To keep it short, the musical bedding over which Morrissey sings these songs is far less troubling to me than the sound of Marr's voice
reciting Morrissey's lyrics.
í...appreciate...that others around here disagree, but the musicians performing with Moz render the Smiths songs perfectly well. Not, well, perfect ~ as here ~ and they do some to a better or worse degree. But none of the band are, and would never claim to be, anywhere near Marr's level. í have been blown away by some versions, especially in person, less so by others. But í cannot ever recall as being so...offended?...as here. Which is a queer sensation, given the musical sublimity in back, but the sheer dishwater dull blandness when his lips part is really almost laughably bad.
It would be offensive if some other indie chancer were putting a cover up on YouTube {sorry,
Worldwide Live Stream}, but the fact that this dude was there at the inception {
har har} of this song somehow renders it more offensive? If he understood the beautiful alchemy of his music
with Morrissey's vocal melodies then he would have kept his mouth shut and not touch this stuff.
Johnny should know better
.