Thank you. :thumb:
I had a feeling it was probably something initially trite then expanded upon by the press, something that was confirmed when I found this, slightly amusing/disturbing take on the issue.
http://www.cracked.com/funny-6627-mundane-musical-rivalries-robert-smith-vs-morrissey/
I was wondering what Morrissey and Robert Smith had fallen out over, many moons ago, and whilst casually looking for said answer among a veritable sea of silliness, I ended up resorting to that paradigm of the almost accurate 'Wikipedia'.
Imagine my surprise to learn that the great man himself...
Crikey! That's easily one of the most ill advised covers I've ever heard, and I've done a couple in my time. The backing is straight from guitarbackingtracks.com and the addition of the "AM radio" effect on the "To die by your side" vocal is just plain silly. I don't normally have an opinion on...
If you spin round on te spot really fast and only half listen, there's a tiny echo of a young Edwyn Collins in the vocal. In the nicest possible sense of course.
Like anyone else who has sung for their supper for a living from a young age, he's obviously not the same man he was at 22 and his outlook on life, approach to writing and mindset have the wonderful vantage point of much hindsight and maturity. You can't expect him to spit the same vitriol, nor...
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