didn't he say that he was moving back toward Catholicism? it really shows.

Pete Doherty, model example of sobriety, falls victim to a demon bearing two ovaries.

I can't imagine what would have happened had they stayed together much longer. She might have tempted him into wearing fur.

Shortarse.

... as his bitchy comments usually are. Sad to hear Morrissey referring so caustically to the ex Smiths (if inevitable).

Morrissey does need to be careful though - the shortcomings of his lacklustre band often means he leaves himself wide open to retaliation. M needs to consider new collaborators. (And yes, VaI and YA are fantastic - but now it's twelve years on).

Yet people on here will endlessly speculate. You silly bunch.

Seems more like his most vicious.

The magazine cover is previewed in today's NME - a heavily airbrushed Moz-as-Madonna - and some excerpts from the interview have found their way into dailies.

of course its going to be airbrushed. you need to hide this mans wrinkles somehow

Reason #330, quotes like this:
"I would rather eat my own testicles than reform The Smiths, and that's saying something for a vegetarian."

He was wronged by people he felt to be his close friends and allies. I know how he feels.

malefic wishes,
Mike

first. the cover cracks me up. i hope the irony is not lost on morrissey-solow users but i have little faith.

second. "Dismissing the possibility of a Smiths reunion, he said: "I would rather eat my own testicles than reform The Smiths, and that's saying something for a vegetarian." that is one of his best comments ever!

When you compare this to the interview in Observer music monthly...it clearly shows how bad that one was.

The outrageous statements, the pop culture references, the poet's cool brigaderial (is that a word - it'll do nicely) reserve is forgotten and he directs his artillery on some hapless glorified page 3 girl, or c-list TV celebrity.

Morrissey's interviews are at their best when he mixes the emotional insights with a bit of crude personal abuse thinly veiled as eloquent wit.

I look forward to reading it!

broken

Norwegian paper Dagbladet also refers to Morrissey's upcoming Uncut interview. Nothing is written here that hasn't already been quoted in English in this post but there is a nice picture of Morrissey plus a picture of Cherie Blair illustrating Morrissey's point about her 'always'-open-mouth

http://www.kjendis.no/2006/03/29/462242.html

I'm so glad my dad has a subscription.

Roasting testicles indeed!

Looks like a Fantastic interview! I like the fact that he still has LOTS to say these days - as no-one else ever has - about todays tabloid culture, the so-called celebrities, politicians and so on.
Morrissey really hasn't changed and that's what I Love about him.
I mean, who on earth has any interest in Pete Doherty? The man has just become a tabloid joke and I feel like he is being force-fed to the public from all corners. Somebody Please put Doherty out of his misery!
The world would be a lot duller place without Morrissey, in fact there is nobody who could EVER take his place or replace him. In fact, the world would be just a DULL place without Morrissey.
Love you FOREVER!

do you have a job?

like a bitter old man. He talks less and less about his music and more and more about celebrities who have nothing to say ... hmmm?

I was under that Moz dislikes Joyce intensely and doesn't care for Rourke much either but I thought that he and Johnny were "alright" with each other? I understand they don't talk and have moved in different directions in life but why would Moz be pissed at Johnny 18 years on? I realize the possible anger at Marr for the innitial break up but I had thought they were "ok" with each other. Didn't Moz have tea at Johnny's house about two years ago? Johnny also stated that he spoke to Moz about 18 months ago on the phone (just business).....strange.

and how he'd rather eat them, then reform The Smith's. That was really what got my attention the most.

I absolutley love quoting people, and that has to be my " Quote of the week!"

Oh yes!

another english mag ,we in the states
will have to scammble to get -gladly

ive just found an mp3 of
'honey u know where to find me'. by mozz circa 1995.

ive never even heard of it before.
its a demo i presume.
  anyone else heard it?

this is a great read, mozz back to his best, about time he has his say on the smiths getting back together, what would mozz possibly have to gain from a re-union, the rest of the smiths however.... i dont see them all filling the top 10 with there bands. the smiths will never happen, it was right then, leave it, mozz/marr maybe, but i doubt it, enjoy what you have in your collection and above all enjoy morrissey now, the greatest songwriter ever, cheers mozz

Ok, so, I’ve had some wine…so, here goes…this is my first time posting. I must say, I truly miss the old Mozz...I've followed him since the early 80's, and I just think he's lost his flair, his finesse. The validation he's seeking at this point is thick and embarrassing. It’s simply just boring and sad really. There's no mystery to him anymore, nothing left to ponder. Perhaps he’s too exposed for my tastes…I dunno. I suppose that it’s only natural for any human being…but, David T, aren’t you at least not as interested anymore? If so, what’s the appeal…Why do you continue to run your site? I mean, we’ve always been curious what he’ll do next, but honestly, that’s not even as promising anymore. Admittedly, I’ve been a voyeur I suppose as eagerly as you’ve been a website host (if you will), so we’ve no excuse for letting on, do we? Morrissey is not the same anymore you have to admit. I don’t mean to generate the typical, “Yeah, but what do you expect…he’s just getting older” response…the fact is, quite plainly speaking he’s a regurgitation of himself in all respects.

When I buy a new album, read an interview, whatever, I don't feel the goose bumps or ocular fixation I used to. There was a time, and most traditional fans would agree, when you couldn't believe what he could do to a set a speakers or an empty room. You were totally enveloped. But, Mozz is just...well, I guess old, and not as inspiring. That’s what happens I guess. I think we’re all hoping for an album that is somehow nostalgic and tangential somehow to anything else we hear, but it really never is. It’s re-used material with a slightly different take that we hyperbolize beyond reality, because we want it to be the best.

