The album cover for Morrissey's new album....

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Your thoughts ?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 3 May 2004 13:52 (twenty-one years ago)

I find it frankly quite bizarre 0

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 3 May 2004 13:52 (twenty-one years ago)

music made by the gays? C/D?

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 3 May 2004 13:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Just for the record, I don't believe Morrissey has ever officially confirmed his sexual preferrence r

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 3 May 2004 13:56 (twenty-one years ago)

is that the same fake tommy gun that Cam'ron had at the Source Awards?

― Al (sitcom), Monday, 3 May 2004 13:57 (twenty-one years ago)

I quite like his tie, I'll say that

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 3 May 2004 13:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Just for the record, I don't believe Morrissey has ever officially confirmed his sexual preferrence

oh please, morrissey is as gay as the day is long. and didn't he get married last year? to a man?

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 3 May 2004 14:01 (twenty-one years ago)

It's sorta Serge Gainsbourg'ish

― Martinez, Monday, 3 May 2004 14:03 (twenty-one years ago)

my girlfriend saw him on the street in Soho yesterday.

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 3 May 2004 14:03 (twenty-one years ago)

simply by existing Morrissey has confirmed his sexual preference.

Asian, Big Tits.

The Font/Layout suck.
Pink=Puke
Pinstripe Suit=CLASSIC

― ddb, Monday, 3 May 2004 14:03 (twenty-one years ago)

my girlfriend saw him on the street in Soho yesterday.

i honestly do NOT know what i would do in that situation

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 3 May 2004 14:04 (twenty-one years ago)

oh please that cover is instant classic

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Monday, 3 May 2004 14:05 (twenty-one years ago)

she said his eyebrows were "amazing."

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 3 May 2004 14:05 (twenty-one years ago)

what an awkward photo shoot. i'd like to see the other shots they took. morrissey licking the gun, etc.

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 3 May 2004 14:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Darnielle, you're drunk with power (again!).

It's pretty awful.

― ddb, Monday, 3 May 2004 14:06 (twenty-one years ago)

no one has yet to mention the phrasing:

Morrissey, you are the quarry

as if someone is addressing him as such

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 3 May 2004 14:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Is that a comma? Â´

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 3 May 2004 14:09 (twenty-one years ago)

hmmm...looks to be

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 3 May 2004 14:09 (twenty-one years ago)

yes. a

― RJG (RJG), Monday, 3 May 2004 14:10 (twenty-one years ago)

the suit, the hair, the gun...it's all gangsta, Mozz is O.G. #1 reclaimin' the 'hood that forgot him, and when the heat wave high e'eybody gotta die, etc

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Monday, 3 May 2004 14:11 (twenty-one years ago)

and as to the comma, it's questionable evidence of a slapped-together cover: the idea is that you the viewer will say "omg wtf!!! it looks like they only took five minnits to design shoot & print the bitch!" which is EXACTLY the idea, I bet there were like 20+ meetings ironing out the particulars of this magnificent piece of cover-art

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Monday, 3 May 2004 14:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Morrissey's covers are not much to write home about anyway.

http://vu.morrissey-solo.com/moz/disc/mozz/malad.jpg

― ddb, Monday, 3 May 2004 14:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Maladjusted/Look at my Taint.

― ddb, Monday, 3 May 2004 14:19 (twenty-one years ago)

I read in SPIN recently that he's since disowned the Maladjusted cover m

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 3 May 2004 14:25 (twenty-one years ago)

When Morrissey starts waving around guns, it's a sign that he's spent too much time living in LA.

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Monday, 3 May 2004 14:25 (twenty-one years ago)

barry, that's only to appease his vatos latino fanbase/boys

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 3 May 2004 14:27 (twenty-one years ago)

the selective capitalization of the text is kind of mystifying.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 3 May 2004 14:29 (twenty-one years ago)

cover = sooo classic

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 3 May 2004 14:30 (twenty-one years ago)

I could do without the Attack logo in the bottom corner, but the rest is great.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Monday, 3 May 2004 14:32 (twenty-one years ago)

no logo!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 3 May 2004 14:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Morrissey, you are the open excavation or pit from which stone is obtained by digging, cutting, or blasting.

Morrissey, you are the rich or productive source.

Morrissey, you are the object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks.

Morrissey, you are the square or diamond shape.

Morrissey, you are the part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds.

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 3 May 2004 14:34 (twenty-one years ago)

It's...the image. Meaning the same one for circulating about two months now! You people need to catch up on our other Moz threads. ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 3 May 2004 14:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Looks a bit like he's standing in front of the back cover of Ritual De Lo Habitual

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 3 May 2004 14:45 (twenty-one years ago)

He is!

― martinez, Monday, 3 May 2004 18:24 (twenty-one years ago)

I haven't cared about Moz since Viva Hate, really. But danged if that ain't his greatest cover ever.

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Monday, 3 May 2004 18:27 (twenty-one years ago)

It's a great cover! It will probably be much better than the album, despite my hopes.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Monday, 3 May 2004 18:29 (twenty-one years ago)

that's the funniest misspelling of 'Queer' I've ever seen.
damn Brits

(It's about time he finally came out too...!
Good for him to finally muster up the courage to do so.)

― rentboy (rentboy), Monday, 3 May 2004 18:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Q Magazine didn't think much of it .....for whatever that's worth

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 3 May 2004 18:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Is Q still going?

Blimey.

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Monday, 3 May 2004 18:47 (twenty-one years ago)

There's a layout of Morrissey in GQ that makes him look EXACTLY like Jim Rockford.

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 3 May 2004 18:48 (twenty-one years ago)

That's what made it great.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Monday, 3 May 2004 18:49 (twenty-one years ago)

I like the symbolism.
Pink velvet curtain.
Huge phallic weapon (so big it goes out of shot)
Furry eyebrows of doom.
It's killer.
He should have called it 'Morrissey, Lick my Love Pump'

― Patrick Kinghorn, Monday, 3 May 2004 18:56 (twenty-one years ago)

WHY HAS THIS MOTHER FUCKING ALBUM NOT LEAKED YET WHY WHY WHY... also I really like the Maladjusted cover, I went out and bought shoes like that (nb I was really lame in 1997).

― adam (adam), Monday, 3 May 2004 19:28 (twenty-one years ago)

the promo is out there. people are selling them on ebay.

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 3 May 2004 19:30 (twenty-one years ago)

WHY HAS THIS MOTHER FUCKING ALBUM NOT LEAKED YET WHY WHY WHY...

