Morrissey and B.I.G.: Violence is not the Answer

[Travis Sheridan]

The Sweet & Tender Hooligans are to This Charming Band as Notorious B.I.G. is to Tupac. Not exactly a rivalry full of street cred...


Why can't we all just get along?????

[ed]

i think it would be a rumble sharks v jets style. this is mainly due to the overwhelming amount of pomade @ both shows.

[Travis Sheridan]

First, my bad. The power of a tribute band is much more powerful. Both Morrissey "tributants" do have quite a following. They even boast a personal endorsement from the Man himself.

I think the real Morrissey (not to be confused with the Real Slim Shady) should get involved. Nobody intervened in the Biggie/Tupac feud and blood was shed. Morrissey fans could be worse. With the depressing nature of The Smith's music, tribute fans could stage the largest "my-Morrissey-is better-than-your-Morrissey" mass suicide.

[Michael Wesson]

sp correction to above, Morrissey with two r's. My apologies to all of the Morrisseys, real and imagined.

[Michael Wesson]

Enjoying the blogs and now the vlogs! One important correction. The bands you refer to are tribute bands, not cover bands. Slight, but important, difference. Tribute bands are exclusively dedicated to the band to which they are doing tribute. A cover band simply "covers" the songs and, perhaps, songs of other artists, and often reimagines the song in the band's own unique contemporary style. A cover band doesn't necessarily attempt to personify and represent the band/artist as they were at their historic peak. Seeing a tribute band show is more like doing musical time travel.

So, to your point. The possibility of a gun down between Morissey look/sound alikes is much more likely between members of tribute bands and their dedicated followers. When you are in a tribute band such as Sweet and Tender Hooligans or This Charming Band, and your band becomes popular, how long does it take before you believe you are the true reinvention of Morissey? In fact, with the Morissey cult as strong as it is currently, when do you start to believe you ARE Morissey. There are already so many kids who are trying to look and be like Morissey, my god, what happens to your ego if you actually sound like Morissey? So, a Biggie/Tupac style rivalry is not a huge stretch of the imagination. My advice to the real Morissey? Stay out of it. You don't want to get caught in the crossfire.

[Heather]

Because of you, Travis, the gov't is going to have to pass a "no vlogging and driving" law, then Mike Oz is going to have to write a bitchy column about why the law is stupid, and a hundred 90-year old Fresnans are going to spit their dentures out in outrage while racing to find their oldest and most yellowed stationery on which to write a scathing letter in shaky, unreadable cursive handwriting about how young people have no respect for safety ...

Do you see what you've done?