Yes, the band is old, but even the subtle hope of a Smiths reformation has always been only that…a hope. But it’s clearly the last thing on his mind, or any of the rest of them...it’s a squashed possibility. I think Mozz has outgrown who he really could have been...almost was, maybe was…don’t know really. It's like the climax that never quite reached the top. I can’t figure at this point if it’s either disturbing to witness this heartbreaking metamorphosis or if it’s natural and expected, that I should still listen and applaud, even though I cringe at the shallowness and lack of depth in every note and lyric when I compare it to the “then”. Either way, I sure do miss the Smiths and the young, vivacious, creative, uninhibited Morrissey who could lyrically and vocally clear the floor for anyone as aspiring. I feel very little in the passion department for this latest offering, and a few prior to...I'm so sorry to admit. I think there will always be a part of Morrissey that remains with me, but I’m pretty much done expecting a blast-to-the-past moment of bliss from him. He’ll always maintain an unbelievable niche in my life, but there’s only so much he can do. I think he’s just past the prime of his contribution to innovation in music, or he needs a serious reality-check to reinvigorate his prospects. Now, he just drones as expected. I’m just not interested in the next note…how sad.

By the way, for the opposition…I’m no great big spokesperson here…hardly…I’m merely expressing that I miss what Morrissey meant to the world of music, and to me personally, in my opinion. I think that we’ve seen the best he will ever be. I hope that in my lifetime there will be another of such greatness.

(pardon the grammar…Merlot…)

This interview won't be out for another week - the NME ad said OUT APRIL 6!

"Kate Moss has just dragged him down to her level. I don't honestly have an opinion on him. I don't care."
  He doesn't care?? Why does he even feel the need to mention it then???!! I's always the same old boring answers, the slagging-off etc.. I never understood why he was more interested in saying evil things about others than talking about his music, the recording process, the band etc...
waste of time!!

Morrissey and his testicles seem to be getting a lot of air play of late... First that funny Guardian review of the album commenting on the 'kegs between his legs'

and now Morrissey is putting them into his own mouth...

(and the image into our poor heads)

Reminds me of that old joke.. why does a dog lick his balls?

altogether now....

Morrissey does an interview, says exactly the same things as he would have said about people 20 years ago (substitute in whatever z-list celebrities were around then) and some people on here call him pathetic, bitter, out of touch etc etc. What other pop star can you rely upon to ground some of this crass cultural crap with a healthy dose of cynical reality, and make you laugh in the process?
One minute you want him to be like he was in The Smiths, the next you want him to shut his mouth. Make your minds up people.
The minute I stop liking him (which I can't see ever being a possibility, but still he could cover a Westlife track) I'll leave this fan site. Why people who don't like him come here to offer unconstructive and blatantly evil personal criticism I'll never know. Are your walls plastered with pictures of him pierced with darts? Are you planning to dance on his grave? Did you ever like him?
Whatever, this interview looks brilliant; his interviews are part of the reason I'm a fan. And (airbrushing aside) that picture is amazing.

Unlike unfamous people who slag off whoever they like without consequence, Morrissey actually has a decent chance of running into some of the 'celebreties' he savages in the press.

When he spots them in a room, what does he say, how does he look, does he already know where the exits are?

Morrissey's mentioned before that when he's ran into journalists who've ripped on him, "they're always very nice." What happens when the tables are turned?

Could they be in any way related?

Moz complains that certain magazines have agendas if he doesn't grant interviews so I'm just wondering if this is more than a mere coincidence.

Yes I appreciate that they're in different publications but c'mon.... And I'm surprised noone has mentioned this before!

I'm very much looking forward to reading the full transcript though. I always remember Morley's interview with John "Two Jags" Prescott c 1994. That was sheer class.

BLUEBIRDS

Haven't wanted to write this, and will probably receive a lot of criticism.

I'm finding certain things alarming, and this after having religiously followed Morrissey's art for the last 22 years.

The single. It is nothing special. Indeed, I find it dull, pedestrian and unoriginal in the extreme - the guitar plucking before the first verse kicks in is taken from Southpaw Grammar. Those with ears will know from where.

The b-side. "Good Looking Man About Town". Play this alongside "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby". The central two-chord riff and melody are too similar for my liking.

The lack of wit. "I would rather eat my testicles". This is crassly stupid. Morrissey's interviews, of which I have an extensive collection in several boxes upstairs dating back to 1983, used to be peppered with wit, scathing irony and marvellous humour. And the intelligence of the man. Such articulacy. And now? Now he thinks it okay to slate the other Smiths mercilessly. (My belief is that without the other Smiths Morrissey would never have got out of his bedsit - they were teenagers when he had already long-since missed the boat, only to be recruited into Johnny Marr's band).

Am I the only one who is concerned at thinking the album may have lines which are equally embarrassing as...

"Explosive kegs between my legs".

After the disappointment of YATQ, this does not bode well.

It' so easy to laugh, it's so easy to hate, it takes guts to be gentle and kind.

All respect as always to Mr Alain Whyte....Great track. Hoping to hear it on this tour. Which kicks off for me on Sunday in Stockholm : ) Bliss bliss bliss...never underestimate the power of happiness!