Stephen Trent

I grew up in the north of England loving a highly promising, but short-lived, local band whose lead singer became a legendary international solo artist.

[Stephen Trent @StephenSt007]

Never thought I would hear Johnny Marr playing "Stairway To Heaven"!
This series is great. Marr on "How Soon Is Now", Jimi Hendrix, Buzzcocks etc, Also features Chrissie Hynde &, inevitably, Billy Bragg.

Next week: the 1980s & beyond.
https://t.co/mZzBjAMcW9

[Stephen Trent @StephenSt007]

Good episode. Morrissey's juvenilia is his early work with The Smiths. It's telling that most fans favourite album from the 82-85 period is a compilation. His ropiest songs are the Smiths tracks that he's never performed live as a global solo artist.

[Morrissey and Wine @mozandwine]

🍷 New episode of Morrissey and Wine out now

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[Stephen Trent @StephenSt007]

"Run through the Jungle" by The Gun Club.
https://t.co/wNgpRKZUro

[Stephen Trent @StephenSt007]

There's a club if you'd like to go...

Revealed, by Johnny Marr, as a key influence on "How Soon Is Now?" this week, although he was listening to a 1980's cover version by The Gun Club. #TheSmiths #Morrissey #CCR #rhythmguitar #harmonica

[Stephen Trent @StephenSt007]

MEANIE OF THE MONTH
BBC
"The public wants to hear the song, but the BBC will not play it even though their stations are a public service duty-bound to reflect public taste. Obviously not! If the song is suspected of independent thought - God forbid!, it is not played,"
Morrissey

[Stephen Trent @StephenSt007]

@OldRoberts953 As if Morrissey would ring anyone up.

[Stephen Trent @StephenSt007]

The record of Smiths/Morrissey fans who've held public office in the UK is truly abysmal. Andy Burnham needs to keep quiet about his musical preferences. #AmyLame #Morrissey

[Stephen Trent @StephenSt007]

Morrissey has never written a "body poistive" song. All the evidence suggests he finds fat bodies quite repulsive.

In "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others", he's writing about topless models, using the comic prism of Frankie Howerd.

[Stephen Trent @StephenSt007]

"Fatty" is an empowering animal rights anthem.
A homeless dog in Battersea Dog's Home takes control & chooses it's new owner & gives them a rude pet name! It has agency & chutzpah, but promises to be loving, loyal & considerate. #Morrissey

[JukeBox @JukeBoxNonStop]

Morrissey
- You_re The One For Me_ Fatty

[Stephen Trent @StephenSt007]

Worth a listen. #Morrissey

[Elizabeth Alker @elizabethalker]

Our new BBC podcast series, The Rise and Fall of The Smiths is live today, hosted by me and @steve_lamacq. It was lovely to be reunited with Nemone this morning on @BBC6Music Breakfast to talk all about it. You can listen here: https://t.co/PGFrX2iFgI

[Stephen Trent @StephenSt007]

MEANIE OF THE MONTH
Grant Showbiz
If the BBC has used Billy Bragg's sidekick to cobble together a divisive doc about The Smiths, it will come as no surprise.
Morrissey wasn't invited to take part & hasn't been on the BBC for 15 years now. Bragg & Marr are both deeply embedded.

[Stephen Trent @StephenSt007]

https://t.co/vfyP0MGdxr

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

Is it really so strange?

[Stephen Trent @StephenSt007]

"I left the north again, I travelled south again."

Good to hear @annemcelvoy quoitng a line from #TheSmiths on The Moral Maze. Is she a fan?
The topic was localism & Andy Burnham, (but she was referring to her own journeys between Durham, where she grew up, & London.) #Morrissey

[Stephen Trent @StephenSt007]

Johnny Marr echoed the lyrics of "Panic" on BBC 6pm news. His guitars could end up in "Belfast, Dundee or Tokyo.".

If the putative PM really is a Smiths fan, he should step in & save them for the nation, They belong in the V&A, not some bloke's flat in Tokyo (or Humberside).

[NewsTongue @NewsTongueX]

🔴 Johnny Marr auctions 80 guitars from Smiths era, Christie's sale 17 September

Johnny Marr is selling approximately 80 guitars, amplifiers, and equipment via Christie's in London on 17 September. The collection includes instruments heard on Smiths classics: a 1982 Rickenbacker 330 Jetglo (estimate £80,000) on This Charming Man and four other tracks; a 1971 Martin D-28 acoustic (£30,000–50,000) on There Is a Light That Never Goes Out; and a 1960 Cherry Red Gibson ES-355 (£150,000 top estimate), a gift from Sire Records founder Seymour Stein.

[Stephen Trent @StephenSt007]

THE LAST NIGHT OF THE FAIR
The stars of the new Victoria Wood musical, "Fourteen Again", perform the song which Morrissey mined extensively for the lyrics of "Rusholme Ruffians" by The Smiths..
https://t.co/I1BEgKTVHC

[The Victoria Wood Theatre @VicWoodTheatre]

💛 Today we remember & celebrate the incredible Victoria Wood on the 10th anniversary of her death.
In a special tribute, Ria Jones & Sally Ann Triplett – the stars of the new musical FOURTEEN AGAIN, featuring Victoria’s music & lyrics recorded this wonderful song from the show.

[Stephen Trent @StephenSt007]

Let James Martin Charlton throw some light on why reversing ferret Mark Gatiss can't appreciate Morrissey anymore.

"Morrissey has always stuck his fingers up at sacred cows and maintained a strong sense of British identity."
https://t.co/AmOGElc5QD

[Stephen Trent @StephenSt007]

MEANIE OF THE MONTH
Mark Gatiss

He wiahes the Moz of then would look at himself now and think, how did that happen?

Don't leave it all unsaid Mr Gatiss
What's happened to him sunce the 80s?
I don't understand
What, in the wasteland
Of your head, you think Morrissey's fate is

[Stephen Trent @StephenSt007]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
How empty our lives would be if we had never known...

Steven Patrick Morrissey born #otd 1959.

[Stephen Trent @StephenSt007]

"The sort of girl I like to see
Smiles down from her great height at me.
She stands in strong, athletic pose
And wrinkles her retroussé nose."
(The Olympic Girl)

[Stephen Trent @StephenSt007]

"I do mind changing things because I think when people pull down things you've known all your life, they're hacking away part of your soul."
John Betjeman was the most loved.

[Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957]

19 May 1984. John Betjeman died (aged 77). He was UK Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death and one of the most well known and popular. He was also a founding member of the Victorian Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architecture.