There is a Light...

No, not a light in the sky (although who knows) - a light that never goes out!

To be precise - "There is a Light That Never Goes out".

Best Smiths song... ever!

This is for my pals Mac Tonnies, Nick Redfern (yes, they were better than the Ramones), and Peter Black - and Linda, of course!

"And if a double decker bus
crashes into us
To die by your side, such a heavenly way to die
And if a ten ton truck
kills the both of us
To die by your side,
the pleasure, the privilege is mine."

Now that's true love!

Go here for a live solo Morrissey rendition, and here for a live Smiths version.

The former is much more polished, as it was recorded professionally, whereas the latter is pretty ragged - but I prefer it, because it's the Smiths, and it reminds me of old video from some of my gigs back in the mid 1990s.

Speaking of which...

Here's a verse from "All Afraid", a song my first band, Tall Poppies, recorded on our Fields of Addiction e.p. in 1993 (yes, kids, that's a cassette cover -there was a time before compact discs, or IPods) which was definitely influenced by the Smiths:

"What are you so afraid of,
What has brought you to this state,
Where are your natural emotions,
You're such a sad, sad thing...
All afraid
you feel your back against the wall,
caution hasn't paid,
it's set you up just to fall,
You sit around with your rope
You sit around with your rope
One loose knot and no hope
One loose knot and no hope."

Ahh... the good old days!

Maybe one of these days I'll figure out how to get some old video and music on the Net.

Paul Kimball