Comments on: The Packer of the Leads http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/15/the-packer-of-the-leads/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sat, 26 May 2012 21:58:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: John Holbo http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/15/the-packer-of-the-leads/comment-page-1/#comment-156062 John Holbo Wed, 17 May 2006 15:24:59 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4668#comment-156062 There's a point near the end of some fairly recent Morrissey song where he starts falsettoing out: "oooh, the squalor of the mind. ooooh, the squalor of the mind." But my impression is that he's really depressed, the poor, dear man. A friend of mine who works at Amoeba Records in LA says a friend of his who works at Amoeba Records in LA saw Morrissey looking through the Smiths section, disconsolately. This friend - who was too cool to like Morrissey - said 'you've probably heard some of that before.' To which the Great One replied: 'there are things in here that I've never seen.' There’s a point near the end of some fairly recent Morrissey song where he starts falsettoing out: “oooh, the squalor of the mind. ooooh, the squalor of the mind.” But my impression is that he’s really depressed, the poor, dear man.

A friend of mine who works at Amoeba Records in LA says a friend of his who works at Amoeba Records in LA saw Morrissey looking through the Smiths section, disconsolately. This friend – who was too cool to like Morrissey – said ‘you’ve probably heard some of that before.’ To which the Great One replied: ‘there are things in here that I’ve never seen.’

]]> By: Delmore Macnamara http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/15/the-packer-of-the-leads/comment-page-1/#comment-156048 Delmore Macnamara Wed, 17 May 2006 14:02:21 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4668#comment-156048 Damn! some1 beat me to "some girls are bigger than others", tho its not _so_ funny without the preceding line "As Anthony said to Cleopatra as he opened a crate of ale 'Oooh I say..." Damn! some1 beat me to “some girls are bigger than others”, tho its not so funny without the preceding line “As Anthony said to Cleopatra as he opened a crate of ale ‘Oooh I say…”

]]> By: radek http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/15/the-packer-of-the-leads/comment-page-1/#comment-156000 radek Tue, 16 May 2006 23:54:53 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4668#comment-156000 This brings up another topic. What's the funniest band ever? There's two subcategories here. Intentionally funny and unintentionally funny. I'm thinking that in the intentionally funny cat punk rock's gonna dominate top ten. Maybe some blues too. Ramones, NY Dolls, Angry Samoans have made me laugh outloud. So has Leadbelly and, strangely, Charlie Parker. I don't know if Spinal Tap would count. Unintentionally funny? Abba (though I also think their music genuinely good). This brings up another topic. What’s the funniest band ever?
There’s two subcategories here. Intentionally funny and unintentionally funny.

I’m thinking that in the intentionally funny cat punk rock’s gonna dominate top ten. Maybe some blues too. Ramones, NY Dolls, Angry Samoans have made me laugh outloud. So has Leadbelly and, strangely, Charlie Parker.

I don’t know if Spinal Tap would count.

Unintentionally funny? Abba (though I also think their music genuinely good).

]]> By: radek http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/15/the-packer-of-the-leads/comment-page-1/#comment-155999 radek Tue, 16 May 2006 23:45:46 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4668#comment-155999 Your wife, defintetly. Some girls are bigger than others Some girls are bigger than others Some girl's mothers are bigger than Other girl's mothers First time I heard that I thought "well, that's pretty true". Also agree with the 'Meat is Murder' having crappy lyrics. Your wife, defintetly.

Some girls are bigger than others
Some girls are bigger than others
Some girl’s mothers are bigger than
Other girl’s mothers

First time I heard that I thought “well, that’s pretty true”.
Also agree with the ‘Meat is Murder’ having crappy lyrics.

]]> By: Henry Holland http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/15/the-packer-of-the-leads/comment-page-1/#comment-155971 Henry Holland Tue, 16 May 2006 19:16:34 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4668#comment-155971 For this gay boy, I was hooked from the time I heard the b-side of <i>Hand in Glove</i>, their first single: <i>All the streets are crammed with things Eager to be held I know what hands are for And I'd like to help myself You ask me the time But I sense something more And I would like to give you What I think you're asking for Oh, you Handsome Devil</i> The Smiths were the band of the 80's for me, by thousands of light years. Great lyrics, brilliant guitar parts, a great rhythm section, a charismatic frontman who was a great quote machine in interviews, a defined visual style on their sleeves, the sad/funny twists in their lyrics, such as: <i>Poor old man Had an accident with a 3 by 5 But that's OK Because he wasn't very happy anyway Poor woman Strangled in her very own bed as she read But that's OK She was old and she would have died anyway Don't blame the sweet and tender hooligan</i> For this gay boy, I was hooked from the time I heard the b-side of Hand in Glove, their first single:

All the streets are crammed with things
Eager to be held
I know what hands are for
And I’d like to help myself
You ask me the time
But I sense something more
And I would like to give you
What I think you’re asking for

Oh, you Handsome Devil

The Smiths were the band of the 80’s for me, by thousands of light years. Great lyrics, brilliant guitar parts, a great rhythm section, a charismatic frontman who was a great quote machine in interviews, a defined visual style on their sleeves, the sad/funny twists in their lyrics, such as:

Poor old man
Had an accident with a 3 by 5
But that’s OK
Because he wasn’t very happy anyway

Poor woman
Strangled in her very own bed as she read
But that’s OK
She was old and she would have died anyway

Don’t blame the sweet and tender hooligan

]]> By: soubzriquet http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/15/the-packer-of-the-leads/comment-page-1/#comment-155954 soubzriquet Tue, 16 May 2006 16:35:35 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4668#comment-155954 Definitely your wife. And `The Queen is Dead' was some of the best pop music produced in the 80s. Definitely your wife. And `The Queen is Dead’ was some of the best pop music produced in the 80s.

