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Morrissey/Marr #2 in "MSN Essentials: Top 10 greatest songwriting teams in rock"

posted by davidt on Sunday December 12 2010, @11:00AM
Vic writes:
Per MSN, our boys Moz/Marr came in second after Lennon/McCartney:

MSN Essentials: Top 10 greatest songwriting teams in rock - MSN
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  • Who are Lennon/MacCartney anyway?
    Anonymous -- Sunday December 12 2010, @01:25PM (#360103)

  • Obvious... (Score:1, Informative)

    We all know that The Beatles is the only band that could ever top The Smiths.Prefer The Smiths,though.Sorry...
    Anonymous -- Sunday December 12 2010, @02:14PM (#360109)
  • Andy Rourke was more than just an "able" bassist while in the Smiths, he was AMAZING. I can't think of one moment where the bassline wasn't what it needed to be to support the structure of the song. Many times even equalling Johnny's own melody or being the featured element integral to it. I will go so far as to say that Johnny's musicality within the Smiths recordings was heavily bolstered by how greatly Andy's playing complimented his style and sound.(I realize there is some debate as to who wrote the basslines, but I asked Andy when I met him and I choose to believe that he is truthful when he says he came up with them.) At any rate, he certainly played the hell out of that bass both live and in studio. Most importantly he brought soul to a group that without him would have just been another white '80s british band with catchy songs. I see it as a case where the sum of the parts is also as great as the whole.

    Don Rice
    Oklahoma City
    Anonymous -- Sunday December 12 2010, @04:31PM (#360119)
  • as said and written many times

    Leiber & Stoller
    Celibate Cry <[email protected]> -- Wednesday December 15 2010, @09:29AM (#360235)
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    and the hills are alive with celibate cries
  • Morrissey and Marr had simply everything!They could be deep,cool,funny,inteligent,all in one freaking song.I can't think of a song by them that you could be indiferent to.M&M=PERFECTION.
    Anonymous -- Wednesday December 15 2010, @11:04AM (#360250)
  • outside the top3- nice to see Suede getting their props, but really the list is pretty shabby after Beatles>Smiths>Stones.
    chrisarclark <[email protected]> -- Monday December 20 2010, @10:42PM (#360405)
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