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Swedish singer Jens Lekman on Morrissey 'fans'
posted by davidt on Monday February 13 2006, @11:00AM

 charles byron sends the link/excerpt:

Interview: Jens Lekman - Pitchfork

excerpt:

Pitchfork: You said once that you were beat up by a throng of Morrissey fans when you were 17. Is that an exaggeration?

Jens: It happened a lot of times. Not because it had anything really to do with Morrissey, but that's just something about the music climate in Sweden. Everything's turned upside down, you know? I guess my fans are probably the new bullies. I guess they're listening to me, José González, and Morrissey, you know? I was sort of pushed around by the popular kids who were the people who listened to Morrissey. Is it true that in America you're still considered the kid who gets beaten up or the kid who's automatically gay if you're listening to Morrissey?

Pitchfork: [laughs] Well, that's probably putting an extreme spin on it, but it definitely is not what bullies here tend to listen to. They seem to prefer much more aggressive stuff on the whole. I mean, Morrissey is a huge cult figure here, but I'm sure he's still off the radar of most high school kids, and maybe a bit flamboyant or ostentatious to people who aren't accustomed to that sort of thing.

Jens: I wouldn't say the bullies would be like these very aggressive, big guys who would smash your face up. It's more like the beautiful elite that always knew what to like or something, you know? They were the ones that became actors or models later on, so it was more like they were freezing you out. I'm not sure how they could really relate to Morrissey, but somehow they did I guess. Or they just felt like they should. It's just that things are very upside-down here, so I actually turned to the music that they despised, like Eurodisco and stuff like that, because I felt like it really didn't have anything in common with them.

 
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Everything's turned upside-down (Score:1)
Being beaten up by a throng of Morrissey fans is hardly the same as being frozen out by the beautiful elite. Though this account is a little confused, Morrissey's popularity in Sweden isn't in doubt.
goinghome -- Monday February 13 2006, @12:00PM (#197912)
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Oh you're so silent Jens (Score:2, Informative)
Jens Lekman's "When i Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog" and "Oh You're So Silent Jens" are near perfect pop records ... like a synthesis of Morrissey, The Magnetic Fields, Jonathan Richman and Belle & Sebastian. They're sweet, funny, confused, incredbly melodic and heartbreaking ... exactly the qualities which attracted me to The Smiths in the first place.

Get some Jens in your life!

(Of course, there's bound to be a few teenage fanboys who will read the quote, misread it as Jens slagging off Morrissey, and will spend the next few years spitting tacks at Jens in supposed "defence" of Morrissey.)
LawrenceM -- Monday February 13 2006, @02:29PM (#197942)
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    Jens Lekman songs (Score:1, Informative)
    I'd listen to Jens Lekman anyday over Morrissey! Just kidding...or am I?

    Jens and his record co., Secretly Canadian, have put up some free, legal songs to download/listen to at their site (there's quite a few):

    http://www.secretlycanadian.com/jenslekman/dept.ht m [secretlycanadian.com]

    elvez
    Anonymous -- Monday February 13 2006, @02:39PM (#197944)
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      its true of america (Score:0)
      Whenever i say or am asked who i like -
      the response has Always been the same ..
      A- who ? B - isn't he gay ?(with the question
      being slightly asked of both of us)
      even moz has said 'its not easy being a morrissey
      fan ,because you always have to expalin why'

      markmustb1 -- Monday February 13 2006, @08:21PM (#197969)
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       Cos no one ever turns to me to say...
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      Please someone from Sweden tell me who is more pop (Score:0)
      Tell me who is more popular there: Morrissey, Peter Forsberg, or Jens Lekman
      moho -- Tuesday February 14 2006, @05:25AM (#197999)
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      Should Moz ever retire.. (Score:1)
      Jens would make a suitable replacement.
      BritpopMuppet <britpopmuppet@bolt.com> -- Tuesday February 14 2006, @08:45AM (#198023)
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       She reads novels, by French authors with loose morals, she can do no wrong...
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        lol (Score:0)
        Morrissey fans, rude, immature and elitist?

        You don't say?
        Anonymous -- Tuesday February 14 2006, @09:59AM (#198035)
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