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[[Category:Negative Influences on Morrissey]] | [[Category:Negative Influences on Morrissey]] | ||
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From "MORRISSEY ON... MODERN MUSIC", Melody Maker (September 23, 1989)<ref name="mm19890923"/>, likely quoted from [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKDoJtUNLVA#t=06m22s The Smiths special on The South Bank Show] (Oct. 18, 1987): | From "MORRISSEY ON... MODERN MUSIC", Melody Maker (September 23, 1989)<ref name="mm19890923"/>, likely quoted from [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKDoJtUNLVA#t=06m22s The Smiths special on The South Bank Show] (Oct. 18, 1987): | ||
:"The whole spectrum of pop is being laid to rest. It's obvious that ultimately pop will end: the ashes are already around us. For example, Madonna has to be the last female icon. Where can it go from here?" | :"The whole spectrum of pop is being laid to rest. It's obvious that ultimately pop will end: the ashes are already around us. For example, Madonna has to be the last female icon. Where can it go from here?"<br> | ||
From a Morrissey interview in NME (June 7, 1986)<ref name="nme19860607"/>: | From a Morrissey interview in NME (June 7, 1986)<ref name="nme19860607"/>: | ||
:"Obviously Madonna reinforces everything absurd and offensive. Desperate womanhood. Madonna is closer to organised prostitution than anything else. I mean the music industry is obviously prostitution anyway but there are degrees. | :"Obviously Madonna reinforces everything absurd and offensive. Desperate womanhood. Madonna is closer to organised prostitution than anything else. I mean the music industry is obviously prostitution anyway but there are degrees.<br> | ||
From a Morrissey interview in Creem (1985) <ref name="creem1985"/>: | From a Morrissey interview in Creem (1985) <ref name="creem1985"/>: | ||
:"I must be quite honest," announces Morrissey of the Smiths. "I can understand that people can find me very irritating. And I accept that to an almost absurd degree, because I know that I'm not... I'm not... well, I'm not really a pop pushover." | :"I must be quite honest," announces Morrissey of the Smiths. "I can understand that people can find me very irritating. And I accept that to an almost absurd degree, because I know that I'm not... I'm not... well, I'm not really a pop pushover."<br> | ||
:"And that can irritate people, because they want their music to be quite simplistic, and they don't really want any fuss and bother and any seriousness. And I know I'll certainly never fit into that bill. But ultimately I feel that if people are saying no to the Smiths, they're saying yes to Madonna. And I find that the biggest sin of all." | :"And that can irritate people, because they want their music to be quite simplistic, and they don't really want any fuss and bother and any seriousness. And I know I'll certainly never fit into that bill. But ultimately I feel that if people are saying no to the Smiths, they're saying yes to Madonna. And I find that the biggest sin of all." | ||
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