tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post3918017841074984883..comments2024-03-28T09:33:26.444+00:00Comments on No Rock And Roll Fun: Gennaro Castaldo Watch: HMV shuts Southend storeSimon Hayes Budgenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-37126852420335712452009-07-24T06:59:12.991+00:002009-07-24T06:59:12.991+00:00I think you're right, Robin - Morrissey's ...I think you're right, Robin - Morrissey's trouble (not just musically but in those foot-in-the-mouth interviews he specialises in) is that he seems to approach everything with the thought "what would Morrissey do in this situation"?Simon Hayes Budgenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-54572459075658468852009-07-23T23:18:21.782+00:002009-07-23T23:18:21.782+00:00Seeing that video is a bittersweet experience - it...Seeing that video is a bittersweet experience - it's sublime in itself, but had I been aware of such things at the time, I think I would have been able to tell very clearly that this sort of furrow could not be ploughed forever, and that if he was unable to reinvent himself (which it would probably have already been apparent to a ten-years-older me that he wouldn't have been) he would have been condemned to become a self-parody, worrying the old ghosts forever. And so it proved. To attempt to copy that song would be even more futile than attempting to copy most other great songs.Robin Carmodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05825645880870474801noreply@blogger.com