sounded quite angry in that Q interview. Is it really true that he's not credited at all on the new edition of Viva Hate? Not sure what he meant by his name being left off the album. Did Moz promise him a belated production credit or something?

No disrespect to Vini Reilly, but if you read Johnny Rogan's book, wherein Vini speaks about making Viva Hate, you find a complete contradiction of what he's now saying. If I read this correctly, Vini is now complaining that he wasn't given a writing credit on 'Viva Hate' but he told Johnny Rogan he thought that "those songs were saved from being utterly mediocre only by Morrissey's performance". He then tells how Street completely restricted his input, that he added a few effects to Dial A Cliche "to make it interesting for [himself]" but that he was "waiting for the vocal to go down" cos Street's backing tracks were so dull. Rather suggests that Street wrote the tracks and Vini added what he could instrumentally don't you think? In other words, Vini didn't co-write Viva Hate with Moz, Stephen Street did, but Vini spiced it up with his guitar-playing. All this by Vini's own admission. He and Street certainly seem to intensely dislike one another!

for what it's worth.
They met up in Manchester sometime just under a year ago, I think.
John

Hi! Sixteen years later my brain has gone soft and I immagine a lot of things - like writing the music to Viva Hate. I want some part of Morrisseys genius as well.

Are people going to try and cash in on Morrissey from now on? I have the feeling he's gotten big enough for certain people to start doing so whether it's for money or just to be heard after so many years.

I agree with a previous poster. How can they remember such details after so long? Stephen Street has produced so many albums how can he keep track on details?

...I think I had emailed a few lyrics to Moz a few years back...hmmm

Personally, I beleive Vini.But hey!Thats just my anonymous opinion.