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Theo van Gogh Martyrs Brigade
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It's nice that "You Are The Quarry" has sold a million copies worldwide. I don't know if that's really one million people, since many people bought multiple editions of the album. But lets just say somewhere between 800,000 and one million individuals bought the album.
Most of those people are not real Morrissey fans.
Real Morrissey fans were the ones who bought "Maladjusted" even though Morrissey did not saturate the media to sell it, and even though the spin in that media was that he was on a downward spiral. The real fan was there when the chips were down.
I believe "Maladjusted" sold about 100,000 worldwide. It's safe to say that since 1997 new people discovered Morrissey and became real fans, but it's also safe to say some abandoned him. Whatever the case, the real fan is with Morrissey when it's "uncool" to be with Morrissey, when the chips are down.
This 100,000 real fans figure is also backed up by the first week sales of "You Are The Quarry." The real fan was eagerly awaiting the release date and was at the store on the day it came out. There were 56,000 such Americans, and 75,000 in England. Don't have the figures on other countries. But if you factor in that many of these people bought more than one copy, and a few of these people were just jumping on the media hype surrounding Morrissey, it's probably about 100,000 real fans worldwide.
I don't have a point in all this. I'm happy Morrissey has hundreds of thousands of casual and fickle listeners, but it's the 100,000 of us who are there through thick and thin who are the true fans.
Most of those people are not real Morrissey fans.
Real Morrissey fans were the ones who bought "Maladjusted" even though Morrissey did not saturate the media to sell it, and even though the spin in that media was that he was on a downward spiral. The real fan was there when the chips were down.
I believe "Maladjusted" sold about 100,000 worldwide. It's safe to say that since 1997 new people discovered Morrissey and became real fans, but it's also safe to say some abandoned him. Whatever the case, the real fan is with Morrissey when it's "uncool" to be with Morrissey, when the chips are down.
This 100,000 real fans figure is also backed up by the first week sales of "You Are The Quarry." The real fan was eagerly awaiting the release date and was at the store on the day it came out. There were 56,000 such Americans, and 75,000 in England. Don't have the figures on other countries. But if you factor in that many of these people bought more than one copy, and a few of these people were just jumping on the media hype surrounding Morrissey, it's probably about 100,000 real fans worldwide.
I don't have a point in all this. I'm happy Morrissey has hundreds of thousands of casual and fickle listeners, but it's the 100,000 of us who are there through thick and thin who are the true fans.
