tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post6852145431226609408..comments2024-03-29T10:17:18.826+00:00Comments on No Rock And Roll Fun: Twittergem: Johnny MarrSimon Hayes Budgenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-57490167130645684462012-10-03T12:07:37.311+00:002012-10-03T12:07:37.311+00:00Awesome, really great quote!Awesome, really great quote!Coralhttp://www.canvasartshop.com.au/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-51319688080140394132012-08-16T11:23:53.155+00:002012-08-16T11:23:53.155+00:00I don't get why anyone enjoys the Smiths - dep...I don't get why anyone enjoys the Smiths - depressing!Infusion Arthttp://www.infusionart.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-47267119333427018512010-12-04T11:02:23.093+00:002010-12-04T11:02:23.093+00:00Perhaps, H, but remember: Semiotics Can Be Fun. De...Perhaps, H, but remember: Semiotics Can Be Fun. Depending on what you mean by "can" and "be".Simon Hayes Budgenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-3102444922703944272010-12-04T10:06:08.514+00:002010-12-04T10:06:08.514+00:00Or perhaps we're just over-intellectualising a...Or perhaps we're just over-intellectualising an off-the-cuff joke made on Twitter.H.http://theouthousers.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-42364533882556449702010-12-03T12:34:22.945+00:002010-12-03T12:34:22.945+00:00Robin, isn't what Marr doing a reversal of rea...Robin, isn't what Marr doing a reversal of reader-as-auteur theory rather than a attempt to accuse Cameron as a thief?<br /><br />Marr clearly has an idea of what "The Smiths" is, and he doesn't believe that Cameron's "The Smiths" is the same thing at all - therefore, from his perspective, Cameron cannot like "The Smiths" as The Smiths intended them to be. <br /><br />Where Marr is wrong, of course, is the belief that he can forbid Cameron from liking Marr's version of "The Smiths" - Cameron's background and belief system might make it impossible for him to like Marr's "The Smiths", or for Cameron's "The Smiths" to align with Marr's "The Smiths", but the forces which stop that happening are far beyond Marr's command.Simon Hayes Budgenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-3194477249102529772010-12-02T20:04:50.822+00:002010-12-02T20:04:50.822+00:00Once a record has been made, it's out there in...Once a record has been made, it's out there in the capitalist system. Anyone can theoretically like it. And the idea that people from Cameron's background just didn't listen to pop music was always more mythical than real - it was actually more the middle class and some self-made working-class autodidacts who had a certain snobbery over it, Cameron's class was too far beyond any kind of social insecurity and uncertainty to care about these things.<br /><br />This sort of talk is simply a distraction, and ignores the true nature of capitalism entirely.Robin Carmodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05825645880870474801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-6024331624756028382010-12-02T20:01:11.208+00:002010-12-02T20:01:11.208+00:00I get tired of all this "cultural theft"...I get tired of all this "cultural theft" talk, though. What were the backgrounds of a great many of the 1960s pop managers and offshore radio entrepreneurs? And how liberal and forward-looking is Morrissey's concept of Britain?<br /><br />This isn't any kind of endorsement of Cameron - it's a recognition that pop was never really the egalitarian dreamland certain people love to fondly imagine.Robin Carmodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05825645880870474801noreply@blogger.com