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dolorous_ett

What a wierd start to the day

Jun 15, 2006 05:14

A man is sitting in the lotus position in the street outside my flat, singing Smiths songs in mournful tones. They echo off the other buildings in this narrow street, accompanied by the wailing of gulls.

Thing is... it's 5:15 in the morning.

I'm not sure whether to go down with a bunch of gladioli for him to wave or to yell at him to STFU. Or ( Read more... )

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snorkackcatcher June 15 2006, 09:06:20 UTC

Is it possible to sing Smiths songs in anything other than mournful tones? (Well, I suppose you could imagine Paul Anka doing a swing version of This Charming Man, say.)

Weird. It wasn't actually Morrissey, was it? :)

dolorous_ett June 15 2006, 11:07:16 UTC

Have you ever heard any of the Ukranians' covers of Smiths songs? (As you may or may not know, they are a spin-off of the Wedding Present who do Ukranian folk songs in that style. Though I suppose their covers still count as mournful, now I come to think of it...)

Weird. It wasn't actually Morrissey, was it? :)

Oh, that would have been wonderful! But no - just some random stranger. One of incidents where you can't help wondering what sparked it all off.... because this is definitely not normal behaviour!

dolabellae June 15 2006, 13:04:56 UTC

Nor is 'What Difference Does It Make" one of the really obvious songs to go for - he must have been a proper Smiths fan... I like your point about being able to see that it'll be a good memory whilst for the moment being tired!

dolorous_ett June 15 2006, 16:46:50 UTC

I woke up to "There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out", which is hardly run-of-the-mill Smiths fodder either, really.

You have to hand it to him, the man's got taste. When you think what it could have been...

Mind you, if it was James Blunt I really would have called the police!

dolabellae June 15 2006, 17:10:11 UTC

Did I put up another reply to your post and manage to delete it, or are you just psychic? Because I was intending to write 'at least it wasn't James Blunt, which my next door neighbour went through a dire period of playing NON-STOP ON REPEAT FOR WEEKS!!!!' before I decided that this was meant to be about you not me...

I like the sound of your yoga-position Smiths-er. If you could just get him to put his singing time forward a couple of hours, I'd hire him as an alarm clock.

dolorous_ett June 16 2006, 17:17:04 UTC

It was an example taken more or less at random. My next-door neighbour has actually got very good taste in music, tho' sometimes rather too late and too loud.

No - it's the noisy sexual activity that I don't like. But that's another tale... and not for a while, now I come to think of it. *hopes they've split up*

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