flouncy denouncy
― Mark G, Tuesday, 25 January 2022 10:51 (two years ago) link
Dear @officialmoz . An ‘open letter’ hasn’t really been a thing since 1953, It’s all ‘social media’ now. Even Donald J Trump had that one down. Also, this fake news business…a bit 2021 yeah ?#makingindiegreatagain— Johnny Marr (@Johnny_Marr) January 26, 2022
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 10:19 (two years ago) link
Link to what this is about:
https://www.morrisseycentral.com/messagesfrommorrissey/open-letter-to-johnny-marr
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 11:10 (two years ago) link
The stuff about reggae in that 1986 MM interview up there is unhinged; what the hell had been listening to?
― fetter, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 11:44 (two years ago) link
i imagine it's a gloss on garveyism and i doubt it's based on listening at all
― mark s, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 12:07 (two years ago) link
Morrissey's 'letter' seems to me the single worst thing he's ever done.
A bit disappointed to see, here, that Marr has replied. It should be beneath him. He's always been better at serenity.
― the pinefox, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 12:12 (two years ago) link
"This is not a rant or an hysterical bombast..."
It is exactly that!
― daavid, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 20:16 (two years ago) link
"Listen, I'm not racist but..."
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 20:22 (two years ago) link
"I have black friends"
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 20:25 (two years ago) link
If dummy wants to extricate himself from Marr he should stop playing songs by the Smiths.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 20:37 (two years ago) link
Anyone know what triggered it?As most of the commentary I've seen today has been along the lines of "When I interviewed Marr he was very reluctant to discuss Morrissey."
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 20:45 (two years ago) link
The Guardian:
Marr is promoting a new solo album, Fever Dreams Pts 1-4. His offending remarks appear to come from the March 2022 issue of Uncut magazine, in which he mentions Morrissey in a discussion about collaboration.
― visiting, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 20:53 (two years ago) link
Allegedly this was the specific Uncut quote that got under Morrissey's skin:
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 22:10 (two years ago) link
“It won’t come as any surprise when I say that I’m really close with everyone I’ve worked with – except for the obvious one,” he said. “And that isn’t that much of a surprise because we’re so different, me and Morrissey.”
Which is pretty much what Morrissey himself says?
― Someone left a space telescope out in the rain (Tom D.), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 22:18 (two years ago) link
"He's a racist," added Marr.
― DJI, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 22:19 (two years ago) link
One thing particularly struck me in this so out of date clash : It seems pretty impossible that Morrissey NEVER said anything negative about Marr !
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 22:44 (two years ago) link
his memoir is negative about Marr, specifically in relation to their legal troubles with the other two band members. he speaks very little about Marr in the memoir generally - his legal troubles with the smiths take up more pages than the entire time the smiths were a band
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 22:48 (two years ago) link
A bit disappointed to see, here, that Marr has replied. It should be beneath him.
this is true but i gotta say if i was in marr's place i would find it damn near impossible not to respond with something, knowing how much it would get even further under his skin. its just too perfect.
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 22:50 (two years ago) link
I lost track of the other two after they toured with Sinead.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 22:52 (two years ago) link
One toured with Badly Drawn Boy, then sold his bass guitar
― Mark G, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 22:58 (two years ago) link
No wonder.
― Someone left a space telescope out in the rain (Tom D.), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 23:14 (two years ago) link
Show some respect for Freebass, please.
― mardheamac (gyac), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 23:44 (two years ago) link
I have no recollection of that combo. Rourke and Hook are two of my favorite bassists, though.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 23:50 (two years ago) link
The font used in that open letter and the rest of his website should never be used for text. So annoying to read. Especially the g and y, which stick out like sore thumbs. Isn't Morrissey supposed to be some sort of aesthete? Find a font that isn't torture to read.
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Thursday, 27 January 2022 08:18 (two years ago) link
i loathe him. mad seeing how much his fans love him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItphRJ4xGlY
― stirmonster, Thursday, 7 July 2022 01:34 (one year ago) link
yeah, it's like ... do they not know?
― "Why is the voice of reason treated as the unreliable narrator?", asked (Austin), Thursday, 7 July 2022 04:31 (one year ago) link
I always brace myself for the worst every time this thread gets bumped. It doesn't sound like there have been any recent developments, but now I'm wondering how bad it can get?
― birdistheword, Thursday, 7 July 2022 14:49 (one year ago) link
Maybe a Trumpian turn of announcing his candidacy? A call to his devoted fans to join a new far right party?
