i think this is a bad troll
you should be ashamed of yourself
you should be ashamed of yourself
There were no corporate advertising breaks throughout the BBC coverage. Never has been in any Olympics. This may be an alien concept to you as an American. London is ecstatically proud, hardly embarassed. American, however, should be deeply embarassed by the inane and fatuous comments of Mitt Romney's face-time attention whoring.
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I think his absence from the ceremony makes him more timeless. I mean think about it. Wouldn't we all be cringing if we heard "there's a club if you'd like to go, you could meet somebody who really loves you..." while some doe-eyed girl was staring at a hip hop guy while thousands of people with lights ticks danced around a bouncy house with sitcoms projected on it?
UncleSkinny has queried the validity of this poll elsewhere in this thread and I have replied to his interesting input so I will not repeat myself here.
McCartney is indeed 'a former Beatle with more money and fame than any other British musician in existence' and that is his sole raison d'etre these days. He didn't sing a Wings song last night! I saw no elements of eulogy or appreciation of his Beatles colleagues, just another example of his tiresome attempts to re-write British cultural history amplifying his importance to absurd levels. I am a great admirer of his work, but there's limits to my patience with his endless insecurities.
Please organise your thinking. First you say the 'icon poll' was an unreliable gaugue of public opinion then, apropos of nothing, you cite 'general opinion' of Morrissey without providing any source or context for your assertion. This 'general opinion' appears to be your personal rumination.
Your comments to the effect that has racist tendencies is similarly unsupported and presumably relies on the utterly discredited NME 'Morrissey Memes'. You should exercise caution in asserting Morrissey has 'racist tendencies' as such a comment is borderline actionable and your IP address / ISP provider is traceable.
I am not particularly interested in pub-based conversations other than as a prelude to sexual intimacy. I rarely find discussion of Morrissey to be efficacious for this purpose.
I am indeed a member of the Audience, both when I listen to Morrissey's recorded consumer products and when I attend his curated consumer expriences. I find much to admire in his work and remain fascintated by his morbid journey through the delusions of 'fame' and its' attendant 'fans'.
I agree with Ran Prieur that 'no one who understands fame wants to be famous' and also that 'fame is a mental illness in the followers of the famous person'. I would add that 'fame is a mental illness in any person who accepts the preconditions of fame. I do not accept 'fame' as a meaninful concept so it's therefore impossible for me to be a 'fan' of anyone or anything. Morrissey stated 'fame' was the only worthwhile adventure in life:
http://bit.ly/O5Pand
As the whole supporting superstructure of 'fame' collapses around his ears due to the Internet demolishing the gatekeepers who priviliged him initially: I am interested in seeing how he resolves this existential error or continues in the delusions which increasingly seem to frustrate him and deprive him of artistic growth and reward. I am on this website to observe The Collapse Of Fame, using Morrissey as a particularly interesting example. Paul McCartney as an study subject would also be interesting.
You began your unsolicited communication with me by claiming my observations were 'silly' and 'ridiculous'. You now seem to be attempting to invalidate me with some sort of prejudice against intellectual reasoning, as if 'semantics' was irrelevant to human cognition and social networking.
I am no 'fan' of Morrissey. I am a member of his Audience. There's a real difference. Once implies co-dependent neurosis, one implies physchological health and mutual respect. I trust this further response clarifies my position for you.
regards.
@ Mozzer's Left Eyebrow
Careful with the 'glorifying terrorism' schtick! A guy was just let out of a UK prison for 'joking' about such things. I guess as you've put 'lol' the Judge might be lenient.....but beware: UncleSkinny is a UK resident and can be forced to divulge your I.P address to The Authorities.
Who is 'they'? Ticket refunds? Are you saying there'll be some 'false flag' event like wot some people say wuz 9/11.....
