tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post140505886567876041..comments2023-11-03T09:36:19.479+00:00Comments on THE GHOST OF ELECTRICITY: Morrissey On 'Desert Island Discs'davyhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-24545506201854424852009-12-22T22:55:35.173+00:002009-12-22T22:55:35.173+00:00You're welcome Mike: thanks for the thanks.You're welcome Mike: thanks for the thanks.davyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-46401035961205477512009-12-22T21:35:19.806+00:002009-12-22T21:35:19.806+00:00Thanks for posting this, Davy.
I also missed it m...Thanks for posting this, Davy.<br /><br />I also missed it myself. <br /><br />MikeMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13268075570462203982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-2254085094172189562009-12-21T20:56:38.094+00:002009-12-21T20:56:38.094+00:00I thought the interview was rather marvellous (fin...I thought the interview was rather marvellous (finally got round to listening as I knocked some nosh up for the kids). Clearly Kirsty is in love with him (and that feeling became somewhat mutual over the course of their time together I think).<br /><br />I thought some of his introductions reminiscent of another hero, John Peel. Which took me by surprise.<br /><br />And the sign off was priceless.<br /><br />Mx<br /><br />P.S. Not only that but I am listening to Radcliffe & Maconie as I type...Camp Freddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06044827320622295436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-59207202442314851442009-12-10T17:34:30.404+00:002009-12-10T17:34:30.404+00:00Aye, you speak the truth DD.Aye, you speak the truth DD.davyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-70251291334879073032009-12-10T13:37:25.260+00:002009-12-10T13:37:25.260+00:00I like his DID's better than I like his music....I like his DID's better than I like his music. I'm thinking he's recalling some of what he might have listened to in his reckless youth. Perhaps he's having a midlife crisis. Along those lines, friend Davy, only six more to go for you. Maybe sooner given your fondness for checkers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-78889165570720753522009-12-10T08:25:13.175+00:002009-12-10T08:25:13.175+00:00Right. Thanks Anon.Right. Thanks Anon.davyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-30372846146656299262009-12-09T21:45:53.600+00:002009-12-09T21:45:53.600+00:00Kirsty announces at the start of the podcast "...Kirsty announces at the start of the podcast "For rights reasons the music choices are shorter than in the radio broadcast". They are typically only 30 seconds. Better sound quality mind but your link is the full broadcast.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-22880337583778023182009-12-09T09:07:46.126+00:002009-12-09T09:07:46.126+00:00PS: Do the podcasts have the music on?PS: Do the podcasts have the music on?davyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-60026720754427686872009-12-08T23:22:47.162+00:002009-12-08T23:22:47.162+00:00It would, and that is the point I think, really. I...It would, and that is the point I think, really. I was very tired of 'rock' stars who couldn't string a sentence together before him, and I am still of all those who came since.<br /><br />I'm on <a href="http://theghostofelectricity.blogspot.com/2008/08/moz-me.html" rel="nofollow">record</a> re. the solo stuff.davyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-28192778050755564012009-12-08T23:17:01.525+00:002009-12-08T23:17:01.525+00:00DID is now a podcast so it's easy to get hold ...DID is now a podcast so it's easy to get hold off via bbc website. Not sure about the openess of the interview they danced around a lot especially his "isolationsist" tendancies. <br />Oh and that he only likes music from before he was famous if he'd made his list in 1983 it would probably be the same.<br />Fraid I never really got his solo stuff apart from Suedehead which is excellent.<br />In the end though the world would be duller without our Stephen.BLTPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06564846497205095201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-37299446743538053612009-12-08T08:55:20.985+00:002009-12-08T08:55:20.985+00:00Answers on a postcard to the usual address.Answers on a postcard to the usual address.davyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-19002540866029164222009-12-08T08:53:29.671+00:002009-12-08T08:53:29.671+00:00All the best Mr H, but from your picture I would h...All the best Mr H, but from your picture I would have sworn you were older than that. Sair milk round? as they say up heredrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12469084438125548989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-4338552711311044992009-12-07T23:42:33.232+00:002009-12-07T23:42:33.232+00:00PS: davyh is 44.PS: davyh is 44.davyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-65399575138849589252009-12-07T23:07:26.871+00:002009-12-07T23:07:26.871+00:00Clement & La Frenais - the Morrissey & Mar...Clement & La Frenais - the Morrissey & Marr of British sitcoms....davyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-49917832102375542622009-12-07T23:05:11.839+00:002009-12-07T23:05:11.839+00:00I found a dark red cardigan in the bottom of the d...I found a dark red cardigan in the bottom of the drawer at the weekend and wore it all day, it was lovely.<br /><br />Also, whilst we're talking about the wireless, why did nobody tell me about Radio 7? I spent the evening washing up to the sound of Captain Mainwering doing the 'stupid boy' thing and then Terry and Bob meeting up on the train.adamhttp://www.pretendinglifeislikeasong.