[vivid hate of Morrissey…] The bangers by The Smiths remain bangers. If only they could be enjoyed live without the taint of Morrissey infecting them.
Enter Rick Astley!
Not content with Rickrolling stadium crowds… the meme king of side quests has made it his mission to make The Smiths songs enjoyable live again, appearing at the UK’s Glastonbury Festival over the weekend to not only perform a set of his own, but to then put on a secret show with English group Blossoms, which consisted entirely of The Smiths covers. This isn’t the first time that Astley and Blossoms have gotten together onstage to perform the material, and judging by the reception it might not be the last. Morrissey is dead, long live New Morrissey.
oh please let me find video of this
Okay, so my first thought was that yeah, Morrissey is a pretentious, brittle, self-absorbed dickwad, so I can sort of see this. But Rick Astley? I mean - I could see him maybe doing Hand in Glove or Vicar in a Tutu or something like that, but there’s that whole… well… pretentious, brittle and self-absorbed section of The Smiths catalogue - stuff like Cemetary Gates and There is a Light That Never Goes Out - that I really couldn’t imagine him covering.
But I figured I should just go see what’s what, so I went out and found Rick Astley and Blossoms Smiths covers. And lo and behold, the one at the top of the list was actually There is a Light That Never Goes Out. And he killed it.
Heading back to see what else is there - I noticed at least The Boy with the Thorn in His Side, Reel Around the Fountain, How Soon is Now and Hand in Glove…
i can’t omg enough
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