Bit of a different kinda Christmas single there......

Mozzarella

Love the song, but it is so not a single, even if it is gonna come out around Christmas. DMFODV is the best choice I reckon...

I Have Forgiven Jesus is my favourite song from YATQ, although perhaps I Like You would have made a better single.

I find Jesus one of the most trite songs on the album. It doesn't have any legs, in my opinion.

"Jesus" is a great song but a poor choice as a single. Morrissey, however, has made an art of picking the wrong songs for singles. "I Like You" would have been a huge hit in England and would have been played in the clubs in America.

I Have Forgiven Jesus is a better selection for a single.

It is even better to write it as IHFJ... Like IBEH, FOTGTD...

flows...

I was talking to the band members before the Bridlington concert and they told me that the single after "Let Me Kiss You" will be "Don't Make Fun Of Daddy's Voice". They also told me the b-songs but I can't remember the names of them. "Friday Morning" rings a bell, though.

A Christmas single?

I think from a blasphemy point of view, Christians would have a valid case in objecting to this.

Jesus is the only man ever to be without sin. The suggestion that he he has something to be forgiven for is clearly provocative.

And all this from a good Catholic boy.

I was hoping that 'Daddy's voice' was to be a B side on 'Let Me Kiss You'.
The band have performed it superbly during the current tour, and as far as I could see it's destined to be a fan's favourite.
Would'nt it be rather odd to see a non-album track released just before Christmas though??

Does nobody else think that a fourth single would be a bit much?

Why not re-brand as Phil Collins and be done with it!

DONT MAKE FUN OF DADDYS VOICE, non studio album track please, like November, Ouija board and so many more.

'I have forgiven jesus' is rubbush!
it'll bring Moz plummetting back down to his Roy Keane and Dagenham Dave mid-90's level of third rate 'will this do>' singles.
J

Thank god it's getting a single release. Possibly one of Morrissey's best ever songs.

Pretty boring and obvious comment I`m afraid but I agree with above commentators that "I Like You" would be a better single; either that or Daddy's Voice (though I prefer the former.) I think ILY (abbreviations again!) is a cracking song and one of the overlooked highlights of the album, pretty damn groovy and dancey too. In fact its probably his most "dancey" song since Barbarism Begins At Home! The lyrics are pretty great too. People who don`t know shit from treacle have called them banal. This is a very poinient, touching and humorous exploration of a deeply misanthropic individual who has finally found someone they can get along with, something close to both Morrissey and many of his fan's hearts (and nothing whatosever to do with "moaning about court cases" as the nay-sayers have it.)

"Jesus" is quite a good song with dramatic moments but the tune overall is slightly leaden, and that "I was a good kid...." line is a bit too trite. I don`t think it will do well.

For more of my searing insights on "YATQ" (here we go again!) see
http://www.spikemagazine.com/0704morrissey.php

honestly, why are so many complaining of the possibility ofa fourth single? seven years with no new material released from Moz and now that hes back they complain its too much! four singles off an album is hardly excess, many hav done so [Oasis, Radiohead, Suede, U2...]. a fourth single will all but ensure the release of any and all studio material left from the '...Quarry' sessions plus any new material recorded during theyre recent time spent in studio.

while id rather see 'I Like You' or even 'The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores' released asa single rather than '...Jesus' idont really care so much as long as we recieve as many original studio b-sides as possible. be thankful or at very least be quiet.

Where, oh where, oh where can the isolated few (such as I) get hold of a bootleg of "Don't Make Fun of Daddy's Voice?"

I'm itching and (then) dying here it...

Morrissey did it with Your Arsenal too

we hate it when our friends become succesful
you're the one for me fatty
certain people I know
tommorrow

Suede and Oasis did it with their 90 hitalbumms
too [headmusic&what's the story morningglory]

IHFJ is my personal fouvourite song from the album,[along with camden]
so I'm not complaining though I find it a bit
silly to release let me kiss you at the same time
Nancy does .
So I would choose another song as 3rd single
[prefery the cover of Raymonde's 'no one can hold a candle fo you']

I have forgiven Jesus...but not the Jews.

Sincerely,

Mel Gibson's Dad

It's probably my favourite track off the album. Great to see this as a single -- at Christmas! How can anybody who loves Morrissey not rejoice? Imagine if it toppled Sir Cliff off his undisputed throne?

Someone who's an A-ha nut said "Jesus" reminds her very much of that group's songs -- any takers on that? Moz did sing a bar or two from an A-ha song at one of his European shows.

Easily my fav on moz's latest masterpiece!

As IHFJ is not going to be a commerical success, it's still nice to see that the MOZ is giving us a 4th single, jut for us fans! I bet this single will include b-sides just for us to that will be never before heard knock outs...thanks morrissey...hell release every single just so we can get more b-sides....
for those who think its blasphemy to release IHFJ so close to Christmas, remember the fact that Chistmas is not really Jesus' supposed b-day and Christmas, as well as Jesus should be begging us for forgiveness! hehe....so how about for Chrismas, an album full of unreleased tracks and b-sides from the YATQ sessions?

