PaulThePig
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Having just spent £15 buying this LP from a sweet, little old man who owns an amazing vinyl shop in Brighton, I have now decided it is my favourite Morrissey album...
Having just spent £15 buying this LP from a sweet, little old man who owns an amazing vinyl shop in Brighton, I have now decided it is my favourite Morrissey album...
Having just spent £15 buying this LP from a sweet, little old man who owns an amazing vinyl shop in Brighton, I have now decided it is my favourite Morrissey album...
Having just spent £15 buying this LP from a sweet, little old man who owns an amazing vinyl shop in Brighton, I have now decided it is my favourite Morrissey album...
Oh that cover is so awful! I remember getting the original copy of Viva Hate and just staring at the cover in amazement. It really is such an amazing picture!
Having just spent £15 buying this LP from a sweet, little old man who owns an amazing vinyl shop in Brighton, I have now decided it is my favourite Morrissey album...
It is probably my most played.
My disappointments with Southpaw are as follows:
1) The hideous cover
2) The straight to chorus in the The Boy Racer.
3) The grating drum solo on The Operation
4) The weak lyrics to a potentially great song, "Best Friend on the Payroll." I like what he wrote but the lyrics are sparse and repeated over and over.
5) When Dagenham Dave is your first single of an album, oh well enough said.
6) The album clocks in at, what 39 minutes if memory serves me right?
7) Arguably the best song of this period, "Nobody Loves Us," is buried on a B-side.
Anyone up for this?
I love the cover and the drum solo(so un-Morrissey at the time)
And i don't think the album's running time is neither here or nor there
(The Beatles' Revolver must be close to that if not shorter)
All of the Beatles' albums clocked in at about 39 minutes (14, sometimes 13 songs, averaging under 3:00) except Abbey Road (and The Beatles, of course), IIRC. But please, good as it is, let's not compare Southpaw Grammar to any Beatles' albums...it would be so unfair.
I know music is subjective but "the best Morrissey album?" Really? Can I ask what makes it the best for you?
My disappointments with Southpaw are as follows:
1) The hideous cover
2) The straight to chorus in the The Boy Racer.
3) The grating drum solo on The Operation
4) The weak lyrics to a potentially great song, "Best Friend on the Payroll." I like what he wrote but the lyrics are sparse and repeated over and over.
5) When Dagenham Dave is your first single of an album, oh well enough said.
6) The album clocks in at, what 39 minutes if memory serves me right?
7) Arguably the best song of this period, "Nobody Loves Us," is buried on a B-side.
What I would LOVE to see is a fan's version of the album in which one of our amazing artists re-designs the album artwork to include a Moz photo on the album cover and adds the following songs to the tracklisting: "Honey You Know Where to Find Me, Nobody Loves Us, and You Must Please Remember." Also, an edited version of "The Operation" in which the drum solo is cut out. Actually, I could do all the audio myself but would need help with the cover design and back tracklisting. My attempts would be lame in comparison to what I've seen some members generate here.
Anyone up for this?
I did not say I thought it to be his best. I said: It is probably my most played.
I'd also rather focus on the positive.
Easy champ, I'm wasn't trying to go off on you. But as you can see, I have my own "pent up" emotions regarding "Southpaw." Your post was simply the one that made me go temporarily insane...
As for focusing on the positive. That's well and good, but when I think Moz does something brilliant I praise him, when I feel think he's done wrong I'll call him on it. Personally, I think he'd appreciate a fan who thinks for himself.