Johnny Marr sent an angry tweet:
David Cameron, stop saying that you like The Smiths, no you don't. I forbid you to like it.
Johnny Marr: 'I forbid David Cameron from liking the Smiths' - The Guardian
The guitarist takes to Twitter to tell the PM he is not welcome as a fan
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Refund (Score:0)
Socialism (Score:1, Insightful)
Brilliant (Score:2, Insightful)
Of course, Cameron has every right to like the Smiths, but equally everyone else has the right to point out how incongruous his political opinions are with the whole ethos of the group.
Tory Boy (Score:1)
He claims to be a fan to be cool to the youth who are appreciating the band
I applaud Mr Marr
good on Johnny fans like that you do not need !
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Re:Tory Boy (Score:2, Insightful)
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chidlish (Score:2, Insightful)
but than again David had a past too, been to coolage, uni maybe
I think at that time, he liked the Smiths
I'm 45, if I became an farmer, wouldn't I stop
liking the Smiths, who guided me through a young adult
maybe Cameron must stop and do his job, but Marr
also should not let this out in the media,it's not worth, just make some songs Cameron might gonna dislike The Smiths
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Ugh (Score:2, Insightful)
Get over it, and get over yourself, Johnny.
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Politics (Score:0, Insightful)
Erm.... (Score:1, Insightful)
please forbid me to like your post-Smiths work (Score:1, Funny)
Arrogant jerk, Moz is the man tho.
It's only a laugh (Score:0)
The real reason why England only got 2 votes (Score:1, Funny)
Apart from detesting Cameron, Johnny Marr is a good mate of Sepp Blatter and regularly performs for the FIFA executive commitee.
Indeed prior to the first round of voting today he serenaded the committee with "Please, Please, Please Give The World Cup To Russia."
Lord Knows It Would Be The First Time
Rumours Johnny Marr is an ex-KGB agent are, as yet, unsubstatiated but he enjoys a strong and fruitful relationship with Vladimir Putin
I bet (Score:1)
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Marr's Comments (Score:2, Interesting)
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Headline News (Score:2, Informative)
http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/stopthepresses/332313/the-boy-with-the-thorn-in-his-side-smiths-guitarist-blasts-uk-prime-minister-on-twitter/
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re; David Cameron (Score:0)
Nice try, but... (Score:0)
Johnny who??? (Score:1)
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The story is old but it goes on (Score:0)
Cameron is probably just looking for votes anyway, and I'm sure he only knows a handful of Smiths tunes. Anyone who keeps using the line 'Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now' when asked about The Smiths must live a blinkered life.
A.C.T.O.N.
Twitter (Score:0)
Editorial praises Marr (Score:1, Informative)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/dec/03/in-praise-of-johnny-marr
You wouldn't think this is the same paper that went all Daily Mail about a certain "Subspecies" comment recently.
A serious comment - on Twitter? (Score:0)
Power of the media (Score:0)
Johnny Marr and David Cameron (Score:1)
Personally I live and breath the Smiths and Morrissey, but I almost never agree with their silly socialistic political views.
By the way, I've been a strict vegetarian for the last 17 years, but I don't push my views on meat consumption on anyone else, neither should these tow goofballs.
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strange... (Score:0)
Free Speech (Score:1)
I lost some respect for Johnny Marr instructing people who can like the Smiths. The Smiths are bigger than he, I am sorry.
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aware (Score:1)
on The One Show when Morrissey was on it he said that if he finds out a member of the conserative party is a fan im sure he will be think Heaven Knows im Miserable Now,
obviously there is a reason he said that,
i don't think it should be a huge problem he likes listening to the music, if you like a song you like a song.
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Sorry David (Score:0)
Johnny you're cool but... (Score:2, Insightful)
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oh for fuck's sake... (Score:1, Insightful)
And now Clegg, too (Score:1)
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...and now Morrissey has posted his response... (Score:0)
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