friend got the miracle; We were in the dressing room one day about to go out to play and the promoter tells me: “They want to say hello to you”, I open the door and Morrissey comes in, I almost faint.

The story goes that they had a couple of gin and tonics.

That time he had to leave, but, to my surprise, for the third or fourth concert he came again and this time he had more time and while a band opened our show, we were actually able to sit at a bar, have a couple of gin and tonics and talk about this and that. It was really very special, he stayed for the concert and when it was over he congratulated me, we exchanged phone numbers, but he never answered my call; So, my story was left there, he probably gave me a false number.

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Related item:

• Morrissey & Mikel Erentxun photo - May 13, 2002

 

[gordyboy9]

think M gives everybody a false number,when i give my number i always change the last number then it looks like a mistake on your part.

to any newish people click on the link to the photo above and it will take you to the original site,great to look back on.

 

[goinghome]

Cool tale. When did it happen? I wasn't familiar with Mikel so looked him up and found this:

"Mikel Erentxun (born 23 February 1965) is a Venezuelan-born Spanish rock musician of Basque heritage. Formerly with the group Duncan Dhu, he started his solo career in 1992.[1][2] He has released 16 albums as a solo artist and has covered The Smiths' song, "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out", as "Esta luz nunca se apagará", as well as Morrissey's "Everyday Is Like Sunday" as "Todo es Igual Siempre". He has collaborated with Mark Gardener, Robert Quine, drummer Pete Thomas, Lloyd Cole, Matthew Sweet and Fred Maher. In 2005 the band the Lightning Seeds sued Erentxun for alleged plagiarism of their song "Pure", but it was finally dismissed.[3]" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikel_Erentxun#Discography

 

[Crisstti]

think M gives everybody a false number,when i give my number i always change the last number then it looks like a mistake on your part.

to any newish people click on the link to the photo above and it will take you to the original site,great to look back on.

"Morrissey, the English born singer who now lives in Los Angeles arrived just before Mikel was scheduled to go on stage at a club in Los Angeles on May 5th. Minutes before the show began Morrissey was introduced to Mikel Erentxun. Morrissey told Mikel he really liked the Spanish version of "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" and thanked Mikel for doing the cover. Mikel responded by thanking Morrissey for writing such great songs."

That's so lovely. Erentxun's version of There's a Light is indeed so so beautiful... I was probably familiar with it before I knew The Smiths song!



The lyrics are actually quite different, which works fine. Can't really literally translate English into Spanish in a song.