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Jun 21, 2018
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panguitch
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Agreed. Hard to overestimate Marr's influence on
alternative and indie music. I did a brief spotlight on his post-Smiths stuff a few weeks ago:
https://www.cougarboard.com/board/message.html?id=19777875
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POLL: The Smiths or Joy Division
jkccoug
6/21/18 10:57am
joy division had barely got off the ground...hard to judge
jwf
6/21/18 10:59am
True enough. Smiths only played (as the Smiths) for five years, though.
jkccoug
6/21/18 11:01am
true...but a lot of good stuff in that time.
jwf
6/21/18 11:02am
Add Joy Division, New Order, and Electronic together and it's still the Smiths.
panguitch
6/21/18 11:04am
I think I agree, most days at least. Morrissey had a way of saying stuff
jkccoug
6/21/18 11:10am
Electronic is great stuff.
jwf
6/21/18 11:13am
This is a pole fail because the results should be 100% to 0 for The Smiths
pink22
6/21/18 11:04am
I saw the Smiths in Oakland for the "Meat is Murder" tour.
byujdmba
6/21/18 11:11am
Interesting take. Never got to see them live-- wasn't into them
jkccoug
6/21/18 11:12am
Strageways wasn't their best album but it's great. Girlfriend in a Coma was
pink22
6/21/18 11:18am
I've always thought Girlfriend in a Coma was some brilliant songwriting
jkccoug
6/21/18 11:27am
I think Johnny Marr's muisicianship trumps all of New Order combined.
BYU1982
6/21/18 1:12pm
Agreed. Hard to overestimate Marr's influence on
panguitch
6/21/18 2:21pm
Thanks for the great linked post. You introduced me to some new JM
yahtzee
6/22/18 10:07pm
YouTube is the best thing that ever happened to Joy Division. Their peak was so
BigD Coug
6/21/18 11:21am
Yeah I think this is a different conversation if Curtis had lived.
jkccoug
6/21/18 11:27am
I think his closest comparison is Morrissey. New Order = Smiths w/out Morrissey.
BigD Coug
6/21/18 4:41pm
New Order > The Smiths > Electronic > > Joy Division
Scooter
6/21/18 11:22am
Love & Rockets > New Order > Smiths > Joy Division
Paco
6/21/18 11:37am
Some of L&R's songs were pure gems.
byujdmba
6/21/18 12:23pm
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