tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26183234.post7133745221159081503..comments2023-07-25T12:00:23.138+00:00Comments on Bonobo World: Sons and heirs of nothing in particular...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26183234.post-19697186591974413722007-02-16T18:37:00.000+00:002007-02-16T18:37:00.000+00:00That line was from 'A Taste of Honey'. I saw a pr...That line was from 'A Taste of Honey'. I saw a production of it in Harlow, with the actor that used to play Len Fairclough - which was apt.<BR/><BR/>All the culture in Harlow was organised by the Cooperative Worker's Education League. Dare I admit in front of Darren I was a member of the Labour Party at the time? Or, technically, in some arcana of the rulebook, of The Cooperative Society affiliated to The Labour Party. In fairness, there was the moral imperative of getting Thatcher out. Hah! <I>that</I> worked!Edward the Bonobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02650872371620413588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26183234.post-36364073545417829332007-02-16T13:18:00.000+00:002007-02-16T13:18:00.000+00:00"I dreamt about you last night, and I fell out of ...<I>"I dreamt about you last night, and I fell out of bed twice."</I> has to be the early Morrissey lyric that made me realise that The Smiths weren't the miserabilists that everyone made them out to be.<BR/><BR/>And you may have read it previously on my blog, but seeing The Smiths playing 'This Charming Man' on Top of the Pops at such an impressionable age was certainly a seminal moment for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26183234.post-67381093289097846972007-02-12T17:57:00.000+00:002007-02-12T17:57:00.000+00:00Ah..now...in an interview with Russell Brand (an o...Ah..now...in an interview with Russell Brand (an omnipresent British TV celeb - see original post) he said that a friend of his had another explanation of the title. The light never goes out because the person in the room never goes anywhere. <BR/><I>Take me out tonight/ Take me anywhere I don't care I don't care I don't care I don't care."</I>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00109891750972015910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26183234.post-1823941680552948752007-02-12T16:58:00.000+00:002007-02-12T16:58:00.000+00:00I don't take the doubledecker bus seriously *laugh...I don't take the doubledecker bus seriously *laugh*. But I think the image of "a light that never goes out" for love, that's beautiful. *blush* Well, I like it anyway. And I like the flute playing on the song.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26183234.post-22092906807548113912007-02-12T14:12:00.000+00:002007-02-12T14:12:00.000+00:00You mean their seminal 'Trumpton Riot'? :-)Read mo...You mean their seminal 'Trumpton Riot'? :-)<BR/><BR/>Read more about them in my article <A HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A3064934" REL="nofollow">here</A>.<BR/><BR/>If I can find an address on your blog, I'll ping you a copy just as soon as. Or you can use the usual Limewire route.Edward the Bonobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02650872371620413588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26183234.post-23152674751904065222007-02-12T11:56:00.000+00:002007-02-12T11:56:00.000+00:00I love the smiths for all the reasons you list and...I love the smiths for all the reasons you list and more. And definitely well funny.<BR/><BR/>I now have the joy of my teenage children "stealing" my Smiths cd's and trying to inform me that "do you know mum these guys were like Soooo influential"<BR/><BR/>And I go..."Duh?....and can I have my CD back please?"<BR/><BR/><BR/>But Half-Man half biscuit? OMG I hadn't even thought about them for years and now that you've mentioned them I'm going to have to go and download their back catalogue. They were incredible and so funny.<BR/><BR/>The trumpton theme tune? Do you remember that?puddlejumperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11498325965356077135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26183234.post-60125991519178713322007-02-12T10:24:00.000+00:002007-02-12T10:24:00.000+00:00It's the concentrated misery that's funny! And ho...It's the concentrated misery that's funny! And how can you take seriously a line like "And iof a double-decker bus crashes into us..."<BR/><BR/>Coincidentally, this morning on the radio they had a feature on the rebuilding of Salford and they played the intro to "The Queen Is Dead". When I saw them live, Morrisey had an eye injury (someone had thrown a coin at him) so he came on in dark glasses and spent the first minute or so prancing and waving a "The Queen Is Dead" placard to <I>that</I> drumbeat.<BR/><BR/>PsychoC - no ridicule. I've just put together a playlist for a friend at work (I realised with a fright that she was born the year they split up),. It has all my favourites on it - but you've reminded me of two more I should have included. In don't know why I didn't include 'Rusholme Ruffians' either.<BR/><I>"She said 'How quickly will I die/ If I jump off the top of the Ferris wheel?' "</I>Edward the Bonobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02650872371620413588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26183234.post-7458624786496232412007-02-10T20:50:00.000+00:002007-02-10T20:50:00.000+00:00I used to like them a lot more than I do now. I a...I used to like them a lot more than I do now. I appreciate the humor, but the music itself hasn't aged as well with me. <BR/><BR/>"Girlfriend In A Coma", "Sheila Take a Bow" and "A Rush a Push and The Land is Ours" are my favorites. Apologies in advance if I've again provided more ridicule fodder...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26183234.post-15606072154146469582007-02-09T20:15:00.000+00:002007-02-09T20:15:00.000+00:00Hi Ed!It's me, Susanne *biggrin*I already told you...Hi Ed!<BR/><BR/>It's me, Susanne *biggrin*<BR/><BR/>I already told you that I found out about The Smiths by chance. I had a similar experience like you when first listening to them: I got "The Queen is dead", put it in the cd player, pressed play and thought "What *is* this? It's great!" I couldn't get enough of the drum-intro.<BR/><BR/>I love Morrissey's concentrated misery *laugh*<BR/><BR/>"There is a light that never goes out" is one of my favourite songs. It really touched me in a strange way.<BR/><BR/>"Reel around the fountain" gives me a shiver though. I may be getting the song in a wrong way, but it scares me. *erm*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com