Sinister: Provincial boutique Sundays

[Robert Thompson]

Hello boyz and gurls...

I'm a lurker, reading and listening to people discussing B&S. However,
as a Smiths fan let me say that Frankly Mr. Shankly has generally been
regarded as an attack on Geoff Travis (I think that's his name), who was
the head of Rough Trade when the Smiths were on the label. A nasty fight
had insued over contractual obligations and Morrissey took it out on him
in a song, which, ironically enough, Travis fought to have the right to
put out. Of course I'm sure there's some Billy Liar in there too....

Just a short note introducing myself. Age: 26. Country of origin:
Canada; Occupation: Journalist. Regular listens: Nick Drake, Elvis
Costello, David Bowie, Sloan, Teenage Fanclub, Lincoln.

A pleasure to make your acquaintance,

Robert

Robert

poetry place2 wrote:

> A number of points:
>
> 1)      Frankly Mr Shankly - I always thought that the whole song was
> a
> reference to every right thinking person's favourite film, Billy Liar,
> in
> particular the scene where Billy tells his boss, Mr Shadrack, that
> he's
> packing his job in to move to London ("a man could lose himself in
> London!"). Unfortunately, Frankly Mr Shadrack didn't rhyme. While I'm
> on
> the subject, there's a fantastic essay on Billy Liar as the founding
> myth
> of Brit pop culture in Jon Savage's book Time Travel. And Stephen
> Duffy's
> "Julie Christie" is the greatest song ever written, and would sound
> just
> dandy in a B&S 'stylee'.
>
> 2)      Consistency - May I just say that a foolish consistency is the
> hobgoblin
> of little minds?
>
> 3)      Laurel's contraceptives – It's quite clear that she doesn't
> need to use
> any, as HoneyPaul is having all her babies.
>
> 4)      Let's have a party!
>
> 5)      Duke, you are not alone in feeling old and weird. Prompted by
> your
> remarks on the Woodentops, I dug out my copy of Giant, and yes, it
> sounds
> fantastic!
>
> Stephen
> xxxxxx
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