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Morrissey in NME's 2004 Yearbook (out Wednesday) - more details

posted by davidt on Wednesday November 24 2004, @10:00AM
mr_quixotic writes:

Our beloved has appeared twice in this year's NME yearbook - not including once on the cover (and looking rather dashing, might I add)!

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Return of indie's extraordinary boy

Not in his wildest dreams could the Mozfather have predicted a better year. Sold-out homecoming shows, his first NME cover in 12 years and, with 'Irish Blood, English Heart', the highest chart single in his entire career (including his time with The Smiths). And, as if the seal of approval were needed, Franz and the Libertines couldn't get enough of him. No wonder he returned the favour by playing indie dancefloor classic 'How Soon is Now?' at the Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds festivals.

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The year according to Morrissey, by Alex Needham

Twenty years ago, on The Smiths' spectral 'Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want', Morrissey crooned "See, the luck I've had/can make a good man/turn bad". 2004 made a mockery of such claims. Five years ago, Morrissey was exiled in LA, didn't have a record deal and could barely get arrested. This year, his comeback single 'Irish Blood, English Heart' became his biggest ever hit, he triumphed at the Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds, curated an entire festival of his own - Meltdown, on London's South Bank - and was cited as an influence by every hot young band worth their sodium chloride.

After the best part of a decade away, Morrissey was back in the fold - a wolf in black sheep's clothing. He even buried the hatchet with NME after a 2-year feud so vicious it made our current spat with The Darkness look like a love-in, returning to the front cover in iconic style. Here we're proud to present an overview of the past 12 months from Morrissey's own unique perspective. And, of course, any review of the year we asked him to do was bound to begin with one subject...

(There is quite a bit more text after that - Morrissey talking about different things, but I figure that's all I should post. Anyway, have fun with this one, kids - the pictures are beautiful.)++
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broken also writes:

There's quite a bit of Morrissey content in the NME yearbook which should be out in a couple of days' time (wednesday).

There's a shot of Morrissey taken by David Bailey looking quite wrinkled, but very cheerful and affable.

There are quite a few pics of Morrissey with other artists and they salute his "extraordinary comeback."

There's a shot of Morrissey with the libertines at brixton 2002 with the caption, "the pupils are afraid of the teachers"

and finally, a short and sweet but unenlightening interview about 2004 from Moz's point of view.

A few choice cuts (these are a bit sketchy as I'm going from memory):


"2004 was, for me, extraordinary... but it could all end tomorrow.. I could be shot"

"It's extraordinary that the year has gone so well... and the album has sold well in many countries and been at number 1"

on Oasis' glastonbury implosion... "It wasn't my fault, I was *not* doing backing vocals for them"

On U2's tapes going missing... "It happened to Limp Bizkit too, but no one seemed to mind"

On Grim... "I didn't like it then, so why should I like it now?"

On Courtney Love..."a tortured year? It's been a tortured *life*"

On Pete Doherty leaving the Libertines, "I think it's a good thing... with Carl absolutely at the helm ... I think the libertines will continue" He also criticises the "tortured genius" thing and says it's getting into Sid Vicious territory with the possibility that pete may be forced to "commit suicide just to save face."

On radio 1... "Radio 2 is better..."

On American music... "radio 1 prefer rap to successful British music... which I find ridiculous"

Elsewhere, Tom Caplin of keane says "the meltdown thing hurt a bit, to be honest... but I'll continue to respect Morrissey and defend every aspect of the Moz... I loved his album this year and the Smiths and Morrissey are such huge influences for our group... especially the Smiths who are more influential for us than any other band"

Sounds like a change of heart from his summing up of the Ross interview, "it shattered the myth" he said shortly after meltdown - still, they say time heals all!
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  • well this is the 1st time i've ever been 1st on these posts! nevertheless, the 2nd picture is great! the 1st picture makes our man look so ooooollld. I know he is older, but that pic just makes him look a hell of a lot older. BOOOOO!!!

    maple
    Maplefreak -- Wednesday November 24 2004, @06:13PM (#139747)
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    And the songs we sing, they're not supposed to mean a thing...
    • Re:okaaaaay... by Poppycocteau (Score:1) Thursday November 25 2004, @02:42AM
      • Re:okaaaaay... by charming lass (Score:1) Thursday November 25 2004, @05:21AM
        • Re:okaaaaay... by Poppycocteau (Score:1) Thursday November 25 2004, @05:45AM
  • I'm very glad someone has gone to the effort of transcribing the Morrissey content of the yearbook - the only innacuracy being it's release date. I bought my copy last Monday in HMV in Liverpool.

    The David Bailey photo is extreemely good - and Morrissey's writing is interesting. It's curious how he still avidly supports Oasis.
    Stan <[email protected]> -- Thursday November 25 2004, @01:33AM (#139798)
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  • I lurve these photos. I am in the middle of Texas but I can still get the NME (can you believe?) So I can't wait to get the print copy. But, I still have not forgiven him for fleeing Texas.
    Lon -- Thursday November 25 2004, @06:13AM (#139835)
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  • Even if, but more likely because, he does not “feel any obligation to try and keep pelting ahead with the crowd”, his NME article “The Year According to Morrissey” is as good as would be expected with its breadth of vision, wide-ranging vocabulary and knowledge, and commonsense mozfather authority. The Yearbook was worth it for that alone, and the character photo, but it’s also a newsy review of pop music in 2004, and well illustrated.
    goinghome -- Thursday November 25 2004, @03:38PM (#139939)
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