Was/Is Morrissey Racist?

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I could have easily done POXX. I understand I'm probably in a minority here but Morrissey is a very good example (IMO) of great art/ bad man. I mean now that Spector is dead and we're yet to see Rupert Murdoch's watercolours.

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How funny would it be if there was a war and we were all killed. Just because Morrissey was in a bad mood?

― Duran (Doran), Saturday, 4 September 2010 16:39 (17 minutes ago)

now you put it like that....

i think you're probably right about his motivations, the wish to reclaim some of the anathema of olden times

i don't know his post-smiths stuff but there is something ghoulish about his wilde/stephen dedalus fixation and his creepy fascination w/ rough trade, nazis, football thugs etc

his life is his art etc

Phil Spector? He isn't dead... or is there a joke I'm not getting? xp

Man, even by my usual standards I'm not on the ball today. Yeah, Spector was a bad example, given that he is, as you rightly, say alive.

rip

My father had to deal with Morrissey. My grandfather had to deal with Morrissey. My great grandfather had to deal with Morrissey. My great great great great great great. When it's gonna stop!?

― Duran (Doran), Saturday, 4 September 2010 14:32 (2 hours ago) Bookmark

Many lols at this.

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This is a man who has nobody to tell him things like 'no' and 'you're wrong' to his face - of course he's going to say offensive shit until he runs into trouble. Idiot. To defend a 'subhuman' remark by saying how horrible the Chinese are to animals kind of misses the point. I fear this shows Chinese people as all too human, just like the rest of us. So, y'know - category error.

The problem I always run into with Morrissey is that he's smart - he has that autodidact's love for an A-level syllabus that never was - but not as smart as he thinks he is.

this could be his father ted moment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtYfHW5wu8Q&p=13DDD48B7E52DB99&playnext=1&index=52

Frankly, Mr Cankly

― buzza, Friday, September 3, 2010 2:54 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark

all time

ahahaha

Yeah, pretty great.

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/9/3/1283529634767/Morrissey-001.jpg

Since Morrisey is positioned, in this pic, under a member of the species Felis catus, wouldn't it be correct to say he himself is the subspecies here?

His quiff has got ever more extravagant over the years but that is ridiculous.

how is horribbly formed?

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oh dear

Re: Morrissey racist?
Are Jews really a race? No more so than Catholics or Protestants.

lol @ the 'Similar Threads' at the bottom

a variation

Morrissey may or may not be a racist, but here's final proof (if it were needed) that he's a total fucking idiot:
http://www.nme.com/news/morrissey/58312

The Mirror reports that last night a spokesperson for the singer said: "Morrissey has decided not to comment any further as he believes his statement speaks for itself."

It certainly does, Mozza

I am not making light of the attacks in Norway but I laughed out loud.

I mean I have friends in the animal rights movement, but I see this ludicrous crap on Facebook all of the time.

Don't know for sure, but certainly wouldn't be surprised to find Anders Breivik in agreement with the sentiments expressed by Mozza here

Hitler was a vegan... COINCIDENCE?

but facetiousness aside, Tom D on the money.

I don't think they had vegans in those days

Breivik has nothing to do with animal rights, wasn't he some sort of hunting enthusiast?

Quietus fighting the good fight: http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23MorrisseyIsADickhead

I don't look to Morrissey for enlightening commentary about terrorism.

that's lucky.

... or anything else you care to mention (xp)

My friend Mel died last year; she was a massive Morrissey fan and he wrote what remains one of the kindest in memoriam notes I've read, as well as being a very well-observed take on the fan dynamic from someone who is a fan himself. She was a cool soul and I still miss her. But some part of me is glad she never had to deal with everything since then, including this, the Morrissey-solo flap and the comments about China (which, since her background was Chinese, would likely have really hurt her badly).

I'm a Lou Reed fan, so who am I to talk?

Yeah the morrissey-solo stuff is shameful, esp considering how worshipful that sure was in general

On top of it all...what's with the shirt?

http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/7/2011/07/morrisseygood.jpg

"Can I smell flaming pork scratchings or what?"

Yeah the morrissey-solo stuff is shameful, esp considering how worshipful that sure was in general

I corresponded w/David back when he was publishing the Sing Your Life fanzine, and I'm hard put to think of a bigger Morrissey fan than him. To see Morrissey treat him so poorly was very disappointing. On the other hand, Morrissey does little else other than disappoint these days.

as soon as I saw this thread bumped, I knew Morrissey had said something stupid about the Oslo attacks...

"Yeah the morrissey-solo stuff is shameful, esp considering how worshipful that sure was in general"

what is this referring to?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2011/jul/14/morrissey-fans

Oh God, I hadn't heard about that M-solo stuff. I met David T. once in L.A.; he was so nice and appeared uncharacteristically reasonable and sane for a Morrissey devotee. I wonder if he has some sort of masochistic streak though to put up with so much shit from Morrissey. Is it legal to bar someone from attending your concert just because you're unhappy with the website they run?

Queue the Associates "Stephen, You're Really Something".

I hadn't heard about that Morrissey-solo thing either, atrocious.

its cool bro he's not being racist this time (except to the norwegians)