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"Morrissey tells how he really feels" - LA Times Calendar (Feb. 22, 2004)
posted by davidt on Tuesday February 24 2004, @09:00AM

 joeymozzer writes:

In Sunday's Calender section of the Los Angeles Times (Pop Eye - Steve Hochman):

Morrissey tells how he really feels
Morrissey may have gone seven years since his last album, but the English singer's notoriously terse, tart tongue has not been blunted in the interim.

Asked if the producers of VH1's "Bands Reunited" series had the temerity to approach him about a Smiths episode, given the famously bitter rift between him and former bandmate Johnny Marr, he offered, "I'm standing at the top window with an air rifle, waiting for them to arrive."

That attitude bodes well for fans who waited out the hiatus for his new album, "You Are the Quarry," due May 18. The layoff has not changed their hero one bit.

"I still think the human race is vastly overrated," he says, summing up the tone of his new material. "It's a bit of an emotional splurge, but it couldn't be any other way, to be honest."

The pent-up emotions, he says, came from his inability to find a satisfactory label to sign with. That changed last year when he made a deal with Sanctuary Records. Then, in a move that helped sharpen the attack of the songs, he teamed with Jerry Finn, a California producer known for his work with Green Day and Blink-182.

"It would have been easier to go with someone who was somewhat safer," Morrissey says. "But I thought Jerry was a risk, and it's a risk that worked fantastically well. The music is very emotive, very incendiary, difficult to ignore."

 
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    Morrissey will never sellout (Score:2, Insightful)
    Asked if the producers of VH1's "Bands Reunited"...

    That's just awesome to hear/read from Moz.

    And i'm so pleased with Morrissey being happy with his album, that's awesome news. I hope it doesn't turn out to be a Zwan-Mary Star of The Sea, with all the fans complaining about it being too 'HAPPY', and 'WE WANT OUR OLD MOZ BACK'.

    I hope he blows our minds away.

    -jlramirez
    Anonymous -- Tuesday February 24 2004, @09:19AM (#87870)
      waiting with wonder (Score:0, Offtopic)
      I'm lying here
      Wide to receive
      Almost anything
      You'd care to give
      uaedruid -- Tuesday February 24 2004, @09:54AM (#87872)
      (User #10013 Info)
        L.A. Times (Score:0)
        I'm an L.A. resident, does anyone know if this is still available at certain shops?
        Anonymous -- Tuesday February 24 2004, @09:58AM (#87873)
        Sweet And Tender Hooligan (Score:2, Funny)
        "I'm standing at the top window with an air rifle, waiting for them to arrive."

        Well I cetainly wouldn't want Mozzer to go down THAT path...

        Still, a life sentence in jail might do the Mozzelle the world of good. At least that way he can appeal to that whole hip hop, rap segment of hardened nonces 'doing time'.
        Pauly GP -- Tuesday February 24 2004, @10:14AM (#87877)
        (User #9900 Info | http://www.livejournal.com/users/pauly_gp/ )
         There's no-one sicker than the Pauly GP
        Si! (Score:1)
        Way 2 say it Moz....
        IdramosI <latinoflav_99@yahoo.com> -- Tuesday February 24 2004, @10:19AM (#87878)
        (User #10010 Info | http://www.matthewgood.net/ )
         ...i'm sorry for smudging the air with my song...
          is it really so strange..?? (Score:0, Funny)
          wow, this is weird..I was wathching vh1's bands reunited with berlin(very exciting!) and I thought, I wonder if Mozz would ever reunite with his ex-band mates...then I thought, naaa, he would probably be at the top window with an air rifle waiting for them to arrive.........true story
          Anonymous -- Tuesday February 24 2004, @01:14PM (#87901)
            good and bad (mmm, hmm) (Score:0)
            it's great to hear Moz talking up the new album. I think it's gonna be something really special. just a bit of a shame that the lead-off single doesn't showcase his true songwriting skills (no humour, observation or poetry), and risks re-igniting the whole nationalistic, flag-waving debate from the most depressing part of his career, instead of moving forward and putting the past firmly behing him. oh well, will he ever learn?
            Jenkins
            Anonymous -- Tuesday February 24 2004, @03:10PM (#87916)
            I am the Quarry, goo goo g'joob! (Score:1)
            This is it, my fellow Mozamaniacs!

            This is the beginning of ....well, somethin'!

            Somethin' big!

            As epic as a Cecil B. DeMille picture!

            As sweet as a Mary Pickford short!

            As witty as a Marx Bros. comedy!

            As sexy as a Lana Turner film!