Because like any good fan you are to BUY it, young man. I will!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 3 May 2004 19:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Where in Soho, Stence? What was he doing?

― Mary (Mary), Monday, 3 May 2004 19:53 (twenty-one years ago)

i like it. the pose and angle are really good, and the typography is ok..

― chris andrews (fraew), Monday, 3 May 2004 20:01 (twenty-one years ago)

not really loving the sloppily draped mauve background.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Monday, 3 May 2004 20:26 (twenty-one years ago)

walking, and I think it was maybe on Broome Street? Not entirely sure.

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 3 May 2004 20:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Most of the album has leaked I think.

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Monday, 3 May 2004 21:07 (twenty-one years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf500/f589/f58904tjqej.jpg http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0001WB696.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― gfdg, Monday, 3 May 2004 21:31 (twenty-one years ago)

I like the cover, but it kinda looks like they used a digital camera. There should be more contrast. The result is a little cheap. Also, the 'a' in "are" should not be on top of that fold in the fabric - the whole thing should be moved further up and to the right completely away from the fold. In fact, the text is a little played out (Helvetica Neue Extended), and should have at least two different weights. The tie is excellent.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 3 May 2004 21:35 (twenty-one years ago)

My god, I never noticed the tie before! You're right!

(Spencer: will call you in about an hour about upcoming FAP and other plans.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 3 May 2004 21:37 (twenty-one years ago)

― David Allen (David Allen), Monday, 3 May 2004 22:44 (twenty-one years ago)

I like the way the text goes "Morrisey, you are the quarry", like it's the instructions from a game show host or something!!!! Obviously El Mozzo's a keen fan of daytime telly!!!!

― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 00:19 (twenty-one years ago)

It's like he's a contestant on 'Wanted' with Ray Cokes

― de, Tuesday, 4 May 2004 00:25 (twenty-one years ago)

don't buy it, download it and send the approximate cost to Morrisey himself.

― uh (eetface), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 00:26 (twenty-one years ago)

I saw Morrissey today in Harlem, but it was at the Apollo and I kind of expected him to be there. After-show chatter primed me to look out for Terry Richardson and Katie Holmes: much to my chagrin I saw Terry Richardson shortly after walking down 125th Street flanked by two skanky hoes, Katies Holmes not being one of them.

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 02:51 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm not interested in Morrisey, per se, but that cover is both
stylish and cool.

― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 04:46 (twenty-one years ago)

But how was the show, Mary! Tell us!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 05:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Because like any good fan you are to BUY it, young man. I will!

Pish posh Ned, of course I will buy it. I will buy the fancy shmancy gatefold DVD edition thing and play it loudly in the bedroom and in the living room and in the car and on my iPod until I am so gay I can barely walk. My girlfriend hates the faraway look in my eye when Morrissey is mentioned.

Actually I think today I will go to Tower and purchase the single.

― adam (adam), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 11:49 (twenty-one years ago)

.. you will go to the tower?

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 12:03 (twenty-one years ago)

It's actually in kind of a strip mall.

― adam (adam), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 12:46 (twenty-one years ago)

ahh.. i just downloaded this.

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 12:59 (twenty-one years ago)

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040418/i/r995306473.jpg

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 13:00 (twenty-one years ago)

My God. He should really see a doctor about that.

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 13:01 (twenty-one years ago)

i wish he was giving the finger.

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 13:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Dan wins.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 13:08 (twenty-one years ago)

hello this is a brief rant pls. excuse

don't buy it, download it and send the approximate cost to Morrisey himself.

Rob, this is a pleasant thought, but doesn't end up working out at present because: 1) only about a billionth of the people who profess to think of this as a good idea actually do it 2) some of those billionth, I speak from professional experience, actually write rubber checks to the artists, all the while happy-talking about "I wanted YOU to have the money, not [with great fervor]the record companies" 3) you can't really get to Morrissey, and with good reason 4) having to do the accounting on individual checks for the five dollars that most fans seem to think of as a fair price not only for one album but for an entire career's worth of work would be, in itself, a full time job 5) ad lib

Sanctuary treats Morrissey & others well, gives them large advances & pays for tours & interview junkets that include stays at the freaking Dorchester for crying out loud, etc. etc., all of which contribute to the fans' overall enjoyment of the Morrissey Icon - you don't think the icon came into being of its own free will, eh? Down with "download and pay the artist" schemes that never actually seem to result in artists getting paid! Down with oversimplifications of the way that record-label accounting works! Down with the Great Satan-style epithet "the record labels," who are "the Russians" (or "the liberal media" or "those kids from Shelbyville") for people who enjoy getting music for free and need justification for it!

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 13:12 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.repriserec.com/fleetwoodmac/covers/rumors.jpeg

Morrissey apes Mick Fleetwood's balls?

― ddb, Tuesday, 4 May 2004 13:50 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm still quite befuddled by the "My, what a big machine gun you have!" look, but once again --- great goddamn tie!

My wife just exclaimed upon seeing the cover: "What's happened to him?"

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 13:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Well it's not like he's changed his face or anything.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 13:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Guys, that tie is HIDEOUS! It looks like the "Mannequin" set threw up on his shirt.

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 13:56 (twenty-one years ago)

SWITCHER!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 13:57 (twenty-one years ago)

The show was excellent. I was in the first row balcony and could see every little last nuance. His voice sounded better to me in San Francisco though: I wouldn't have thought the acoustics at the Greek were so great.

I forgot to mention a new move of his: He fondles his breasts and nipples ever so slightly and repeatedly. Is he insane?

The souvenirs were exorbitantly expensive, Hysteric Glamour levels. I haven't paid that much money for a packet of badges since I left Japan.

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 15:34 (twenty-one years ago)

TS: Morrissey's nipple-tweak vs Simon Gallup's hunch-and-lurch.

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 15:35 (twenty-one years ago)

also, i agree with spencer's remark about the image lacking contrast. come on, we're photographing morrissey here, not a piece of cheese for a catalog. change the lighting, for crying out loud.

― maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 15:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Guys, that tie is HIDEOUS! It looks like the "Mannequin" set threw up on his shirt.

You say that like it's a bad thing! Sheesh...

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 16:14 (twenty-one years ago)

If your tie looks like it is shitting sherbet, it is time to get a new tie.

