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    Unnecessary Sniping in the Autobiography: Morrissey on 'Shipbuilding' & Neil Aspinall

    His comments on Shipbuilding in the Autobiography suggest a lack of awareness of how and why the song was written. It's an odd oversight because Moz agrees with the songs sentiments and it's in the social realist style that he favoured at the time with songs such as This Night Has Opened My...
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    Do you think Morrisseys book will address his sexuality?

    It would be career suicide, like a stage magician explaining how he does all his tricks. Nobody would then go see him; all mystery gone. My take is that I imagine him being attracted to androgynous types in the 80s, then definitely the skinhead boxer types in the 90s. I'd be surprised if his...
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    Morrissey's Autobiography / Penguin Books (UK) deal [updated] - true-to-you.net

    Surely the title would be "I was right and you were wrong." But how would he pad out the 600 pages of self-justificatory bullshit?
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    Morrissey's Autobiography / Penguin Books (UK) deal [updated] - true-to-you.net

    "Autobiography" implies the whole lifespan but maybe Moz and Penguin disagree on how much to devote to each period? However, I doubt he will say much about the years before Marr knocked on his door, especially his sex life.
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    "Bigmouth Strikes Again" (Old Grey Whistle Test 1986 live version) - gets a release

    In the original broadcast, Morrissey's vocal does not get picked up by the mixer until after the first 'Sweetness'. Has this been corrected for the release?
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    "Viva Meh: On Morrissey's Second Sustained Battle with Mediocrity" - The L Magazine

    How do Morrissey's lyrics adapt to his being 54 and living in Los Angeles, rather than 22 and living in Manchester? Does he have to become less autobiographical? I thought Vauxhall was perhaps a move in that direction: the characters are often from his cinematic imagination rather than being...
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    "Viva Meh: On Morrissey's Second Sustained Battle with Mediocrity" - The L Magazine

    I said "taken to it's extreme", which is acknowledging that the statement would be an overstretch. However, I think something like "You're The One For Me Fatty" could have been a Smiths single circa 1986, but just not as good (infact something of a self-parody). On the other hand, "First of the...
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    Annalisa Jablonska: where is she now?

    Quite an important figure in early Smiths history; I'm surprised that no-one has tracked her down. Is she deceased?
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    What did Morrissey mean by 'the fourth sex'?

    Gay is a relatively recent concept in human history. Shakespeare seems to have loved men and women without needing to describe himself as bisexual. Secondly, Morrissey has always approached sex from the viewpoint of art, which transcends sex. Thirdly, there's the precedent of Bowie, who...
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    "Viva Meh: On Morrissey's Second Sustained Battle with Mediocrity" - The L Magazine

    Aren't some Morrissey songs just variations on a song he's already written before, so the listener thinks "Why do I need B when I already have A"? Or taken to its extreme, do I actually need any Mozza solo albums if I have the four Smiths studio albums plus Hatful of Hollow? The Beatles versus...
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    Quality of Production and Musicianship on Smiths Recordings

    Morrissey was quoted by the judge as referring to Joyce and Rourke as "lawnmower parts". The fact that he includes Rourke in that statement makes it ludicrous because Rourke is fabulous on many tracks. The 'Meat Is Murder' album rocks on his bass.
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    Quality of Production and Musicianship on Smiths Recordings

    The first album is still my favourite studio album of the 80s by any act, but I must confess that when I listen to it alongside something of the same vintage by other acts, the sound does feel rather tinny, like it's wrapped in cellophane. Does it spoil our enjoyment of the songs, even just a...
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    Could/Should The Smiths have taken a year off after recording 'Strangeways'?

    Fletcher's book concludes that the band may have survived if they'd given each other a long break. On the other hand, the scene was so competitive in 1987 that bands felt they had to be always recording or touring. It was the inability to step back from those pressures that did the band in, I...
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    What did Morrissey mean by 'the fourth sex'?

    I understand that in gender studies you can find societies where there are four or five genders (the Hijras or Navajo, for example) but I'm not sure if that's what Mozza meant back in 1983. I understood to him at the time to mean a person who chooses not to have a fixed sexuality but to float...
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