Why do you think Morrissey attracts 'mostly latinos'?

[W_Dan]

Why's that?

 

[Kewpie]

Have you watched The Importance of Being Morrisey?

Some Latino fans answer the question that they can relate to Morrissey's songs like rest of us.

 

[I am a Ghost]

Over here he attracts mostly Paddios, Daddio.

 

[Not Happy / Not Sad]

The Quiff

 

[sistasheila]

i wouldnt say he attracts mostly latinos.well i have never attend a show in the US.-i wouls say his audience is well mixed, eh?
..so what do i know?
there is a documentary on this topic by Jessica Hundley
-maybe on youtube?

but i can remember that moz shortly comments in word magazine 03 on it
http://www.morrissey-solo.com/comme...reshold=0&commentsort=0&mode=thread&cid=61660

a article enterly on this topic
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2005/mar/25/popandrock

http://www.believermag.com/exclusives/?read=article_veltman
a very good read .long article goes also on about other things

something from the article-lighly offtopic
this made me smile since i like erykah a lot...
Five years ago, I stood in a line between Erykah Badu and Morrissey at the 7-Eleven in my neighborhood in LA (the one on Sunset near Sierra Bonita). Erykah was buying bottled water; Morrissey had milk and a breakfast sausage. They didn't recognize one another — or me for that matter. I was buying brownie mix.

a lot of articles on this topic google it!
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=morrissey+latino+fanbase&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=

 

[Not Right in the Head]

something from the article-lighly offtopic
this made me smile since i like erykah a lot...
Five years ago, I stood in a line between Erykah Badu and Morrissey at the 7-Eleven in my neighborhood in LA (the one on Sunset near Sierra Bonita). Erykah was buying bottled water; Morrissey had milk and a breakfast sausage. They didn't recognize one another — or me for that matter. I was buying brownie mix.
alopt of articles on this one..google it!
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=morrissey+latino+fanbase&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=

Say what??? I highly doubt that any 7-Eleven would have veggie sausages, even in LA.

 

[sistasheila]

Say what??? I highly doubt that any 7-Eleven would have veggie sausages, even in LA.

ooooooops i did not notice that...must be made of tofu...

or the man have mistaken it..

he has flaws.. but moz eating meat..i doubt it highly
someone who is this outspoken...about this topic

i dint believe this rumour either spreaded by some band (from manchester? in the 80 ties early 90ties) that he has eaten a burger at mc donalds. either..this band didnt like the man much....

 

[moz'art girl]

I read this some days ago, and was somewhat surprised, too...

 

[Not Right in the Head]

ooops i did not notice that...must be made of tofu...

or the man have mistaken it..
he has flaws.. but moz eating meat..i doubt it highly

I do, too, but I'm tellin' ya, there's not a single convenience store in America that sells veggie sausages.

 

[sistasheila]

h

He has flaws-oh yes...
but moz eating meat..i doubt it highly
someone who is this outspoken...about this topic we know read, heard and have experienced "how his mind work" i
so t doesnt make sense..really

i mean he have admit that he wears leather shoes. without being asked.. but this....No way.. people can accuse him of many things and can critisize him on for example the naive way he sees things and "hot topics"
-but once again:MEAT- NO

 

[LegalTender]

i read one article where the writer said that a Hispanic fan thought it was peculiar that he (the writer) was a Morrissey fan, since he was white. the writer thought that was completely bizarre, and it seemed strange to me too, since the only Morrissey fans i know are white hipster types.

 

[Harsh Truth]

Moz attracts a lot of Latinos in the cities where a lot of latinos live.

If you go see Moz in LA and Las Vegas or anwhere in the Southwest border states you will see a good proportion of Latino fans.

If go go see Moz in Columbus, OH all you see is a bunch of white people with far less style.

 

[ThisCharmingGirl]

His own opinion. From 2:25

 

[dicartwright]

because we're very very smart

 

[Not Right in the Head]

because we're very very smart

Wait--then why does he attract the English?

 

[dicartwright]

Wait--then why does he attract the English?

Haha because they're superior beings of course

 

[someofusisturningnasty]

Haha because they're superior beings of course

Many thanks for acknowledging this blindingly obvious fact.

Now, excuse me while I back to reading The Daily Mail/The Sun/The Mirror/The Daily Star/The Daily Sport (which has very little to do with sport).




p.s. I don't think he does attract "mostly Latinos". He attracts many people of many different races.

 

[Corrissey]

someone had to do it.

 

[vivabob]

Wait--then why does he attract the English?

LOL ...

the scottish fan base is very big too ... must be all about the minoritys

 

[DarrenEdward]

In answer to the original question, part of it might be to do with the way that many latinos feel 'left out' of American society. Much of the Smiths and Morrissey's work appeals to the disenfranchised due to the repeated themes of isolation, despair, hatred of authority and railing against the establishment.

That's my guess anyway