i take it leaving Kylie Minogue off this list is another dig at her...

Although he has criticised David Bowie it has been more on a personal level since their falling out after the "Outsiders"-tour. As an artist I am sure Morrissey truly admires Bowie. I recall Moz saying something nice about him in an interview from recent years. Moreover, he still sings the beautiful Drive-in Saturday on tour.

The Jesus & Mary Chain

That would suggest that they've all been criticised unfairly to some degree, which is of course ludicrous. There's nobody on there who has had anything like enough criticism. more more more!
presumably the omission of depeche mode infers there criticism is fair, couldn't agree more.

He's allowed to criticise. He's allowed to have his opinion. Unfair doesn't come into it.

If you disagree with his views that's another matter.

I have no idea why the english adore this guy. He is so boring. I truly believe that David Bowie absolutely stinks. The best thing he did was the dancing in the streets duet with Mick Jagger

The Cure? I'm not a Cure fan, but some of their songs are quite good.

Who the fuck voted Elton John?

The "Ponce" stuff and kickings in Wigan were low blows to a fellow musical genius.

Moz himself would get a good kicking in Wigan, it's a badge of honour for all unusual outsiders.

I personally think, that his JOY DIVISION bashing was completely far-off!! Although I'm a hardcore fan of both (talking 'bout JD & THE SMITHS, as well as Mozzer's solo work) I can't get rid of the feeling, he just did it because of all the notoriety JOY DIVISION and (later on) NEW ORDER got, maybe overshadowing anything else coming from Manchester.

"The critics who, can't break you, unwittingly they make you"- Morrissey

He broke none, and therefore has "unwittingly" helped to make all. In his own words,
                                                                          LOZ

Yes indeed it seems Moz is quick with the forked tongue and venom when it comes to other bands... Makes him appear very petulant, immature and insecure at times... So maybe it's fitting that for once an artist he actually admires (Paul Weller/The Jam) said he really doesn't care for any of Morrissey's music and is not a fan...

Once upon a time, Steven Patrick even loved Bowie (!)

Well despite the petty remarks that sometimes come out of him: I still love ol' Mozzer ;^)

Ripping on the Cocteau Twins doesn't make much sense. Such a brilliant and original band.

I guess they're just not Moz's cup of tea.

I would only say Radiohead, because they are actually good. But Sade? Maybe my memory is fading, but what did he say about Sade? I mean, she's the sweetest taboo.

Crap topic...

"Have a go Merchant"
although i dont recall anything every being
said about these two towards each other
something happened -
she covered(on cd) and played "sunday" on tour
in an interview a while back she was asked
to name people she liked -I was waiting ..but no
mention of moz,and she named quite a few.
The song i was always led to believe was to have been about her
DAM shame !!! cos they would be ulitmate couple

Singers/bands bashing their peers is weak. It's just childish and makes you look like an idiot. Sure, 90% of what's out there is shit but they are all doing their own thing just as Morrissey has alwasy done. They don't exist to please him.

How the hell did The Cure not make it onto this list?

Morrissey and Robert Smith both are known to slag each other off routinely.

Must demoralize both fellas to know that they frequently share fans with one another.

...... Being outspoken and opinionated is just his way,
he revels in the controversy.

Most of his comments are warranted too, especially
those regarding Elton, hes so crap.

Slating Bowie was on a personal level and the fall out after
that disagreement with the tour / support slot and so on,
not about attacking Bowie's music.

Hello Suz, Im still here, just....... ;-)))))

Not that that was unfair, of course.

Why not the Queen? Is also an act..

I missed on that one. I used to LOVE Sade. :( What the hell did Morrissey find wrong with her? That she was the princess of Nigeria? Well, she had no choice in the matter!
That her impeccable body came, the one which she was hugging, out imprinted on her 1992-3 album? I think Mozza is my favorite male singer, but I am irrevokably convinced he has an issue with sensual women - of the expression of female sensuality. The only exception he seems to have made was for Kristeen Young. God knows what goes in his head sometimes... maybe the vision of a monastery flashing in a horrific stormy night, with a priest (him) near a window, flogging himself to tears, after watching This Is No Ordinary Love or a clip of Tori's spread legs on a piano seat.

