How could you possibly compare the despair of isolation that Morrissey sang about to the. I just felt like they didn't speak to me, were cheesy, and just on this whole different level of music that didn't penetrate the surface. It wasn't so much that they were on the radio. I didn't really care too much for those bands because they were radio bands that I felt had no substance. On the radio during this time were bands like Third Eye Blind, Everclear, Matchbox20, Cake, Lit, Bush, Gin Blossoms, Deep Blue Something, etc. I basically didn't have that many friends because my parents were strict and didn't let me do social activities after school that weren't transcript/resume boosters (granted, I got so drunk once when I was 15 that I puked for 24 hours straight and so I was grounded for life) - so those musicians were my friends when my friends were out doing fun shit. There were only a handful of musicians that spoke to me the same way that Morrissey did/does, and those musicians were Courtney Love, Kurt Cobain, Thom Yorke, Beck (weird, i know), Ian Curtis (not til my early 20s), and Brian Molko.
Sure, they were from my older brothers' generation, but Moz spoke to me as I wanted my best friend to. When I was in my teens/20s, The Smiths were one of the most important bands of my life. Threads about Third Eye Blind on .ĮDIT: The response that kids are having on about this blog. Here's evidence so yo know I'm not lying: I am comparing their importance to kids in their early 20s/late teens, to when I was in my teens/20s.
For the record: I am not comparing Third Eye Blind to the Smiths, per se.