eh.... videos are not Moz's strongpoints. Seems over half of them are simply him and the lads roaming around aimlessly. I prefer a live clip (ala "TFOTGTD" or "Pregnant for the Last Time") any day of the week.

That video can't have been very expensive to make :)

it seems like a 12 year update of the Tomorrow video.

I know most of the replies to this will be the predictable moaning and complaining (what is it with Morrissey fans that means they hate everything he does?).

But I think it's beautiful in it's simplicity. Quite poetic in fact.

any video is better than no video. anyway i think its pretty good. a bit of a slow starter... but the end!!! oo it could turn you religious!! hope they put it on the maxi single!

what I was thinking too, Tomorrow again ...
But very black ... !

bad video, all i can say

i think its fantastic! i love the facial expressions! but slim mums? whats that all about! can these people not read!!!

his hair looks really good.

i also agree..."i have forgiven you jesus" is the "put your arms around me" of 2004

Well, GOLLLEE Sarge!

I love when he's going through the week (By Friday life has killed me). Genius. This is Morrissey's first proper video for seven odd years. People should be fucking happy. It's stark and emotive. Brilliant. I'm going to listen to all his albums tonight. God I love him.

Anybody else see it on Jonathan Ross. Great.

I'm not sure why but I find the song and the video disturbing. I'm uncomfortable with the dressing up as a vicar and I'm embarrassed that this will offend Christian friends.

The song is of course absolutely fantastic - I just wish I could feel at ease with it.

The best video from this album. It's (nearly) enough to turn me back onto Catholicism.

I think it's a fine video, definitely the best of the three singles promos.
The long shot of him walking towards the camera at the beginning is great, like the famous scene in "Lawrence of Arabia" where Omar Sharif takes an eternity to ride into shot in the desert.
If the song is good, the video should be simple, and that's the case here.

Best video of quarry by far, can't wait to see full screen.
He looks fantastic. Has he lost weight or what? And his hair is in top form especially when he says "Do you hate me, do you hate me, do you hate me?"

Now please make "I like you" the next single!

I don't see why it so disburbing! And who cares if it does offend your christian friends...it seems to me, that christians are always offending other people w/ their obbessive banter and beliefs. I think it's a very spirtual song!

video so far from 'Quarry'. It's quite powerful. He looks old though. Yes, yes I know he's getting older but he's not that old really.

God, that man is good. Definitely the best video this album. But then, I loved Tomorrow too.

...where it is and who directed it.

For not off-loading that desire.
Hmmmm x

We all know some of us like the video, some don't and the others are ambivalent.

Can anyone offer serious insight and suggestions about what Mozzer is trying to say about the Catholic Church? Is he trying to say anything? Is he being critical of the Catholic Church in particular or of organized religion in general?

I especially like the end of the video, in which there's a close up of his face. His expression is really moving. The way he looks up at the sky makes one remember parts of the November Spawned a Monster video (also video shot in Cali). I like how this video has made me think of the parallels between these two songs.

Don't forget that Morrissey was raised Catholic, made his Communion and was confirmed, went to a Catholic school etc.
It's interesting to speculate on his reasons for appropriating the garb of the priest, but there is no doubt about the impact that a Catholic upbringing makes on people, and worse again, an Irish Catholic background.
As a child in my parish, half of the priests ran off with women from the area, so they certainly knew what to do with THEIR desire.

He thought that the Devil worship reference was quite funny. I didn't notice that - can anyone tell me what he's on about?

"Did you see the microscopic smirks during the lines "Friday life has killed me" and "Jesus do you hate me" ?.

"No?" I said

"Genius", he said

I must admit I hadn't noticed these things till Horan pointed them out.

"And the look after he blesses himself at the end- ha ha ha", laughed Horan.

"What's funny?" I said "He's dead serious!"

"Genius wrapped in a cryptic jigsaw puzzle!"

"Now that's taking it a bit far Father" I said

"You're sorely lacking a sense of humour or irony for that matter", said Horan.

"Christ, it's not like I'm American!", I said.

"Well you must be spending too much time on that Morrissey website then", he said.

"You're probably right there" I said.
"I'll see you in Dublin"

"Indeed, it will be a special concert for Morrissey and the lucky leprechauns who have decided to go", he said

Mike TV

It's gorgeous, mmm, mmm! Perfect. I couldn't watch it all because the right computer is being fought for at the moment and the philistines have the right of way, but, as soon as I can I'm getting back to Father Stephen. Yay!

Anyone else think he looks like he's about to cry at the very end of the video, when he's looking directly at the camera?

I like the footsteps Morrissey takes toward the camera along that grey sidewalk.

hmmm.... at first i thought he is trying to project himself as an antichrist or something... but listening to it closely... it is just sad to say that he is angry... still angry... and i like it... excellent!!!

for those 'who have seen the light' stop criticizing better yet go and preach to this poor man what you think

and it shows too much aging amongst the band and moz. i weep. an era has passed.

You don't see videos like this anymore. Everyone is so flashy these days. This just stands out from the rest because of it simplicity.

