Re: Article: "The Impossible Interview: Morrissey Speaks with Jennifer Lawrence"; illustration - Van
Without beating a dead tofu turkey, I would like to say that Morrissey has many fans and friends in the media, some of whom cannot be objective when it comes to him (which is fine by me). I will point no fingers at Harvest/Capital Records. I point no fingers at Morrissey. Rather, while I believe Morrissey was not invited to give any interviews or sing songs from "World Peace..." on TV (where the sun always shines) as he said in a TTY statement, if he or someone on his behalf, had called various magazines, newspapers, TV programs, etc., etc., etc., he would not have been denied. That is to say, because the fascination with the man seems equal to or greater than the interest in the music, he could have been, dare I say everywhere in his desire to see "World Peace..." top the U.K. charts, and perhaps make the Billboard top 10. Ross, Conan, Telemundo, L.A. Weekly (and I think every city's free Alt. newspaper, especially those with a sizeable Latino population...El Paso, Albuquerque, etc. would have happily interviewed him and put him on the cover). My stack of magazines for which Morrissey was on the cover and/or interviewed for "You Are The Quarry" takes up half a banker's box and ranges from "Spin" to some publication in Japan, the name of which eludes me. Do you think these were all invites? No. Sanctuary Records, and perhaps even people close to Morrissey outside of the record label, put the word out, and the response was very good. Famous, infamous, outsider's outsider, outsider's insider, the man is and has always been a great Interviewee, the critics darling, sometimes foe, and in this way the media world to a larger extent than may be thought, especially in the U.K., is his proverbial oyster.
World tour! ("media whore") "Please the Press in Belgium!" - And why not?
p.s. Was this interview actually real or piss take?
