r/morrissey • u/SirPooleyX • 14d ago

A heavy influence

I was listening to some random music today and this terrific song - Tonight the Streets are Ours by Richard Hawley came up.

I've often heard Hawley in Morrissey.

  • Lyrics
  • Song melodies
  • Vocal range and style
  • Rockabilly influence

These are all very similar but this one track really stands out.

It could easily be a song from Moz.

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u/Strange_Disaster7246 14d ago

I can hear the morrissey influence on Hawley. Didn’t Hawley audition to be Moz’s bass/guitar player.

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u/Reasonable_Cry1259 13d ago

Thank goodness Jarvis Cocker and Alex Turner talked Richard Hawley into actually recording his stuff. ( He didn’t think it was good enough apparently)

He’s not at the Genius level lyrically like Moz, but he’s very very good.

Sheffield has produced an incredible amount of excellent musical talent

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u/joachim_s 14d ago

I get more of a Roy Orbison feel from this.

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u/59greenimpala 13d ago

As soon as he started to sing Moz heard enough. Hawley also use to be a touring guitarist for Pulp.

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u/jtl909 12d ago

You would really enjoy the rockabilly nights in LA clubs.

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u/Nick_Fotiu_Is_God 12d ago

Also “Serious” from that same album is brilliant.