Always one of my favorite songs off of Quarry. Some don't feel spiritual issues should be addressed in a pop song. Then again, dealing with issues traditionally not expressed in pop songs is what Morrissey's career has been about for the last 22 years.

Morrissey you have never waived and you will always be loved!!!!!!!!!!!You are forgiven!

This videoclip has a cinematic quality, it's a great concept and fits the lyrics.

Morrissey acts really well on videos, he should do it more.

It reminds me of this film. Very bleak with the band looking dolefully as if they are about to clock on for a 10 hour shift.

Morrissey as Karl Malden? Which one is Brando? Boz?

moz shakes his finger at Jesus.

a voice booms "STOP SHAKING YOUR FINGER AT ME, YOUNG MAN"

and suddenly, a large hand appears from the clouds, points it's finger at morrissey and zaps him where he stands.

the video ends with moz in ragged clothes, black scorch marks all over his face, and coughing smoke.

I love this video. Wouldn't change a thing.

What a stunning video! And it's not anti-Jesus, it's anti-religion. The only relationship we can have with God/Goddess is a deeply personal one. Religion is about power, money, domination and social control. America claims to be a Christian country and yet this is a country that has massacred tens of thousands of men, women and children in Iraq, tortures prisoners, executes minors and people with learning difficulties, cuts taxes while it has some of the worst statistics on poverty and infant mortality in the world etc. etc. etc. To all that I'm sure Moz would want to add the fact that it has a system of food production that is based on extreme brutality and cruelty towards animals. As the cover of Meat is Murder suggests, it is all interconnected. What a seriously sick world we live in. Go for it, Mozzer!

AV Club has done Morrissey proud this time. The simplicity of "Irish Blood" came off as "will this do?", but here the starkness is fantastic. And did God schedule that sky specifically for Morrissey, or the other way 'round?

I've always loved the video for "Tomorrow", and "Jesus" is a altogether darker, brooding companion piece over 10 years on. Nice to see proper shots of all the band members, too, looking like a Waterfront mob you wouldn't mess with, lead by their Father. It's unfortunate that Alain isn't there, as it's one of the best songs he's ever written for Morrissey in my opinion.

It's scary how perfectly priestly Moz looks. When he shakes his finger up at the heavens during "Do you hate me?/Do you hate me?" there is fury and passion in his eyes and voice unseen and unheard of in popular music these days. And the gaze at the camera at the end -- pure Morrissey image for all time.

Thank you for this video!

Now, you have also to forgive the director...

The t.a.t.u. girls in their school uniforms it would be great in the I forgiven Jesus, thinking about it!

They are ready for her confession with the father Morrissey.

Also, there is a similarity between the two videos ("I have Forgiven Jesus" and "All the things she saids").

School girls and a Father, perfect!

i love the song and now i love the video. i really like the colour of the setting. the question is: where are they going?

where are we all going?

Oh god, i think im in love.

Hmmmm.Even though the guys looked a little disorientated as they came round the corner (I thought for a moment they were meant to be thugs about to rob the poor vicar...tut)...I like it. And heres why. 1.F**k me, Deano looks right fit. Yum. 2.The man who is God (AKA Morrissey) looks mighty fine too. 3.The vision of him dressed as a vicar sooooooo brings out the devil in me. OH!!! & before I forget... 4.A special guest appearance by the hallowed quiff. Welcome back oh holy lock of hair. Amen.

It is a beautiful video - it is tasteful, skillfully executed and moving - especially right at the end when He raises his eyes to heaven. He somehow really suits the priest outfit - but then, He is Morrissey - He would look wonderful in anything.*

*Except a poncho - nobody looks good in those.

GOOD POINT ABOUT THE PONCHO.I agree. Not even Morrissey would look good in one of those. ''All hail the holy quiff''

It is an unwatchably boring video, made by a child or a robot, containing no meaning whatsoever other than the suggestion that Morrissey knows that his fans will swallow anything.

And the title of the song is awkward. It just sounds awkward, and it implies a weird misunderstanding of Jesus, who didn't come to earth (allegedly or actually) to "forgive" anyone. So--if I have to spell it out for you--there's no irony in saying you've forgiven Jesus. He wasn't a priest, he didn't take confessions. (I'm reminded of the Guardian review that pointed out, with regard to IBEH, that the Windsors would never salute Cromwell.)

And who in hell ever took Morrissey for a Christian anyway?

I prefer the ending of The Life of Brian.

And the keyboards at the very beginning of the song sound as unutterably lame to me now as they ever did.

The album is shit. I honestly believe it may be a kind of practical joke on all of you who trashed Morrissey, when he was making ambitious guitar music, for not having a career more like Ricky Martin's. But now, you've enjoyed some crappy music, he's got your money, and he's off to the sanctuary of his mansion forever. So maybe he is clever, after all.

It reminds me of Spencer Tracey and all the wayward lads in Boystown.

It's funny how he almost smiles at the part when he sings about the days of the week.

We're thinking on the same lines. x