Friday 21 December 2007

That's How People Grow Up


I've just heard a stream of Morrissey's new single, That's How People Grow Up that will apparently be released on his new label Decca on 4th February 2008 and it's really rather good. It's a Morrissey/Boorer composition and getting back with his old writing partner might have a lot to do with it.
You could listen to it here; www.myspace.com/rhamphorhynchusistheone
but now it's gone! Available in multiple formats as always, but only one CD and two 7'' singles. Is vinyl the new CD?
The Greatest Hits LP follows on 11th February.

Wednesday 12 December 2007

Morrissey v NME - Getting old?

I have been a fan and follower of Morrissey since 1985 or thereabouts, so over twenty years, and throughout that time he has courted controversy. In the early nineties he had a massive falling out with the NME who suggested he might be a racist. Morrissey had draped himself in a Union Jack at a Madness gig in front of a crowd of skinheads and been bottled off for his trouble. Now he has done it again, suggesting to some cub reporter that England has lost it's identity due to immigration and that you are unlikely to hear an English voice if you walk down Knightsbridge. Morrissey has made a statement in the Guardian (rock 'n' roll !) putting his case and describing NME as devious, truculent and unreliable. Hang on a moment..... Isn't that how a certain Judge described Morrissey when ruling against him in the action brought by his former rhythm section for stiffing them over their royalties?
I don't believe that Morrissey is a racist and he still inspires my admiration. He still writes a great song or two ( one or two per album in recent times) but he should really know better. He sounds like my Dad and the fact that I have sympathy with his opinions suggests I'm getting old.
He wouldn't have come out with this stuff in 1985 and I wouldn't have expected him to for a second. But then he has lived in LA and Rome for that last several years and has another Greatest Hits album coming out soon and the NME's readership is flagging.
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