I think he did very well - and I was proud of him. He always seems nervous by his many hand gestures and mannerisms though.

Can't get the bloody thing to work either!

. . . one doesn't feel merely like an accidental, wholly aimless appendage (a suspicion especially prevalent on Mondays . . . or so it always seems).

It seems superfluous to say so - but of course He more than deserved it, and I now have a curious glow of pride in my rusty tin chest. And more of a fascination than ever with the graceful motions of His eyebrows.

What a cuuuutie...

yet have to figure out where precisely.

Does anyone know: from Pincio towards Piazza di Spagna, can you see a hotel with a wide & open inner court - not too distant from Babbington's ?

"Linda and I were great friends....." and then "I never actually met her..."

Hahahahahaha.

"But she was a wonderful person"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Stop it Moz, you're killing me!!!

when he's being sarcastic.

He and Linda McCartney being great friends/pen pals, PETA changing the world, honored to receive the award, bla ...

Love his Chao at the end, when in Rome ...

Very nice acceptance speech.

I had no idea he was pen pals with Linda McCartney. Perhaps they exchanged recipe ideas. I get the impression ol Moz knows a variety of ways to make toast. Toast and jam, toast and beans, Welsh rarebit, etc.

He looked great as usual. Ciao to you too, my Toastmaster General.

a wee bit nervous moz, stop it youre killing me. you tend to look like a little boy when you become nervous, decent speech i guess we are not really friends either? or penpals? it's okay i will settle for being a fan. are you sure you are in rome it looked like good old sunny south cental l.a to me. ciaooo ....

It looks like it could be the hotel where he stayed in, in Bologna, Italy, while on last year's tour.

Take a look here [morrisseymusic.com]

But they do have a lot of pink hotels and buildings in Italy and he does say he's in Rome, which is far to the South.
Nevermind.

just to let you all know

he's being sincere.

Hey steady!

I think Moz needs some Kalms for them nerves.

....Love those hands in motion... and looking simply gorgeous!

oh, sooo cringe making! He's just so nervous in front of a camera without a microphone in his mit. And the kiss at the end. No no no. He's gorge usually but, ah,.... pardon me...

The visuals and sounds were a bit lumpen on my pc, but Morrissey’s open participation shines through his enthusiastic and well-chosen appropriate words. I think it’s a stately yet warmly-communicated transmission.

“The human mind, as is the case with the mind of any animal, is a resonator. It responds to resonances in the environment.” —Frank Herbert

Now on with that gestating album!

Man, seeing the Mozman say "Caio" and the way he was expressing himself with those 'hand gestures' reminded me of eating with my family {as a kid} at my birthplace in Naples, Italy'. I have no doubt that he would make a perfecto Italiano! Maybe he really is Italian? In all sincerity, he definitely deserves that award. He was doing the whole veg thing long before half, if not most of the people at the Peta event. Once you get a good taste of Rome, you never want to go back home! Bon Giorno

All that happens when I click play is, his pic dissapears and screen goes black. Can anyone help? Thanks.

I hope he hasn't been listening to the silly media too much, he looks like he's lost a lot of weight.

Very nice speech though. I don't think anybody ever really expected him to be there in person to accept it, if i were him i'd have arranged my new album to coincide with the awards ceremony (it's all a bit cheesy really isn't it, even though i 100% support the cause). I doubt he'd bother to think it through that much though.

Ahh what a nice surprise.

I had to download macromedia flash to see it. http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/trigg erpages_mmcom/flash.html
Needed to wait for it to download for five minutes or so (was just a blank screen 'til then), then hovered over the pause button, found it let me play it, et voila.

for our lovely web lad who keeps it all running, and can't see the vidi on his computer yet:

"well, hello to everybody, i'm sorry i'm not there i'm in Rome, *smiles* making a new album, *cup-like gestures* but very very pleased to have this award, the Linda McCartney award

*looks up* Linda and i were great friends, well pen pals really *pen gesture downwards* for three years, and i never actually met her, but she was a, wonderful person, so i'm very very honored to have the award *hand thrust downwards* and i'd like to say hello to, Dan Matthews, *wave thrust outwards* to hello to Ingrid, uh two of my heroes

and um, it's a great honor, *wave thrust outwards* PETA is changing the world, 25 years old, onward onward, it's all fantastic, and i'm so proud to have the award, *left side wave* so have a good time, thank you, *right side wave* *mwuah* ciao

