the name is Coan wrote:The Unique Modernist! wrote:The interesting thing about The Smiths was how aware they were of filling this chasm.
Everything about them was designed to counteract the rather baroque new pop that had taken hold by 84. Even the name was a deliberately plain countenance to all those silly long band names that were commonplace. They were very well thought through in that sense, arriving almost fully formed in terms of what they stood for. This magnified their impact considerably.
But, like I said, it wasn't difficult. Mozz took a few years planning it out in his bedroom, nonetheless. That much was plain to see. And it was a little off-putting.
Yet no else came up with such a band. They were splendidly original if nothing else.