![]() About the only things regarding Elliot Smith I’m fairly sure of are: he was a huge Beatles fan he wrote songs that were beautiful but depressing (beautifully depressing? depressingly beautiful?) and after a while he wasn’t keen on living anymore. I haven’t heard much Elliot Smith (translation: approximately two songs, and one of them was a cover of The Beatles‘ “ Because” due to it popping up at the end of American Beauty). Mental As Anything – “Berserk Warriors” (1981)īut vocal similarities notwithstanding, I like “If You Don’t Love Me (I’ll Kill Myself)”. The second thing I noticed about this song (after being convinced I’ve heard it before) is that Pete Droge sound a lot like Martin Plaza from Australian band Mental As Anything: I like the guitar sounds (nice slightly distorted tone). The more I play this song the more I like it. (Maybe it’s appeared on a TV music video program). I’m pretty sure I’ve never heard of Pete Droge before, but this song sounds very familiar to me. Pete Droge – “If You Don’t Love Me (I’ll Kill Myself)” (1994) Final thoughts before I go back to not paying attention to Morrissey’s records: I like the song. ( Update: I’ve listened to “Certain People I Know” five times now, and I’ve read the lyrics twice. Now, if there was a way to remove Morrissey’s vocals and keep the rest of the track… As soon as it started, the syncopated guitar part reminded me of T. Before I press “play” I’ll try not to picture Morrissey flouncing in an open shirt and drawling in a world-weary way as he monotonises* about whatever he finds too dreary. His persona doesn’t appeal to me very much, which unfortunately puts an instant bias into anything of his I’m about to listen to. ![]() I see him as a combination of arch, camp, and miserable (can somebody be those three things simultaneously?). Morrissey is a chap I’ve always been mildly annoyed with. ![]() Morrissey – “ Certain People I Know“ (1992) (Apart from Mr Bowie’s instrumental, this batch could be quite easily titled “The Nineties Edition”…) ![]()
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