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Andre 3000's favourite Smiths song revealed in NME / Brand New mention

posted by davidt on Tuesday February 17 2004, @11:00AM
2-J writes:

We already knew that Andre 3000 had a bit of a thing about 'Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me', but now we know which Smiths number really gets him going.

The NME dated 14 February contains an interview with Hip-Hop duo Outkast, who also feature on the cover. The interview reveals their diverse musical inspirations, and Andre takes the time to say a special word about the Smiths:-

' Dre: "A friend of mine was looking a my CD collection and was like, 'Hey if you like these people you'd better check out The Smiths.' So I checked them out and found a lot of songs that I love. It's all about his [Morrissey's] performance on the records, it's almost like he wasn't a singer at all, I guess he was a poet and did a melody on top of a band playing music. It's funny to me, but it's great that he sings like that. Like he has a book of poems and he goes in and just pulls out a poem and puts it on top of the music because he does the same melodies over and over, I think that's cool. My favourite Smiths record? William something ['William, It Was Really Nothing' - Smiths Ed]." '

Elsewhere in the issue US band 'Brand New' pose for a photo outside the Salford Lads Club, and are branded 'The Smiths for the baggy-panted generation' by the writer, with singer Jesse commenting "I think Morrissey really brings wit into his songs, their songs are sad and they're kinda morose and they have that feeling at the same time. They're quite funny, you know, and they're just good stories. Elvis Costello does that in the same way. It's just something I latched onto".
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  • Too eclectic to be stuck in the world of hip-hop !
    Anonymous -- Tuesday February 17 2004, @11:25AM (#86877)

  • Ya Hey (Score:0, Troll)

    That's all good but I'm tired of Outkast, Hey Ya was their one shining moment, their 15 minutes are up.
    Anonymous -- Tuesday February 17 2004, @12:15PM (#86883)
  • "it's almost like he wasn't a singer at all, I guess he was a poet and did a melody on top of a band playing music." a band playing music? what's that about? Johnny Marr, Rourke and Joyce are no ordinary band. that's unfair.

                                                      -glory hole
    Anonymous -- Tuesday February 17 2004, @04:45PM (#86922)
  • I have tried to keep an "open mind" about this band, and I know many here enjoy them, but the more I hear and the more I see just keeps confirming my initial opinion...
    Another uninspired, trivial, hip-hop-funk-pop-costumed-wanna'be-thug/g'ster cookie cutter band that has nothing to say and nothing to add to the world of music..."Hey Ya'" has become the most overrated and overplayed song of the year...it is this seasons "Who Let the Dogs Out"...another silly pop anthem for people to use on telly commercials, football games and in movies....
    AND NO...I’m not just judging by that song...I have heard the CD...
    So my point is…WHO CARES if 'Dre talks about the Smiths. It's lovely that he "appreciates" the "Poetry"...but i'd bet you a million he dosen't really *get it*...

    I await the onslaught of the O'Kast lovers out there...but remember Dears...this is but MY humble opinion...

    Cheers!
    Dallow -- Tuesday February 17 2004, @05:10PM (#86930)
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    Dallow
  • I liked that! people bang on about the Smiths so much these days that it's rare that you hear someone with a fresh take on the whole thing:

    "it's almost like he wasn't a singer at all, I guess he was a poet and did a melody on top of a band playing music. It's funny to me, but it's great that he sings like that"

    Top marks for perspicacity!
    John, England
    Anonymous -- Wednesday February 18 2004, @07:12AM (#86999)
  • That picture of Brand New next to Salford Lads Club was offensive. How dare they compare themselves to the Smiths when they are in fact just another run of the mill American emo band for the 'I Hate My Dad Club' of depressed kids to jump about and flail their limbs to. Nothing about this band is remotely Brand New.
    The last night on Mo -- Wednesday February 18 2004, @10:22AM (#87021)
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  • For a minute there i thought the report ment Peter Andre....but i realised that he is too good an artist to appear in the MNE....
    thelazysunbather -- Thursday February 19 2004, @04:30AM (#87093)
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  • morrissey covering "hey ya", just think of the possibilities.
    leedoggpimp <[email protected]> -- Thursday February 19 2004, @09:48AM (#87106)
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    True friends stab you in the front.
  • Morrissey and Andre 3000 will be hosting and participating in a special poetry slam with accompaniment by Travis Barker on bongos. The theme for this revolutionary event is the Industrial North meets the Dirty South.
    Anonymous -- Thursday February 19 2004, @02:21PM (#87168)
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