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    This Alarming Man

    December 28, 2010

    During Prime Minister’s Questions (December 8. 2010), Labour MP Kerry McCarthy asked PM David Cameron about his liking of The Smiths, the rebuke of his musical heroes and the student riots.

    David Cameron has always claimed to be an avid fan of The Smiths and even joked that, “I’m sure when Morrissey finds that he’s getting an endorsement from the leader of the Conservative Party, he will think ‘Heaven knows I’m miserable now’. But I’m a big fan, I’m afraid. Sorry about that.”

    Recently though, he’s found himself drubbed by both Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr. The latter through his Twitter account wrote:

    “David Cameron, stop saying that you like The Smiths, no you don’t. I forbid you to like it.”

    Soon after, Morrissey weighed in on the matter and lent his support to his former musical collaborator in a letter published on the the website true-to-you.net. He writes:

    “I recall some years ago a party political broadcast on behalf of the Conservative Party where David Cameron spoke directly to camera as an LP copy of “The Queen is Dead” proudly displayed itself on the wall behind his right shoulder. It is, of course, a fantastic thrill when the music you make is acknowledged by virtually anyone at all. But David Cameron is not just anyone.

    “I remind him that the world loves a man who loves to listen. But we can’t believe what you say when we know what you do.”

    Nowhere Fast

    November 25, 2010


    “”And when I’m lying in my bed, I think about life and I think about death…And neither one appeals to me…”

    Happy birthday Johnny Marr!

    October 31, 2010

    “It’s like turning your daydreams into sound.”

    Johnny Marr describes his guitar playing with The Smiths. “I wanted to sound like an entire record when I played.” He plays his Rickenbacker and plays snippets of “What Difference Does it Make”, “There is a Light That Never Goes Out” and “How Soon is Now”

    “Yeah, it’s all kinda of ringy and melodic, and…. There’s a lot of emotion in there, I think. So I …I play that way cause that’s how I feel.”

    Here’s Marr describing how he started playing guitar. And, yes, playing a bit of “This Charming Man” (also featuring the Manic Street Preachers’ James Dean Bradley).

    …and here again talking about playing guitar and plays more Smiths but also The The and The Kinks.