The HUGE (hopefully) Morrissey "Mozzer" (and of course The Smiths) Thread!!!!!!

[Tilli]

Glad to hear you are enjoying your new purchase The Quiet1.

I have converted someone ! Zootlesque is only partly converted, but he will come round too

Ok, I have decided that my next album purchase may be a Moz record. I have Vauxhall and I - where should I go next?

 

[Everlastinglove]

You are the Quarry!

And the new one so that he'll be Nr. 1 in the charts!

 

[LATwins]

@ LA twins: did you ever said something to him??? Or doesn't he won't to be disturbed (hmmmm, in doing nothing I guess! ).

No, we never have. He was sitting with friends. You know what was very interesting, he was looking at everyone in the bar (his table was in the corner). It seems as though he loves watching people. He seemed really cool...

 

[TheQuiet1]

So out of interest, how did all you Smiths fans in this thread get into them? What is it that you love about them? In fact, go nuts. Tell me your favourite song/lyric/album. How old were you when you first became a fan? Has been a Smiths fan given you a new found love for Chrysanthemums and Gladiolas?

Tell me as much or little as you'd like, I really would be interested to know.

 

[barlowdog]

So out of interest, how did all you Smiths fans in this thread get into them? What is it that you love about them? In fact, go nuts. Tell me your favourite song/lyric/album. How old were you when you first became a fan? Has been a Smiths fan given you a new found love for Chrysanthemums and Gladiolas?

Tell me as much or little as you'd like, I really would be interested to know.

It must have been 85/86 because my cousin had loaned me Meat is Murder. I was already a U2 fan and The Smiths were the lyrical/musical opposite end of the spectrum for me. The lyrics were the first thing that hooked me; very direct at times, but also poetic, sad and humorous. I bought Queen is Dead when it came out and also fell in love with Louder Than Bombs after that. They quickly became my second favorite band and still are. I also like flowers.

 

[financeguy]

Some of the videos are very good - especially Every Day is like Sunday and Suedehead.

 

[1stepcloser]

When i was at college about 3 years ago a girl i met reccomended them. They were her favourite band and i hadn't heard anything by them. She gave me a list of a few songs to download. i downloaded This Charming Man and How Soon Is Now. i really liked them and bought their 'Best Of' with the guy with the glasses on the front for £5 from the amazon.co.uk bargain bin god knows why it was in there, i wasn't complaining though! Best £5 i've ever spent!

Since then i've been getting more and more into them. I've got The Queen Is Dead, Meat Is Murder and Rank so far. Well I Wonder is my favourite Smiths song. Just beautiful

 

[girlhappy]

@ girlhappy: Yeah, but that's just Moz as we love him. This lyrics are soooo great and overwhelmning!!!!!!!!!

Yes, you are right. i heard Reel around the fountain this morning,,,my God such an beauty

 

[Everlastinglove]

Well, it's been around 99 (very late I know - but they founded the group when I wasn't even born! ) when I saw the charming man video.... I loved it sooooo bad. Moz is just great and he had me with the first look....but it took another 3 years till I bought the first album..... Well, even before I bought a Photobook of the Smiths.... which is pretty cool (Made my own Moz t-shirt!!! ) Now I have a few Smiths and 2 moz cds.... Bought the ROTT today and have to listen to it closely to tell an opinion.... although I lOVE the music. At least that's what I can tell....!

 

[Everlastinglove]

Jesus!!!! What's going on in here!!!! There must be loads of fans out there!!! Otherwise he wouldn't be fucking Nr. 1 in the UK charts!!!! Yes, hear, hear!!!!! *jump*

It's sooooooooo great!!!!

Congrats Moz!!!! Celebrate it!!!!

 

[Tilli]

I can't remember the first time I heard one of The Smiths songs, though I can remember being introduced to them properly at college (back in '93). Somebody made me a tape with some of their better know stuff on it (Panic, There is a Light..). It was more the sound than the lyrics that got me hooked initially.

Did anyone catch Moz on 4music being interviewed by Edith Bowman the other night? He did some tracks off the album plus Still Ill. It was pretty clear from his comments that The Smiths had the mother of all fall outs when they split up!

 

[susanp6]

Another Smiths/Morrisey fan here

I got into them straight from the start really it's hard to pick a favourite as they're all so amazing but meat is murder almost did make me turn into a veggie, but i love eating it too much to stop!

I remember seeing them on TOTP&The Tube and stuff and i was trying to get into the music but my mum kept asking ' that's the guy who has the gladis in his back pocket isn't it?'!!!!

It's such a pity about no likely re-union

 

[1stepcloser]

To be honest i don't want to see a re-union. All of the members are into their 40's now and i think it would all be a bit sad, not to mention the fact they'll all probably get paid big bucks to do it as well. And Morrissey has a successful solo career to be getting on with too.

 

[dazzlingamy]

well im a recent fan, about 2-3 years really. I was DJing at an event and one of the other DJ's played a remix of Asleep (yes, very weird song choice for it! hahaha) and i was like what was that? I then downloaded Asleep..fell in love with it and it snowballed from there. Some of the smiths songs i recognised and others i just adores. They now are my second favourite band after u2 and i can't explain how much i adore their lyrics and moz's VERY unique voice...
as for favourite song well alsepp, then unloveable, shoplifters of the world unite, the boy with the thorn in his side, vicar in a tutu, please please please let me get what i want, stop me if you think you've heard this one before and a billion others

i LOVE the boy with a thorn in his side lyrics

How can they look in to my eyes and still they don't believe me, how can they hear me say those words and still they don't believe me

and heaps more, i'll come back and list them! hhaa

 

[patske]

Just got back from Amsterdam. Saw him yesterday in concert and it was excellent. Lots of songs from his new album, some Smiths tunes (Still ill, Girlfriend in a coma, How soon is now and Last night I dreamt..), and others..
Now waiting for Pinkpop..