Or the Pet Shop Boy's it's a sin.

I love the way he sings about tortured sensuality. He sings it like nobody else does. Maybe that's the problem. He needs to make a joke of other artists (specially women) to express his tortured sensuality in a comic fashion - whenever he's not singing.

Let's cut him some slack. Everybody is addicted to something. He's addicted to English-Old-Lady gossip.

they were awesome

Has Morrissey ever had something nice to say about black people's efforts in music?

"Confessions on a Dancefloor" may just be a better album than either Quarry or Ringleaders. Though indiidual moments on YATQ and ROTT are better than anything on Confessions (namely Gang, Irish Blood, Dear God, Pigsty and Anybody's Hero Now) overall it may a better pop album than either of them. Of course, Vauxhall and Your Arsenal blow most Madonna albums, good as they can be, out of the water, so Moz still wins overall.

But Madonna has surely put out a raft of great, joyous pop songs in her time

Yes, most of "Hard Candy" is crap, before you say it.

Not sure what he said about them, but wow what a great bunch of songs they have put out. Pearly Dew Drops Drops is an amazing song that supposedly made John Peel cry. This Mortal Coil was fabulous.

They used to go at it in the 80s. It was so entertaining to read!

singer of the Fall

who said long ago,in the 80's

"how dare they call themselves The Smiths"

Around the Smiths' era, Moz was apparently semi-obsessed with the OMD singer. Anyone else remember that, as said by someone close to them (he was driving the car, I venture to think it was Joe Moss)

What about my Robert, the hottest man on earth andalltheotherfuckinplanets??????

The bitching back and forth has been pretty funny since their fans overlap so much.

See:
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Cure/+similar
and
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Smiths/+similar

....they knew the risks when they mounted the stage!!

Sheridan

theres no consideration of fair or unfair- Morrissey is free to criticise whomever he wishes and fairness doent enter in. he's juste a popstar and idont think he significantly damaged any of these careers single handedly.

now, if the question was which artist did Morrissey most wrongly or hypocritically criticise, then you could consider that. Morrissey's criticisms of Bowie ring fairly hollow now given the decline in his own artistry.

What exactly did Moz say about OMD? Didn't he like them at some point?

Although Morrissey said he liked some of Suede's music, hasn't he taken a few shots at them?

When The Smiths were first starting out, they were offered the opportunity to open for The Police on the Synchronicity tour. Morrissey and Johnny Marr, in their infinite wisdom, declined. Furthermore, they declared that they were better than The Police and Johnny Marr went so far as to say that Andy Summers was an inferior guitar player. So, REM was chosen for the opening spot, including the infamous Shea Stadium concert in New York. I understand that in 1983, The Smiths were young and full of hubris, but this is exactly the type of ill advised and self defeating attitude that prevented them from becoming a household name. It's funny because years later Morrissey said he respected Sting for being an innovator and sticking to his principles or something like that. Btw, I just saw The Police at the second to last concert of their reunion tour and they were awesome. Truly the best concert I've ever witnessed and that's including Morrissey. I know alot of people will say, "he's not a real Morrissey fan" but I'm just being honest. If only Morrissey would mature, get over his adolescent pettiness and give the fans what they really want. I never thought The Police would reunite, but if they could do it, so can The Smiths. How about this, Morrissey, do one tour with The Smiths and donate all of the money to your favorite charity such as Peta? That way you could make the people happy and maintain your integrity.

Morrissey is a deluded asshole. He's become a mere shadow of his former self. He has a lot of nerve criticizing anyone when his own music is nothing but lackluster bullshit!

I like the Morrissey/Smiths little like they are an entity that can't be divided. Sorry. Or thank you, I mean. All we have now talking is Morrissey, and thank God for him because he at least speaks his mind. It may not always be spot on my view, but at least he has the testicular fortitude to say what he thinks about these cheese heads. Yes, I said cheese heads. Morrissey is alive and well and still verbal. I appreciate that. The Smiths . . . well, I think they dissolved sometime in the eigthies.

UB40 are on 0 % ?

He's the one with freakin' Jesse Tobias in his.

He has no right to complain about anyone until he rectifies his own problem.