The Smiths: Paint a Vulgar Picture

The Smiths in rare pictures.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• paint
• vulgar
• picture
• the
• smiths
• morrissey
• johnny
• marr

[foolishlyable]

4.14 Is that Jeff Buckley? :O

[kissmyshades]

@foolishlyable

at 4:14, that's a photo of Morrissey standing in front of a framed James Dean photo.

[CigaretteSmokingGuy]

I can't seem to find this song on "The Best of the Smiths" Vol 1. or Vol 2., The Best of the Smiths The Singles, The Very Best of the Smiths, The Sound of the Smiths or The Smiths Singles Box.

[M4rko96]

"About '86, I got really into the Les Paul and rediscovered Peter Green. I tried to play less chordally, a little more solo-notey. But the solo on 'Paint A Vulgar Picture' was done on a Strat. I was really pleased that the first solo as such on a Smiths record was one you could sing." Johny Marr

[Capeau2009]

From te LP - "Strangeways Here We Come"

[MsMtnGrrl]

@elsquibbs Absolutely! Rourke's such an underrated bassist.

[GreyRose93]

@HannahIsUnoriginal ah, I thought they might be joking but wasn't sure so I thought I'd be helpful just in case lol ;p

[HannahIsUnoriginal]

@GreyRose93 You missed the joke, CigaretteSmokingGuy was pointing out the irony that this song is complaining about sell-out musicians selling 'best of' albums to make money, and The Smiths have a tonne of 'best of' albums themselves now.

[HannahIsUnoriginal]

I think of this song every time the music industry gets a new dead star to make money from. Shame they don't give as much of a shit when they're actually alive.

[skateboardsinshorts]

@CigaretteSmokingGuy strangeways here we come

[GreyRose93]

Love the fact that Geoff Travis got insulted by this song, but not by Frankly Mr Shankly or You just Havent earned it yet baby! Irony indeed...

[GreyRose93]

@CigaretteSmokingGuy It wouldn't be in the singles boxsets cos not a single, and you can find it in all its glory on Strangeways here we come :) But yeh, would be nice to see in on best off, I suppose they just have too many great songs to choose between... xx

[goodfella23rus]

i think @foolishlyable really means 5:14 where there is a geezer standing on the left hand side of the photo, right in front of Johnny Marr whose profile is pretty similar to Jeff Bucklys but I dont think it is