It would be interesting to hear the thoughts of other Morrissey fans on this.
In my opinion he does not appear to be going anywhere. His band whilst competent are not really the top notch musicians one would love to see Moz playing with. They are a bit ploddy, clunky and at best a good covers band. I'll concede that some (but only some) great songs have come out of the partnership but wouldn't it be great to see him playing with other artists. With Moz being the senior partner there's no one to get him to hold back on his worst indulgences. The last album was awful and the recent gigs demonstrates how little the Moz has not progressed over the last 10 years.
Comparable artists such as Bowie (up until he stopped that is), Weller, Paul Simon (ie middle age performers) continue to move on and change. Moz just seems to plod on with his Southend pub band.
I wonder if it has something to do with his self-confidence that he feels he could not share a stage with better artists.
I could be wrong on this and would love to be argued out of this conviction.
PeterB.
In my opinion he does not appear to be going anywhere. His band whilst competent are not really the top notch musicians one would love to see Moz playing with. They are a bit ploddy, clunky and at best a good covers band. I'll concede that some (but only some) great songs have come out of the partnership but wouldn't it be great to see him playing with other artists. With Moz being the senior partner there's no one to get him to hold back on his worst indulgences. The last album was awful and the recent gigs demonstrates how little the Moz has not progressed over the last 10 years.
Comparable artists such as Bowie (up until he stopped that is), Weller, Paul Simon (ie middle age performers) continue to move on and change. Moz just seems to plod on with his Southend pub band.
I wonder if it has something to do with his self-confidence that he feels he could not share a stage with better artists.
I could be wrong on this and would love to be argued out of this conviction.
PeterB.