When I visited England last year, I encountered a lot of racism...people complained everywhere I went about the rising immigrant population.

 

I'm not trying to make England out to be racist as a nation...far from it, but the older English that I met were for the most part quite disgruntled.

 

I don't know why. Yes, traditional English culture is a beautiful thing, but immigration won't destroy that...Indian food is, ironically, has become a part of that rich tradition,lol.

 

And it's ironic that a people with such an historical penchant for entering and conquering other countries should complain!!:lol: (This last statement is meant to be humorous...don't lynch me!)

 

I truly hope Dave's right and the comments are out of context. I'm a huge fan, and I'd be very disappointed in Morrissey, if this were a literal statement.

It's from a NME interview, so what do you expect.

 

I'm ashamed to say it but my father is modest racist, but it's the way he got bought up.

My Grandparents were originally from England, and without even knowing it, my Mother's learned some of that thinking from them. She's a devout Christian, but she still uses phrases like 'those people' and 'colourds'. ("You know what 'those people' are like" etc.

 

Any chance someone could post the article?

Morrissey to sue NME over story

 

Morrissey is to sue the NME after it failed to apologise for an article focusing on his

views on immigration.

 

The magazine criticised the former Smiths star for allegedly telling a reporter Britain had lost its identity due to high levels of immigration.

 

An NME spokesman confirmed they have received two writs for the magazine and its editor Conor McNicholas.

 

"NME takes the matter extremely seriously and we are in discussion with our legal representatives," he added.

 

A deadline to print the retraction passed at 1300GMT on Thursday.

I'm not seeing at as racism like the PC Police always seem to these days.

 

 

 

However, anyone else appreciate the irony of him criticising immigration whilst living as an immigrant in Italy? Poor Italians.

Morrissey steps in to help Smiths youth club

(Saturday December 29, 2007 08:45 PM)

 

LONDON (AFP) - British pop star Morrissey has made a donation to help restore a youth club which his former band, the Smiths, immortalised on one of their albums, the club and his management told a newspaper Saturday.

 

Morrissey and bandmates Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce posed outside the Salford Lads Club in their home city of Manchester, north-west England, for the cover of 1986 album "The Queen Is Dead".

 

The club, which has become a mecca for Smiths fans from around the world, launched a one million pound (1.4 million euro, two million dollar) restoration campaign earlier this year.

 

Now the singer has pledged 20,000 pounds to help upgrade the red-brick building, which was established in 1903.

 

Club secretary Brian Ball told the Manchester Evening News newspaper: "Morrissey and the Smiths made a big difference to the Salford Lads' Club by having their picture taken outside in 1986... it's a marvellous gesture".

 

Morrissey's manager Merck Mercuriadis added that the donation was intended as a "private gesture" but the club requested it be made public to encourage further contributions.

I saw the place when I was in Manchester last year. Very cool.

MORRISSEY

 

MORRISSEY LIVE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL

 

UK release date: October 6th 2008---

An anonymous person also writes:

Hollywood Bowl DVD released October 6th Just had this through on-email. Full info here:

 

LINK: - Morrissey: Live at the Hollywood Bowl - Warner Music Entertainment

- Peter Noble PR

 

Warner Music Entertainment is pleased to announce the UK release of Morrissey ‘Live At The Hollywood Bowl’ on Monday October 6th.

This forthcoming DVD captures Morrissey ‘Live at the Hollywood Bowl’ 15 years after his last gig at the legendary venue. A 17,000 plus audience is captivated with a career defining performance that includes The Smiths’ classic tracks ‘The Queen Is Dead’, ‘The Boy With The Thorn In His Side’, ‘Girlfriend In A Coma’, ‘How Soon Is Now?’, Please, Please, Please Let me Get What I Want’ and ‘There Is A Light That Never Goes Out’.

Morrissey’s darkly raw and witty lyrics are teamed with a flamboyant stage persona as we see at least 2 shirt strips and a constant flow of impassioned stage invaders. He delivers an unforgettable set spanning three decades of new and classic material on a night where his voice and performance is at it it’s very peak.

Morrissey ‘Live at The Hollywood Bowl’ illustrates just of how much of a lyrical genius Steven Morrissey is. He has influenced many artists over the years and will continue to do so, due to the creative honesty in his words and the passion of his live performances.

This DVD is an essential edition to the collection of the committed Smiths & Morrissey faithful.

Wasn't that the gig which was part-put on the 2nd disc on the greatest hits package?

 

Album's been delayed until next year :(

I dont know about that, but this release is about to happen. Yes the new album expected first of '09

...and if you have five seconds to spare, I'll tell you story of my life

15 clumsy and shy, thats the story of my life.... Morrissey

Morrissey: Rolling Stone Magazine top 100 singers all time

 

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/24161972/page/92

I'm seeing him at the city hall in Salisbury (holds about 1000) next year :D

On these last days of the old year, I thank everyone who attended the 2009 concerts.

 

My personal favorites were:

 

1 Dublin

2 Dusseldorf

3 Munich

4 Pomona

5 Warsaw

 

The three Brixton concerts were dramatic and perfect for me, and there was a great air of adventure in both Estonia and Latvia. The Russian concerts were a big thrill, but in the absence of even a speckle of publicity .. it's difficult. You begin to feel as if you're playing to a private club - and, in fact, you are. We pondered on the massive poster-campaigns for others and we wondered how such things become possible. The audiences in Russia were loud and greatly inspiring.

