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  1. BookishBoy

    What's *the most* Morrissey lyric, in your view?

    A random question for a dull Sunday: what, in your opinion, is the most Morrissey lyric he's ever written? (Smiths / solo, whatever) I don't mean a whole song, I mean a line, a couplet, a verse, a chorus, a snippet. My vote goes to: I don't get along with myself / And I'm not too keen on...
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    Virgin Radio UK: Rev Richard Coles picks his top 80s tracks; includes "Cemetry Gates" (July 21, 2023)

    An article based on a Virgin Radio interview with Rev. Richard Coles, about his favourite 80s tracks, includes this: Cemetery Gates, The Smiths The 1986 song - written by Morrissey and Johnny Marr - is lifted from The Queen Is Dead, the band’s third album. “That magical combination of Morrissey...
  3. BookishBoy

    What would a Morrissey breakfast cereal be called?

    Now that Robert from the Go-Betweens has his own breakfast cereal (a pun on the classic song "Spring Rain"), what might a Morrissey cereal be called? Breakfasty solo or Smiths song title puns only, please...
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    Primal Scream / Bobby Gillespie being complete ****s

    This is a desperately sad read, written by the son of Martin Duffy (Felt, Primal Scream) who died in December last year. I think we all know that Morrissey can be a bit of a **** when it comes to money and bandmates, but this behaviour from Bobby Gillespie seems to take it to a whole other level...
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    Is there a thread for books with titles lifted directly from Smiths/Morrissey lyrics?

    (If there is such a thread, please ignore this - I'm not great at searching this site.) Anyway, just saw this book online, out next week apparently:
  6. BookishBoy

    The Guardian: "A Light That Never Goes Out: Why The Smiths Are Eternally Influential" by Shaad D'Souza (June 1, 2023)

    The Guardian has another Smiths article today. Full text below. In a second feature marking 40 years of the Smiths, fans including Andy Burnham and Connie Constance consider how and why the band have endured. John Peel once described the Smiths as “just another band that arrived from...
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    The Guardian: "‘An astounding rush of real-time creativity’: 40 years of the Smiths’ Peel Sessions" by Michael Hann (May 31, 2023)

    The Guardian has a new article by Michael Hann, celebrating the power of the first Smiths radio sessions. Not everyone finds it easy to listen to the Smiths now, but those early transmissions were utterly formative for this vital new band and their enraptured fans Full text below: It’s 40...
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    Kim Tae-hyung of BTS spotted at a movie premiere in Seoul wearing an "interesting" T-shirt (April 24, 2023)

    Global pop heartthrob Kim Tae-hyung of BTS spotted yesterday at a movie premiere in Seoul, wearing an "interesting" T-shirt... Also: https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/music/bts-v-supports-park-seo-joon-at-dream-premiere-jungkook-accompanies-him-101682338791219.html From...
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    Guardian profile of Simon Armitage - includes Morrissey mentions (April 8, 2023)

    The Guardian has a long profile of / interview with the poet Simon Armitage, and of course Morrissey comes up. Relevant sections below: In 2010, the Guardian commissioned him to interview his then hero, Morrissey, the controversial solo artist and former frontman of the Smiths. It was a...
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    CRASH Magazine: New Interview with Linder - several Morrissey mentions (April 7, 2023)

    There's a great interview with Linder in this French magazine (in English). Several Morrissey mentions including: I met Morrissey when he was sixteen, I saw him play in Paris this week and I said, “Do you realize it’s been forty-seven years since we’ve known each other?” We’re just laughing...
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    RA: The Art of Production: 808 State (January 26, 2023) - Morrissey mention

    A tiny mention of Morrissey in this expansive interview with Graham Massey of 808 State. Relevant section: There's echoes of what people like Cabaret Voltaire were doing across the Pennines, experimenting with tape loops and guitars in an attic. Yeah. A lot of Sheffield bands are unique, and...
  12. BookishBoy

    New (old school) Belle & Sebastian song

    If (like me) you've found most of Belle & Sebastian's output over the last 7 or 8 years mostly unlistenable and devoid of any magic at all, you might want to know that while their new album (out today) continues that trend, it does contain one very old Murdoch composition ("When the Cynics Stare...
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    Chaz Costello of SRSQ chooses "Rebel Without Applause" as favorite of 2022 - brooklynvegan.com

    I know nothing about the band SRSQ but how incredibly rare is it, these days, to see any other musicians saying that they're still listening to Morrissey's new work. Anyhow, an article about the band members' favourite songs of 2022, including this:
  14. BookishBoy

    Morrissey Christmas Album

    It's the last thing he would ever do, of course, but I'd love to hear Morrissey singing a Christmas album. Maybe with some of these songs on it? Everyday Is Like Boxing Day It Will Never Look a Lot Like Christmas The Elves Are Afraid of the Father I’m Throwing My Arms Around Santa All I Want...
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    Morrissey and Dickens

    I was reading a bit of Dickens last night and just kept getting little echoes of Morrissey in some words and phrases. Not sure if Morrissey's ever openly acknowledged lifting from Dickens or being influenced by him (there was a Spin interview in 1992 where he said he was reading Oliver Twist)...
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    Consequence Of Sound: "Our 2022 Annual Report continues with the announcement of Andrew Watt as our Producer of the Year." (December 12, 2022)

    Consequence of Sound has named Andrew Watt as its Producer of the Year for 2022. Full article linked here, the only Morrissey quote as follows: (Obviously, I'm not taking the Feb 2023 release date too seriously...)
  17. BookishBoy

    Article: "Strangeways Here We Come" movie a surprise hit on Netflix

    An article in The Manc today, about the critically panned 2018 movie Strangeways Here We Come - which is now apparently doing well on Netflix in the UK. A link to the article is here. Relevant part of the article: "The film was absolutely slated by The Guardian on its release, who said in a...
  18. BookishBoy

    Alvvays’ Molly Rankin talks about Smiths influence - interview in The Guardian (October 11, 2022)

    Not sure this really counts as either strange or unexpected, but there's a bit of Morrissey/Smiths chat in this new Guardian interview with Molly Rankin, singer from the band Alvvays, which includes the following bit: There can be a thorniness to fandom that becomes more apparent with each...
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    Spectator article by Brendan O'Neill: "Morrissey is the rock'n'roll rebel we need" (October 10, 2022)

    A new article by Brendan O'Neill in The Spectator, off the back of last night's Palladium show. Full text: There was a truly electric moment at the Morrissey gig at the Palladium in London last night. Moz was introducing his new song, ‘Bonfire of the [sic] Teenagers’. It’s about the Manchester...
  20. BookishBoy

    Morrissey mentioned in "Ode to King Charles III" in The Atlantic

    A tiny thing, really, but a new poem (by staff writer James Parker) in The Atlantic starts like this: The trees groan like Morrissey, the rain comes down and an owl hoots confidentially, knowing something I don’t. Millions will mourn your departed mother and millions won’t. You can read the...
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