When people ask me why I like Morrissey I just say, "He's OT-VIII, how can I not?"
Am I the only one who got that joke? Good one, Worm.
I like the way he writes. That was my very first exposure to him, someone I knew sang a few lines of Girlfriend in a Coma and my jaw dropped and I said, "
Who wrote that?"
I have no idea what he's really like, as I said on the love thread. And again, maybe I do know what he's like. Only Morrissey knows where the line is between the man who writes the words and the man the words portray. And it's possible that he doesn't even know, he's been living inside the world the words built for him for a long, long time. And, maybe there is no line. Maybe he is completely transparent for us.
I never thought about him much as a person, just listened to the music, and then I saw him sing right in front of me many times last year. Now I'm much more aware of Morrissey the man, but still- the only thing I have any right to is the words. Just the words.
I actually wasn't a fan of any kind for many, many years... sorry to admit it. I lost interest when I became a clever swine after high school, and didn't come back to see what he'd been up to until last Spring. I had a list of concerts-I'd-like-to-see-before-I-die, and his was the last name on it. But I can't just cross him off my list, he's worth paying closer attention to. His words still interest me.