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 16:15 (twenty-one years ago)

That would be boring, like something Usher would wear.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 16:16 (twenty-one years ago)

You know, I love Morrissey more than any other famous person and just about any other person in the world - living or dead - but that new song of his was a bit of anti-climax. I hate myself for just typing that and I'll buy it anyway because he deserves to own all the money in the world and start a dictatorship cos he's just that great.

― CRW (CRW), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 16:18 (twenty-one years ago)

The orange is fine.
The pink is fine.

The orange and pink TOGETHER are mind-bogglingly ugly. I imagine that a painting of Hello Kitty re-enacting the Tubgirl pose would feature that color palette.

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 16:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Now that's just mean, Dan.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 16:19 (twenty-one years ago)

I think moz deserves some sort of lifetime achievement award based on that tie, and the awesomeness of titling one of his songs 'all the lazy dykes.'

― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 16:21 (twenty-one years ago)

yes, spencer otm upthread. i rather like the cheapness of it though.

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 16:22 (twenty-one years ago)

I guess it's more lilac than pink, which does make it marginally more acceptable. Still I hope I've managed to scar everyone for life with the thought of that Hello Kitty image.

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 16:23 (twenty-one years ago)

I thought it was kind of funny (probably because I have never seen a picture of tubgirl -- there's a lot to be said for having the images turned off when viewing ilx).

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 16:33 (twenty-one years ago)

I have little interest in Morrissey, but that cover is brilliant.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 4 May 2004 16:35 (twenty-one years ago)

The cover of my copy has the same picture, but is cropped so it's a closeup of his face. Only on the inside cover of the booklet do you see the picture at the top of this thread.

Is that a U.S. thing? Controversy/protests? Record company deciding the risk of controversy/protests wasn't worth the bother? A separate bowdlerized cover for Wal-Marts and such? Anyone know?

― Rick Massimo (Rick Massimo), Thursday, 13 May 2004 12:45 (twenty-one years ago)

I've seen two promos--one cropped, the other not. So not sure really.

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 13 May 2004 16:52 (twenty-one years ago)

on my copy he's wearing a Mr. Zog's Sex Wax T-shirt & is holding an M-16

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Thursday, 13 May 2004 17:09 (twenty-one years ago)

its quite obvious he's aiming the gun at immigrants in the UK.

― thesplooge (thesplooge), Thursday, 13 May 2004 17:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Calum and his vivisection rants were funnier.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Thursday, 13 May 2004 17:41 (twenty-one years ago)

(I never thought I'd say that.)

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Thursday, 13 May 2004 17:41 (twenty-one years ago)

on my copy he's wearing a Mr. Zog's Sex Wax T-shirt & is holding an M-16

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 13 May 2004 17:44 (twenty-one years ago)

just got a finished copy. the actual CD cover is just Moz' head. and the scan's even a little fuzzy.

― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Thursday, 13 May 2004 21:07 (twenty-one years ago)

That's too bad, I prefer the other one. Maybe the DVD+ version will be different?

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 13 May 2004 21:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Don't hate, pixelate.

― scottontharox (scottkundla), Thursday, 13 May 2004 21:34 (twenty-one years ago)

look who is on the front cover of the new issue of MOJO magazine:
http://www.mojo4music.com/html/mojo_new_issue.shtml

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 13 May 2004 21:37 (twenty-one years ago)

When will the oversaturation campaign end?

― Mary (Mary), Thursday, 13 May 2004 21:46 (twenty-one years ago)

you ain't see anything yet Anglophile Mary!:

Playlouder MAKE MORRISSEY NO.1!
Lord knows, it would be the first time!
http://www.playlouder.com/news/+makemorrisseyno1/

19/05 - MORRISSEY LIVE AT MAIDA VALE
The John Peel Show
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/alt/johnpeel/index.shtml

Mozza on the front of next week's NME [again]

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 13 May 2004 21:57 (twenty-one years ago)

'When will the oversaturation campaign end?'

I know - there's been what, eight threads already on ILM?

― Patrick Kinghorn, Thursday, 13 May 2004 21:59 (twenty-one years ago)

is that the real Mr Patrick "Talksport" Kinghorn ?

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 13 May 2004 22:01 (twenty-one years ago)

I liked Morrissey when he was still underground.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 13 May 2004 22:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Nope. It's my real first name though. When I first posted and saw Patrick was taken I did it for a laugh.

― Patrick Kinghorn, Thursday, 13 May 2004 22:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Heh, maybe this is was what it was like to live in England circa 83-87.

― Anglophile Mary (Mary), Thursday, 13 May 2004 23:23 (twenty-one years ago)

"When will the oversaturation campaign end?"

Not yet - Morrissey in on BBC1 tonight giving his first UK TV interview in umpteen years.

― NickB (NickB), Friday, 14 May 2004 11:57 (twenty-one years ago)

On the Jonathan Ross show. That should be an interesting clash of wits.....

― de, Friday, 14 May 2004 12:04 (twenty-one years ago)

I have far more interest in this appearance than than I do in the album itself.

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 14 May 2004 12:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Could anyone tape/record for me, pretty please? I just checked and they don't broadcast on the net.

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 14 May 2004 14:27 (twenty-one years ago)

...has anyone mentioned that he's doing five consecutive days on the Late Show with Craig Kilborn in the states? 24-28 May

― Buster (mokey), Friday, 14 May 2004 14:41 (twenty-one years ago)

...i suppose that would be five consecutive nights.

― mr. pedantic (mokey), Friday, 14 May 2004 14:43 (twenty-one years ago)

...unless it's after midnight, which would make it morning.

― mr. pedantic (mokey), Friday, 14 May 2004 14:45 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm really excited for the Craig Kilborn show, but he is only actually doing an interview one night, the rest of the nights are just live songs.

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 14 May 2004 14:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, I don't have high hopes for the interview with Jonathan Ross. He couldn't interview his way out of a paper bag.

― Buster (mokey), Friday, 14 May 2004 15:00 (twenty-one years ago)

JR or Morrissey?

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 14 May 2004 15:44 (twenty-one years ago)

He was pretty good when Bowie was on so I think they might have a wee bitchfest.

― suzy (suzy), Friday, 14 May 2004 16:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh, I've long given up hope of any interviewer getting to 'the real Morrissey'. I just think it will be entertaining.

