I think the article has a fundamental misunderstanding of what "normcore" means. I don't think any of the Smiths ever wore running shoes, dad jeans and a tucked-in buttoned-up shirt.
Not to mention that none of them are actual rock and roll bands, except maybe the J.B.'s. The absurdity of inducting these groups in to a hall of fame for "Rock and Roll" is a complete joke.
We're so far removed from this, what's even the point?
A Marr/Rourke/Joyce reunion with free rein to trash Morrissey in the acceptance speech.
I'd watch that.
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It's quite ironic that I feel the exact same cognitive dissonance about being a fan of my local sports teams as I do about being a fan of Morrissey.
Both have fans that I would sooner see driven off a cliff than ever have to associate myself with them.
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4. False... You have to admit his current band is more polished than the Smiths ever were
And at least his "oldies" catalog runs deep as f***, and aren't overplayed, radio-friendly dogshit... Can you imagine how suicidally sick Billy Joel is of playing "Uptown Girl"...
So, do we make any distinction between him calling "Come come nuclear bomb" in the context of a song and him calling for it amidst his ham-handed, serious-faced political commentary?
Without the context of a song/poem, he basically called for the mass murder of millions of people for the crime...
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