Yes I saw that. That moment in time when we all wished Johnny would step back on stage with his guitar and say "right where were we?".
I didn't think that. I thought the early Moz singles were as good as The Smiths and was keen to see where things would lead.
The sad thing about the distorted freakshow mirror of Irish journalism, (especially in the case of the 100% pro government and morally bankrupt RTE) is that there was very little coverage about the young victims. Instead the news focused on a few skumbags out to steal a free pair of Adidas runners. There's been zero follow up on how the severly injured five year old girl is, and zero mention of the well-known fact that the psychotic perpetrator was not Irish. Oh but you can't mention something like that. RTE turns my stomach with their deliberate dismal disregard for honest coverage of what really happens. Yesterday Paul Lynch won the prestigious Booker Prize for his novel Prophet Song - a dystopian vision of Ireland in the grips of totalitarianism. The way things are going it is hard to categorise that novel as fiction. Morrissey is right about the agenda of news media. Everyone has an angle that serves their twisted views best.
As I understand it, Bonfire as it turned out was hosed by Miley Cyrus and it not being released had really nothing to do with the lyrics of the song, Capitol records, or anything else. Morrissey's manager advised him to rerecord the song that Miley sang on with a different singer or just omit the backing track itself to which seemingly Morrissey refused to do thus Miley's record company bared it's release. What on earth he sees in Miley Cyrus escapes me completely. Regarding Morrissey's big mouth strikes again, I think Morrissey is probably much more representative and in touch with an everyday middle aged dare I say white man in England and now that it is somehow a crime to be a Caucasian pissed that he is now considered in many cases a foreigner in his own country Morrissey is cancelled for speaking his mind and wearing a lapel on his jacket that is apparently outside the mainstream of what someone in a free county can do.
The new 'hate speech' law proposed in Ireland is indeed the stuff of dystopia. The reason I mentioned Bonfire is because there has never been a better moment to release an album like that. For some the memory of the Manchester Arena bombing may have faded, no doubt, but the message of the title song, that there are things we are not allowed to say, there are emotions we are not allowed to express, has never been more current.
I think you can aim the same criticism at the BBC Acton, once the go to broadcasters for what was going on in the world, but not now.
