Tony Lockhart
Avoiding Stress, at Every Opportunity
Same age as me, and with what I’ve been through over the last three years, that fact hits a touch harder.
RIP Andy.
RIP Andy.
Just finished playing it as well, first time in many years and agree bass is to the fore and excellent. He was only two years older than me and I remember buying this when I was 19, very talented and young at time of recording.I’ve just stuck Meat Is Murder on (I’m at least a track behind everyone on Twitter), not played any Smiths for ages because, well, that other one, but it is just so good! Bass to the front on this album, just amazing work IMO.
Nice signed copy. Will spin my rest tomorrow.
I played all the albums and singles and b sides etc last night while getting very drunk on wine. It’s big and it’s clever.
They were an amazing band.
Funilly enough I did exactly the same last night. I finished up with a re-watch of The Smiths South Bank special:-
I remember about 25 years ago giving a lift to a much older work colleague. Andy was coming up for retirement and as a jazz enthusiast was very sniffy about my music.
I was playing "The Queen Is Dead" in the car. When "Frankly Mr Shankly" came on - Andy asked:-
"Who is this singer - he is jolly amusing?"
Later in the trip Andy proceeded to dissolve into hysterics during "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others".
From then on whenever I gave Andy a lift - he asked to listen to The Smiths.