]]> By: Brian http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/15/the-packer-of-the-leads/comment-page-1/#comment-155944 Brian Tue, 16 May 2006 15:15:34 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4668#comment-155944 <i>So I broke into the Palace With a sponge and a rusty spanner She said, "Eh, I know you and you cannot sing" I said, "That's nothing - you should hear me play piano"</i> So I broke into the Palace
With a sponge and a rusty spanner
She said, “Eh, I know you and you cannot sing”
I said, “That’s nothing – you should hear me play piano”

]]> By: SomeCallMeTim http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/15/the-packer-of-the-leads/comment-page-1/#comment-155939 SomeCallMeTim Tue, 16 May 2006 14:54:52 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4668#comment-155939 <i>Sweetness sweetness I was only joking when I said I'd like to smash every tooth in your head. Oh sweetness sweetness I was only joking when I said by rights you should be bludgeoned in your bed.</i> As someone else said, it's not either/or. The Smiths are plainly hillarious. And all the more delicious for meaning it. Sweetness
sweetness I was only joking when I said
I’d like to smash every tooth in your head.
Oh sweetness
sweetness I was only joking when I said
by rights you should be bludgeoned in your bed.

As someone else said, it’s not either/or. The Smiths are plainly hillarious. And all the more delicious for meaning it.

]]> By: Doug http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/15/the-packer-of-the-leads/comment-page-1/#comment-155916 Doug Tue, 16 May 2006 12:19:49 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4668#comment-155916 ‹i›Meat is Murder is as emotionally evocative as a Vegitarian anthem can get.‹/i› Now you're getting in on the too-sincere-not-to-be-funny act! ‹i›Meat is Murder is as emotionally evocative as a Vegitarian anthem can get.‹/i›

Now you’re getting in on the too-sincere-not-to-be-funny act!

]]> By: rich http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/15/the-packer-of-the-leads/comment-page-1/#comment-155912 rich Tue, 16 May 2006 10:58:16 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4668#comment-155912 <i>It's not like any other love This one is different because it's us</i> My vote's for both: funny and affecting. It’s not like any other love
This one is different because it’s us

My vote’s for both: funny and affecting.

]]> By: dave heasman http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/15/the-packer-of-the-leads/comment-page-1/#comment-155909 dave heasman Tue, 16 May 2006 10:34:05 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4668#comment-155909 “you may believe you are the true creative genius, but all of those people, every single one of them, have actually turned up to see the moody lazy charismatic one, which is why he’s at the front, with the microphone”. The English didn't use to be so stupid. Noone went to see Keith Relf. “you may believe you are the true creative genius, but all of those people, every single one of them, have actually turned up to see the moody lazy charismatic one, which is why he’s at the front, with the microphone”.

The English didn’t use to be so stupid. Noone went to see Keith Relf.

]]> By: Daniel http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/15/the-packer-of-the-leads/comment-page-1/#comment-155904 Daniel Tue, 16 May 2006 09:23:40 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4668#comment-155904 <i>Speaking of Johnny, how about a “Greatest unrealized potential” thread one of these Fridays? It’s astounding how little of note he’s done since the Smiths.</i> Him, Bernard Butler, John Squires, Graham Coxon ... every indie guitar hero ought to be assigned a special roadie to stand behind them whispering "you may believe you are the true creative genius, but all of those people, every single one of them, have actually turned up to see the moody lazy charismatic one, which is why he's at the front, with the microphone". Butler actually fucked this one up <i>twice</i>. Speaking of Johnny, how about a “Greatest unrealized potential” thread one of these Fridays? It’s astounding how little of note he’s done since the Smiths.

Him, Bernard Butler, John Squires, Graham Coxon … every indie guitar hero ought to be assigned a special roadie to stand behind them whispering “you may believe you are the true creative genius, but all of those people, every single one of them, have actually turned up to see the moody lazy charismatic one, which is why he’s at the front, with the microphone”. Butler actually fucked this one up twice.

]]> By: Frank http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/15/the-packer-of-the-leads/comment-page-1/#comment-155902 Frank Tue, 16 May 2006 08:25:15 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4668#comment-155902 >Morrissey is making fun of them because he is one of them. Is he hellus like! He is feted and fawned on everywhere he goes; and he is an arrogant git, with it! >Morrissey is making fun of them because he is one of them.

Is he hellus like! He is feted and fawned on everywhere he goes; and he is an arrogant git, with it!

]]> By: Down and Out in Saigon http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/15/the-packer-of-the-leads/comment-page-1/#comment-155898 Down and Out in Saigon Tue, 16 May 2006 06:31:39 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4668#comment-155898 <i>And if a double-decker bus Crashes into us To die by your side Is such a heavenly way to die. And if a ten-tonne truck. Kills the both of us. To die by your side The pleasure and the privilege is mine.</i> Utterly ludicrous, yet heartfelt: that's why I keep liking the Smiths. And if a double-decker bus
Crashes into us
To die by your side
Is such a heavenly way to die.
And if a ten-tonne truck.
Kills the both of us.
To die by your side
The pleasure and the privilege is mine.

Utterly ludicrous, yet heartfelt: that’s why I keep liking the Smiths.

]]> By: mykej http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/15/the-packer-of-the-leads/comment-page-1/#comment-155896 mykej Tue, 16 May 2006 06:10:06 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=4668#comment-155896 Now I know how Joan of Arc felt As the flames rose to her roman nose and her walkman started to melt Now I know how Joan of Arc felt
As the flames rose to her roman nose
and her walkman started to melt

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