There is a reason that The Smiths are a lot better than Morriseys solo stuff. Even though I’m not really a fan of The Smiths. Without Marr Morrisey has not been able to produce anything as good as in the Smiths. I am sure he knows this. Johnny Marr on the other hand has done wonderful work together with excellent people like Billy Bragg and Kirsty Mccoll.
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As much as I loved The Smiths when I was growing up (and when Morrissey was more of an eccentric before his heel turn into a full on fascist) I can totally appreciate how they could be pretty polarizing. With Morrissey’s warbling twee earnestness and jangly backing music, it’s certainly not for everybody. (And I don’t get why people try to force others into their fandoms. 
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It’s kind of funny, when I was young and in my formative years I took their stuff really seriously. It really spoke to me. I still enjoy enjoy their stuff from time to time but it now comes across more as a kind satire than anything. I mean with songs like “Girlfriend in a Coma” and “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now” it’s hard to take it seriously.
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I’m hip. I didn’t make her listen to Einstürzende Neubauten or Test Dept: I figured she wouldn’t like it. I’ve always changed the music when someone wasn’t enjoying it, and wish more people would do the same.
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I know who I want to DJ on my next road trip
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I needed a cigarette and a hand fan after that gif.
Maybe even a cold shower.
Here’s a link to my ÏṀⱣЯƐṨṦÏṼƐ* playlist on youtube. I built it years ago, and only recently thought to look up each song on the tube of you and generate a playlist there…but The Ads! The damn ads fuck up the segues, which is really irritating.
Check yr msgs in a minute, once I figure out again how that works. 
We took a croc-spotting boat ride on the Black River in Jamaica, and the pilot let me hand him one of my reggae/dub/ska mixtapes. After a few songs, he checked the track list & asked me, “Whose show dis?” I didn’t immediately catch on, then realized he thought I’d taped J’can radio. I chuckled and said, “I built it, so I guess it’s the Me show!” When it ended, he asked for another, which I happily produced.
*Not ego, just accuracy
I take no responsibility for the music of course, but I do know how to pick 'em & create a proper flow with the great stuff I find.
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Same for me, growing up in Maine. Songs spoke to my own sense of isolation and introversion. Shame he grew up to be a raging fucking trashfire vile fasci-con. In this instance, I can NOT separate the artist from the art, since the art was so vital to me as a young adult. Both have gone into the shitter, I’ve outgrown them.
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7/8s of the Smiths parents were immigrants to England. Including both of Morrisey’s…
Someone has to point it out!
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i’ll still listen to the Smiths or his solo stuff when they shuffle up on my music server, but it’s not like i have actually bought anything he’s done in a decade or so. he’s definitely a loathsome individual now. but the early works still make me smile.
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Oh, that’s right… I forget that his parents were from Ireland…
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Well to be fair he has a point: in making him English they certainly did diminish British identity.
ETA
to be clear, I mean that he is a stain on Britain and doesn’t represent anything that British people I know stand for.
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When Weird Al makes a tweet that your new song is not his parody, you have really become a cartoon of yourself.
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Eeeww!! Pass me the drinkin’ bleach, I gotta wash my eyes with it.
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They did Ireland a favour though.
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Big mouth strikes again.
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I’ve always thought of Morissey as Johnny Marr’s singer.
Seriously, Marr makes gorgeous soundscapes that sound exactly like him and no one else I know has been able to duplicate his style. Morissey is someone who I always at most put up with, as the cost of admission for getting to hear Marr’s sound.
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The Daily Mash is on the case:
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England’s sacrifice will never be forgotten!
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Curry pot pie with a pint of bitter. Mmmmmm
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