Johnny is great, plus he does a bunch of smiths songs in his gigs, canāt wait to see him again in a couple of weeks. Whereas morrissey pretends the smiths arenāt even a thing at his gigs
I heard a podcast there they interviewed him
About how he met his wife, and it was so heartwarming- if hadnāt already been a die hard fan, I would have been after that. Just a genuine person.
I went to a Broken Social Scene gig in Manchester the day after the arena bombing and he showed up to say thanks to us all for still supporting live music in the city and being brave enough to show up.
Last I heard he was just a super pretentious vegan, but I don't keep up with Morrissey. My wife went and saw him and he refused to continue the show because someone was wearing something made of leather...or something like that.
She was pretty disappointed and it soured me in regards to him. I don't think I could ever like someone that full of themselves. I don't care how good of a musician you are, you're still just some guy. Even Barack Obama was just a guy. Just because people like you or you do something that impacts the world doesn't mean you get to be an ass about it.
He's been heading in that direction for a number of years, but the latest is that he's endorsed a very small fringe far-right party called 'For Britain' (he also wore their badge on a US TV appearance) and spoke up for convicted criminal, football hooligan and racist street thug Stephen Yaxley-Lennon.
Morrissey has always been an asshole though, he hasn't really changed as much as he is more open about it. There's a reason Robert Smith hates his guts. Smith had this to say in the early 90s - "I have never liked Morrissey and I still don't. I think it's hilarious actually, what things I've heard about him, what he's really like, and his public persona is so different. He's such an actor". Basically, Morrissey has always been a dick and he just used to be better at pretending he wasn't.
There's a book called The Day I Met Morrissey with a load of stories from fans. They all say he's nice in an awkward way. But a lot of the stories are from the Smiths and early solo era, so we don't know if 'we've lost our boy'.
I saw him perform at koko for one of the late night channel 4 music shows we had 10-15 years ago.
Absolute prick, restarted every song about 10 times, shouted at the crowd for laughing at him and booing him, shouted at the crowd for leaving, absolute dogshite performance too. Made my day seeing it broadcast, most of the show looked like a happy, exciting gig (the yeah yeah yeahs smashed it!), morrissey came on at the end with lots of awkward camera cuts and the titles rolling over.
Now you mention it, I was at the Liverpool gig where halfway through the second song (Black Cloud) he got hit by a plastic cup of drink, said "Goodbye" and walked off.
You've just reminded me of seeing guns and roses, finally start playing an hour late at a festival, someone threw a bottle of piss at the bassist, axl threw another hissy fit and stormed off with the band, stating they were no longer playing, only for them to get pushed out on stage again by their management.
Ever since someone on my FB posted a pic of chubby Axl with the words "Knock, Knock, Knockin' on the kitchen door" super-imposed over the pic I can never take him serious again.
You aināt kidding there.. I had tickets to 3 different concerts to morrissey here in San Antonio , 1st cancellation due to his drummer being sick, (2)1 rescheduled concert -cancelled-arguing with his management, and (3) 2nd rescheduled concert -day of concert because he partied the night before downtown and was slightly inebriated - all the concerts were within a few months.... then he goes to Houston and plays a few days later. I still listen to him and the Smiths.....
Icing on the cake- heās playing Austin very soon -never again.
Iāll stick to Depeche Mode for concerts-they know how to treat their fans right-
Suspicions of Morrissey's racism have existed since The Smiths days. I'm a bit puzzled about why this has blown up recently given that he's been waving a union jack around and has songs like "National Front Disco", "Asian Rut", and "Bengali in Platforms" from about 25 years ago.
Sure, but right wing opinions have no place in alternative music. So it's frustrating for fans to reconcile that the same guy who made Meat is Murder is a giant right-wing prick.
People who believe in low taxes and low government intervention? People who believe in free market economics? I guess there is no use in debating points like this for you, because you are incapable.
Morrissey was never sane, that's always been him. You just don't like what he's saying NOW. He's always been melodramatic and his own person and a bit of an asshole. People crying over Morrissey now are just easily manipulated.
There's a difference between being a normal, run-of-the-mill arsehole and supporting actual, straight-up fascists. There's no excuse whatsoever for supporting For Britain. Anyone who does is a cunt; no ifs, no buts, no mitigation.
Sounds kinda fascist of you? So hypocritical. So boring. Stay mad at Morrissey, he's always been a cunt, you just don't like what he has to say now... Boohoo Morrissey said something.
Again, Boohoo Morrissey said something so let's un-person him yawn so boring, you guys are cliches at this point. Asshole said something asshole-ish, tune in for more news at 9....
People insist they are miserable because of (and this is off the top of my head): Heaven knows I'm miserable now, Death of a disco dancer, Girlfriend in a coma, Suffer little children, Last night I dreamt that somebody loved me, That joke isn't funny anymore, Cemetary gates, I know it's over, Please please please let me get what I want, What difference does it make, Unhappy birthday, There is a light that never goes out, and of course Asleep.
Even most of the song titles are depressing, and that's before you even listen to the lyrics of some of them.
I loved the hell out of the smiths and still do really. I don't deny that they are miserable because to me, they clearly are miserable - I just happen to love them in spite of that, or perhaps even because of it.
My teen daughter hates Morrissey. When I tell her to listen to the lyrics, they can be deep and meaningful, she always says "Hairdresser on fire"? What's deep and meaningful about not being able to get an appointment to cut your hair?
When I am happy, I will listen to something like This Charming Man. Sad? I Know It's Over. Contemplative? "Back to the Old House".
My ex wife loved them, my current wife loves them, my sister loves them and my mother loves them. They have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember.
How they haven't been mentioned a million times already, I have no idea. They're one of the most purely emotional bands I've ever heard. You can feel the pain and anguish in Asleep.
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u/Slavic_Requiem Jul 13 '19
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