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 14 May 2004 17:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Hmm. When I get my chance I might be able to muster a reasonable effort. There are approaches to the racism issue that people just haven't even considered, and I have a pretty good reputation for getting people to open up in an intelligent way to questioning about subjects from non-obvious angles. It just amazed me that people sent to interviews didn't actually pick up half of the references he was throwing out, not stuff that was in the original Smiffs syllabus but stuff that made aesthetic sense. I guess there was no place in our soundbite culture for a detailed whatever.

More I should not say, I think it wouldn't be prudent.

― suzy (suzy), Friday, 14 May 2004 17:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Amusement:

Morrissey going on 'Kilborn'
NEW YORK (AP) -- Morrissey, former lead singer of The Smiths, is making a rare appearance on late-night television when he spends a week on "The Late Late Show With Craig Kilborn."

The reclusive singer first appeared on Kilborn's talk show in September 2002. This time, he'll sit down for an interview on May 24 and will serve as the musical guest that night through May 28. He'll perform songs from "You Are the Quarry," his first studio album in seven years, which comes out Tuesday.

"We're thrilled to have Morrissey back," Kilborn said in a statement Thursday. "His music conveys the loneliness and despair of a man hosting a 12:30 a.m. talk show on CBS."

Morrissey, 44, is known for songs that juxtapose jaunty rhythms with depressing lyrics. His solo hits include "November Spawned a Monster," "Interesting Drug" and "Hairdresser on Fire."

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 14 May 2004 19:15 (twenty-one years ago)

the typography is awful

― geeta (geeta), Friday, 14 May 2004 19:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Wow. I am (technically) one degree of seperation away from Morrissey.

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 14 May 2004 19:37 (twenty-one years ago)

How was the show? I heard they didn't match so well. And another dig at David Showie

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 14 May 2004 20:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Next he'll have a dig at David Howie.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Friday, 14 May 2004 20:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Is it wrong to imagine Morrissey swinging a gigantic pink handbag as he says these Bowie quotes?

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 14 May 2004 20:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Only if it was fake fur -- that's not his style. But if it were pink patent leather or something like that it would be okay.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Friday, 14 May 2004 20:48 (twenty-one years ago)

"...and the classic 1988 single ‘Everyday Is Like Sunday’."

haha.

― jed_ (jed), Friday, 14 May 2004 20:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Ross is a terrible interviewer. Or: he is a good interviewer when faced with a witless celeb, less good when he might actually have to work at thinking of provocative questions. As it is, he reduces every guest to his stooge.

I thought, as Morrissey sang 'Everyday...' as the credits rolled: he is like some decaying seaside pier, that maintains a magnificent grandeur, even as every one of it supports decays.

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Friday, 14 May 2004 21:37 (twenty-one years ago)

The ironic thing is that if you crossed Dale Winton with Ronnie O'Sullivan, you'd get Morrissey.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 14 May 2004 21:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I was weirdly touched by Ronnie. He seemed like a thoughtful geezer.

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Friday, 14 May 2004 21:39 (twenty-one years ago)

That interviewed suffered from the same problems that his interviews with Madonna have suffered from over the years: basically, he's no good with a celebrity that he's in awe of. He just fawns.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 14 May 2004 21:39 (twenty-one years ago)

(Ronnie O'Sullivan is my new icon, anyway, but that's another thread).

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 14 May 2004 21:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I thought Ross did a reasonable job. Morrissey makes me faintly uncomfortable, like there's a sort of permanent tension between wanting to like him and feeling slightly embarrassed all the time.

― ferg (Ferg), Friday, 14 May 2004 21:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Morrissey almost looked like he was going to collapse from nervous exhaustion. And terror.

― de, Friday, 14 May 2004 21:41 (twenty-one years ago)

still on here in scotland....

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Friday, 14 May 2004 21:42 (twenty-one years ago)

ferg is right.

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Friday, 14 May 2004 21:43 (twenty-one years ago)

More I should not say, I think it wouldn't be prudent.

talk about this some more, suzy

― dh, Friday, 14 May 2004 21:46 (twenty-one years ago)

He took a swipe at bowie in the new issue of entertainment weekly. 'England fell in love with Ziggy Stardust but didn't seem to take to David Bowie' or something to that affect.

― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Friday, 14 May 2004 21:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Pam reckoned that he was wearing coloured contacts so fiercely partisan blue were his eyes. The man has filled out into a film star frame - a Peck or perhaps a bushel. I enjoyed the testy tensity of the interview, SPM absolutely not entering the pally showbiz world of Ross yet, at the same time, a touch of playing to a gallery he knows is not there. And "Every Day..." was terrif.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 14 May 2004 21:51 (twenty-one years ago)

His eyes were blindingly blue at the Apollo concert, but they had a natural twinkle. I am a bit worried of all of this talk of decay: He is only 44-going-on-45...not really old at all. What are people going to say a few years from now?

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 14 May 2004 21:54 (twenty-one years ago)

I thought that was really good. 2 great performances, got to hear morrissey talk about how fish scream really loudly when they die (?!). Ok, I did wince when JR asked him how he writes songs, but it was alright other than that.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Friday, 14 May 2004 22:06 (twenty-one years ago)

That was absolutely excruciating. I thought Morrissey was supposed to be clever? and all this talk of how people like him because he's a real person? He's living a lie sexually, obviously. He also avoids talking about things people obviously want answered, the stuff suzie was hinting at upthread among other things. I suppose thats REAL enough, right enough.

― jed_ (jed), Friday, 14 May 2004 22:11 (twenty-one years ago)

haha nicole!

nil - nil, I think.

who would have thought jonathan ross a perfect foil?

― cozen (Cozen), Friday, 14 May 2004 22:14 (twenty-one years ago)

ross nil, morrissey nil, I mean.

― cozen (Cozen), Friday, 14 May 2004 22:15 (twenty-one years ago)

ross seems to dictate the interviews to his own 'entertaining' momentum, pace, rhythm and scansion which does, as the nipper says, reduce everyone and anyone and possibly even morrissey to his stooge. bush digs? mmmmm. morrissey ws quite disappointing 'in real life' as it were cs the tics behind the (once-only-text!) words become visible (and annoying.)

he looks old.

― cozen (Cozen), Friday, 14 May 2004 22:18 (twenty-one years ago)

He's turning into Ray Liotta.

http://entimg.msn.com/i/150/ce/0301/RLiotta_150x218.jpg

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 14 May 2004 22:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Sans helicopter.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Friday, 14 May 2004 22:24 (twenty-one years ago)

i could have sworn he gave a nazi salute as he came off the stage on to the interview podium.