I'm happy to buy seven singles from the album as long the b-sides are as plentiful and of high a quality as the last two singles.

BUT!

As long as I don't see the dreaded words 'Includes live tracks' no matter how good the shows have been. (And they have been very good indeed)

Daddy's Voice should be the single - it's absolutely fantastic - and like nothing he's done before.

I do hope "I Have Forgiven Jesus" isn't his Christmas single for his Maladjusted follow-up! I remember in 1997, he announced "Satan Rejected My Soul" as his Christmas single and played it on TFI Friday. It peaked at around 39, if my memory serves me correctly, then predictably nosedived out of the top 100. Surely not a good omen?

More b-sides!

"I'm hyperventilating!"

Available at record stores in Canada in the third week of March - Morrissey's christmas single "I Have Forgiven Jesus".

C'mon Sanctuary - please don't forget about us up here in the Great White North this time!

I'm glad this one has been picked. It's funny, I started off hating this tune but now it's "First Of The Gang To Die" that I really despise. And for the life of me I can't understand why everyone thinks it's so bloody marvellous. My eyes roll into the back of my head whenever I hear it. It's the sonic equivalent, in terms of excitement, of opening a drawer. Lyrically I suppose it's a pleasant enough little tale, but the effect is rather like hearing some relative you've never heard of has to have an operation- you don't really care. Musically, it's Your-Arsenal-Period-Morrissey-By-Numbers.

Even so, it beats 'Chip Shop' Jamelia and any of the offerings from her forthcoming album: Open or Wrapped?

Anyway, I do like "Jesus" now- but it took a while. Good job on the releasing such an obviously Blasphemous single around the time of Kristian Konsumerfest as well...

A boot of the Dolls show has been circulating around for some time, but I think I'll pony-up for the official release all the same. While I've enjoyed the nicely captured audience recording, I'm salivating at the chance for a soundboard version...

even if we have to buy 10 copies each for friends and family!!!!!

He releases Camden? It's a lovely song, and I think it would do quite well. It would appeal to the same crowd that took Dry Your Eyes to #1.

Why doesn't Moz realize 'Don't Make Fun Of Daddy's Voice" as the fourth single, just before Christmas (most agree that it would make a good single and is very catchy, could attract many new fans). And then have it as an bonus track on limited edition versions of the albums, attracting new fans to the album, while we can all just buy the single. Good for us, and Moz makes loads of cash! Genius, no?!

i like morrissey as much as the next person... but what an ego.

would it not have been in better taste to keep "morrissey presents" off the title of the new york dolls dvd?

i feel that moz should of just released one single. theres no need to reales so many . he was good off just realesing his rendering of 2PAC'S TO LIVE and DIE IN L.A. but oh well here comes another single im going to add to the archives.

Why are people complaining about this upcoming release? Another single means more b-sides. So what if it's not the song YOU think it should be, it's Morrissey's choice. After all, it is his career. He doesn't release his music to cater to anyone.

Now quit all your bitching and just be happy that there are yet more Morrissey songs coming soon! What an unappreciative lot you are!

1. I can't stand the song itself.

2. It's not a single anyway.

3. A better choice would be "I Like You", even though the studio version of that doesn't equal its live potential.

4. Better still would be "Don't Mkae Fun...", though a double A-side with an album track would be nice.

5. The only reason for putting out "Jesus" in December is to grab some cheap controversy/press coverage by hoping some religious idiots condemn it (see also: "Ouija Board", released at Hallowe'en 1989)

6. In my opinion that track should never have made the album at all, and should have been dumped as a b-side at some point. The whole comeback has been a complete mess as far as tracklistings go, with dull and lame songs put on the album and genuine gems chucked away on b-sides.

You can't release a song called 'I have forgiven jesus' near christmas-time, that's just wrong!:P

Does anyone know where I can find the lyrics to 'Don't Make Fun Of Daddy's Voice'?

hi evereyone josh here.

i know its contraversial but i think Morrissey should do a completely new song, and just PRETEND its on the album. the song he should do is "kill uncle"

the lyrics are:

Oooh uncle, i've got a present for you
and it's not the kind you probably want
Oooh uncle, when pepole mention you
it makes me want to hit you with something blunt

and even though freud was almost right
(as i said to mother in bed last night)
its you not daddy that i want to fight
because you want to take her away
(away-ahay-hay-hay)

and i just

Want to kill you uncle,
take your pick from all my kitchen knives
Oh I want to kill you uncle
don't you know its wrong to have two wives?

Oh you may think i'm just haveing some fun
but i've been wanting to do this since nineteen ninety one
so meet me on the front lawn when you've finally done
with your cup of tea and your vile iced bun

oh i just want what's naturally mine
i just want what's rightfuly mine

and even though freud was almost right
as i said to mother in bed last night
its you not daddy that i want to fight
because you want to take her away

etc etc repeat to fade.

I dont know what he was thinking of (which proves freud was right i supose) but i think he should give it a go. i think it could be my favourite Morrissey song, and i hope it will be in your 'top five' or at least 'top ten'.

best wishes josh.