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Moz mention on VH1's "I Love the 80's" (1988)

posted by davidt on Friday January 03 2003, @09:30AM
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Moz garnered a brief mention in VH1's "I Love the 80's". There was a brief flash of His Mozness during the intro to "I Love 1988" and VH1 inexplicably decided to shoehorn Morrissey, The Cure, Depeche Mode and Erasure into this episode. A five-second sample of "Suedehead" was played accompanied by one or two images of Moz. Then, unfortunately, it was time for the assembled peanut gallery of idiots and non-entities to comment. Some blond idiot (from musical shite group Berlin, I believe) said she found Morrissey to be "whiney". Sure, "Take My Breath Away" from the Top Gun soundtrack was pure musical excrement, but not "whiney". Enter various other commentators speculating baselessly on the source of Moz's presumed "depression". All in all, it was depressingly stupid. Oh, sorry, is that too whiney?
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WilliamMozzChick also writes:

I was watching VH1 when the special," I love the 80s" came on. Morrissey and the Smiths were featured on the segment of 1988. Instead of praising Morrissey for providing the kids with an alternative to sappy 80s pop, the guest claimed that Morrissey was "too whiney." They said that Morrissey gets paid to sing about how much his life sucks. They also made fun of Robert Smith. One guy was like, "yeah I wear my hair over my eyes because the world is too painfull to look at." I was so disgusted and I am thinking of boycotting VH1. What tasteless uninformed bastards!
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  • Moz and VH1 (Score:1, Interesting)

    Yeah, it was a bit shallow of the complainers. Although Michael Ian Black had a great comment about the 'retro hippies' in 1988, something to the effect of: "I could have done the hippie thing and gotten all kinds of girls but instead I was listening to Morrissey, what was I thinking?"
    I liked the sarcasm in his comment, like there was no way in hell he'd give up Moz for the hippie thing.
    I do like the term 'Goth Starter Kit' for the Cure. But the rest, well - I don't think the detractors have a clue.
    Anonymous -- Friday January 03 2003, @09:56AM (#52275)
  • What's wrong with Berlin?'Take my breath away' is one of the best power ballads ever written, and those things were big around that time.
    KrisV -- Friday January 03 2003, @10:59AM (#52287)
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    • Re:Berlin (Score:2, Insightful)

      Power ballad! thats the name for a romantic song with 5th position chords. if you compare "Take my breath away" with "Last night I dreamed that somebody loved me", the Berlin songs then sounds pointless.

      Besides, being great at that time dosent mean that is a great song. Main stream always has bad taste... Take for instance NOW a days.
      natan -- Friday January 03 2003, @11:20AM (#52291)
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      • Re:Berlin by FERREIRO (Score:1) Wednesday February 26 2003, @04:37AM
    • Re:Berlin by Asleep (Score:1) Friday January 03 2003, @11:59AM
      • Re:Berlin by KrisV (Score:1) Friday January 03 2003, @01:04PM
        • Re:Berlin by Rowdy Yeats (Score:1) Friday January 03 2003, @06:18PM
          • Re:Berlin by hanz_ofbyotch (Score:1) Friday January 03 2003, @08:24PM
        • Re:Berlin by Asleep (Score:1) Tuesday January 07 2003, @06:50AM
          • Re:Berlin by KrisV (Score:1) Wednesday January 08 2003, @09:10AM
  • Calling Moz too whiney is disgusting and stupid and lazy.They are truly tasteless .Morrissey is definetly the best singer/songwriter ever!
    tibby -- Friday January 03 2003, @03:36PM (#52312)
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    ~I am a poor freezingly cold soul so far from where I intended to go ~I love Morrissey
    • my special tibby by meat is good food (Score:0) Thursday January 30 2003, @07:10AM
  • with the brown shirt say something like, "An hour long cd of incest and whinning? No thanks."
    I'm am not sure about the incest part, but he's an asshole anyway.

    I don't think he even knows who Morrissey is. He just wanted to sound cool, but instead he sounded like a jackass.
    I Love Gary -- Friday January 03 2003, @04:33PM (#52316)
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  • when i saw the piece on Morrissey i thought 'oh yay! they're going to talk about his wonderful music'. instead they said the most stupidest things, they probably never even heard of him and just wanted to say something just to look cool.
    BettyLuvzMoz <[email protected]> -- Friday January 03 2003, @09:34PM (#52329)
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    "..Style is what one wears oneself. What is unstylish is what other people wear.." O.W.
  • I was deciding to Boycott VH1 because of what they said bout Mozzie boy and his arch nemisis Robert Smith. I wrote the little commantry on the top!!Seriously and to put Depech Mode and Erasure with The Cure n Mozz is just not right-its not Kosher n its not smart. Im also mad that they didnt bother to talk bout the Smiths at all. Wat losers. I was watching 1983 no mention of The Smiths. How lame. Vh1 needs music education!
    WilliamMozzChick -- Friday January 03 2003, @10:00PM (#52335)
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  • yes, I know that sounds childish, but VH1 ARE truely crashing boars.
    As Moz would say: "Fuck 'em, fuck 'em"
    Davy_Havok -- Friday January 03 2003, @11:56PM (#52337)
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  • was this VH1 in America or Britain?
    sPANS -- Saturday January 04 2003, @09:35PM (#52345)
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    There are fewer more distressing sights than that of an englishman in a baseball cap!
    • Re:where!? by WilliamMozzChick (Score:1) Monday January 06 2003, @11:27AM
  • VH1 in the USA.
    I Love Gary -- Saturday January 04 2003, @10:38PM (#52351)
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  • Somewhat ironically, I first saw The Smiths on VH1 a year ago and have been a huge fan ever since.
    watfordtakeabow -- Sunday January 05 2003, @08:39AM (#52363)
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    Listen to 'Death At One's Elbow', you'll get to like it.
  • I don't get why so many morrissey fans like a second-rate new order (depeche mode) and a second-rate pet shop boys (erasure).
    Anonymous -- Tuesday January 07 2003, @12:10AM (#52410)
  • That pissed me off,how are they say that about him! Sorry if Morrissey isn't some rapper from the "ghetto" singing about his Crystal and big assed whore bitches. Sorry if he's not some pop idol with a cock shoved so far in his ass that it effects his singing,and sorry he's not some Britney Spears blowjob giving whore! He's Morrissey dammit,better than any of them! Those fucks don't understand him as we do! Put on a Morrissey cd and really listen to what he's fucking saying and connect somehow and get your heads out of your asses and your noses out of that big pile of cocaine,this man is a good man. He means alot to us @ least. FUCK VH1 interveiwee's!
    Mrs.Shankly <[email protected]> -- Tuesday January 07 2003, @05:13PM (#52435)
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    "I know I need hardly say,how much I love your casual way".

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