― jed_ (jed), Friday, 14 May 2004 22:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Morrissey looks older than any 45 year old I know. He looks Ron Atkinson's age. And the comparison ends there.

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Friday, 14 May 2004 22:38 (twenty-one years ago)

You guys are mean. He looks great on stage.

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 14 May 2004 22:44 (twenty-one years ago)

What's with the lurid set design though?

― Mary (Mary), Friday, 14 May 2004 23:03 (twenty-one years ago)

i really like that sofa - i want it.

― jed_ (jed), Friday, 14 May 2004 23:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Mary, I'll back you up on how blue his eyes really are. Years ago, before the advent of coloured contact lenses, their blueness was evident enough when I met him in Chicago.

― suzy (suzy), Saturday, 15 May 2004 05:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Morrissey does not look old for 45. You wait till you see what ... 'we' look like at 45. It is not going to please.

Morrissey 'gave a good account of himself' last night: which phrase I suppose I do not mean literally. He was nervous, but less damagingly so than during that docu last year; he sniggered too soon at foolish things, but [ditto]. There were flaws, but there was also fortitude: strength to withstand Ross's co-opting rhetoric. I admired M. every time he declined Ross's offer of 'friendship'.

In general - yes, of course JtN is right - Ross seems to be very fundamentally flawed as an interviewer. If you watch his interviews, it's presumably (notionally) because you like the person he's interviewing: but Ross's strategy is always to get them on board, not into '*our*' world, but into - *his* world: Jonathan Ross's private world of celebrities doing blokeish things and then talking about them on chat-shows once a year. How can this be likeable? If you like, say, Costello, Kidman, Weller, Winton, Gervais, Morrissey, whoever -- then how are you going to be warmed by the sight of them, so to speak, 'going off with Ross'?

This struck me last night as the central problem with Ross. And M's resistance to it seemed among the greatest features of the programme.

He can still say 'I don't really like people', 'Only seals perform', and all. I'll live with that.

― the pinefox, Saturday, 15 May 2004 13:25 (twenty-one years ago)

44 year old Michael Stipe might be a good point of comparison

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 15 May 2004 13:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Is MS 44? I was doing some research on the Moz-Stipe story and learned that MS "came out" a few years ago...somehow I missed the news as it happened...

― Mary (Mary), Saturday, 15 May 2004 15:08 (twenty-one years ago)

It was his semi-suspicious attempt to call attention to the release of Reveal, which was justified after spending a year at the top of the chart and selling more copies than Rumours.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 15 May 2004 15:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Totally nothing to do with Mozzer (I'm seeing him next week tho) but does anybody know any good sites for finding sales stats for old albums?

― noodle vague (noodle vague), Saturday, 15 May 2004 15:19 (twenty-one years ago)

More Mozza Media Overload

X-clusive: Morrissey Comes To Xfm
http://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?b=news&id=24980

Morrissey will be coming into Xfm today to take part in a special exclusive interview with Ian Camfield on the Music: Response Show. And we’ll be playing out tracks from his new album ‘You Are The Quarry’.

The two hour interview will take place from 7.00pm-9.00pm today (Monday May 17) as a Music:Responce Special and will hosed by Ian Camfield.

6 Music Album of the day: Morrissey: You Are The Quarry
http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/music/aotd.shtml

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Monday, 17 May 2004 12:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Miserable Mozza

Morrissey dodges studio audience
http://www.ananova.com/entertainment/story/sm_960255.html?menu=entertainment.music

Morrissey dodges studio audience

Morrissey pulled out of a live session for Radio One's John Peel show after learning he would have to perform in front of 12 competition winners.

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 09:33 (twenty-one years ago)

i love this quote from the ananova.com link:

Morrissey, who lives alone in a Los Angeles mansion, last week admitted to Jonathan Ross on his TV show he has just "seven" friends.

― joan vich (joan vich), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 12:09 (twenty-one years ago)

apart from the first part of the sentence (?), this is his seventh album, released seven years after 'maladjusted'.

― joan vich (joan vich), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 12:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Check out Mojo magazine's MojoMozMania Special. Very nice cover.

― Mary (Mary), Wednesday, 19 May 2004 14:31 (twenty-one years ago)

one year passes...

[charity spam]

― Kloddik0674, Saturday, 6 May 2006 08:01 (nineteen years ago)

http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/virtual/portrait/wittgenstein.jpg
"What mean these words what disappears behind them? Who collided with this illness, that knows, that it is terrible words."

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Saturday, 6 May 2006 08:53 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/04/04/Morrissey_060404103219262_wideweb__300x300,1.jpg
Many of us in the childhood,
went for a drive on an attraction,
which it seems name «a cave of fear»,
and wanted as soon as possible,
her to pass without a stop,
shouted for fear when in darkness,
of us the doll concerned what that.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Saturday, 6 May 2006 08:58 (nineteen years ago)

Hmm, the website seems actually genuine:

http://www.charity4salvation.info/index.html

You'd think if they can afford to set up a site like that, they could've hired an English proofreader too.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 7 May 2006 09:22 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

I can already see animated gifs of this (replacing the bottle & so on)

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000F8NJNW.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

― StanM (StanM), Friday, 9 June 2006 17:35 (nineteen years ago)

I really like the expression on his face, it is delightfully ridiculous.

― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Friday, 9 June 2006 18:23 (nineteen years ago)

Well, I really fancy that Deutche Grammofon pastiche, and I am amazed how rarely "rock" acts do that sort of thing.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 9 June 2006 22:18 (nineteen years ago)

I like the You Are the Quarry album cover!

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Friday, 9 June 2006 22:48 (nineteen years ago)

two years pass...

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/147851-morrissey-seems-to-have-outdone-himself-once-again

― StanM, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 16:17 (sixteen years ago)

um, cool pic?

― Mark G, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 16:20 (sixteen years ago)

looks like an italian barber.

― Shacknasty (Frogman Henry), Wednesday, 3 December 2008 16:32 (sixteen years ago)

great font

um what is that scar on his forearm?

― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 17:16 (sixteen years ago)

Why does the baby have a butterfly on its forehead?

― Tuomas, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 17:26 (sixteen years ago)

Von Touse.

― Mark G, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 17:27 (sixteen years ago)

Heh, I (genuinely) read that as 'looks like an italian bender.' Loving the look on the kid's face. The font is very unMorrissey.

― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 17:43 (sixteen years ago)

Font is Herb Alpert + Tijuana Brass style, prob. another nod to his fan base south of the border.

― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 3 December 2008 17:53 (sixteen years ago)

SICK MOZZA IN NEW ~~RACISM~~ PEDOPHILE SHOCKER

― Germany's second-favourite Australian fat leg spin bowler (King Boy Pato), Wednesday, 3 December 2008 21:32 (sixteen years ago)

http://vu.morrissey-solo.com/moz/disc/mozz/malad.jpg

this is a very 90s pose, i'm sure i remember lots of bands and models doing that weird squatting thing in photo shoots.

― mensrightsguy (internet person), Wednesday, 3 December 2008 21:34 (sixteen years ago)

Lucky baby. "Paris" as the lead single >> does not bode well.

― Virginia Plain, Thursday, 4 December 2008 04:53 (sixteen years ago)

That cover is amazing. This may be my first post-Southpaw Grammar Moz purchase based on the cover alone

― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Thursday, 4 December 2008 06:30 (sixteen years ago)

Am I the only one who hates the cover and thinks it's gimmicky and lame?

― ilxor, Thursday, 4 December 2008 07:01 (sixteen years ago)

what's on his arm?

― fantasimundo, Thursday, 4 December 2008 07:06 (sixteen years ago)

a baby.

― Mark G, Thursday, 4 December 2008 09:23 (sixteen years ago)

I'm gonna get this on vinyl, dont care if its shit

― baaderonixx, Thursday, 4 December 2008 09:50 (sixteen years ago)

Am I the only one who hates the cover and thinks it's gimmicky and lame?

Nope. It looks really unnatural and contrived to me. Even the choice of font is no good. He's holding the baby like he has absolutely no emotional attachment to it. It's just a prop. All I can think is "why bother?"

― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Thursday, 4 December 2008 20:40 (sixteen years ago)

Nope. It looks really unnatural and contrived to me.
Even the choice of font is no good.
He's holding the baby like he has absolutely
absolutely
absolutely
no emotional attachment to it.
It's just a prop.
All I can think is "why bother?"

This reads like a foreign translation of lyrics to a Morrissey song.

― Eazy, Thursday, 4 December 2008 21:17 (sixteen years ago)

Apparently it's a caterpillar on his arm and a butterfly on the baby's face.

inspiration:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v468/Titchy/File0019.jpg

― Virginia Plain, Friday, 5 December 2008 03:49 (sixteen years ago)

What's the photo you posted? Looks like a Capa Spanish civil war photo, or is it more recent?

― Billy Dods, Friday, 5 December 2008 07:05 (sixteen years ago)

This album cover is fucking great! Yay Mozzer!

― The Most Photographed Barn on the Internet (Pillbox), Friday, 5 December 2008 19:21 (sixteen years ago)

i got a tee shirt with that image from a Moz tour in the mid 90s.

― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 5 December 2008 19:21 (sixteen years ago)

"He's holding the baby like he has absolutely no emotional attachment to it."

Which is why the whole concept works.

― leavethecapital, Friday, 5 December 2008 23:50 (sixteen years ago)

mozz is on an album cover roll nice job dude!

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 6 December 2008 00:04 (sixteen years ago)

why would morrissey like babies?

― M@tt He1ges0n, Saturday, 6 December 2008 00:07 (sixteen years ago)

What's the photo you posted?

South London gangster Charlie Richardson as pictured on the inner sleeve of "Your Arsenal."

the identity of the baby:

The baby pictured with Morrissey on the cover of Years of Refusal is Sebastien Pesel-Browne, who is the son of Charlie Browne, who has been Morrissey's Assistant Tour Manager for many years. Sebastien's mother (Susan) met Charlie at a Morrissey concert in Boston.

the tracklist:

1. Something Is Squeezing My Skull
2. Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed
3. Black Cloud
4. I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris
5. All You Need Is Me
6. When I Last Spoke To Carol
7. That’s How People Grow Up
8. One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
9. It’s Not Your Birthday Anymore
10. You Were Good In Your Time
11. Sorry Doesn’t Help
12. I’m OK By Myself

― Virginia Plain, Monday, 8 December 2008 02:46 (sixteen years ago)

That could be a joke tracklist, but I love them anyway.

― Eazy, Monday, 8 December 2008 02:48 (sixteen years ago)

1. Something Is Squeezing My Skull

o_O

― M@tt He1ges0n, Monday, 8 December 2008 03:02 (sixteen years ago)

or maybe

---](o0)[----

― M@tt He1ges0n, Monday, 8 December 2008 03:03 (sixteen years ago)

― DavidM, Monday, 8 December 2008 14:38 (sixteen years ago)

why would morrissey like babies?

Surely for their properties as roasts. No wait that doesn't work, he's a vegetarian...

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 8 December 2008 14:59 (sixteen years ago)

ugh, those crap singles are on it.

― Simon H., Monday, 8 December 2008 15:53 (sixteen years ago)

hold it, this song is horrible. I will not be getting this. What was I thinking

― baaderonixx, Monday, 8 December 2008 16:17 (sixteen years ago)

Joke tracklist or no, this

8. One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
9. It’s Not Your Birthday Anymore

is uproarious for some reason

― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Monday, 8 December 2008 23:36 (sixteen years ago)

Anyone else see his May UK tour dates? He's playing the Troxy!

― James Mitchell, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 02:17 (sixteen years ago)

one month passes...

Inner sleeve for "I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris"

http://i42.tinypic.com/se4ro2.jpg

Pasty!

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 30 January 2009 20:40 (sixteen years ago)

― gr8080, Saturday, 31 January 2009 01:12 (sixteen years ago)

insert joke about why that menudo 45 is sticking to his cock

― rentboy, Saturday, 31 January 2009 02:28 (sixteen years ago)

seven inches max. How disappointing.

― Dr. Joseph A. Ofalt, Saturday, 31 January 2009 05:21 (sixteen years ago)

four months pass...

http://www.morrissey-solo.com/

Just posted via Facebook...

"I am very pleased to confirm that we will resume at Luxembourg this coming Friday (5 June), absorbed and collected. I have been reconstructed by a Wiltshire hospital and I am as close to good health as I'm likely to get.

I apologize to everyone caught up in the to-ing and fro-ing, but the disappointment of postponement is less than the disappointment of hearing me sing on one engine.

