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Morrissey and the NFL
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So I decided to see if the Saints were losing to the Broncos and I
turned on the tv to the station the game was on. Saints were losing at
end of 2nd quarter.
Then commercials came on. I wasn't paying attention but then I heard
someone singing the Morrissey (former singer for the Smiths) song
"Everyday is Like Sunday." I looked up and there was a huge NFL logo on
the televison.
someone singing the Morrissey (former singer for the Smiths) song
"Everyday is Like Sunday." I looked up and there was a huge NFL logo on
the televison.
I sat there thinking WTF? It wasn't Morrissey actually singing and it
was only the chorus but it was the song. Had some generic modern country
sounding guy singing it. I mean Morrissey is pretty much the inverse of
American football. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
was only the chorus but it was the song. Had some generic modern country
sounding guy singing it. I mean Morrissey is pretty much the inverse of
American football. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
This has to rank up there with the U.S. post office using Steve Miller's
"Fly Like An Eagle" but leaving out the verses about childhood poverty
and some blue jeans company using CCR's "Fortunate Son" and somehow
making it into the equivalent of Homer Simpson's "U-S-A! U-S-A!" chant.
Can anyone else think of a more out-there repositioning of a song from
its original meaning? This one is tough to beat.
"Fly Like An Eagle" but leaving out the verses about childhood poverty
and some blue jeans company using CCR's "Fortunate Son" and somehow
making it into the equivalent of Homer Simpson's "U-S-A! U-S-A!" chant.
Can anyone else think of a more out-there repositioning of a song from
its original meaning? This one is tough to beat.
I googled a bit and here is a quote from some Morrissey message board
that sums it up:
that sums it up:
"like the rest of you i saw this ad and was utterly disturbed so i
checked the internet to make sure i wasn't in some parallel universe.
i'm pretty sure that using a heartbreakingly beautiful song like
Everyday is Like Sunday and totally bastardizing its lyrical content and
meaning just to peddle fricking FOOTBALL is blasphemy squared. oh and
then making it quasi-country....i think that this ad has the potential
of tearing a hole in the space/time continuum."
checked the internet to make sure i wasn't in some parallel universe.
i'm pretty sure that using a heartbreakingly beautiful song like
Everyday is Like Sunday and totally bastardizing its lyrical content and
meaning just to peddle fricking FOOTBALL is blasphemy squared. oh and
then making it quasi-country....i think that this ad has the potential
of tearing a hole in the space/time continuum."
Another poster:
"I've family members who are huge football fans, so as I sat with them
today for a while, that commerical came on and I nearly fell out of the
chair. That song has so much meaning to Morrissey fans - deep emotional
meaning. It was almost like the life being sucked right out of me. When
you think of football, as someone else said, you think of tailgating,
beer, and cookouts...Not exactly activities you'd associate with
Morrissey. This is just one of those things that will always and forever
baffle me, I think."
today for a while, that commerical came on and I nearly fell out of the
chair. That song has so much meaning to Morrissey fans - deep emotional
meaning. It was almost like the life being sucked right out of me. When
you think of football, as someone else said, you think of tailgating,
beer, and cookouts...Not exactly activities you'd associate with
Morrissey. This is just one of those things that will always and forever
baffle me, I think."
I don't really care if the NFL has tainted this "heartbreakingly
beautiful song" for Morrissey fans, I just marvel at how things start at
one point and eventually through the power of marketing and song royalty
money end up extremely far afield.
beautiful song" for Morrissey fans, I just marvel at how things start at
one point and eventually through the power of marketing and song royalty
money end up extremely far afield.
Here are the lyrics to the song. He is totally talking about what GFT
calls "gridiron sodomy."
calls "gridiron sodomy."
EVERYDAY IS LIKE SUNDAY
Trudging slowly over wet sand
Back to the bench where your clothes were stolen
This is the coastal town
That they forgot to close down
Armageddon - come armageddon!
Come, armageddon! come!
Back to the bench where your clothes were stolen
This is the coastal town
That they forgot to close down
Armageddon - come armageddon!
Come, armageddon! come!
Everyday is like sunday
Everyday is silent and grey
Everyday is silent and grey
Hide on the promenade
Etch a postcard:
How I dearly wish I was not here
In the seaside town
...that they forgot to bomb
Come, come, come - nuclear bomb
Etch a postcard:
How I dearly wish I was not here
In the seaside town
...that they forgot to bomb
Come, come, come - nuclear bomb
Everyday is like sunday
Everyday is silent and grey
Everyday is silent and grey
Trudging back over pebbles and sand
And a strange dust lands on your hands
(and on your face...)
(on your face ...)
(on your face ...)
(on your face ...)
And a strange dust lands on your hands
(and on your face...)
(on your face ...)
(on your face ...)
(on your face ...)
Everyday is like sunday
Win yourself a cheap tray
Share some greased tea with me
Everyday is silent and grey
Win yourself a cheap tray
Share some greased tea with me
Everyday is silent and grey
Video for the original song:
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If you ever watched Mystery Science Theater 3000, there was a very funny
skit on Morrissey. All the guy playing Morrissey would sing is "I
cried and I died" in funny Morrisey tone.
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That sounds awesome. There was a thread on a Morrissey message board I
read a couple years ago that had a bunch of made up Morrissey song
titles. They were hilarious.
read a couple years ago that had a bunch of made up Morrissey song
titles. They were hilarious.
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Pretty cool lyrics.
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> That sounds awesome. There was a thread on a Morrissey message board I
> read a couple years ago that had a bunch of made up Morrissey song
> titles. They were hilarious.
> read a couple years ago that had a bunch of made up Morrissey song
> titles. They were hilarious.
Please, no more fag talk.
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I blame the NFL.
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Nice.
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>> So I decided to see if the Saints were losing to the Broncos and I
>> turned on the tv to the station the game was on. Saints were losing at
>> end of 2nd quarter.
>>
>> Then commercials came on. I wasn't paying attention but then I heard
>> someone singing the Morrissey (former singer for the Smiths) song
>> "Everyday is Like Sunday." I looked up and there was a huge NFL logo on
>> the televison.
>>
>> I sat there thinking WTF? It wasn't Morrissey actually singing and it
>> was only the chorus but it was the song. Had some generic modern country
>> sounding guy singing it. I mean Morrissey is pretty much the inverse of
>> American football. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
>>
>> This has to rank up there with the U.S. post office using Steve Miller's
>> "Fly Like An Eagle" but leaving out the verses about childhood poverty
>> and some blue jeans company using CCR's "Fortunate Son" and somehow
>> making it into the equivalent of Homer Simpson's "U-S-A! U-S-A!" chant.
>> Can anyone else think of a more out-there repositioning of a song from
>> its original meaning? This one is tough to beat.
I remember about 10 yrs ago or so Becks beer used Paranoid in their
commercial.
commercial.
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