Johnny Marr tells Cameron to stop saying he likes The Smiths

[Kounelaki]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010 ... on-twitter

Johnny Marr, a founding member and the lead guitarist of The Smiths, yesterday called on the prime minister to stop saying that he liked the band.

"Stop saying that you like The Smiths, no you don't," he wrote on Twitter, adding: "I forbid you to like it."

[fat cherry]

yeah I read that - thats even my comment they printed (not the moron one, the witty use of smiths lyrics, I know, lols, woo hoo the nme thinks I'm great - which if it did, would be a double edged sword I'm sure, sooner or later, after building me up, they'd just knock me down). Still, it shows the perils of being a pop star, or on Marrs case, a former pop star, in a minor way. Once its unleashed, its no longer your own, or under your control at least. The moral of the story. if you dont want people to like or use your your stuff, dont release it.

I suppose the question is, does Cammo really like the smiths and the jam, or is he just saying that so 'the kids', hah ha, think hes a bit groovy and will vote for him, or at least, wont chuck fire extinguishers and suchlike at his policemen. I mean why would a young chap like him, stiff shirt that he is, go around liking the just the enigma variations (top band imho). Alternatively to take the marr view, it'd be a bit of a bind if every time you bought a record you had to fill in a form stating your political, views, or when standing for parliament the local party took you to one side and said, thats all very well mr cherry, but we cant have you throwing it around that you like the smiths, I mean 'the queen is dead??? whats that about', what the queen's dead? no the record, the queen is dead etc, hilarity ensues.

[fat cherry]

or maybe, back in the day, the good old boys in the bullingdon club made a pact to piss off any number of gobby pop star types, or maybe even made a list of them, promising that when they were in power (maybes weren't allowed in the bully club I understand) they would say they were their favourites, they were constantly on their ipods, even though they weren't even invented then. thats not beyond the realms of possibility I'd say.

[Voodoo Billy]

But that would surely credit Cammo with some intelligence and foresight which is so obviously not the case.

[fat cherry]

i dont doubt he has intelligence. Common sense? now thats a different matter.

[the ghost of guitarplayer]

Didn't someone say on here that Cameron turned up at Bunnymen gig once? Or was I imagining that, or was it Gordon Brown daddy dancing to The Cutter? William Hague with his Bunnymen baseball cap on drinking 20 pints in the interval after the support act?

[Dave Smith]

Didn't someone say on here that Cameron turned up at Bunnymen gig once? Or was I imagining that, or was it Gordon Brown daddy dancing to The Cutter? William Hague with his Bunnymen baseball cap on drinking 20 pints in the interval after the support act?

No-he was in the tent with me at Oxford Cornbury Festival a couple of years ago to see them.The infamous 'bees' festival .

[Kounelaki]

Didn't someone say on here that Cameron turned up at Bunnymen gig once?

I vaguely remember webdad Peter saying something about Cameron liking the Bunnymen.

[the ghost of guitarplayer]

No-he was in the tent with me at Oxford Cornbury Festival a couple of years ago to see them.The infamous 'bees' festival .

I thought so. I remembered reading it somewhere and it had to be here, or maybe it was the former webdad. Personal friend of the prime minister Dave? Must have been difficult both being called Dave. I hope you meant he was in the same tent not actually with you.

[fat cherry]

perhaps it all went wrong. have you noticed how you never see Cammo & KOK in the same room together?

[Dave Smith]

Sorry he wasnt with me so to speak just stood by the tent entrance.

[Kounelaki]

perhaps it all went wrong. have you noticed how you never see Cammo & KOK in the same room together?

[the ghost of guitarplayer]

perhaps it all went wrong. have you noticed how you never see Cammo & KOK in the same room together?

I must say that the evidence is overwhelming.

[Kounelaki]

Sorry he wasnt with me so to speak just stood by the tent entrance.

So he didn't say "Call me Dave, Dave" or "Dave, Call me Dave"?

[fat cherry]

Mozza joined in now.....

http://www.true-to-you.net/

as rants go, its fairly detailed and, er, lengthy.