Manchester Neil
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I really don't think it would.
You're wrong. He's right.
I really don't think it would.
Oh come on, the music world was waiting years for a middle-class daughter of a famous comedian who lives on a houseboat to come along and spin the tortuous banalities of her privileged, celebrity lifestyle into badly sung songs.
Well I live in a cave with bunnies so I'm not sure my opinion matters on this (""), but without knowing she was all that, I've just listened to a couple of her songs, and I like them. "Everyone's at it" has lyrics about antidepressants bolder than Something is squeezing my Bull, to start with...
(runs)
I completely see what you mean...
"I'm not try'na say that i'm smelling of roses,
but when will we tire of putting shit up our noses."
"The kids are in danger,
They're all getting habits,
Because from what I can see,
Everyones at it."
Okay, yes, I agree with you. You have an excellent point. When I think of YOR as a 3/5 it's because Quarry is 4/5 and Vauxhall is 5/5. I can't give YOR as high of a rating as Vauxhall or Quarry. You're right - compared to the rest of the dross that passes for music these days, it should be ranked much higher. Sometimes, you know, I can't see the woods for the tree that I obsess over.
I completely see what you mean...
"I'm not try'na say that i'm smelling of roses,
but when will we tire of putting shit up our noses."
"The kids are in danger,
They're all getting habits,
Because from what I can see,
Everyones at it."
What's with all this personal attack stuff?
As a long time Morrissey fan (22 years or something like that) I've read a fair amount of personal attacks on him in my time and this review is reasonably gentle by comparison to some.
Is it just possible that the guy didn't like the album? Why does a review that is less than positive immediately become some sort of hatchet job on Morrrissey?
Honestly sometimes his fans can be as paranoid as the man himself and that's saying something.
I don't particularly love it myself , nor do I loathe it I just find it (yet again) another middling effort.
I'm in the minority but I really didn't love Curry that much and thought Tomotoes was a far more rounded effort.
So does this guy. What's the fuss?
His point is that lyrically Moz has been lazy and it's a crticism that I find hard to argue. I get the sense that what he's saying is that with a little more effort this album could've been GREAT and again I have to agree.
Morrissey's solo career has been a magnificent effort and I can't think of a single artist that has come out of such an influencial group (and that includes every Beatle) who has gone on to have such significant artistic success as a solo artist, but if there was one word I would use to describe Moz's solo efforts it would be 'sporadic.'
I'd say The Guradian is right.
3/5. Fair enough.
al fresco...Tesco....
"...miles of shit.
And I do not like it."
"tell you that you smell.
Well...."
Nobody's perfect. How many people have actually listened to the album here? Or are we that group of people who are qualified to judge based on what we've heard other people saying
A more convincing argument would have been to list any decent lyrics she's done.
I heard one playing in HMV the other day, She was spouting on in that ridiculous put-on voice and singing something about lying in the wet patch and moaning about giving head for ages and not getting anything decent in return. In a nutshell, it was f***ing rubbish.
she was (..) moaning about giving head for ages and not getting anything decent in return. In a nutshell, it was f***ing rubbish.
Has anyone noticed that quite a few of the mainstream reviews mention him getting sex in ROTT but being back to normal in YOR.
It's almost like they allowed themselves to like him in ROTT because they decided he was finally "normal" (even though they made up the so called affair in their heads), but now with YOR it seems they realised they were wrong so they reject him again.
Not that I'm saying they're not allowed to prefer ROTT, I think I prefer it myself, but their reasoning seems suspect to me.
Pathetic, fashionable, narrow minded fool.the most easily pleased Mozophile must find themselves wondering what would happen if he finally ditched his pub-rock collaborators and hooked up with someone exciting and, you know, modern. Morrissey vs Hot Chip? Morrissey vs Calvin Harris? I've got it: Morrissey produced by... Dave Sitek!
But surely, making exactly the same record for more than 20 years must lose its charms eventually.
I'm terribly dim and sorry - I should have read Justme's submission before posting the review. I'll sidle away now like an embarrassed whippet.
Peter
I'm terribly dim and sorry - I should have read Justme's submission before posting the review. I'll sidle away now like an embarrassed whippet.
Peter