all my little wordsStephin Merritt on Morrissey:
His new album, “You Are the Quarry” (Sanctuary), demonstrates more than ever that the best lyricist in rock, Morrissey, still surrounds himself with dull musicians incapable of properly filling out his introspective kitchen-sink dramas. Plodding generic rock ‘n’ roll accompanies “Where taxi drivers never stop talking, under slate-gray Victorian sky: Here you’ll find despair and I.” At this level of lyric artistry, these warmed-over arena rock backdrops are a waste. One longs to lock him up for a year with, say, the pop orchestra the High Llamas, so lyrics like “I’ve been dreaming of a time when to be English is not to be baneful, to be standing by the flag not feeling shameful, racist or martial” can be matched by equally thoughtful arrangements.
Their stagnated taste and tendency to mediocrity wouldn’t be a problem if aging indie pop stars were releasing acappella versions with every new album. In fact, I’d like the option of remixing the bland arrangements on the new Magnetic Fields.
Posted by S.H. at May 18, 2004 02:13 PMI could not agree more with that review
Posted by Ron Mwangaguhunga at May 18, 2004 02:40 PMWasn’t the A&L section better than usual last week? There was a great article on Ives as well as Alban Berg. That doesn’t happen very often.
I don’t think it was fair to compare Avril to Alanis, though. Isn’t Alanis a better artist slash songwriter?
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Posted by Math at May 20, 2004 04:31 PMWhat’s so bad about arena rock? And what makes it so incompatible with “lyric artistry”? The excerpted lyrics seem no more nuanced than some written by Freddie Mercury or Rob Halford. I have to confess that I’m not much for Morrissey either way, but if the dude wants to rock, let the dude rock. It’s funny how, if the stereotypical rocker would be unlikely to cry or whine, some fans of Morrissey are unhappy if he does anything else.
Posted by p.coco at May 24, 2004 08:38 AMIf you want to hear something new in the vein of both Merritt and Morrissey, check out Jens Lekman on Secretly Canadian. He’s got a couple EPs out right now and hopefully a full length in the near future.
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