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-79846085735049964922009-12-07T22:56:22.916+00:002009-12-07T22:56:22.916+00:00And you find that you've organised your feelin...<em>And you find that you've organised your feelings<br />For people<br />Who didn't like you then<br />And who do not like you now</em><br /><br />The man's a legend.<br /><br />I miss my cardigans.davyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-1217474414550935972009-12-07T22:17:20.431+00:002009-12-07T22:17:20.431+00:00I'm a big big smiths' fan who's never ...I'm a big big smiths' fan who's never been overly interested in him as a solo artist... I liked the show on the whole (and did we notice that it was chosen as the inaugural DID podcast?) although some of what he said - I'm paraphrasing here but the old idea that 'I'm odd and strange and unique and thankfully there's nobody else quite like me'..., well, you just about be forgiven for thinking that to yourself as a teenager (or the kind of eternal teenage you must be as a 20s rock star) but now? Anyway 'I walked a pace behind you at the soundcheck, you're just the same as I am...'adamhttp://www.pretendinglifeislikeasong.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-91605493458424374522009-12-07T21:48:04.805+00:002009-12-07T21:48:04.805+00:00Interesting points of view - by those with opinion...Interesting points of view - by those with opinions I respect.<br /><br />Mr Morrissey seems to be a player in the 'Marmite' syndrome. For what its worth, I suspect I squat in the PM and Drew camp. Alas, it is probably through a lack of time n effort on my part that I missed much of the humour.<br /><br />I do feel that he is 'got' by those aged 35-45 than those aged above? That is purely an anecdotal thought and not worth a hill o beans.<br /><br />By the way, I saw 'From The Jam' again last night by the way and had a blast.<br /><br />Perhaps I should pursue Simon's theory some more.dickvandykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13590436106154960912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-85029961679622715812009-12-07T21:27:01.853+00:002009-12-07T21:27:01.853+00:00I can't abide Morrissey, I know, i should hang...I can't abide Morrissey, I know, i should hang myself in shame. <br /><br />I did however love the Smiths as a band.<br /><br />I just felt that everything with Morrissey was a front and all the quotes had been well rehearsed, I kind of had the feeling that he had been preparing for years in his bedroom for fame. I also cannot understand the idolatry that goes on for someone with such an inconsistent solo back catalogue, who seems intent on fleecing his disciples every couple of years with another repackaged Greatest Hits/Singles compilation.<br /><br />He was, however entertaining on Desert Island Discs and certainly charmed Kirsty. I was rather more impressed a week or two before by Jerry Springer, there was a man with more than a few stories.drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12469084438125548989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-35727620132434532752009-12-07T20:54:03.856+00:002009-12-07T20:54:03.856+00:00I bought 'What Difference Does It Make' ju...I bought 'What Difference Does It Make' just never got them after that. <br /><br />Perhaps it's me, but I really can't hear any of his influences in The Smiths or his solo workMondohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199468951602465556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-48314422298906504782009-12-07T20:08:18.395+00:002009-12-07T20:08:18.395+00:00Gotta say PM, I'm not a massive Smiths fan, bu...Gotta say PM, I'm not a massive Smiths fan, but there's nothing mopey about 'em. They're far closer to The Jam circa Sound Affects but with more humour than anything else. <br /><br />They don't sound like Morrisey's influences though. He was also a huge Patti Smith fan by all accounts.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05163017415448622471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-83249629450222165592009-12-07T16:53:48.895+00:002009-12-07T16:53:48.895+00:00There was nothing mopey about the Smiths really Mo...There was nothing mopey about the Smiths really Mondo.swissadamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-18942090401688966252009-12-07T15:50:53.855+00:002009-12-07T15:50:53.855+00:00I thought he was a bit guarded. Although I was nev...I thought he was a bit guarded. Although I was never really a Smiths fan, and still can't understand how someone with a love of such two fisted tunes - Ramones, Stooges, Velvets, New York Dolls, Sex Pistols - ended up wearing cardigans and making mopey music<br /><br />PS The Dolls were fab Friday. Loud, but fab. Morrisey would've loved it.Mondohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199468951602465556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35608056.post-83824360608033514382009-12-07T14:58:40.127+00:002009-12-07T14:58:40.127+00:00New York Dolls - (There's Gonna Be A) Showdown...New York Dolls - (There's Gonna Be A) Showdown<br />Marianne Faithful - Come And Stay With Me<br />Ramones - Loudmouth<br />The Velvet Underground - The Black Angel's Death Song<br />Klaus Nomi - Der Nussbaum<br />Nico - I'm Not Saying<br />Iggy & The Stooges - Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell<br />Mott The Hoople - Sea Diverdavyhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09704293846638226252noreply@blogger.com