I gave up on Morrissey years ago, but at least this thread prompted me to check out Johnny Marr's solo albums. Pretty pretty good.
A Problem Called Morrissey And What To Do About It
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For me encouraging a vote for labour is indeed very different than encouraging a vote for Britain First.
Murfocakes
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True. What a terrible state of affairs when the 3 worst prime ministers in history are enabled by the worst leader of the opposition ever.
True but at least the two main parties at least believe in different things rather than our two main parties being marginally different centre right parties whose appeal is seemingly based on the side they took during the civil war almost 100 years ago...
Murfocakes
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Joe, I live in Belfast. That seems like a reasonable alternative
Yes, I try not to think about your hornets nest up there, that is truly baffling...
...still no one openly anti-Semitic that I’ve heard of recently so you have that on the uk Labour Party...
It’s not much better on the other side of the pond. I hold two passports (Brazil and USA) and I can’t quite tell which country has a worse leader right now. Sorry to bring up politics, I’m working on a 9% Imperial IPA as I type. Oh wait, this is not the beer thread either?
Smiths are great, solo Morrissey is meh (some good singles!), Morrissey the Person bad. That’s as well as I can explain myself right now. Tbh I’d still see him in concert if he came to my small town.
gaporter
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This is wack as fuck
Aron
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Funny. As I type this I'm revisiting The Dears' "No Cities Left" album from the early 2000s, and Murray Lightburn's voice sound quite a bit like Morrissey's. So it is kind of like listening to really good solo Morrissey without any of the problematic right wing bullshit.
Dirtbag Auntie
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Aron
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I mean, getting past the greediness and the bad form of selling the records of other artists with his autograph on them...his signature is surprisingly lame. I thought he'd at least have a decent looking autograph.
jamieanderson1968
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He should take notes from Gavin Belson (from Silicon Valley)
Dirtbag Auntie
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Also kind of want to know/don't want to know if those sold.
jamieanderson1968
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Looks like at least one person posted on IG that they bought one of signed Patti Smith records at $300. A fool and his/her money yadda yadda yadda
Murfocakes
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I think he’s unwell. The picture of him in that Guardian t-shirt, I didn’t recognise him at first.
Never mind the t-shirt, look at his trousers. What the fuck?
He never would have been seen on stage like this. And the terrible terrible opinions. It’s like all of his worst tendencies have become grotesquely warped. But the main evidence that he isn’t himself is he is signing Bowie records, when he has been notoriously cool with Bowie since the mid-90s.
Never mind the t-shirt, look at his trousers. What the fuck?
He never would have been seen on stage like this. And the terrible terrible opinions. It’s like all of his worst tendencies have become grotesquely warped. But the main evidence that he isn’t himself is he is signing Bowie records, when he has been notoriously cool with Bowie since the mid-90s.
imtheocean
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LA times had a good writeup on this issue a week or so ago. He just played 3 nights at the Hollywood Bowl, and considering the demographics of LA and his fans, it makes for an interesting piece.
www.latimes.com
Morrissey is anti-immigrant and backs a white nationalist political party. Why don't fans care?
The singer, who plays the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday, has always enjoyed a special bond with his SoCal fans. But could hateful remarks about immigrants spoil that?
www.latimes.com