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People's History of Pop - The Band That Changed (and Saved!!) My Life

PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF POP THE BAND THAT CHANGED (AND SAVED!!) MY LIFE Dates I bought all my Smiths cassettes in 1988 from my original notebook I was 15 going on 16, it was just after I’d left secondary education in 1988 and I was waiting for my Youth Training Scheme (remember those?!) to kick in.  I’d heard of The Smiths whilst I was at school obviously as they were very successful in terms of hits and presence, but I didn’t think much to them as I had completely the wrong idea.  I didn’t mind  Ask  and  Girlfriend in a Coma , though.  I also recall approving of Morrissey’s stance on the monarchy when I realised they were just glorified benefit scroungers and fit for precisely nothing! What changed everything forever was when I first heard  Everyday is Like Sunday .   Suedehead  had intrigued me I must admit, but I was completely floored when  EILS  floated so beautifully out of the airwaves and TV scre...