--
it was great to see him sunny and joyful, i can only hope he's this content if i ever meet him in person

the gesturing may come from hanging out Italians there who gesture when they talk, it can be contagious ;-) see the Russell Peters comedy video to see what i mean, it's google-able and he's a comedian of Indian descent, hilarious

-Lily

ic. i wish everyone would stop being super cynical. i really doubt he would mock linda mccartney and all of her efforts to end animal cruelty.
mock award-giving and award shows and all the starfuckers at them in general, yes. mock PETA's cause, no.
he was not being fake.
and damn he looked devilish too ;)

so cute it hurts...

He just comes across as modest and a little embarassed. A pre-recorded 'thank-you' will always be somewhat stilted.

Cheers, Moz! :)

How I Love Him

X

...the best bit on this video is the confirmation that he's currently recording a new album; magnifico!

to hear/see he's actualy in Rome recording the
new album

keep my fingers crossed till the new album
is released, or hear just a few new songs

His hand gestures... oh so Italian! Good to see that between cloaking himself in Italian designers and using hand movements with every utterance that he's most probably blending with the locals quite well!

Oh, and he looks far better on that video than he did in GQ I might add!

Is there anything more adorable than the "greatest idol since Presley" fidgeting in front of a camera?

Gad, looks fantastic and, yes, a bit thinner.

he possesses a natural charisma and eloquence...

All I remember him doing lately for PETA was the picture in the studio of him and the three dogs, holding the cardboard sign saying "I hate IAMS". HAve I missed something?

Would any kind soul, who knows a thing or two about computers, tape it through some recording software and convert it to a video file?

Pleeeeeeaaaaaase...someone? :D

I wish he would move his hands generally
less or more subtle also in concerts/videos.

Like in 'I have forgiven Jesus' he looks
like he's doing security check for himself,
and grabbing his groins guite boldly during
the procedure.

These harsh movements portraits him
as not so gentle, subtle, intelligent,
deep souled, symphatetic person i we all know
he is. Harsher side of him i guess,
sharp tongued bashing devil as he sometimes
may be.

He comes off as a poof.

Morrissey throwing kisses!and saying tchau left me happily, happily dumbfounded. The boy's torn on the side is very unexpectadely opening itself into a rose button. What a difference a warmer civilization makes to a soul raised in a humdrum town! So the thing on the miraculous healing power of Italie is true, then. If there's a chance for another stay in Brazil, his current half-squeezed smile can actually open all the way!

The hand gestures can be very English though. I heard the English talk a lot with their hands, and Morrissey never was actually too stiff. Something is alway moving in him, even if it's his tongue.

Sorry, I know these are petty details compared to his great achievement with PETA, but I really couldn't help noticing the radical difference in his body language, and in his demeanor in general. This guy came out of the dumps!

I believe the next video I'll see of him is him jogging at Ipanema beach and saying tchau, which is good-buy also in Portuguese. (I'm trying sometimes to persuade him to go to Rio so I can see him and say: Oi! Benvindo à alegria!).

http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndweb pages/morrissey%20im%20ageing%20gracefully

http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment.cfm?id=1934 762005

He looks great and I love the speech (adorable!). It's so nice to see Moz get some recognition when it comes to the work he's done for animal rights. God knows how many fans he's influenced to stop eating meat.
*easymeat

Any post on this topic that is anything other than congratulatory to Morrissey reveals the lack of depth in his new fan base, which is sad and unfortunate. However, I guess that is to be expected given the 25 and under crowd didn't have a chance for a comprehensive musical taste given what they were raised in.

Morrissey has spoken, gestured, and acted like that in virtually every taped or live interview he has ever given. He completely admits his discomfort while participating in things like this...that proves he really is in it for the music and the records and the live performance. There's an embarassment he feels about a spotlight being on him when he's not performing on stage...with celebrities, that is a rare, rare thing. Contrast this with Sean Penn who SEEKS out a camera for self-promotion.

Congratulate him. Notice his delivery style. Admire him. Don't criticize him. And finally, move on...