The Smiths/Morrissey

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[Erneuert]

He also had a photoshopped picture of him as a doctor with the caption “Girlfriend with corona I know I know it’s serious 🤣” posted on his official site,

at the London show had the album cover for You Are The Quarry up behind him, except edited to have a face mask on him and changed the text to “you are the quarantined,” and opened the show a capella with “It’s The End Of The World,” followed by a fake sneeze.

He’s certainly taking the piss.

[bobbie solo]

Have you listened to The Smiths? I recommend giving any of their albums a listen first, all 4 (plus 3 compilation albums) are fantastic.

only know How Soon Is Now b/c I am fucking wack.

[bobbie solo]

Give this one a try.

this was great.

[Erneuert]

this was great.

Now try this one.

[imail724]

Super bummed but also relieved that Fridays show in NYC got postponed. This is the first time since I've been a fan that I've actually been looking forward to hearing new songs live. No rescheduled dates announced yet.

[Erneuert]

I don’t see myself listening to “The Secret of Music” more than once, unless it pops up on shuffle.

[bobbie solo]

Now try this one.

[Erneuert]

[imail724]

[imail724]

I don’t see myself listening to “The Secret of Music” more than once, unless it pops up on shuffle.

I really dig that one. It's a very different style for him, and it works for me.

Give this one a shot @bobbie solo

[Erneuert]

Oh god, no! Please listen to this instead, it’s the closer from the new album: very sentimental.

[imail724]

Oh god, no! Please listen to this instead, it’s the closer from the new album: very sentimental.

One of my favorites off the new album

[bobbie solo]

Oh god, no! Please listen to this instead, it’s the closer from the new album: very sentimental.

also @imail724

Never Played Symphonies was ok. Got a little repetitive/meandering.

Playboys - This seems like a very mainstream, probably very popular song/single. Very 90's. I really liked it.

Secret of Music - yes, very different. It wasn't bad at all, but felt like background music.

Hurling Days - Eh. Was ok. I can see why a major fan would like something like this though.

[Erneuert]

also @imail724

Never Played Symphonies was ok. Got a little repetitive/meandering.

Playboys - This seems like a very mainstream, probably very popular song/single. Very 90's. I really liked it.

Secret of Music - yes, very different. It wasn't bad at all, but felt like background music.

Hurling Days - Eh. Was ok. I can see why a major fan would like something like this though.

This is one of his most ambitious songs, lyrically:



When the gulf between
All the things I need
And the things I receive
Is an ancient ocean
Wide, wild, lost, uncrossed
Still I maintain there's nothing
Wrong with you
You do all that you do
Because it's all you can do
Well, I was fifteen
Where could I go?
With a soul full of loathing
For stinging bureaucracy
Making it anything
Other than easy
For working girls like me
With my hands on my head
I flop on your bed
With a head full of dread
For all I've ever said
Maladjusted, maladjusted
Maladjusted maladjusted

[imail724]

Would recommend just checking out some albums at this point. Like I said, anything by The Smiths is a solid starting point, and as for solo, give Bona Drag a try.

[Erneuert]

[imail724]

[Erneuert]

They’re going to put out a deluxe version of Ringleader Of The Tormentors with extended pieces done by Ennio Morricone -

https://www.morrissey-solo.com/threa...7-2020.146782/

Morrissey’s third UK number 1 album ‘Ringleader of the Tormentors’ will be issued this year by BMG for the first time.The album is presently being ‘rebooted’ by producer Tony Visconti and will feature more sections by Ennio Morricone and his orchestra from the 2005 sessions in Rome, plus a photographic booklet.The original album featured four UK hit singles, ‘You Have Killed Me’ (Number 3), ‘The Youngest Was The Most Loved’(Number 14), ‘In The Future When All’s Well’ (Number 17), ‘I Just Want To See The Boy Happy’ (Number 16).

[thefragile_jake]

Hopefully that You Are the Quarry reissue comes out this year.

[Erneuert]

Hopefully that You Are the Quarry reissue comes out this year.

I was going to say “but no one died from it to capitalise on like Ennio Morricone,” but then I remembered Jerry Finn passed away.

[Erneuert]

If they are serious about these cover artworks, kindly shoot me in the butthole:

https://www.morrissey-solo.com/threa...6-2020.147007/

[Erneuert]

Seriously though, look at the editing on those images. His hair on the Southpaw one, the positioning of him on the Quarry one, and the pixelation everywhere. Plus, this will be the third cover Southpaw Grammar has now!

[Helpmeiaminhell (is now in hell)]

Reading the comments on that Morrissey forum is gold. Its like a bunch of rabid dogs tearing into a steak. Those people decimate every aspect of ol Moz. People who think the NIN fanbase is too picky should walk on by the ol Moz forum. Holy shit those people are harsh lol

[Erneuert]

Reading the comments on that Morrissey forum is gold. Its like a bunch of rabid dogs tearing into a steak. Those people decimate every aspect of ol Moz. People who think the NIN fanbase is too picky should walk on by the ol Moz forum. Holy shit those people are harsh lol

Harsh doesn't begin to describe it. Check out some of the posts in the recent threads about his mum passing away. Fuck me.

[imail724]

Atrocious artwork, and I'm sure he's going to butcher the tracklists too, but I'm looking forward to finally owning these albums on vinyl. And yes, Morrissey-solo is an unmoderated cesspool.

[Erneuert]

[Erneuert]

Aaaaaaaand he's been dropped by his label again. LOL

https://www.morrissey-solo.com/threa...6-2020.147265/

Excerpt:

BMG Records have dropped Morrissey. Following the March 2020 release of I AM NOT A DOG ON A CHAIN
(#1 Scotland, #1 Poland, #3 Britain, #3 France, #10 Spain, #13 Germany, #2, #9, #17, #18 U.S.A. - depending
on which official chart you follow), BMG have appointed a new Executive who does not want another Morrissey
album. Instead, the new BMG Executive has announced new plans for 'diversity' within BMG's artist roster, and
all projected BMG Morrissey releases/reissues have been scrapped.

"This news is perfectly in keeping with the relentless galvanic horror of 2020," said Morrissey, "we would be critically insane to expect anything positive."

Morrissey is once again in search of a new label willing to release his music.

"My three albums with BMG have been the best of my career, and I stand by them till death. Recording them has been a pivotal period in my life, and I thank the previous BMG team and everyone involved for that. It's still important to me to do music my own way, and I wouldn't want to be on a label that dictates so specifically how their artists should behave - especially when the word 'talent' is notably never mentioned."

Morrissey's duet with David Bowie is now available on Parlophone via Warner.

"There are too many cases of successful artists languishing at labels who are no longer interested in them." Alistair Norbury, BMG.

Morrissey's Las Vegas residency remains in place for 2021.

above quotes collected by V.Pearson for M.Central.
full interview will be printed shortly.

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BMG have appointed a new Executive who does not want another Morrissey album. Instead, the new BMG Executive has announced new plans for 'diversity' within BMG's artist roster, and all projected BMG Morrissey releases/reissues have been scrapped.

Good.

"This news is perfectly in keeping with the relentless galvanic horror of 2020," said Morrissey, "we would be critically insane to expect anything positive."

Fuck yourself, Moz.

[Helpmeiaminhell (is now in hell)]

So BMG won't be signing Burzum anytime soon, I guess?