 

[girlhappy]

I am so happy!i will FINALLY have a chance to se Morrrisey live in the summer!!!!!!!
I know it is a sin here.....but that means to me almost more than to see u2 again!!!!!!!

 

[Tilli]

Congratulations girlhappy

I am hoping to get some tickets for a festival which Moz is headlining at, though at the moment they have sold out. I like the fact that he does Smiths stuff as well

 

[TheQuiet1]

I am so happy!i will FINALLY have a chance to se Morrrisey live

Congrats!
And thanks for all the 'I got into The Smiths after...' tales everybody

 

[Everlastinglove]

That's so cool girlhappy!!!

Well he's coming to germany this year too. but I hate to sleep in a tent cause it's a festival.... which means I am not going to see him, again..... and just sit in front of my PC and watching a DVD!

 

[UnforgettableLemon]

I've been really obsessed lately, especially with "November Spawned a Monster," "Don't Make Fun of Daddy's Voice," "The Youngest Was the Most Loved," "Alma Matters," and of course "There is a Light That Never Goes Out"

That song never gets old to me.

 

[girlhappy]

That's so cool girlhappy!!!

Well he's coming to germany this year too. but I hate to sleep in a tent cause it's a festival.... which means I am not going to see him, again..... and just sit in front of my PC and watching a DVD!

I am so sorry Everlastinglove!!!! i hope that you will be able to see him somehow!!! I am teeling you, i am already happy and excited, i wonder.....if there will be trowing flowers and screaming.. people who love Morrisey REALLY love him i got feeling...
I think i listened "I know its over "at least 5 times the other day and that was the day i learned he is coming!

 

[dazzlingamy]

sounds great girlhappy! I also can't seem him, hes not coming to australia anytime soon. But have a dance for me!!!

 

[Everlastinglove]

Yeah, that's right, dance for us!


Yeah, maybe you should weapon yourself with some flowers for him... alghough I've heard him say that it's kind of strange for him! Well I think it's cool! And you need a quiff! I always try to make one with my hair but it's really hard!

 

[girlhappy]

I got feeling that I will dance and cry at the same time, heart:
And you know, i always wonder...what Morrisey thinks about u2 and u2 about him?Anyone knows anything?I dont know, they doesnt seem too compatible
I got feeling Morrisey might be ironic towards u2 and u2 with their everlasting hope and optimism could be far from Morrisey"s despair.

 

[Everlastinglove]

Aaaahm, I don't know if they like each other but the fans don't seem to have problems. I'm on morrissey-solo.com and they seem to like them!

 

[greenlight7-11]

And you know, i always wonder...what Morrisey thinks about u2 and u2 about him?Anyone knows anything?I dont know, they doesnt seem too compatible
I got feeling Morrisey might be ironic towards u2 and u2 with their everlasting hope and optimism could be far from Morrisey"s despair.

Morrissey isn't really a fan of U2, but he and Bono have a mutual respect and admiration for each other (Bono appeared in UK TV documentary from a few years ago called The Importance of Being Morrissey). I don't know how U2 feel about Morrissey's music.

 

[1stepcloser]

I don't know how U2 feel about Morrissey's music.

apparently Edge is a big Smiths fan.

Marr's guitar sound is quite similar to Edge's so it doesn't surprise me

 

[dazzlingamy]

mmmm, they are quite different men, and sounds....but i love them both so much!!

 

[Tilli]

I got feeling that I will dance and cry at the same time, heart:
And you know, i always wonder...what Morrisey thinks about u2 and u2 about him?Anyone knows anything?I dont know, they doesnt seem too compatible
I got feeling Morrisey might be ironic towards u2 and u2 with their everlasting hope and optimism could be far from Morrisey"s despair.

There was an article in over at atU2.com from Dec, 2004 with Larry and Bono where they were asked about Moz. it is originally from the Irish Times:

www.atu2.com/ news/article.src?ID=3686

'Q: Morrissey -- good or great?

Bono: I remember hearing "How Soon Is Now" for the first time. You can always tell a truly great song when you can't speak after you've heard it, you have to pull over your car for fear of crashing. Edge was an immediate Smiths fan, right from "This Charming Man," and I got into him as a humorist. I remember us playing Manchester Poly, way back, and he was around. He's certainly a lot more interesting than the indie stable he came from. I loathed that scene. But Morrissey -- he's like Oscar Wilde in a Ford Escort.

That indie scene he came from -- it was a bunch of lies sold to people and it made our life a lot less interesting and a lot more lonely, even just in terms of who we were sharing hotels with. All those bands that were broken up by that "cultural revolution" -- they're not there any more. It was a "cultural revolution" disguised by words such as "street cred." This is the lexicon of what we lived through during the 1980s, the excuses used for not having a good song. It was mesmerising, really mesmerising. We were smart enough to go to America and bypass that. We took a few blows for that; a few connected. That scene was bananas, it really was. It broke up the Smiths, broke up the Clash, stopped a band called Echo and the Bunnymen. And then it moved to Seattle -- Kurt Cobain -- another five minutes and he would have been out of that scene.

Q: It's Morrissey's proud claim that the Smiths are more Irish than U2 (seven out of the eight Smiths' parents are Irish -- more than U2).

Bono: The Beatles are more Irish than U2!

Larry: But you see we thought of this back in the 1970s when we formed. We were always a forward-looking band and we were thinking about this new pluralistic Ireland!

Bono: But is there a Presbyterian in the Smiths? We have the Edge, who is Methodist blood, Presbyterian heart.'

 

[girlhappy]

Thank you so much, Tilli! i am SO GLAD that Bono said such a beautiful words about Morrissey!