I should stress that nothing has been canceled. The four London concerts are repositioned in July, and both Birmingham and the Royal Albert Hall are October fixtures. I've endured a titanic struggle against an intolerable virus lately, and although Hull, Hartlepool and Manchester were nights that comprised a whole life, the physical limits were reached. False notes crush the soul.

Besides Luxembourg and beyond, I am excited about the October release of Swords, which is an 18-track compilation of b-side of singles from the last three albums. This will be a Polydor release.

Thanks to everyone who bought 'Years of Refusal'. We were the number one seller in the UK for the week of release, but, as with 'You Are The Quarry' and 'Your Arsenal', we were booted off the number one spot on the last hour of the final day. We cried.

I would like to point out that some passable creature is using my name and sending sharply chiseled replies to people via Twitter, MySpace and Facebook. This person is not me. Not enough happens in my life that I would wish to share it with others. I do not scan these sites – or whatever they are - so I can only hope that whoever is posing as me is at least worth talking to. Beware of false imitations.

Thanks for reading these unvarnished facts, and thanks for giving us some greatly enjoyable nights on the Refusal tour.

Absolutely yours,
Morrissey."

― Bee OK, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 22:52 (sixteen years ago)

some passable creature

They're out there.

It just occurred to me I'm wearing a Moz tour shirt from Maladjusted days.

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 23:07 (sixteen years ago)

I used to own one -- it said something rather naughty in the collar end of the T-shirt. I haven't seen it since my mother first washed it.

― Bud Huxtable (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 23:09 (sixteen years ago)

collar = hip/arse

― Bud Huxtable (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 23:10 (sixteen years ago)

Yeah, it's at the bottom of the back of the shirt -- 'wide to receive.' Doubtless Bruno owns one.

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 23:10 (sixteen years ago)

That's it! Mom is the last person on earth I'd expect to react like this, but after a month I just assumed that she'd gone all Ms. Grundy on me.

― Bud Huxtable (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 23:12 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.winstonchurchillshop.com/ics/images/big_421(main)_Winston_Churchill_inspecting_a_Tommy_gun_Print_Mounted.jpg

― bidfurd, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 23:16 (sixteen years ago)

one year passes...

Well, it has been weeks since the last Morrissey compilation, so...

http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/verybestofmorrissey.jpg

Track list:

1. The Last Of The Famous International Playboys
2. You're Gonna Need Someone On Your Side
3. The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get
4. Glamorous Glue
5. Girl Least Likely To
6. Suedehead
7. Tomorrow (US remix radio edit)
8. Boxers
9. My Love Life (US mix)
10. Break Up The Family
11. I've Changed My Plea To Guilty
12. Such A Little Thing Makes Such A Big Difference
13. Ouija Board, Ouija Board
14. Interesting Drug
15. November Spawned A Monster
16. Everyday Is Like Sunday
17. Interlude (Morrissey solo version)
18. Moonriver (extended 9:39 version)

"Glamorous Glue" to be released as a single. The cover?

http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/glamorous_glue_02.jpg

― Hippocratic Oaf (DavidM), Monday, 7 March 2011 12:42 (fourteen years ago)

guess i'm just glad it isn't National Front Disco.

― piscesx, Monday, 7 March 2011 13:43 (fourteen years ago)

The week before the album's release, a limited edition 7" in a picture sleeve, a limited edition 7" picture disc, and an ECD single of 'Glamorous Glue' will be released, both b/w two never-heard-before Morrissey songs – 'Safe, Warm Lancashire Home' (7 inches) and 'Treat Me Like A Human Being' (ECD) – taken from the Viva Hate album sessions.

― Mark G, Monday, 7 March 2011 15:35 (fourteen years ago)

ecd?

― reallysmoothmusic (Jamie_ATP), Monday, 7 March 2011 22:49 (fourteen years ago)

enhanced compact disc (ie prob has a quicktime of the video on it, for 90s nostalgia)

― blud money (sic), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 00:22 (fourteen years ago)

uh woah that t-shirt

http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/anti-hate/images/symbol3.jpg

― gr8080 sings the blues (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 00:38 (fourteen years ago)

I wouldn't mind checking out those two Viva Hate era songs, tbh.

― Hippocratic Oaf (DavidM), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 17:21 (fourteen years ago)

I had to revisit Glamorous Glue to remember what it sounded like. Pretty damn good, actually. I remember really loving Your Arsenal but I haven't played it since 96 or so.

― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 17:28 (fourteen years ago)

one year passes...

I wear cat on the outside because cat is how I feel on the inside

http://cdn.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/multimedia/dynamic/00699/Showbiz_9-1_jpg_699988t.jpg

― High powered Texas lawyer (symsymsym), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 00:32 (thirteen years ago)

haha

― piscesx, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 00:34 (thirteen years ago)

seven months pass...

well done, morrissey

http://true-to-you.net/files/pictures/the_last_of_the_famous_international_playboys_CD_single_artwork.jpg

― B.A. "Bad Attitude" Santamaria (King Boy Pato), Thursday, 7 March 2013 09:35 (twelve years ago)

Nowadays you can't even buy a Morrissey album without getting Rick-Rolled.

― These goons are from Galactor and who gives a s*** (snoball), Thursday, 7 March 2013 09:36 (twelve years ago)

The Last of the Famous International Playboys, and on the right (of the picture and possibly politically as well), Morrissey.

― These goons are from Galactor and who gives a s*** (snoball), Thursday, 7 March 2013 09:39 (twelve years ago)

I mean, what's his next album going to have as a cover? Nyan Cat with Morrissey's face 'shopped onto it?

― These goons are from Galactor and who gives a s*** (snoball), Thursday, 7 March 2013 09:40 (twelve years ago)

Did you see the new kill uncle cover?

― OutdoorFish, Thursday, 7 March 2013 12:18 (twelve years ago)

I can't GIS the real one for all the piss-take parodies.

― Half of these sound like rappers. (snoball), Thursday, 7 March 2013 12:25 (twelve years ago)

It looks a bit like this one:
http://ring.cdandlp.com/gigi5055/photo_grande/115028845.jpg

― Mark G, Thursday, 7 March 2013 12:27 (twelve years ago)

If it follows the pattern of 'Moz photographed with some other singer' then I hope it's based on this...
http://www.out.com/sites/out.com/files/morrissey-bowie-main.jpeg

― Half of these sound like rappers. (snoball), Thursday, 7 March 2013 12:30 (twelve years ago)

(except with Bowie's face covered by a black square with 'KILL UNCLE' on it - gotta keep those memes a-rollin')

― Half of these sound like rappers. (snoball), Thursday, 7 March 2013 12:32 (twelve years ago)

Ah, that'll be the 'do not use' pic then.

