Was/Is Morrissey Racist?

it's probably some poor bastard from his band, same guy who was all "he was complaining about anti-brexit MEDIA, not anti-brexit audiences".

would also make sense because I can't really imagine Morrissey having a working knowledge of what the Simpsons or SNL even are, as they are not British pop hits from 1962

get out bart i'm piss

Yeah, this doesn’t read like Morrissey’s writing at all, tbh.

But when a show stoops so low to use harshly hateful tactics like showing the Morrissey character with his belly hanging out of his shirt (when he has never looked like that at any point in his career) makes you wonder who the real hurtful, racist group is here.

But when a show stoops so low to use harshly hateful tactics like showing the Morrissey character with his belly hanging out of his shirt (when he has never looked like that at any point in his career) makes you wonder who the real hurtful, racist group is here.

But when a show stoops so low to use harshly hateful tactics like showing the Morrissey character with his belly hanging out of his shirt (when he has never looked like that at any point in his career) makes you wonder who the real hurtful, racist group is here.

really makes u think

makes you think

lmao

:D

racist against bequiffed Mancunian miserabilists

Also, while I might quibble with aspects of Azaria's apology, I think publicly apologizing is taking that mirror and holding it up to yourself.

the belly hanging out of the shirt thing makes me positive it IS morrissey

Last Night I Dreamt That I Was a Viking

Did a googles image search of Morrissey topless and now I have to go and bleach my eyes.

Apparently he has a habit of taking off his shirt during encores and throwing it to the audience.

Don’t search on youtube - Morrissey encore shirt - unless you got eyebleach ready.

Is his belly hanging out of his shirt before he takes it off?

i went to a morrissey show where he took his shirt off and i wish i hadn't

the belly hanging out of the shirt thing makes me positive it IS morrissey

However, after Lisa has an opportunity to attend a Snuffs reunion concert, she soon discovers that Quilloughby is no longer his former self — instead, he’s now overweight, racist, and worst of all, he eats meat. “I was [a vegan], until I found out veganism was invented by foreigners, for whom there are far too many on this planet,” Quilloughby proclaims.

i went to a morrissey show where he took his shirt off and i wish i hadn't

My condolences.

Come to think of it, I've never heard any of his solo material and at this point I'm not sure I want to anyway?

Wait sorry I hadn’t read the full screed, DON’T SUE ME STEPHEN

Meanwhile, “Morrissey has never made a ‘cash grab’, hasn’t sued any people for their attacks, has never stopped performing great shows, and is still a serious vegan and strong supporter for animal rights,” the singer proclaimed. “By suggesting all of the above in this episode…The Simpsons’ hypocritical approach to their storyline says it all.”

Come to think of it, I've never heard any of his solo material and at this point I'm not sure I want to anyway?

[Viva Hate (such an innocuous title at the time!) holds up pretty well. Vini Reilly really shines on it.

his solo work is 100% garbage except for a handful of tracks off Viva Hate

Yeah any posts that don’t mention Vauxhall & I can be safely ignored. Still incredible.

his weird true-to-you statements were usually first-person though similar in vibe to this one

some of his solo work is decent but overall it generally comes across as a less distinctive version of his stuff with the smiths due to most of his collaborators being pretty boring musicians overall, vini reilly on viva hate being the exception. generally more straight-forward pop/glam rock in sound, less jangly than the smiths etc., and there was a weird rockabilly influence for a bit iirc?

don't have any desire to revisit any of it really these days though

bona drag is a really good comp, i'd probably choose that if i had to choose one

Viva Hate, seemed like such an innocuous title when all we knew was that he sang "shelve your Western plans and understand that life is hard enough when you belong here" on it. Sweet innocence.

I agree that Vauxhall & I is OPO for solo Morrissey btw but feel even more strongly that if you're not a big Smiths fan to begin with, you'd be fine steering clear.

I like The Smiths but I wouldn’t describe myself as a fan.

everything through Vauxhall is strong and then the drop off is precipitous

I haven't heard anything since the awful World Peace one, but I thought You are the Quarry was pretty solid.

"Last of the Gang to Die" was his last great song

I dunno....with everything I just lost the desire to listen to him

Agreed.

funny looks like there was a previous episode with "the snuffs" that was more complimentary? they did a post about it on his official website (tw this motherfucker has the audacity to have a picture of/quote from james baldwin on his home page)

https://www.morrisseycentral.com/messagesfrommorrissey/the-simpsons-celebrate-the-snuffs

pleasantly surprised that even the commenters on morrissey-solo seem to have had enough of his bullshit:

https://www.morrissey-solo.com/threads/simpsons-response-april-19-2021.147956/

can't fathom why people would buy new moz material when you could listen to the smiths or any of a thousand other things which are available to be bought or streamed.

morrissey-solo seem to have had enough of him years ago, he even tried to have the forum shut down a while back.

not sure why anyone would go there either, but people are weird.

he even tried to have the forum shut down a while back.

omg what a bitch

As a former Morrissey Solo poster (banned many years now) can I just say there’s been mutual antipathy for a long time

http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/fuckmorrisseysolo.com.jpg

He also used to refer to it as “Morrissey So Low” on his stupid true-to-you posts. He’s been past his best a while.

last message on the first page of that morrissey-solo thread:

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Morrissey is still my special interest but I am so tired

The Simpsons viewership ratings have gone down so badly over recent years.

love the trump-esque turn there at the end

xxxpost - i never posted at morrissey-solo but i did go there a fair amount leading up to and after "you are the quarry" there was a bit of excitement back then just because he'd been inactive for a few years and the new material actually seemed strong

Yeah same. Was the best place for coverage when he was touring again around the time I saw him ofc.

'Twas his manager that reportedly did it:

Last night, Morrissey’s agent Peter Katsis issued a statement on the Morrissey Official Facebook group.

Peter Katsi's

oh man, the producer of James Kochalka Superstar

xp loool

I watched this episode earlier and the thing that comes across incredibly clearly is that the whole thing was clearly done by fans who were angry about what Morrissey has become. The level of the detail in the merch and the end is a bit clumsy but it still sticks. I suppose it particularly cut to the bone because it’s one part Rubber Ring and four parts Get Off the Stage. Have always thought Rubber Ring was Morrissey at his most self-aware of how we often feel about the music of our youth when we grow up.

And when you're dancing and laughing and finally living
Hear my voice in your head and think of me kindly

^^Just got done with it (my first full new Simpsons since maybe the Burning Man one?), and I totally see that. Shame about the rest of the episode (the b-plot is a weak Canyonero retread, the music fest parody dips back to update both Hullabalooza and the Spinal Tap ep, and while I loved that their fake Johnny Marr actually looked like Johnny Marr, they bunted on Rourke & Joyce, presenting them as generic middle-aged Brits... although maybe that's right?).