Snipe at Morrissey in today's Times

[Sorrow of Stamford Bridge]

The 'people' section of The Times has a small comment on Morrissey which quotes his remarks in the GQ magazine about children - that there is nothing immediately interesting about young people. The columnist (who's name I have instantly forgotten) commented something along the lines of "Is this fogeyish disapproval related to the fact that young people have stopped buying his records?".

This follows on from the moronic article about Morrissey's fantasy Meltdown line-up in which Morrissey was addressed as 'Ms Dame Morrissey'...

Seems like the Morrissey backlash has already started in some corners of the media.

 

[olivia]

well i'm 17 so young people have quite obviously not stopped buying his records.
alot of my friends love morrissey too, some of them younger than me.

 

[speed]

How could "young people" buy his records when he's not released an album for 7 f***ing years! Where do these stupid writers come from? Do they think they're witty and intelligent with such imbecile remarks? Are we supposed to laugh at their idiocies? Ha ha ha ha ha! You see? I'm laughing! And think they get paid for this while there are so many unemployed scattered everywhere.

 

[chuffer]

f***ing ludicrous and laughably ill-informed. For a man who has been releasing records for the best part of two decades, he has a ridiculously large young fanbase. I fully expect his new record to be purchased by majority under30-yr-olds.
Not that such a paper's views regarding 'young people' matters anyway - The only person I know who reads The Times is my dad.

 

[LazySunbather]

> The 'people' section of The Times has a small comment on Morrissey which
> quotes his remarks in the GQ magazine about children - that there is
> nothing immediately interesting about young people. The columnist (who's
> name I have instantly forgotten) commented something along the lines of
> "Is this fogeyish disapproval related to the fact that young people
> have stopped buying his records?".

> This follows on from the moronic article about Morrissey's fantasy
> Meltdown line-up in which Morrissey was addressed as 'Ms Dame
> Morrissey'...

> Seems like the Morrissey backlash has already started in some corners of
> the media.
Morrissey's comments were regarding children. Not young people. But children, little wee ones. Nothing whatsoever to do with the record-buying public, the way I understood it.

 

[Ruffian]

Re: Morrissey in today's Times

> Seems like the Morrissey backlash has already started in some corners of
> the media.

Looking at Morrissey's profile over the next few months.. I wouldn't be surprised at negative comments.. Not necssairly a bad thing either. It is his own publicity agents which will fuel any media frenzy/backlash.. Is there an agenda to propel him to a superstar on the back of the 'Quarry'?? When he signed to Sanctuary it must have been in their minds to take Morrissey 'the cult' and make him into something bigger, and with wider appeal. Morrissey renowned for his hard baragaining powers must have agreed to being propelled into a 'bigger' artist. I feel uneasy. I like the Cultish Morrissey. Is that selfish of me?

Ruffian

 

[moby]

Re: Morrissey in today's Times

> Looking at Morrissey's profile over the next few months.. I wouldn't be
> surprised at negative comments.. Not necssairly a bad thing either. It is
> his own publicity agents which will fuel any media frenzy/backlash.. Is
> there an agenda to propel him to a superstar on the back of the 'Quarry'??
> When he signed to Sanctuary it must have been in their minds to take
> Morrissey 'the cult' and make him into something bigger, and with wider
> appeal. Morrissey renowned for his hard baragaining powers must have
> agreed to being propelled into a 'bigger' artist. I feel uneasy. I like
> the Cultish Morrissey. Is that selfish of me?

> Ruffian

i will be surprised if he fulfils most of his coming commitments
we all remember the past

 

[lucy]

> The 'people' section of The Times has a small comment on Morrissey which
> quotes his remarks in the GQ magazine about children - that there is
> nothing immediately interesting about young people. The columnist (who's
> name I have instantly forgotten) commented something along the lines of
> "Is this fogeyish disapproval related to the fact that young people
> have stopped buying his records?".

> This follows on from the moronic article about Morrissey's fantasy
> Meltdown line-up in which Morrissey was addressed as 'Ms Dame
> Morrissey'...

> Seems like the Morrissey backlash has already started in some corners of
> the media.

I'm surprised at how many young fans Moz has considering he was big in the eighties.

 

[irreversible]

Re: Why on earth do you read The Times?

Try The Guardian, it has much more Moz friendly articles and better content..