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davidt
on Wednesday April 25 2001, @11:00AM
Eric Wang writes:
On Amazon's UK site, there's a book entitled "Morrissey" by Pat Reid coming out in June of this year. I wasn't too sure if it was a biography or a novel of some sort, so I went to the website for the publisher, Absolute Press, click on "new titles"). And BINGO - it is about him, but seems to deal more with his sexuality than anything else. One of pop music's most enigmatic and compelling figures. Morrissey's only claim about his sexuality is that he is celibate. But he is both reviled and revered by various sections of the gay community. Pat Reid delves into the hushed territory of it all.--- Related items:
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hmmm. (Score:1)
DeB of the West Sider Riders ;-)
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Ridiculous (Score:1, Insightful)
His lyrics have, for the most part, been relevant to men and women, gays and straights alike precisely because he doesn't alienate anybody based on gender or sexual preference. I don't mean to sound overly serious, but the least we can do is pay him back by respecting his wishes for privacy on this topic.
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You're too late Reid, I've already explained this. (Score:1)
Morrissey Not Gay
"Last 20 years just some big misunderstanding."
Sources close to Morrissey have citied seeing him drinking beer and partipating in multiple women lovefest in the the hills behind his LA home. Proving clearly that he in no way enjoys homosexuality. He says "I was never fuken gay. Grant Showbiz, told me once Gays had one of the highest dispensible incomes of all the Worlds population. As a growing band, the smiths needed to sell records I sold to that niche, as well as anyone." Asked about the gay bars " I never knew they were gay bars, I'm well read, too well read, I thought they were a franchise, Happy bars, I took the known definition of the word gay, which is happy. I kept going into get a pint at the Gay (Happy) Bars around london, learning only years later who was around me at those bars. "The Flowers all that other stuff, simple really, after the show, I'd give them out to ladies in exchange for sex. Its a great trick I'd recommend to other guys. Flowers, get you skins." Morrissey explains why he hasent been seen with many women in the past. "Its a personal custom of mine is to never get too attached. I meet women, everyday, I get to know them intmately in a matter of hours, after that its on to the next girl, the reporters always came when I was leaving the hotel alone. Thinking, oh look never a women with Morrissey. But the women were always still upstairs collecting the 20 pound note from the dresser while crying hystericaly. I am a female heartbreaker. I am what I am. But at the same time, I didnt want to rub it my fans face. you know? Look here I am a pogo stick for the worlds most beautiful women, and my fans are out there counting thier own birth as a sexual experience. You cant rub it in thier faces. I mean have you seen my fans?"
This reporters has and concurs with Morrissey on that note. Well thats the news for today, Morrissey red-blooded Hetrosexual, tommorrows news, Morrissey enjoys daily helping of steak. "I know I said Meat is Murder, it is, but what people misundertsood is I like Murder, preferably meduim to well done murder, with a side order of sour cream."
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Saint Morrissey? (Score:1)
I'm far more interested in this book.
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the book of modern English cooking (Score:1)
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i might be published in the book (Score:1)
however, i doubt that the book is just about morrissey's sexuality
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I'm lost (Score:0)
What a load of rubbish.... (Score:0)
The only book worth reading - for 30 minutes - would be Morrissey's own story. I am sure therein lies a tale or two.
hazard
UK
Hidden meanings? (Score:1)
It makes one wonder...hmmm...
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Pat Reid: Master Spy (Score:2, Funny)
How does Pat Reid know anything?
For some reason, I can't imagine this book being more in-depth than landscapes of the behind by David Bret, but I could be wrong.
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Carry On Humping (Score:0)
Be honest, you'd all love to hear a few revelations about Morrissey. Just look at the culture of celebrity that surrounds us and the thousands of magazines and books people buy. This intrigue is human nature - deal with it.
Or maybe some of you are just scared because after relating to Moz on what you thought was a personal level for so many years, you finally discover he's been shagging Courtney for the last eight years - and enjoying it.
The Wrong Boy (Score:1)
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Dubious already... (Score:1)
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Predictable (Score:0)
Whether Morrissey will die a virgin or if he enjoys a vigorous sex life is something that will probably remain a mystery, despite cynical attempts like this at exploiting Morrissey's fans appetite for something new with his name on it.
I Can Have Both? (Score:1)
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What difference does it make? I'll tell you... (Score:0)
first off, he's a public figure, so i maintian that as a person he has his rights to privacy, and as a celebrity all bets are off. sure these two stances conflict, but who said stardom made sense? this tension between the public and private will always exist.
now, this book could be crap and poorly researched, filled with third hand gossip and silly inferences. on the other hand, i could see it being rather interesting, if the author decides to focus not on the "is he or isn't he" angle (which is a dead end topic on it's own) but on how someone like morrissey has taken the notion of a sex symbol and turned it upside down, by mystifying it, opening it up, and how by being so reclusive about the whole topic he's made himself accessable to both men and women...a closer proximity through distance...(eh, that's nausiatingly post-modern. i apologize). that's one of the most fascinating things about moz, i think. whether intentional or not, he's been quite clever about it all, when sex has become so blatant in the past few decades that it's hard to find true sexiness anymore.
his attitudes toward gender and sexuality (especially male sexuality) have been quite fascinating, refreshing, and honest, and i do think the topic deserves a book all its own (even if the subject has been beaten to death over the years). -mal