Gutted. What an incredible bassist
Thats far too young. If I had one band to go back and see at the height it would have been them. Pre Morrisey turning etc… A ridiculous band
Me too!
This gig is amazing, barely a dropped note the whole gig between Marr and Rourke
That’s great, thanks.
Smiths are a band I never got into at the time but have grown on me massively in retrospect. I read Jonny Marr’s autobiography a few years ago which was really good and made me reassess.
Touching tribute from Morrissey. Beneath all the nonsense, there’s still a heart
Agree, just read that
Surprisingly lovely I thought although maybe a little dig at Marr - the “manufactured” bit.
RIP. Got into them as a moody teenager drawn to M’s lyrics, stayed for the music. I could listen to the interplay between Rourke & Marr all day long - mindblowing. This has always been a favourite - I just listen to the intro over and over…
Great bassline on this one, probably The Smiths at their ‘funkiest’
“A crack on the head is what you get for not asking & a crack on the head is what you get for asking”
I read somewhere that he & Johnny were just 23 when The Smiths split.
All those great records & they weren’t even 24 before it was all over.
Money is a great book.
I remember reading it in the 90s and one of the characters lived in the same tiny cul de sac in Shepherds Bush as we did (Keith Grove)
Tina Turner… what a life. RIP
with the amount of work she put into her stage shows, i figured she’d outlive us all.
RIP!