There we must differ

Thing about the Smiffs, for me: I liked them but for the longest time I thought Morrissey the complete tit: kind of spoiled them for me, that.

Loads of the songs were good, and one (you needn't ask) absolutely off-the-scale-magnificent - but overall, the general 'attitudes' of the Mondays and of the Fall (I'm thinking Fall of the Eat Yourself Fitter time, though their early 90s stuff was nice and textured) win overall.

I had a mate who was a big JoyDiv fan. he spent ages trying to convince me that they weren't godawful. He failed - IMVHO their popularity is as inexplicable as that of the Chilli Peppers. Unfathomable...... still, that's just my opinion.

Posted By: Suggy on May 23rd 2005 at 23:37:27

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question on radio 1 today... (General Chat) - maisey, May 23, 22:15:53
- no mention for the charlatans (General Chat) - maisey, May 23, 23:44:51
  - I saw them support the Stone Roses at the LSE in '87 I think (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 23, 23:48:44
  - Burgess is from Nortwich. Most of the rest are from Walsall (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, May 23, 23:45:39
    - northwich near manchester? (General Chat) - maisey, May 23, 23:48:11
      - Yeah kinda. Northwich is actually very near Crewe. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, May 23, 23:58:33
  - Never rated them ... (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:45:24
- Fools, the lot of you. The best Manchester band were... (General Chat) - Arganth, May 23, 23:42:02
  - Ah, the New FADs. Not really that good. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:49:39
    - Total shite (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 23, 23:54:37
    - You're right. Mate of mine swore by them. Take or leave if you ask me. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, May 23, 23:53:40
  - Ah, the New FADs. Not really that good. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:49:30
  - Northside (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 23, 23:44:39
    - Song was called "Shall We Take A Trip?" (General Chat) - Arganth, May 23, 23:46:35
      - That's the one. Only good song they did. (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 23, 23:49:16
        
        Au contraire. There are actually 2 or 3 good ones on the album. (General Chat) - Arganth, May 23, 23:53:00
        
        Week-ENDER!!! (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:53:35
        
        Phobia, oneI never canremember the name of, and my all time favourite (after Weekender)... (General Chat) - Arganth, May 23, 23:56:21
        
        It's On (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 23, 23:58:04
        
        Weekender has just gone on Foxtrot FM - classic stuff. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 24, 00:01:02
        
        And again I must differ. Carter were fantastic... (General Chat) - Arganth, May 24, 00:03:52
        
        Never really took to PWEI. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 24, 00:05:36
        
        Not that I recall. (General Chat) - Arganth, May 24, 00:07:27
        
        Saw PWEI at UEA funnily enough (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 24, 00:12:00
        
        Oh, regarding that query earlier on movie studio logos. (General Chat) - Arganth, May 24, 00:22:07
        
        Surely there's an MGM site? (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 24, 00:27:48
        
        It's kinda copyrighted. And I need the movie, not a jpg... (General Chat) - Arganth, May 24, 00:35:36
  - Northern Uproar, surely? (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:43:09
    - Lol I'm sure I saw them at the Waterfront once... (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, May 23, 23:43:37
- Happy Mondays edge it I think (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 23, 23:21:38
  - i saw the inspiarals at the uea several years ago (General Chat) - maisey, May 23, 23:40:52
  - New Order were/are ridiculously patchy. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:24:23
    - New Order have done some crap, but every year (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 23, 23:28:54
      - Yeah, 'Touching from a distance' is fantastic. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:33:09
        
        Was that the title? Can't remember (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 23, 23:37:42
      - republic is a great New Order album (n/m) (General Chat) - iwans_ex_dentist, May 23, 23:29:22
        
        I've always thought it was their worst one ... (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:31:30
        
        Low-Life was great and Technique I always liked. (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 23, 23:35:44
        
        You've picked the best ones. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:37:21
        
        Ceremony has just kicked in on BC FM ... (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 23, 23:43:30
        
        That's it, yeah. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:44:31
        
        May have it back in UK, then (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 23, 23:50:59
- the smiths and the stone roses (General Chat) - scruffy, May 23, 23:19:58
  - How could I forget The Smiths? (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 23, 23:24:19
  - Good shout - the Smiths were amazing. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:22:19
    - There we must differ (General Chat) - Suggy, May 23, 23:37:27
      - Agreed with you on the Chilli Peppers - rubbish. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:40:21
- Not even close IMHO (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, May 23, 23:06:14
  - I refer you to my earlier answer. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:14:20
- Joy Division! (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 22:48:53
- a tie Stone roses/oasis n/m (n/m) (General Chat) - loz, May 23, 22:21:36
  - I've got to agree with the Stone roses n/m (n/m) (General Chat) - Real men wear yellow, May 23, 22:23:53
    - The Fall or Happy Mondays (General Chat) - Southampton Rob, May 23, 22:39:43
      - Agreed, Fall or Happy Mondays.... (General Chat) - Suggy, May 23, 23:22:54
        
        The Roses' second album was dogshit. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:25:21
        
        As I recall, one side was pretty good (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 23, 23:31:41
        
        has some good moments on it (General Chat) - scruffy, May 23, 23:59:15
        
        If it hadn't been the Stone Roses it would have got absolutely slated (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, May 24, 00:00:21
        
        I didn't really care for it ... (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:34:05
        
        Crazy talk. Took some listens, and wasn't a patch on the first... (General Chat) - Arganth, May 23, 23:43:03
        
        Not if it took them 6 years ... (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:44:00
        
        Agreed. Had they done that after 2, it wouldn't have got half the slating... (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, May 23, 23:45:14
        
        If you take 6 years (without splitting and reforming) your album has to be incredible ... (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:48:39
      - All three made too many below-par records though ... (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 23, 23:18:26

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