Morrissey is a racist

“anti-social” distancing rules also not exactly a neutral phrase

fair enough, i was just reading what was on this page

and somehow missed that bit haha

shouldn't post before i have a cup of tea

but tea is made from a foreign plant

Now you need to set a land speed record for comparison's sake.

Ah, wrong thread...

new interview with his fawning nephew on his website, I have read it so you don't have to

* The title track of "Bonfire of the Teenagers" is about the Manchester bombing.
* He considers Julia Hartley-Brewer and Australian Sky TV the only reliable news sources
* Despite being given several chances he doesn't seem to be ready to dive fully into covidiocy, he is strangely coy about this.

here it is

https://www.morrisseycentral.com/messagesfrommorrissey/turning-the-inside-out

I’m afraid to ask, but what angle will he take on the Manchester bombing?

Indeed, it's difficult to imagine who he would hate more: radical Islam or Ariana Grande.

he already said a bunch of barely legible nonsense when it happened:

“Theresa May says such attacks ‘will not break us’, but her own life is lived in a bullet-proof bubble, and she evidently does not need to identify any young people today in Manchester morgues. Also, ‘will not break us’ means that the tragedy will not break her, or her policies on immigration. The young people of Manchester are already broken – thanks all the same, Theresa. Sadiq Khan says ‘London is united with Manchester’, but he does not condemn Islamic State – who have claimed responsibility for the bomb. The Queen receives absurd praise for her ‘strong words’ against the attack, yet she does not cancel today’s garden party at Buckingham Palace – for which no criticism is allowed in the Britain of free press. Manchester mayor Andy Burnham says the attack is the work of an ‘extremist’. An extreme what? An extreme rabbit?”

and let's be clear here - he's blaming Theresa May's immigration policies for not being strong enough, after all he's also said "The gates of England are flooded."

it probably escaped him that the bomber was born in manchester... probably not the right sort of mancunian for him though.

god why did i click on that link... he calls it CON-VID and doesn't blink when his interviewer friend says "Covid Society is also the precise description of slavery" - so i think it's safe to stick him in the covidiot crew.

for context, sky news australia is our shitty murdoch-owned fox news equivalent, except no one actually watches it here. they've started pandering to an overseas right-wing audience with their online content which has been very successful for them though

Yeah maybe I was being a bit generous with the "not a committed covidiot as yet" but he does keep deflecting rather than making clear what he actually thinks, curious as to whether there is a reason for this or it's just Morrissey being Morrissey.

not that there's much confusion on how much self-awareness this guy has but jeeezus this is hilarious

https://www.nme.com/news/music/morrissey-shares-new-post-appearing-to-rank-all-of-his-solo-and-smiths-albums-3060556

1. ‘World Peace Is None Of Your Business’
2. ‘Ringleader of the Tormentors’
3. ‘You Are The Quarry’
4. ‘Bona Drag’
5. ‘Vauxhall and I’
6. ‘Your Arsenal’
7. ‘Louder than Bombs’
8. ‘Strangeways, Here We Come’
9. ‘Rank’
10. ‘Swords’
11. ‘California Son’
12. ‘I Am Not A Dog On A Chain’
13. ‘Years Of Refusal’
14. ‘Low In High School’
15. ‘Southpaw Grammar’
16. ‘Beethoven Was Deaf’
17. ‘Meat Is Murder’
18. ‘The Queen Is Dead’
19. ‘Maladjusted’
20. ‘Viva Hate’
21. ‘Greatest Hits’ (solo)
22. ‘Hatful of Hollow’
23. ‘Singles’ (The Smiths)
24. ‘Live at Earls Court’
25. ‘The World Won’t Listen’
26. ‘Kill Uncle’
27. ‘The Best Of’ (solo)
28. ‘Very Best Of’ (solo)
29. ‘The Smiths’
30. ‘Rare’

lol World Peace was his last solo album i've heard in its entirety and well, i knew to stop reading immediately

the worst thing to happen to British music in the 20th century. Even worse than Oasis who just sounded like a shitty half way knock off between Slade and Status Quo. Hang your heads in shame, closetted Blairites.

This run slayed me

27. ‘The Best Of’ (solo)
28. ‘Very Best Of’ (solo)
29. ‘The Smiths’

what the hell is rare

the worst thing to happen to British music in the 20th century.

and not Winston Churchill?

what the hell is rare

― brimstead, Friday, October 1, 2021 5:53 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah i had to look that up too, it's a japanese-only compilation of maladjusted-era b-sides (very enticing haha)

Morrissey unlocked a lot of shit inside me a long time ago. I owe him and The Smiths. The rest you can feed, deservedly, to the dogs.

that's how I feel

and not Winston Churchill?
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 1 October 2021 23:56

Much worse. Worse than Hitler and Stalin combined, actually.

Well, if we're comparing body counts, let's hit the bar.

The effect Winston Churchill had on 20th century British music is not often debated.

No Churchill, no Beatles

I believe that's why some say he is "worse than Hitler and Stalin".

We'd all be singing in German, like Kraftwerk, if it wasn't for Churchill.

He's right that the two best Smiths releases are, in order, Louder Than Bombs and Strangeways, Here We Come. Other than that, nah.

Strangeways is mostly bullshit

yep

both Morrissey and Marr have said Strangeways is their favourite Smith's LP

clearly not the best judge of their own work

A Rush and a Push and the Land is Ours is the best song and is pretty impossible to listen to now and not interpret as a white power anthem

"I Started Something..." is a fabulous karaoke jam, and I dig "Stop Me..." and "I Won't Share You." That's that.

(xp) I thought it was about Ireland? I have no idea whether Morrissey supports Irish Republicanism or not tbf.

I mean it might be but read the lyrics in light of Moz now and there's certainly another interpretation

I mean obviously I was dumb enough to buy all his disassembling about Bengali or the Union Jack or National Front Disco, so now it's hard not to view it in different light

Yes, the lyrics do read a bit dodgy these days but I think it is inspired (however vaguely) by Irish republicanism.

think it's probably just the usual "Misfits" deal tbh

the ghost of troubled joe, y'know old joe from the troubles

anyhow, bostich by yello is a much better song about rushing and pushing amirite?

Inifnitely.

"I Started Something..." is a fabulous karaoke jam, and I dig "Stop Me..." and "I Won't Share You." That's that.

No love for "Death of a Disco Dancer'?

maybe in the next world

lol

Bummed and astounded to learn that there are thirty of these

& I enjoy morrissey & the smiths’s dozen good songs as much as anyone

considering that he ranked his more recent albums highest in a desperate attempt to get me to listen to them.

nice try moz, you racist fuck lol

but seriously, how disappointing.

the only songs on strangways I like are “stop me” and “I won’t share you”, the rest is boring as fuck