Recent content by Quite Shy

Oh dear. With morons like you, mozsupportsrovers, it's no wonder I gave up on this site a long time ago. Such is your level of utter stupidity that I even had to come out of retirement for the most pointless thread of all time. Are you 5 years old or do you just have shit for brains? I'm...

I recall Rollins and the Beastie Boys (as The Prosecution) hammering Moz and Bongo out of U2 (The Defence) in the NME or the Maker, in '92 or '93. They said he apparently needed to get a burger, a tan, fresh air and a frisbee, and something about ''grease pouring out of his pale face'' but they...

For me, it's Alan's Recoil project. I've loved DM since Black Celebration - a classic - when Alan began to have more influence in the sound. And DM today are poorer without him. Unsound Methods is a great Recoil lp. Dave's stuff lacks killer tunes. Martin picks great writers to cover (Nick...

I'm proud to share not only nationality, but also a birthday with Shane. He is right up there with Ireland's finest writers: Joyce, Yeates, Beckett, Behan. And if you're in any doubt, read the lyrics to And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda...you have a heart of stone if you don't shed a tear to...

I feel your pain, Sunday Girl. But if it's any consolation, today is so far my worst birthday ever. In the last week, I have fought off 'flu, spent the weekend in bed with tonsilitis, continued my 2-year battle with chronic migraines...and last night I got...(drum roll)...dumped! By text! We'd...

No surprises here. Every word that comes droning out of his big face has been pre-prepared by an army of PA spin doctors and fed to him by his U2 management media pimps. This is because he speaks in cliché, soundbites and flatulence. Before I get shot down in flames, I'm fully aware that he...

My love and respect for Moz remain undimmed. The haters will never break him. As for racism, it's a guarantee of stupidity, and those who stink of it are to be avoided. Viva Moz.

Bragg has written nothing remotely memorable in at least 15 years. But that's not really relevant, I just like saying it. He has always been obsessed with Moz. But wealth and a big house by the sea have blunted Bragg's ire. He made his money by being an angry leftie. Now he's self-satisfied...

A solid 9. Love it, love the energy, love the themes of being lost, naive and easily misled. The British music press really are quite thick, aren't they?

1. Smiths/Moz, of course. 2. Depeche Mode. 3. Nick Cave. 4. Kate Bush. 5. Pet Shop Boys. 6. Billie Holiday. 7. PJ Harvey. 8. Peter Gabriel. 9. Kraftwerk. 10. Bowie. I don't know what's surprised me more: how I got it down to a final 10... or how I didn't find places for the Velvet...

Marvellous. Possibly the best of a fine batch of Quarry b-sides, which often get a pasting on this forum for some reason. I love this song.

A truly beautiful album. I bought it on vinyl around 1988 or '89, then again on cd years later. So good I got it twice. Superb cover of Lou Reed's Sweet Jane. But did this great lost classic really need re-recording?

Men have had a pretty raw deal on this thread...not all guys are cheating, sex-mad beasts, prowling the streets with a permanent stiffy! Women...suspend your disbelief for a moment, folks...do their fair share of heartbreaking, too. As there is no pain quite like it, I find that Ben & Jerry's...

As NotRightInTheHead put it earlier, it's the deceit of 'silent reflection' masquerading as prayer which is the problem...it's clear that the school authorities are determined to impose prayer on kids but hope to get away with it by rebranding it as 'reflection'. Meditation is all very well...

'Coercion creates resistance'. Absolutely right, LeftOut. I had the myths and fairytales of religion rammed down my throat as a child...needless to say, I'm now a proud atheist. There is no room for the bollocks of religion at school...but sadly, as long as religious fanatics get into...