The Sound - Mid-show interview (Live 1984) - Adrian Borland
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In my opinion, the only reason they never made it to the top, was their lack of influence with other bands, and the media, always trying to sell sex, not so much music, as it is today. He was ahead of his time.
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it simply sucks if you're not interviewed in your mother tongue...
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@MickHaines Perfect analogy! Like Noel Gallagher ripping on Mani because he's a Utd fan. Although the Sound are awesome, I think Adrian went a bit far... "New Order and us"? Not exactly how it turned out hey mate lol
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Well, basically, The Sound were struggling and The Smiths were media faves at that time. In 1984 many people thought the Smiths were just 4 totally overrated arrivists. Also, thos ewere the days of football-styled band rivalries: music fans weren't necessarily open-minded, you know. So some were either supporting The Smiths OR New Order/ Factory and here Borland calling The Smiths 'shit' sounds like a City fan calling United 'shit'...
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I wonder if he meant that the Smiths are doing shit in the charts? I can't imagine any musician saying the Smiths are shit (unless you're a closed-minded metal head who plays only 7 or 8-string guitars with ridiculous distortion).
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@pyenapple Yeah, I think that's true. But I can understand that frustration. Adrian was a musical genious and deserved the fame of The Smiths (I think The Sound is better though). I can't understand either why Adrian didn't made it to the top.
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New Bands like The Smiths are shit lol.....epic fail Adrain !! If one band's music has lasted the test of time with each new generation of musicians it's Morrissey and Marr's legacy !
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they were and still are great!!!
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@yiayia0000 I'm not, as I asked him personally and he says in his autobiography 'When The Sound had first emerged, I paid then scant attention as their particular guitar sound did not appeal to me, but I became close friends with Adrian and believe him to be one of the most talented solo singer/songwriters I've ever met' That Sense of Purpose clip is from a tribute concert for Adrian Borland, so he would sing his song really. It doesn't matter, personal opinion. Sound and Chams both amazing!
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you are very wrong there is a youtube video who Mark Burgess sing Sense of Purpose and Possession
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"...The Smiths are shit...we don't hang around with other musicians, we have our own friends...and we're gonna be around a lot longer than, people who did the other thing.."
Wow...what can you say to that?
dayeekiiins 2 years ago
It's sad, I imagine that attitude is almost completely borne of frustration: The Sound's relative lack of success. Adrian was very driven and, frequently one who lashes out in this manner also focuses a lot of anger and frustration inward. "The Smiths are shit" is a ridiculous statement on the surface: obviously they're a talented group, Adrian wouldn't be blind to that.
pyenapple 2 years ago
He should have at least mentioned the Chameleons, who I think are WAY better than Eurythmics and New Order . . we all know Mark Burgess is obviously a big Sound fan, not to mention the White Rose Transmission stuff they did a few years later . . .
No mention of the Comsats, either . . .
mthelmut 4 years ago 3
Maybe he was purposefully just mentioning the bigger bands, as they were ones that had made it to the top o' the heap and, as such, easier to dicuss in a broader sense of critiquing the current crop.
pyenapple 4 years ago