 

Hope denied in Liverpool, and the physical limits were tipped in Swindon – these were life's unfortunate lows.

 

I spent the night at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon where the staff restored my faith in humanity. I had no idea such kindness existed.

 

There were more stop-start-trap-doors and cancellations this year than ever before, and it's difficult to keep your mental balance and to remain unclouded at such times. Since every living person appeared to have some strain of flu, there seemed no reason why I should escape it, and I could not listen to medical advice that cautioned me to stand back from the audience and not to shake anyone's hand. Life has come to this? By tours' end I had no face worth rearranging.

 

The landscape of familiar faces who have replaced the Irregular Regulars, and who attend as many of the concerts as possible, continue to astound me. I don't know how – or even why – they attend so many. It is remarkable, and the financial costs must wipe them out for good. I am repeatedly honored and speechless by their dedication.

 

There are no 2010 plans to fire me out of a cannon. Hopes of concerts in New Zealand and Australia collapsed under a mound of doubts. That's life.

 

Even though you see the death of culture all around you, you also want to raise whatever it is you do to a higher plane, yet there is no one, it seems, who can inch the Morrissey thing forwards. As we all now know, the world of music is purely market-driven – not even youth-driven anymore. Talent or merit or songs do not enter the equation for a split second; the campaign is the thing, the campaign is what is discussed amongst the public, the campaign is what impresses the press, and the songs are never a factor. The labels will only push the "artists" that they themselves have discovered, and have no interest in the self-made, blah, blah. But my parting with Universal is not a negative. I am sorry that "Swords" was such a meek disaster. It was proposed and accepted as a budget-priced CD, yet emerged everywhere as the most expensive CD in the racks. It was poorly distributed and didn't stand a chance, and ranks as the lowest chart position I've ever encountered. I remain steadfastly proud of "Years of refusal", which along with "You are the quarry" and "Ringleader of the tormentors" are my life's peaks. These three will allow me to die in peace. I am no longer in the thrall of anything that preceded them; the past is not me.

 

I was delighted at the radio airplay in England for "I'm throwing my arms around Paris", which seemed to match both "Suedehead" and "That's how people grow up" singles for rotation.

However, "I'm throwing my arms around Paris" did not chart in France! ... but everything has its time and place...

 

What does the future hold? What does the next minute hold? It all rests as ever on determination – that which springs from somewhere deeper than the body. Record label interest is zero, but the sun will creep back into the room one way or another. It always does.

 

Small and bowed, I offer you my eternal thanks, and my hopes for a steady 2010, full of good grace and no darkness.

 

MORRISSEY

London, December 2009.

Does he not know the MILLIONS AND MILLIONS available to him if he patches things up with Rourke and Joyce and then agrees to do just ONE Smiths reunion??!

He is so odd, but I love him to death. One of the most insightful artists of all time. He will go down as one of the all time greats. Viva Moz!

Does he not know the MILLIONS AND MILLIONS available to him if he patches things up with Rourke and Joyce and then agrees to do just ONE Smiths reunion??!

 

Millions and millions are available if he would just rejoin Johnny marr. Promoters are willing to pay big bucks if the two of them team up again and call themselves the Smiths. They don't even need Andy and/or Mike to get paid big.

Somehow my iTunes found it's way back to You are the Quarry. I love that album.

There is officially a flower named after Johnny Marr now. I think Moz should get one named after him too :wacky:

There is officially a flower named after Johnny Marr now. I think Moz should get one named after him too :wacky:

 

:laugh3: How could they name a flower after Marr before the flower swinging frontman?

I KNOW! We should petition. They both deserve flowers named after them :disappointed:

For those of you who like good music documentaries, I would recommend watching The Importance of Being Morrissey. He is an interesting cat. I don't like everything about him, but I find him fascinating.

 

I am only linking to the first of seven parts. The rest are available on YouTube:

 

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Morrissey picks his 13 favourite albums to mark 'Friday the 13th'

 

Roxy Music, The Velvet Underground, Jeff Buckley feature among his selections

 

Morrissey has named his 13 favourite records of all-time to mark today's unluck date of Friday 13th.

 

The former Smiths frontman has chosen albums for Thequietus.com by the likes of Jeff Buckley, The Velvet Underground, Patti Smith and the Ramones.

 

Iggy And The Stooges' 'Raw Power', Roxy Music's 'For Your Pleasure' and The Smoking Popes' 'Born To Quit' were also among his choices with Morrissey saying of the latter: "Did you ever hear 'Born To Quit'? It's by The Smoking Popes. I thought that album was extraordinary, the most loveable thing I'd heard in years."

 

Morrissey's favourite 13 albums of all time are:

 

Jobriath - 'Jobriath'

Jeff Buckley - 'Grace'

The Smoking Popes - 'Born To Quit'

Damien Dempsey - 'Seize The Day'

Roxy Music - 'For Your Pleasure'

The Velvet Underground - 'The Velvet Underground & Nico'

The Velvet Underground - 'White Light/White Heat'

Sparks - 'Kimono My House'

Iggy & The Stooges - 'Raw Power'

Nico - 'Chelsea Girl'

Patti Smith - 'Horses'

Ramones - 'Ramones'

New York Dolls - 'New York Dolls'

 

http://www.nme.com/news/morrissey/52476

Plus everyday is like sunday is getting a re-release and also Bona Drag is getting another release

Listening to Vauxhall and I. What a brilliant album! I hope he performs Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself at Glastonbury on Friday.