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£1200 for rent,must be a nice pad
Just to be clear, the £1,200 figure quoted is for outstanding unpaid rent. That's not how much he pays a month.
cool story that broOdd way to raise money . I agree with Mozbcuz on the scam idea. Like when I got a e -mail from a friend visiting London who got robbed and was now stranded . Wanted me to sent money to bank account . Very queer note so I finally got hold of my friend, asked if he was ok from all the trama . Response was "What the **** you talking about ? "
You’re right, of course… but whose fault is that? Durutti Column never really ‘hit the heights’ of fame in the first place, and they went down with the good ship Factory in the early 90s. That means Vini has essentially been doing nothing but sit on his arse in Didsbury for twenty years and live off whatever earnings he made in that period, supplemented by a bit of session work. What ordinary person would be afforded the luxury of doing that? And who would be lazy enough, given a place in the music industry, to rest on their laurels for so long and wait for the money to run out?
My comparison with Marr was misjudged because the Smiths reached a far greater audience and he could have comfortably retired on that alone – but God, even Andrew Ridgley isn’t begging on Facebook for rent money, and he’s probably the biggest also-ran in the industry.
Every review of Reilly I’ve come across has been confused and undecided about him; some called him a lazy chancer who happened to be in the right place at the right time for a few years, others said he wanted the work and never found the right audience. It’s sad to see anyone struggling to live, but he’s not a victim of anything other than his own laziness.
Why do I keep having this image in my head of Mike Joyce slithering up to read this and kicking himself saying "Now, why didn't I think of this?"
Ummmm... Hmmm.
In the fullness of time history will record the greatness of Vini Reilly and the The Durutti Column. And it will be recorded at Morrissey’s and The Smiths expense.