― birdistheword, Thursday, 7 July 2022 14:52 (one year ago) link
Calling mourners after the Manchester bombing "morons" for singing an Oasis tune?
― Piedie Gimbel, Thursday, 7 July 2022 14:55 (one year ago) link
Ughhhhh....
― birdistheword, Thursday, 7 July 2022 15:01 (one year ago) link
No matter what you think of the polarizing lyrics in “Bonfire of Teenagers,” there’s one thing we can all agree on: Morrissey will always say what’s on his mind, for better or for worse.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 July 2022 15:02 (one year ago) link
I guess what will naturally happen (or perhaps already has) is that I just maintain the same appreciation for '80s and '90s Morrissey while doing my best to ignore latter day Morrissey. It actually brings to mind Dennis Miller, a guy who I surprisingly like a lot when I caught reruns of '80s and early '90s episodes of Saturday Night Live. In both cases though, people argue that the signs were always there, and yet it's still hard to reconcile the work they did then versus what they continuously spout now.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 7 July 2022 15:09 (one year ago) link
take it you haven't read this (from 1986) interview up the thead then?https://mrmorrissey.tripod.com/interv/inter5.html
― Sudden Birdnet Thus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 7 July 2022 15:17 (one year ago) link
Legitimately hope he’s dead every time a thread about him gets bumped and I’m disappointed every time.
― Osama bin Chinese (gyac), Thursday, 7 July 2022 15:34 (one year ago) link
Maybe I'll just think of the Smiths as Johnny Marr's band.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 7 July 2022 15:51 (one year ago) link
The only smiths that ever mattered is the uk snack brand known for producing scampi fries sito
― Wiggum Dorma (wins), Thursday, 7 July 2022 16:00 (one year ago) link
i prefer their earlier releases - ie Salt & Shake crisps.
sorry for bumping. just incredulous anyone still likes him.
― stirmonster, Thursday, 7 July 2022 16:13 (one year ago) link
So, he's written an answer song to "Don't look back in Anger"
It's called "Songs that saved someone elses life" oh wait..
― Mark G, Thursday, 7 July 2022 16:16 (one year ago) link
Love a salt n shake! Hell I love a frazzles don’t @ me. Both kinds of chipsticks good too!
― Wiggum Dorma (wins), Thursday, 7 July 2022 16:16 (one year ago) link
salt n shake went downhill when they signed to Walkers.
― stirmonster, Thursday, 7 July 2022 16:25 (one year ago) link
In light of the above posts, it also saddens me that the only creative name Americans have ever come up with for chips and fries during the past 20 years is "freedom fries."
― birdistheword, Thursday, 7 July 2022 17:03 (one year ago) link
look, when new jersey came up with the name "disco fries" for poutine, america officially peaked
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 7 July 2022 17:20 (one year ago) link
Ha I love that
― Wiggum Dorma (wins), Thursday, 7 July 2022 17:27 (one year ago) link
No matter what you think of the polarizing lyrics in “Bonfire of Teenagers,” there’s one thing we can all agree on: Morrissey will always say what’s on his mind, for better or for worse.― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, July 7, 2022 11:02 AM (two hours ago)
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, July 7, 2022 11:02 AM (two hours ago)
True enough. Trump supporters often praise their hero for speaking his mind. To which my reply is, Speaking your mind is not a virtue when your mind is a dumpster fire.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 7 July 2022 17:58 (one year ago) link
LMAO, YES
https://www.cjr.org/wp-content/themes/cjr2017/images-body/NY1.jpg
― birdistheword, Thursday, 7 July 2022 18:42 (one year ago) link
So dumb seeing this presented as a Moz-vs.-Oasis beef.
― deep luminous trombone (Eazy), Thursday, 7 July 2022 19:06 (one year ago) link
This guy was ordering his band to write letters to his record company, trying to get them to release "Throwing My Arms Around Paris" in the wake of the Paris terror attacks in 2015 because it might give him a number one. So doesn't seem unlikely that he's motivated by envy and frustration that the mourners weren't singing one of his songs.
― Piedie Gimbel, Thursday, 7 July 2022 20:15 (one year ago) link
Morrisey is a oacist
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Thursday, 7 July 2022 21:11 (one year ago) link
The frustration in the song is about having the British anthem after a terrorist attack be "don't be angry."
― deep luminous trombone (Eazy), Thursday, 7 July 2022 21:20 (one year ago) link