William, it was really nothing ...

No WAY have I not blogged since February? Really!? Ridiculous. Okay that ends NOW ...

So, The Smiths, like The Beatles if we're honest, and I guess The Prodigy too, are a band that there is just no point in trying to cover. But people still do of course, and the results vary from the ridiculous ...

... to the sublime ...

... and occasionally both.

So what the hell, for those occasional Scott Matthews moments it's worth a shot. Which is why I will be in excitable attendance this week at an evening of Smiths and Morrissey covers. Here's the blurb ...

DESIGNER MAGAZINE PRESENTS........ WILLIAM IT WAS REALLY NOTHING

MANCHESTER ROADHOUSE

THURSDAY APRIL 28TH

DOORS 7PM

Adv tickets £5 from We Got Tickets and See Tickets

We don't care for the Royal Family and we certainly don't have time for a Royal Wedding.

But we're sure as hell going to make the most of an extra day of work and what better way to do so than with a special evening with five of our favourite Manchester bands selecting 1 or 2 of their favourite Smiths / Morrissey songs to cover in their own unique interpretations as well as the highlights of their original material.

Inbetween bands we'll have quality tuneage from the bands that inspired the Smiths and the bands that were inspired by The Smiths so expect everything from Bowie, New York Dolls and T Rex to Gene, Belle & Sebastian, Echobelly

BANDS PERFORMING:

Decade Parade

Optional Wallace

Midnight Mafia

Jom Tones

The Spiels

BE THERE!

Youtube cover versions

You know how it is, you're supremely talented but just too damn special to even get onto X- factor. So what do you do? Simply broadcast your extraordinary gift via Youtube instead. It usually goes something like this: 'I was bored so here's a video of me doing 'Enter Sandman' on my clarinet, will somebody give me a thousand pounds please?' It would just be too easy to put the five most hideous offerings up here, so instead I set myself the task of finding ten genuinely excellent cover versions out there in the ether. Not to get all Victoria Wood on you but I really have never seen so many untidy bedrooms and nasty pelmets in my life. Anyway, God himself couldn't find ten outstanding covers on there so here's five, and don't think they were easy to come by. Enjoy ...

'Boxing' by Ben Folds Five

'Fox in the Snow' by Belle & Sebastian


'Hometown Glory' by Adele


'Babooshka' by Kate Bush


'Motion Picture Soundtrack' by Radiohead

The Holy Grail

I wouldn't normally post between posts so to speak but I've managed to find it, that elusive, near-mythical treasure: the funniest thing on the internet. Approach this with extreme caution. Move all hot beverages out of the way. And dont skimp, you need to watch right to the end because just when you think it can't get any better, they raise the bar. Is it the humpingly bad dance moves? Her flat ogre singing voice? Or could it be the presence of the two hair queens ninnying about the place that makes this such a singular accomplishment? You decide. God, I love youtube.