            And as charming as a Cary Grant feature!

            I can't wait to hear what new, exciting, sexy adventures he and the lads have cooked up.

            Yes ...May 18... watch out USSA, here comes the Moz! Do do do do, And I say "It's all right"!
            Davy_Havok -- Wednesday February 25 2004, @12:52AM (#87942)
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            Rift With Johnny? (Score:1)
            I thought the reason why The Smiths never could or would reunite wasn't because there was a rift between Morrissey and Johnny, but because of Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke, and the whole lawsuit situation. Not that I'm expecting any sentimental duets between Morrissey and Marr!
            Miranda_Grey <mirandagreyNO@SPAMearthlink.net> -- Wednesday February 25 2004, @03:34AM (#87960)
            (User #9935 Info)
              Same old Moz (Score:1)
              What a relief, it's sounds like he's still got something to say with the new album. I don't think the day will ever come when Moz "sells out".

              Don't chase the market Morrissey - let it come to you. The time for a Moz revival is now, people are sick of the manufactured rubbish that is entering the charts every week. VIVA MORRISSEY!
              English Martyr -- Wednesday February 25 2004, @03:45AM (#87963)
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                "I was not worth knowing..." (Score:2, Insightful)
                When will people finally realise, that it is a blessing and a privilege, that THE SMITHS won't EVER reunite? How can anyone genuinly think that they (read Mozzer and Johnny) could ever come up with something as special and transcendentally good, as when they were around from '82 - '87? Just look at all those bloody useless reunions over the last couple of years, or at the mediocre "Boomslang " album of Johnny's HEALERS. I'm so relieved about the fact, that they broke up, before they could become a self parody of themselves, and leave with such a musical and lyrical legacy, only rivaled by JOY DIVISION! Nevertheless, I'm more than looking forward to his new album, as I really likded the new songs far better, than most of "Maladjusted"!! Concerning the beginning of my comment, I'll leave this topic with the recommendation not to beat a dead horse...and thanks to Morrissey for still being so stubborn and therefore never participating in any useless reunion!!
                Opolus -- Wednesday February 25 2004, @05:39AM (#87973)
                (User #5987 Info)
                 "Slit my eyes, for they'll remember..."
                  Joycerism (Score:1)
                  if he'd shoot them, imagine what he'd do to Mike Joyce. I don't think there's a definition for it in the dictionary.

                  besides, how can Morrissey shoot animals?
                  nonesoever -- Wednesday February 25 2004, @01:45PM (#88051)
                  (User #8448 Info)
                   "... turn popular song into sickness"
                  • Re:Joycerism by PoisonIvy (Score:1) Friday February 27 2004, @05:52PM
                    Regarding Joyce & Rourke (Score:0)
                    Sweet and Tender Hooligans are playing a show in San Diego and Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce are listed as "guest DJs" is this for real? How Sad for them, not even making music.
                    Anonymous -- Wednesday February 25 2004, @02:50PM (#88066)
                    Track list "You Are The Quarry" (Score:0)
                    1) America Is Not The World
                    2) Irish Blood, English Heart
                    3) I Have Forgiven Jesus
                    4) Come Back To Camden
                    5) I'm Not Sorry
                    6) The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores
                    7) How Could Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel?
                    8) The First Of The Gang To Die
                    9) Let Me Kiss You
                    10)I Like You
                    11)All The Lazy Dykes
                    12)You Know I Couldn't Last
                    Anonymous -- Thursday February 26 2004, @04:25AM (#88111)
                    words which could only be your own (Score:1)
                    "... to approach him about a Smiths episode, given the famously bitter rift between him and former bandmate Johnny Marr, he offered, "I'm standing at the top window with an air rifle, waiting for them to arrive."

                    Absolutely priceless. :)
                    New York Doll <new0york0doll@hotmail.com> -- Thursday February 26 2004, @10:54AM (#88175)
                    (User #230 Info)
                     Give a man a mask and he will tell you the truth
                      only 87 more days!!! (Score:1)
                      and the count down is on! i could give a hoot about what label the album is on, truthfully, but i am real glad that Moz is happy. Spring is in the air, let us breath in life, and smile a smile from deep down.
                      punkins -- Thursday February 26 2004, @03:24PM (#88251)
                      (User #9833 Info)
                       George W. Bush is a lying, murderous whore-beast!!
                        and marie's the name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 (Score:0)
                        has he mentioned any thing about lisa marie yet!!!!!!!!!!
                        Anonymous -- Friday February 27 2004, @07:26AM (#88391)

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