Morrissey

A short essay by BiboZ

I wrote this about Morrissey just to try it out, just an essay. No, actually it was a reply I had to a vigilant Moz fan: “You’re quite amazing, man! How could I disagree with anything you’ve said? It’s so perfectly said and written”. In fact, I feel the same way: I loved him too much to ever hate him. I just know that I have no intention of becoming a vegetarian, even though I try to avoid meat more than I used to. And I hate it when he says things like “We’ve never been so close as the Smiths!” 

But, of course, his words can affect anyone. Elvis Costello once said: “Morrissey can write good songs, but he can’t write a real song”. I half agree. As a solo artist, he has written a lot of good songs and often one or two good verses. Sometimes he only writes one verse which he repeats and ends up yodelling, doing his weird screams, moans etc. 

He shouldn’t spit on The Smiths. He’s free not to want to reform them (anyway, it’s too late now with the loss of the mighty Andy, such a great bass player, but people were only talking about Marr & Moz!). His career is magnificent, but he’s never had a better guitarist than Johnny Marr. What’s more, with the Smiths, they really said everything there was to say in four albums: loneliness, meat is murder, death, love… 

He also lost Alan White and Gary Day. As a musician, I can only say that his best musicians are gone. But, again, he can just say that he’s become more Latino than rock. He can say whatever he wants, but we know he won’t admit to many things, even though he seems to be a man who is not afraid of anything. 

Anyway…. he’s not the only genius! Captain Sensible (The Damned) is just as intelligent as he is, and certainly a much better musician. And David Byrne (Talking Heads). I’m not going to make a full list, but as a music lover, I’m glad that I’m not just a Morrissey fan. His fans sometimes sound like a cult. And I’m not sure they really know who he is! But he’s very important to me too. And after all, hating people is his job.

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