...he's really quite jolly. Even if he has made the strange step of abandoning Brighton for Liverpool.

The Smiths/Morrissey is what I'm drawn to, when I'm depressed, and when I'm happy, but it doesn't depress me, unless envy/jealousy is depression. Blaming this music for depression is an ignorant copout.

if you are still up this late..then go to bed! But if you are having sleep apnea and refuse..then read more stories like this one at
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I wonder, does one get depressed because one listens to The Smiths, or does one listen to The Smiths because one is already depressed?

Anyway, this article opens the door to a lot of possibilities.

Maybe Morrissey can get his new tour sponsored by Prozac?

Maybe someone should touch upon the fact that the music of the Smiths and Morrissey have empowered many people who would otherwise feel great weakness in their particular state of mind.

Nothing's going to alter the chemical nature of your brain besides aging, and/or the immediate use of drugs.

In the mean time, it's best to find someone or something that makes you feel the least bit positive about your situation. The Smiths and Morrissey supply that positivity in massive quantities.

It's those who don't mature upon listening to the music of The Smiths and Morrissey that should be of some concern.

But the idea that people are willing subjecting themselves to those things which make them feel horrible, is not only a fairly naive view of the attraction, but a rather ridiculous one.

There are many more fulfilling ways to beat yourself up than listening to a Smiths or Morrissey record.

I used to feel horrible about myself because I wasn't very social and preferred to be alone than with friends, family, etc. I thought that there was something wrong with me because I hated being in relationships and the thought of having a future husband and children made me ill.

But after discovering the Smiths and Morrissey, I have come to learn that many people just prefer their own company to the company of others, and that there's nothing wrong with that. Now I feel much better about myself. Thank you Morrissey! :P

I was reading what they say about the whole article and I think that we are fans of this "kind" of music which means that in some way it's touched us, may it be positive or negitive--I must say though that I, myself look to advise when I'm stumped w/ some kind delema. If not any found in Moz's music then I look to the smiths, however either way I come out feeling better--because the music moves my in some way or another.

. . . that everyone who doesn't really LISTEN seems to think this. Take my parents for example. When I was fifteen I discovered Morrissey and The Smiths. (Cue concerned glances between family members). Six months later, I begin to suffer from depression. I spend all of my time in my room weeping etc, and so my parents immediately assume it is His fault, take all of my CDs and hide them from me. They did not pause to consider that it might be the fact that I am miserable at my new school, and that I am terrified of the future, or that I have lost the ability to feel emotions,or that every thing I do or say or feel is through a grey-tinted glass - Oh no! - it is clearly the influence of that snivelling misanthrope, who has no sense of humour and only travels in a hearse. Well, naturally I got even worse without my only comfort and had to be sent away 'for a little while'. They soon got the picture and gave them back to me, whereupon I improved slowly. I even smile sometimes.