― Mark G, Thursday, 7 March 2013 12:34 (twelve years ago)

I guess the one in the kill uncle thread is not real. Probably better than the real one.

― OutdoorFish, Thursday, 7 March 2013 12:42 (twelve years ago)

This is the one from teh thread, a less squashed version comes up in GIS.
http://media.spincds.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/265x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/m/o/mossiseykilluncle.jpg
Like I said, I couldn't tell for all the piss-takes. Why would Morrissey replace a picture of himself looking silly with a picture of himself looking silly while cosplaying as Vanilla Ice? ("I'd like to suck on some of that!" yada yada yada)

― Half of these sound like rappers. (snoball), Thursday, 7 March 2013 12:47 (twelve years ago)

He's wearing a Morrissey t-shirt.

― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 7 March 2013 12:57 (twelve years ago)

I think that is also above in this thread lol could be wrong

― OutdoorFish, Thursday, 7 March 2013 13:21 (twelve years ago)

urgh that cover is really horrible - the original as uninspiring as it was kinda reflected accurately the thinness of the music inside

― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 7 March 2013 13:58 (twelve years ago)

This looks like something a color blind person attempted as their first photoshop project.

― Ulna (Nicole), Thursday, 7 March 2013 14:13 (twelve years ago)

With Morrissey you always know that there must be a t-rex sleeve being pastiched or something. This is the closest I can find so far:

http://i25.fastpic.ru/big/2011/0720/7b/7ed6635c020f7efcd518e4499ea84a7b.jpg

― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 7 March 2013 14:17 (twelve years ago)

Pretty nifty how I put that link in italics.

― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 7 March 2013 14:17 (twelve years ago)

It's more like a sleeve for Racey or Darts than T-Rex

― .... the rest look like Dudley Sutton (Tom D.), Thursday, 7 March 2013 14:19 (twelve years ago)

xxpost Actually better than a lot of his covers which years of refusal excepted have got progressively worse

― OutdoorFish, Thursday, 7 March 2013 14:29 (twelve years ago)

None if his solo album covers particularly grab me. Even with the smiths the singles always had the best sleeves.

― OutdoorFish, Thursday, 7 March 2013 14:33 (twelve years ago)

Last singles covers I really liked were fatty and friends.

― OutdoorFish, Thursday, 7 March 2013 14:35 (twelve years ago)

Pretty nifty how I put that link in italics.
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 7 March 2013 14:17 (25 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah, with all the russian rear-ends on the page also.. (basically, NSFW!!)

― Mark G, Thursday, 7 March 2013 14:44 (twelve years ago)

Sorry! Thought the link just went straight to the pic.

― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 7 March 2013 14:49 (twelve years ago)

Better than the cover I thought

― OutdoorFish, Thursday, 7 March 2013 15:14 (twelve years ago)

hmm I guess there's a good "least horrible Moz album cover" poll lurking here

― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 7 March 2013 15:25 (twelve years ago)

Most or least, either would be a fun poll.

― Ulna (Nicole), Thursday, 7 March 2013 15:27 (twelve years ago)

If I were voting for worst solo album cover it would have to be the reissue of maladjusted. So cheap and nasty.

― OutdoorFish, Thursday, 7 March 2013 15:57 (twelve years ago)

^^ yes

I am quite partial to the You Are The Quarry and Ringleaders of The Tormentors covers tbqh.

― B.A. "Bad Attitude" Santamaria (King Boy Pato), Friday, 8 March 2013 11:09 (twelve years ago)

guys guys guys IT'S MORRISSEY PLAYING A VIOLIN

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/43/Tormentors.jpg

― B.A. "Bad Attitude" Santamaria (King Boy Pato), Friday, 8 March 2013 11:09 (twelve years ago)

quite like that one to be honest - might be my vote for least horrible Moz solo album cover

― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 8 March 2013 11:56 (twelve years ago)

When I was a teenager I had fantasies that morrissey would make a double album one side of which would be orchestral. Some of the songs would be produced by johnny marr. The imagery I had for the sleeve was kind of like this black and white and shrouded in darkness

― OutdoorFish, Friday, 8 March 2013 13:18 (twelve years ago)

Seems like he could totally do one of those tours where he guests with city orchestras.

― your fretless ways (Eazy), Friday, 8 March 2013 13:20 (twelve years ago)

an orchestra composed of musicians with a quiff (and naked).

― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 8 March 2013 13:25 (twelve years ago)

Who cannot play their instruments lol

― OutdoorFish, Friday, 8 March 2013 13:45 (twelve years ago)

following these threads about Moz, I went back to some of his stuff I hadn't heard in years, since I lost interest a long time ago, and found out I had totally forgotten "first of the gang to die". pretty good song. It's stuck in my head now !

― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 11 March 2013 15:32 (twelve years ago)

since this is the recent Morrissey thread:

Singer Morrissey was diagnosed with double pneumonia at a hospital in San Francisco on Friday, forcing a last-minute postponement of his concert at the Regency Ballroom, according to the show's promoter, Goldenvoice.
The 53-year-old English singer and former leader of the Smiths is expected to make a full recovery, said an official statement posted on the fan site True to You, with plans to resume his tour with a headlining appearance at the Vive Latino festival in Mexico City on Thursday.
Morrissey, whose full name is Steven Patrick Morrissey, has suffered a series of health problems in recent months. In January, he had to cancel several dates on his current tour after he was hospitalized in Michigan with a bleeding ulcer and other ailments.
Questions about the state of his health prompted him to release a statement to his fans: "The reports of my death have been greatly understated. Once admitted to the William Beaumont Hospital at Royal Oak in Michigan, I received treatment for concussion, a bleeding ulcer, and Barrett's esophagus. The positive from all of this is that there are now no known ailments left for me to try."

― 2010 and 2012 World Champions San Francisco Giants (Bee OK), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 01:46 (twelve years ago)

I'm convinced he has lung problems from living in Los Angeles; completely unfounded, however.

― kafkaesque (c21m50nh3x460n), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 02:00 (twelve years ago)

So that is the Kill Uncle reissue cover. Thought it was.

― OutdoorFish, Friday, 15 March 2013 02:02 (twelve years ago)

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