SEND ME THE PILLOW, THE ONE THAT YOU DREAM ON

Yesterday afternoon, the record shopkeeper handed me a cardboard box, the size of a 12" record sleeve, with a look on his face implying that he knows. he knows. he knows about MUSIC's unconditional love for The Smiths and wanted me to listen to this little gem he received in the morning. 
Browsing through the colorful sleeves as if nothing had happened, I eagerly wait for the turntable to be free. 
Inside the cardboard boy was a black and white 12" cover of The Smiths's (as I predicted) I Started Something I couldn't Finish, which is not the interesting part, so I flip the record and past Pretty Girls Make Graves is a superb version of Some Girls are Bigger then Others, recorded live in London in '86. Apparently it was the only time this song was performed. I thank the guy behind the counter and pay for the music. leave.
This take on the song is mellower, almost bossa, and sounds like a Cherry Red Record production of that era, and it is way superior to the recorded version on The Queen is Dead. 


Some Girls are Bigger than Others (live '86) - The Smiths

A CRACK ON THE HEAD

One of The Smith's best songs, off the 1985 album Meat is Murder.  

Morrissey barks painfully to the sound of a heavy yet almost funky bass, it's touching, sad and at the same time very danceable for a song that addresses a rather sensitive topic.

The same verse is repeated about four or five times in the 6 minutes song, leading to the last bit that is only instrumental, the climax of Barbarism Begins at Home is there, followed immediately by a brutal end, but you've been shuffling your feet and nodding your head all along, you're begging for more. Leave the song on repeat.


Barbarism Begins at Home - The Smiths 

RADIO RADIO RADIO

We were invited by Ziad Nawfal on his show, Ruptures, on 96.2 Radio Liban to discuss the Music fanzine project, unfortunately we sound terrible, it's quite funny.

Playlist includes the likes of Ride, Pale Fountains, The Smiths, Beat Happening, The Field Mice and My Bloody Valentine.

Hear it on Ziad's blog: Karine Wehbé - Basile Ghosn talk about MUSIC on Ruptures 96.2 Radio Liban (in french)

bonus: a lovely 12'' mix of two ex Throbbing Gristle : October Love Song (12" mix) - Chris & Cosey