Punk writer/singer John Robb praises Morrissey- Louder Than War

Punk personality, performer and outspoken vegan John Robb has posted an opinion piece about Morrissey and the Harvest situation over on his music blog, Louder Than War.

The full piece can be seen here:

Why we like the way Morrissey has fallen out with his record label - Louder Than War

The wrap up of the piece (and IMO the highlight) is as follows:

In the 21st century the artist has become the humble servant, treading carefully when the mill owners are around, careful not to say the wrong thing so that the howling and anonymous voices of twitter don’t drown them in contempt and careful to play the game unless the apple cart gets upset.

Morrissey is one of the last of the few who ignores all this and whilst he infuriates many at least he still twitches with life in a humdrum sea of forelock tugging entertainers.



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I don't know who John Robb is and I don't much care for punk but I like his view of the modern music industry and the twitter twats. Whether I agree with what he has to say or not I like that Morrissey says what he thinks.
 
I like that, and I'm glad some punk scene is still identifying with his ethic.

Morrissey walks a tightrope. Being the king of indies may mean he has to f*** off his deal.

There's so many people in the world. So much potential talent for marketing, distribution, and deal-making. I don't know how long it will take, but I don't agree with any sentiment suggesting Morrissey has blown all his chances.

It may be totally counter-intuitive to the outside observer, or the industry insider, but I think it is endearing that he's done it again.
 
Well written article by John Robb. He gets that Morrissey is the eternal teenager that still believes....Robb does too.

Thanks for posting this..FGV.
 
"In the 21st century the artist has become the humble servant, treading carefully when the mill owners are around, careful not to say the wrong thing so that the howling and anonymous voices of twitter don’t drown them in contempt and careful to play the game unless the apple cart gets upset.

Morrissey is one of the last of the few who ignores all this and whilst he infuriates many at least he still twitches with life in a humdrum sea of forelock tugging entertainers."

I agree with that. As much as Moz, at times, has me hiding behind the sofa when he opens his mouth, I'm still glad he's out there tugging at the ribs as the uninvited guest, rallying against the all but indestructible hurricane of emptiness that the music business has become. It's a war he'll never win but he'll never lay down his sword, and I'm with him (at times). :)
 
Why? Because some insignificant, unsuccesful vegan twat has an opinion?

Listen dear, opinions are like assholes, everybody's got one.

Right....and you are so significant...but oh so lonely with your Beefaroni. Not a vegan, you...

I'm Eric Heartman....I have an opinion. I'm not like John Robb, can't you see? Listen to me, Listen to meeee!

I'm not a bung hole....please.....I want to speak....pleaseeee!
 
Mwahahahahahaha:crazy:

From now on I will ignore you completely. Why? Your comments bring nothing to this site. No wisdom, no insight, nothing. You have nothing to give. Nothing. How sad.

Goodbye.
 
From now on I will ignore you completely. Why? Your comments bring nothing to this site. No wisdom, no insight, nothing. You have nothing to give. Nothing. How sad.

Goodbye.

You bring nothing, whining and bitching to the site Eric Hardpan.
 
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So Morrissey has had another spat with a record label.

It seems like the singer has totally fallen out with Harvest records with his new album World Peace Is None Of Your Business being pulled off iTunes and Spotify and statements flying backwards and forwards from the singer and his label. I guess harvest was a strange label to end up on being created in the seventies as a prog label but they did of course release the wonderful Saints records in the punk wars.

Whilst this all seems like pop star hissy fits to the casual follower we kinda like the way the Moz-man complains and makes a stand.

When the rest of us release our music we have come to expect grinding defeat- the usual round of radio stations slamming doors in our faces because our music is too raw or noisy or doesn’t fit into the latest demographic designed by the marketing types, record labels too small to tell people that we exist and we have grown to meekly accept the limitations of a dying industry and fully expect our works of art and nonsense that we spent a year of our lives creating to just about break even by flogging them ourselves and by extension flogging ourselves to death by doing it.

Morrissey’s moaning may seem the idle whine of a rich man who expects everything but it’s the second part of that sentence that we like – Morrissey expects his records to go to number one, he still talks about getting in the charts for f***s sake! he still believes, like the eternal teenager excitedly listening to the radio in the early seventies, that people still care about charts – and it’s that part of pop’s rich dream that is kinda loveable. Morrissey still believes that his music matters enough that he is prepared to shoot himself in the foot at any given opportunity by saying so and fallout with record labels who don’t do the job and come up to his idea of HOW THINGS SHOULD BE DONE.

In the 21st century the artist has become the humble servant, treading carefully when the mill owners are around, careful not to say the wrong thing so that the howling and anonymous voices of twitter don’t drown them in contempt and careful to play the game unless the apple cart gets upset.

Morrissey is one of the last of the few who ignores all this and whilst he infuriates many at least he still twitches with life in a humdrum sea of forelock tugging entertainers.


- John Robb.








If you want to see hissy fits John come visit this site. This guy actually makes records so I'd say he knows what he's talking about, unlike some guy who plays records for a living.

Moaning about Morrissey moaning. You see the irony there people? The very thing you guys love to complain about is the very thing I love about Morrissey so moan on!
 
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