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posted by
davidt
on Monday August 06 2001, @10:00AM
charles byron writes:
http://www.tangents.co.uk/ More on The Smiths, Morrissey and the responses he got from a couple of fans on the guestbook. "Anyone checking the guest book entries recently will have noticed a small rash of notes left by irate Morrissey fans, responding somewhat belatedly to my 'Miserable Lie' article. Obviously it's up to people to respond to anything I might write in any way they see fit, it's just that it is somewhat depressingly irritating to realise there are still people who think that the fact that somehow, because Morrissey can sell out any number of shows anywhere in the world, including London, it makes any difference to my assertion that for some time he has seemed to me to be a rather vulgar and objectionable figure. I'm sure Travis sell more records in the UK than Morrissey does, so does that mean I'm not allowed to tell the world that I find them to be the worst kind of indie-bores imaginable? As for 'Any excuse to write more lies', well that one had me re-reading my article looking for glaring factual inaccuracies, and sad to say I couldn't find any. Everything that I assumed Smiths/Morrissey fans would take objection to were opinions and yes, opinions that were somewhat exaggerated to get across the point that the Smiths were, and continue to be, one of the most over-rated bands in the history of Pop. Which isn't to say that they could make an awesome noise and were, you know, culturally important, but fuck it, if people were too thick to read that in the article then saying it again here isn't going to help, is it? As for the crass suggestion that I die with all my hip hop records by my side, well that is frankly one of those comments which simply makes the impression that Morrissey and his fans are inherently racist characters with deep rooted xenophobia all the easier to believe."
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people are rude and cruel..... (Score:1)
(User #3123 Info)
oh well he'll never learn (Score:0)
go listen to your drum 'n' bass.
This story is old ... but it goes on (Score:1)
(User #655 Info | http://website.lineone.net/~smilingontim/timstwin.htm)
fame fame .. fatal fame (Score:1)
(User #3003 Info)
but in some perverted way.... (Score:1)
but that 'overrated' bit - i couldn't disagree more....
but then again, opinions are like... eh, well... you know the drill.
(User #278 Info | http://www.thefarm.cjb.net/)
You are sleeping. You do not WANT to believe. (Score:1)
And what does it matter if he listens to Hip-Hop or Drum and Bass? That is totally irrelevent.
BUT... I personally don't give a crap what anybody thinks of The Smiths or Morrissey. Specially some guy who runs a website and then claims The Smiths to be overrated. He really has no idea. So, let's leave him to it.
(User #2115 Info)
hip-hop hating = racism? (Score:1)
However, something I really take issue with is the assertion that Mr Fitchett makes that a dislike for hip-hop implies racism/zenophobia. personally, I *do* really dislike hip-hop. however, I LOVE virtually all early Motown records, Stevie Wonder, Isaac Hayes, Marvin Gaye, David McAlmont ...... I could go on. It was a stupid thing to say. Just because you don't like Woody Allen doesn't make you an anti-semite.
(User #3228 Info | http://listen.to/orangejuice)
Objectively, it's an issue of talent to me (Score:1, Insightful)
strictly hip-hop (Score:1)
(User #2789 Info | http://www.morrisseymusic.com/)
And Your Prejudice Won`t Keep You Warm Tonight (Score:1)
(User #2713 Info)
death by cd (Score:1)
smiths is soo "overated", bands have to justify there terrible theft of "how soon is now".
If the Smiths are overated stop stealing that song you disgusting techn no-souls.
(User #1848 Info)