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posted by davidt
on Monday July 19 2004, @12:00PM
Anonymous writes:
does anybody know about the "censorship" of the "You Are The Quarry" album sleeve in Australia? it features a head and shoulders version of the original sleeve. In other words you don't see that Morrissey is brandishing a machine-gun.
Also here's a review of the said album from Australia's biggest free music paper, X-press:
"One of the generation's most quoted and critiqued rock stars,there is very little that is left unsaid about former Smiths frontman and pop chart heavyweight,Steven Patrick Morrissey. The Godfather of Indie has certainly had a second lease on life.First he found his way onto Australian shores to put on a show that was certainly worth the 20 year wait and now he is peddling his first release of new tunes for seven years.As is to be expected,time has seen him lose none of his wit,bitterness,black humour or sense of longing-not in song anyways.In one of his best collections of tunes in his solo career Morrissey takes a swipe at Americans,the English,Jesus,fans and himself but still manages to do so with his sense of self-depricating humour and grace. The man may structure his songs in a way to grab headlines as much as to express his sentiment,but there is no doubting he is still without many peers with his command of the English language in song.Even when pining for his homeland in Come Back To Camden,he can't help but mention "tea with the taste of the Thames" or "slate grey Victorian skies".Morrissey has lost none of his contempt for the industry that has made his name as he takes another stab at the fickle industry in You Know I Couldn't Last.More than just a nostalgia figure,Morrissey is the ultimate pop star in every sense of the word.Unfortunately he may be too grey and too intelligent to be all over the charts but You Are The Quarry shows he is no less important today than when he was in his prime" CHRIS HAVERCROFT.
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sadness that they didn't mention even a rumour of another tour down here, I think it's time to start a petition!