Would you ever buy a Morrissey single you didn't like?

Would you ever buy a Morrissey single you didn't like?

  • Yes, i buy every single he releases

    Votes: 22 64.7%

  • No i wouldn't - i'm not a true fan

    Votes: 7 20.6%

  • No, but only for financial reasons

    Votes: 5 14.7%
  • Total voters
    34
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Maverick

Maverick
I am proud to say i have every single that Morrissey has ever released (all on CD, as well as the last 3 on the 7" format as well).

As a true Morrissey fan, i feel that it is my duty to buy whatever he releases, and the only reason i'd ever stop is if i couldn't afford it - that, for me, is the only acceptable reason to not buy a release of his.

Even if he'd released Asian Rut (my all-time least favourite song of his), with only a live version of Golden Lights on the B-Side, i would have bought it - because i'm a fan.

So would anyone out there ever NOT buy a Morrissey single? And if not, why not?
 
Maverick said:
I am proud to say i have every single that Morrissey has ever released (all on CD, as well as the last 3 on the 7" format as well).

As a true Morrissey fan, i feel that it is my duty to buy whatever he releases, and the only reason i'd ever stop is if i couldn't afford it - that, for me, is the only acceptable reason to not buy a release of his.

Even if he'd released Asian Rut (my all-time least favourite song of his), with only a live version of Golden Lights on the B-Side, i would have bought it - because i'm a fan.

So would anyone out there ever NOT buy a Morrissey single? And if not, why not?
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i've bought every uk morrissey release on all formats. cd1, cd2, 7" and 12" where available......except for interlude which i did not buy. so there's my answer:)but i can't stand ouija board and bought that.
 
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Are we back to the "true fan" debates?

CD singles are increasingly hard to find here in the US. Even when they weren't, I wasn't really into buying singles. It wasn't until a couple years ago that I discovered Passions Just Like Mine and realized just how many singles (not to mention songs) that I didn't have. That's been corrected. :D
 
Moz needs to know when he's putting out rubbish and 'true fans' should, therefore, vote with their feet!
If I didn't like the single and it contained no new b-sides, I wouldn't buy it, as was the case with THPGU.
But I'll buy both versions of Paris coz of the extra songs...
 
I did in 1997..wonderful b-sides, though.

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I voted yes because even though I may not agree with the choice of song for the a-side, the b-sides tend to be gems. Actually, the worse the song choice for the a-side, the better the b-sides are. Dagenham Dave has 2 excellenct b-sdies as well as Roy's Keen. Boy Happy was my least favorite choice for a single off ROTT but Sweetie-Pie is a must have...I know not everyone agrees with this but I said it!

joey
 
I've bought every new Morrissey single since I became a fan, and so far I've hunted down most of the ones from before that. Even if I don't like the A-side, I'll buy the single as long as it has a B-side. This is more because of my completist tendencies than anything else, and I completely disagree with the notion that a "true fan" is under obligation to purchase every single Morrissey single. The idea is completely ridiculous.
 
I accept that people who have become fans post 1988 may have trouble locating some of the none-parlaphone singles, seeing as Morrissey has had several labels and therefore availability is an issue.

But i stick to my belief that if you can afford to buy the single and can locate it, and still don't buy it, then you are not a true fan.

At the end of the day, i think Morrissey's mid 90's chart slump ( 3 non top 40 singles) was more due to fan negligence than the quality of the music.

Supporting Morrissey now is more important than ever.
 
Maverick said:
I accept that people who have become fans post 1988 may have trouble locating some of the none-parlaphone singles, seeing as Morrissey has had several labels and therefore availability is an issue.

But i stick to my belief that if you can afford to buy the single and can locate it, and still don't buy it, then you are not a true fan.

At the end of the day, i think Morrissey's mid 90's chart slump ( 3 non top 40 singles) was more due to fan negligence than the quality of the music.

Supporting Morrissey now is more important than ever.
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ridiculous.
 
Maverick said:
I accept that people who have become fans post 1988 may have trouble locating some of the none-parlaphone singles, seeing as Morrissey has had several labels and therefore availability is an issue.

But i stick to my belief that if you can afford to buy the single and can locate it, and still don't buy it, then you are not a true fan.

At the end of the day, i think Morrissey's mid 90's chart slump ( 3 non top 40 singles) was more due to fan negligence than the quality of the music.

Supporting Morrissey now is more important than ever.
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Did you type that with a straight face?
 
Maverick said:
I accept that people who have become fans post 1988 may have trouble locating some of the none-parlaphone singles, seeing as Morrissey has had several labels and therefore availability is an issue.

But i stick to my belief that if you can afford to buy the single and can locate it, and still don't buy it, then you are not a true fan.

At the end of the day, i think Morrissey's mid 90's chart slump ( 3 non top 40 singles) was more due to fan negligence than the quality of the music.

Supporting Morrissey now is more important than ever.
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how old are you, 17? I have a wife, kid, daycare, house payment, and work at a job where the next payday isnt guaranteed. At one time I had all the singles through Southpaw, but by Maladjusted, my passion had waned and sold them all. Ringleader kind of renewed my interest, and I've rebought some things but I dont feel the need to get Alma Matters just to say "look at me I'm a real fan!" I typically buy the albums and copy the b sides from a friend later on. I'll pay for a couple concert tickets, buy some merch, whatever, but to say since I dont need all 3 versions of Paris, I'm not a true fan, that's ridiculous.

try living in the real world instead of your shell.



PS - his slump in the late 90s was EXACTLY because the quality of the music wasnt there. In 3 short years after the highs of Vauxhall, you get 2 worthless comps (World & Burglary), Southpaw, which had some intriguing moments and half filler, and then the completely blah Maladjusted, it was definitely the quality that caused his slump.
 
Maverick said:
I accept that people who have become fans post 1988 may have trouble locating some of the none-parlaphone singles, seeing as Morrissey has had several labels and therefore availability is an issue.

But i stick to my belief that if you can afford to buy the single and can locate it, and still don't buy it, then you are not a true fan.

At the end of the day, i think Morrissey's mid 90's chart slump ( 3 non top 40 singles) was more due to fan negligence than the quality of the music.

Supporting Morrissey now is more important than ever.
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For real? You mean it's more important to buy every tchotchke (what do you mean, you don't own the specially imprinted rubber band that held the M logo embroidered patch onto the Ringleader CDs for the first-week Upper Midwest Borders-Exclusive US promo?) than to listen to the words and enjoy the art?

I guess I've been doing it all wrong.
 
Maverick said:
A completely straight-face. A face i can look at proudly in the mirror every day, safe in the knowledge that my status as a true fan is safe.

I'm going to listen to the B-Side of Sunny now.
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Congratulations. You win. And I type that with a completely straight face.

But, wait, are you sure it's a good idea to actually listen to your records? You wouldn't want them to depreciate, would you?
 
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