Morrissey is a racist

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

Girlfriend in a Coma is one of The Smiths' loveliest songs, and I Won't Share You is a great parting shot. It's a good album, but I would take the other studio albums and HoH over it.

Quite pleased that my favourite Smiths album is "The Smiths"

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

ha yeah I was like, huh, there's like 10 albums here I've either never even heard of or haven't heard, then I was like and yeah that's how that's going to stay

I was listening to some album on Spotify (the Cure, I think) and when it was over the service popped into related shuffle mode. So first up was JAMC's "April Skies," which was nice, and then it was "Everyday Is Like Sunday," and swear to god, my first reaction was, aw, this is a really nice song, it's a shame about all his bullshit, but I guess it's still sad that Morrissey's dead, because he did sing a lot of songs I like. And then it struck me that, wait a minute, he's actually not dead. He's just *functionally* dead.

looking forward to seeing him at Cruel World in May.

Me too.

fuck Morrissey with a pitchfork

josh proposes an interesting thought tho: what will be the collective response when he does die?

i know i'll be sad. but mostly because of what he became, so not really that different from now.

i still do like his old records. especially the stuff with vini reilly.

He was always like this, though. See: Panic

enh yeah i guess, but at least he's owning on it that record: "the music they play says nothing to me about my life."

(also one of the worst smiths songs, btw)

but mostly because of what he became, so not really that different from now.

i still do like his old records. especially the stuff with vini reilly.

"Bengali in Platforms" is on his first record with Reilly. It's not a question of becoming. (I still like the Smiths btw!)

yeah that's the thing. 'reggae is vile,' panic, bengali...it was always right there.

he's always been problematic and a shitty person. to deny that he became more so with age is purposely dense.