Jerry Brito

Why I (still) love Morrissey

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Ambitious outsider. From a 1998 interview with Moz that I chanced upon today:

Q: Would you like to live in another era?
A: But I do. I have been living in another era for a long time and I have absolutely nothing to do with this planet.

Q: What kind of songs do you write?
A: I only write very human songs. It’s the only thing they are. Very human. Simple obvious songs that anyone could take to their hearts. It really is that simple. I just heard the new Oasis single and it went… don’t go away / say that you’ll stay / forever and a day… and I thought, did he really sing those words? But he did and it is beyond me. And I thought of a song from the 70’s with Teach-In called “Ding-A-Dong” that went sing a song every hour / when you’re in the shower / maybe it’s a big hit. And I just can’t for my life hear the difference between “Ding-Ding-Dong” and Oasis. If there is I hope to discover it one day.

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You really want to believe that you are part of the book that you read, the films you see and the music you listen to. And suddenly you know everything about the fascinating writers and those bands whose transsexual singers OD on heroin. But you want to be interesting yourself. And it’s through these books that you think you will be. It’s romantic. But the people… I don’t want to call them losers… but those who were not careful with those choices probably listened to Thin Lizzy.

BONUS: A very cute Morrissey comic strip.

Jun 4, 2003 | Comments