In one of the old issues of Select magazine from 1992, Kurdt called that TOTP performance, "A tribute to Morrissey." It's the only time I recall him mentioning Mozzer.

This confuses me. I remember the performance very well. He had a throat infection or something, but they made him sing anyway because that was the new TOTP policy (incidentally Moz did 'My Love Life' the same 'karaoke' way as I remember). He just stood there and kind of growled, totally deadpan. I never thought there was anything more to it than that. I guess we're going back 10 years now, so maybe I don't remember the performance clearly enough, but it didn't seem like a very convincing Moz impression to me.

The fourth song - Smells like teen spirit - is Kurt trying to Sound like Moz

:-)

http://home.wanadoo.nl/nirvanu/bootlegs/out4mp3.ht m

..if indeed he intended too. Although Evan Dando did sing the last chorus to Mrs. Robinson on the same programme in a deliberately Morrissey fashion. Maybe they were just trying to set a trend.

> as I know the only reference that shows Kurt
> Cobain knew who Morrissey was

Kurt Cobain was a big fan of Bowie, and also of C86 bands like The Pastels. (I think he once said The pastels were his favourite band) so he was obviously fairly well scholled on UK indie from the 80s. Also, Courtney Love was a Teardrop Explodes groupie, and once lived in the same falt as Ian Macculloch. It's pretrty plain that Morrissey would have know who Morrissey was, and probably would have been a Smith fan to some degree or other.

Can anyone put a mirror to download the mp3?
It seems that the site has exceeded their bandwidth limit.

i remember an interview where courtney love said she used to learn to play guitar watching johnny marr playing, and that she was influenced by him.
I guess she missed some lessons....

Good night and thank you!

Fact is both Courtney Love and Michael Stipe are good friends with The Mozz, so SURE Cobain knew who Morrissey was. Was he a fan?
If you listen to the mp3 it doesn't sound like Morrissey (who does anyway?,) but Cobain tries hard not to scream as he drags his voice as much as he can in a crooner-like manner.
Now remember - it's a TOTP's performance, it's England - how many crooners do you know of in there? Only one, The Mozz. It seems obvious to me.

I believe the Brave Ones are all connected - but not in a Morrissey-Diana kinda phenomena:
Bowie called the Pixies the band of the 80's; Marr called Nirvana the band of the 90's; Cobain wanted to be in the Pixies; both Frank Black and Morrissey have sang with Bowie; Cobain covered a Bowie song; Cobain confessed with Stipe; Stipe confessed with Morrissey; The Smiths influenced britpop; the Pixies influenced Grunge; etc etc etc...
They know and love each other. These are my heroes. I love them all.

It's no surprise (and really no matter) that Cobain knew of Morrissey. Whether he held him in esteem or not, his wife, Courtney Love claimed she "loves Morrissey!" During an impromptu signing outside a small venue in Louisville, KY, I asked her what she thought of Moz and that was her emphatic response. In fact, I think I recall reading that she claimed the same in some pop rag interview, and always ended up having to defend The Smiths, et al., to her punk wannabe friends. Anyway, maybe Kurdt wanted to mock Moz because of what he saw on TOTP, but at least he had a discussion or two about him with his wife.

I think it's hilarious the Kurt was taking the piss out of Morrissey. Morrissey on his own is completely fey joke, and must be sad that Nirvana kick the crap out of his solo career, unseating him as "Alternative God" and making his entire catalogue irrelevant. Kurt was the Truth in a way that Morrissey could have been if he had died in 1986. If Morrissey was so miserable and all that crap, why didn't he just end it instead of making a cash career out of it? Kurt was at the top of his career, with millions of adoring fans, critics sucking his cock, street cred if there was ever such a thing, everything that Morrissey ever dreamed of, and he blew his brains out. Now that's authenticity, that's a real obsession, that's art. Sorry Morrissey, but your ironic self-effacement and fey wanting is sadly passe when you're still alive and suing your band. Plus, you're a liar about your celibacy - deep inside, you're just another Boy George.

... murdered ... Kurt
but you know
I would hate anything
that happened to my shirt ...

NO I don't want to see him.

Did you really think he'd pull through?
Let me whisper my last goodbyes,
I know, I'm devious