Comments on: Tony Wilson Interviews The Smiths http://smashingtelly.com/2008/09/06/tony-wilson-interviews-the-smiths/ A hand picked TV channel Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:10:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Tom Foremski http://smashingtelly.com/2008/09/06/tony-wilson-interviews-the-smiths/comment-page-1/#comment-1248 Tom Foremski Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:22:11 +0000 http://smashingtelly.com/2008/09/06/tony-wilson-interviews-the-smiths/#comment-1248 I agree with you Dave. Morissey's (Steven's) lyrics are romantic and beautiful. They capture the loneliness and angst of daily urban life yet the musical package was delivered, and consumed, as ironic, sardonic, and comedic. I would love to hear those songs sung seriously, which I think they were the first time... BTW, take a look at this companion piece: Noel Gallagather on The Smiths and Johnny Marr. "Even John Marr can't do Johnny Marr...." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1MsuoNJQ3U I agree with you Dave. Morissey’s (Steven’s) lyrics are romantic and beautiful. They capture the loneliness and angst of daily urban life yet the musical package was delivered, and consumed, as ironic, sardonic, and comedic. I would love to hear those songs sung seriously, which I think they were the first time…

BTW, take a look at this companion piece: Noel Gallagather on The Smiths and Johnny Marr. “Even John Marr can’t do Johnny Marr….”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1MsuoNJQ3U

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