MJ Hibbett & The Validators - The Lesson Of The Smiths / The Gay Train
Posted by: Andy on Monday, 23rd April, 2007MJ Hibbett & The Validators return with a double A-side EP featuring two songs from their We Validate! album, a brace of new and alternate material plus as much multimedia stuff as will fit into the rest of the space on the CD.
The eponymous lesson in this EP’s title track is an important one: bands should be judged on their work, not the people who like it. Or, to put it more bluntly, “just because a bunch of wankers like it doesn’t mean that it’s shit.”
MJ Hibbett’s engaging and thoroughly entertaining style is present in force on this EP, kicking off with his most danceable tunes, The Lesson Of The Smiths and The Gay Train he also proves his lyrical salt by placing his own words next to Morrissey’s on a cover of The Smiths’ Vicar In A Tutu.
Whack the disc into your PC and you’ll find the usual notes and lyrics plus a whole 12 track live album, the video for The Gay Train and the sequel to an earlier internet hit, Hey Hey 64k.
Label: Artists Against Success
Website: www.mjhibbett.com
Release date: 30th April 2007
Tracklist:
- The Lesson Of The Smiths
- The Gay Train
- Never Going Back To Aldi’s
- We Only Ever Meet In Church (Acoustic)
- Vicar In A Tutu
- The Lesson of The Smiths (Radio Edit)


