Comments on: Salford Lads and Girls Club

Salford Lads and Girls Club

Alec — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 05:07:53 -0800

BIGMOUTH BIKES AGAIN! "Smiths fans are organising a 16 mile sponsored bike ride around Salford and Manchester to raise funds for Salford Lads & Girls Club whilst recreating the video for the song Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before. But will Morrissey be available to reprise his role 20 years on?" via

By: well_balanced

well_balanced — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 05:25:49 -0800

Critical Morrissey?

By: maudlin

maudlin — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 05:29:00 -0800

Stop me if -- aw, crap. I was going to post "Critical Moz". *sigh*

By: Mayor Curley

Mayor Curley — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 05:35:33 -0800

"But will Morrissey be available to reprise his role 20 years on?" Yes, assuming that people turn out to watch it. If not, he'll cancel, but only because of some terrible animal rights violations condoned by Lancashire County Council. Assuming he does show, if anybody can manage to look like they're phoning it in while riding a bike, it's the Morrissey of the 21st century.

By: photoslob

photoslob — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 06:35:31 -0800

They should be beaten to death with Marigolds.

By: adipocere

adipocere — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 06:36:55 -0800

What sweet and tender hooligans.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:14:16 -0800

bah! i was posing for a photo as a wee 17yo outside the salford lads club, having trudged all over manchester to find it, when some dickhead old thug of a mancunian chased me off with threats of violence, yelling "you're smiths fans, aren't you? we've had no end of trouble because of them! we're taking them to court, we are!" fucking asshole. ruin a proto-emo's pilgimage over nothing. and fuck the salford lads club. i wouldn't piss on it if it was on fire.

By: ZenMasterThis

ZenMasterThis — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:19:26 -0800

...Flames rose to her Roman nose and her ~~Walkman~~ iPod started to melt..."

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:31:22 -0800

ZenMasterThis, Mozza actually sings that these days.

By: ZenMasterThis

ZenMasterThis — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:34:29 -0800

Really? I had no idea, honestly. 'Course I haven't seen him since 1986 with The Smiths.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:00:27 -0800

I'd dig up a recent performance of Bigmouth on YouTube or wherever, but I'm at work. And holy shit, I'm jealous now.

By: ZenMasterThis

ZenMasterThis — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:10:24 -0800

Yeah, it was quite a show. Great Woods in Mansfield, MA. Phranc opened. The Smiths started with "How Soon is Now" and the whole front middle of the audience erupted into an instant free-for-all. It was wicked exciting for a 24-year-old, but now I just think, "Holy shit, I'm luck I didn't get clobbered."

By: ZenMasterThis

ZenMasterThis — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:10:39 -0800

lucky

By: pinky

pinky — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:36:48 -0800

ZenMasterThis - I saw The Smiths in Royal Oak, MI in 1985 - Billy Bragg opened and otherwise, my experience was the same as yours. Although I was up against the stage and I don't think my spleen was ever the same!

By: Dantien

Dantien — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:32:01 -0800

Obsessed Smiths fan. Never seen them in concert. So finally Moz plays a concert in my old town. I score tickets. I buy marigolds. Then I get a job interview in Oregon. My flight returns after the show starts. Once again, I miss my chance. *sob*

By: jokeefe

jokeefe — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:50:42 -0800

I thought it was gladioli.... (I saw Morrissey solo back in the mid 90s. Wickedly fun.)

By: Julnyes

Julnyes — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:30:34 -0800

I'll be seeing Moz for the third (fourth?) time next month ... I still think he is fantastic and will dance my heart out for him. I'm deeply jealous of anyone who got to see The Smiths.

By: pokeydonut

pokeydonut — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:12:48 -0800

Call me when they do it in blimps and call it Heaven Knows I'm Dirigible Now

By: bitter-girl.com

bitter-girl.com — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:55:52 -0800

Ditto Julnyes -- so very jealous of anyone who got to see the Smiths live. Though once (AND I AM SO NOT MAKING THIS UP) I got to see Morrissey play on Valentine's Day, in a rainstorm, while my then-boyfriend who ended up cheating on me with another man (oh, irony) spent the night DJing a drag show instead. I love me some Morrissey.

By: kryptondog

kryptondog — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:26:29 -0800

Saw him for the first time earlier this year in Houston. He opened with The Queen Is Dead- I freaked out. Great show, except for the douchebag that threw water balloons at the keyboardist. However, if anyone thinks Morrissey would do anything other than flake out of an event like this... dear god, please help them.