You young whippersnappers you. I remember lying in my bedroom, back in 198? and listening to This Charming Man. It was the first Smiths song Id ever heard, and Johnny Marrs guitar twinkled on the tops of the pretty little notes, Morrisey whined his grass roots lyrics intertwined with teenage angst while all the time Mike Joyce (or was it Andy Rourke? I cant remember now) created a rolling bass line on which the guitar and voice sailed upon. I was a devoted Smiths fan from then. I took to wearing granddad shirts untucked, and flowers in my back pocket. I longed for some National Health specs (I did eventually get some) and oscillated wildly at "What Difference Does it make". I looked a right climpy. Others thought so too. I was bullied and persecuted for my "faith". We (my buddies and me) were hounded by groups of punks (punks in the mid eighties? They just dont know when to stop, probly all that smack has addled their minds) skinheads, and people of no noticeable musical faith (God knows why *they* bothered). I argued Morrissey's lyrics were ironic and funny, not miserable oh those fools. What Im trying to say was I suffered for their art. I was/am a devoted fan. And now, 20 years later I hear you youngsters talking about those Smiths songs, and how wonderful they were. Well you cant have them. I suffered. I lived through it and they belong to me, and anyone else who lived through that musical era. Get your own music to suffer for. There, now go ahead and tell me to get lost cos music is for everyone etc etc. Paulo _________________________________________________________________ Use MSN Messenger to send music and pics to your friends http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+