Perhaps Morrissey would have vetoed any use of The Smiths to prevent Mike Joyce getting a cut (yawn) but I'm sure he'd have welcomed the use of a Morrissey-Solo song. It wouldn't make sense for him to continually bewail the lack of media coverage for his efforts then thwart/stymie an opportunity to reach a global audience. He seems genuinely thrilled by the rapture of new audience pastures (Indonesia, etc).
What's your problem with Blur? It could be worse: Oasis. I guess Noel and Liam will be realising their contretemps has damaged their income stream: an Olympics appearance with McCartney would surely have been their wet dream. They f***ed up, out of the picture, now sidelined in 'solo-projects'. Just like Moz and Marr.
regards.
I enjoyed the bracing storm of The Arctic Monkeys but I'm not convinced their legacy will be of any great importance.
@ amy
Earlier in this thread you stated:
'"General opinion" of Morrissey is that he was a cult figure for disaffected youth some 25 years ago, and now he's just a loudmouth twat with racist tendencies who keeps his face in the papers by comparing factory farming to the Holocaust.'
You now clarify that you were not speaking from a personal, and potentially libelous perspective, but rather you were 'channelling' some kind of communal mind / hive 'general opinion' regarding Morrissey. As you provide no evidence for any source to back up this supposed 'general opinion': your comment amounts to corrosive and scurrilous gossip, and perhaps evidence of a more disturbing belief in your ability to 'remotely read minds'. You are a gossip. Invoking the 'Though Police' / censorship protest is particular ill-advised, given that you set yourself up as a spokesperson for the 'Thought Police' of the 'general public': even though you can provide no evidence that you have canvassed anyone other than yourself regarding Morrissey.
I am pleased you are ending our discussion as you do not appear to have anything interesting or constructive to add to this thread. It was your choice to offer me your impertinence, dismissing my reflections as 'silly' and 'ridiculous'. As you can now realise, I am anything but: it is you who deserve such gently mocking epthets. You have no idea whether I take myself or this forum 'entirely' too seriously. I may just be enjoying an ironic post-modernist deconstruction of such forums and their denizens whilst I watch the Olympics. My reasons for joining this forum (again) are absolutely none of your business but feel free to exhaust yourself in attempting to decode my motives.
Yes, I do speak like this in the real world and I'm hardly 'trying to sound impressive on an Internet forum'. I'm a heavyweight in every sense of the word. Intellectually, physically, culturally. There's nothing 'pseudo' about me other than when I wish to confuse tiresome people by hiding behind various existential masks. If people ask me the time, I tell them the time. As they walk away I might burst into song:
"I look at my watch it say 9:25 and I think
"Oh God I'm still alive""
It then amuses me to watch their reaction.
I shall now peruse your comment history to see what other remarkable insights you have offered this community when not spreading poisonous gossip about Morrissey. I will not add you my 'ignore list' on this ocassion as I feel I may find humour in your future comments.
Goodbye Amy.
Dear 'Love Mozzy'
I must improve my ironic gestures as they clearly sailed over your head. The clue as to how 'serious' I was in my reply to 'Mozzer's Left Eyebrow' is contained in the use of the phrase 'Are you saying there'll be some 'false flag' event like wot some people say wuz 9/11.....'
http://planet.infowars.com/worldnew...-to-continue-games-in-just-about-any-scenario
'Mozzer's Left Eyebrow' was being playful and mischievous. So was I. I hope you will not have any nightmares about this. As for 'you're coming across as a mental': I take that as a compliment. Perhaps you are friends with KrisTeen Young? Or maybe you are Kristeen Young checking up on the inmates after an exhausting wail to a half-empty arena in Manchester tonight. Have a camomile tea and get to bed.
regards
@ 'anonymous': You are 'anonymous'. Please add 'invisible' and and 'irrelevant' to your moniker. Thanks.
I'm in bed already. Careful of those flame wars out there. And the info wars. And Blur. But especially the illuminati.
of all the Illuminati crimes(& they are legion) misuse of colons/semicolons is at the top of the listThe illuminati are sooooooooo guilty of misusing colons.
Why'd you stop saying "regards"?
You're an ass.
regards