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posted by davidt
on Sunday February 04 2001, @11:00AM
Hairdresser on Fire writes:
The March 2001 issue of Q magazine has a Morrissey article on page 18. Entitled 'Morrissey's Back! Indie Godfather emerges from hibernation'(?!), the article talks about the recent Morrissey references on 'Who wants to be a millionaire?', and recent cover versions of Smiths tracks. More interestingly, it claims the man himself has revealed the title and theme for his next solo album.
"Entitled Irish Blood, English Heart, the yet-to be-recorded long-player explores his hiterto untapped Irish ancestry. "My Irishness was never something I hid," says Morrissey. "I was called Paddy from an early age. It was always odd later on with The Smiths when I was described as being extremely English, because other people would tell me that I looked Irish, sounded Irish."
However, the article makes clear that Morrissey is still without a record deal, and makes no reference to where the quote came from. The article goes on,
"Finally, the singer has even given a rare categorical denounciation of right-wing politics. Asked about Jorg Haider and the rise of European fascism Morrissey replied: "This is sad. Sometimes I don't believe we are living in an intelligent world."
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Looks like Q magazine found this interview in The Irish Times from Nov. 1999. Hardly news, but I suppose not much has changed since then.
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I don't like Q. The writing strikes me as very self-important, as though the writers are trying to create some kind of zeitgeist -- in which they just "so happen" to find themselves at the center.