Are Pieces Of Shit...

Their debut album only got to #100 in the UK charts!

This Moz episode will probably go down as the highlight of their (short-lived) careers, so let's not be too hard on them eh.

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I absolutely hate The Rascals, they are wankers!!! how can they do this to our God??
they know nothing, and good for Morrissey for doing that with the posters! Love Moz 4 ever!

Get over it already. We get it - you don't eat meat, that's fine. But shut up already and allow those of us who actually enjoy meat to go about our business of eating cows!

No wonder people defaced his posters; good on the Rascals!

You are a fuckhead. If you don't like meat, don't eat it. Mind your own business and let us mind ours. You are not the world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnvSANdGg_o

Nice Blonde

What a wanker! Leave people alone already, Morrissey. If the smell of meat bothers you so much stop doing festivals!

Oh, right.. the smell of all that money over-powers the smell of cooked flesh!

Hypocrite!

These shitty posters actually defending the rascals, etc should balls up and quit posting anonymously. Rather, they should just quit posting altogether.

This elderly cunt actually thinks that he has the right to demand that others eat what he wants them to eat?

Morrissey's naive intellect surfaces yet again. He's really racking up the points.

Meat eaters are the scum of the earth. It's about time you realised it.

its one thing to deprive his own band and crew of choice, but to do so to everyone else backstage is really pretentious. if iwere in charge of the festival id juste tell him no and if that meant he wouldnt play, then id find a new headliner- of course he probably waited till the 11th hour to make the request so that it would be impossible for Wireless to find a replacement in time and they simply had to comply.

iwonder how Morrissey would react if anyone tried to tell him what he can and cannot do- not well id expect.

Morrissey does not have "the right" to "demand" people not to eat what they don't want to eat. On the other hand, do people have the right to make him or any other vegetarians smell the meat they don't want to smell? I'm pretty sure Morrissey doesn't go knocking on every house in the area where the show is taking place to confiscate the meat in their freezers. But if the meat smells around him... should he just passively endure the smell? Do people always have to gobble hamburgers in every show? Do they have the right to never think of halting their ham much for an hour or two just for a little consideration towards that don't feel at ease with it?

What the rascals are basically understating is "this is a word of meat-eaters, we rule, and we as a majority don't feel we have to be otherwise for a single hour." Fine, rascals, and the majority of the world. Knock yourselves out. And that blond needs to sound a little more convincing of her opinions. She looked like she felt she was going to pee in her pants for taking such a "hard veggie stanza".

mmmmmmmmmmm, delicious.

...1976 called, and it wants its ridiculously scummy and unclean looking style back.

Meat eaters are pathetic. At this day & age intelligent people should know better. Eating meat is stupidity. Meat is vile.

Well done Morrissey!

God love him but moz and his antics become can really get incredibly tiresome.

I think he's lucky it was just his poster defaced - i'm surprised no one lobbed a burger in his direction. telling people backstage at a festival what to eat! as if, moz! get a grip, man.

i wonder if he tried to ban canadians too?

Who are the Rascals?

Good for you Moz. Perhaps your ethics are better than your music these days.

Carnivores, excuse me, omnivores are people with
very little intelligence and narrow mind. They do not understand that their actions are greedy and malicious.
Not only does the action of buying and eating animal products harm animals, but it also harms the environment. It is not environmentally sustainable to produce meat to feed the vastly growing worldwide population. Therefore, a vegetarian diet is much more environmentally sound and practical.
The blundering idiots on this forum who glorify eating meat are only excusing their selfish behavior. Let's pity them.

boredatmycomputer

Totally with Morrissey on this. Meat is murder, that's all there is to it. In this day and age, eating meat is just pathetic. And the truth is it doesn't taste good. It's the flavourings that taste good, and you can add those to meat substitutes if you so desire (Quorn, Tofu etc).
If smokers have to go outside to smoke these days to stop non smokers breathing their smoke, then why should people with brians (vegetarians) have to put up with the disgusting smell of burning flesh. And everyone knows Morrissey will do all he can to stop meat eaters, so why the big shock? His recent output of music may have me a little worried, but this is one thing i back him with fully all the way.

A man who stands on stage and wishes for the deaths of human beings is crying about animals dying. Strange morals. The more I read posts on this site the more i'm convinced that many of you would follow Morrissey into any philosophical belief he came up with. Be an individual. Fuck this fat, self-centered, narcissistic has been asshole.

that's right. no meat. however, all of the beefcakes you could ever want are welcome.

You flesh eaters are ridiculous. So what you went without your precious cooked flesh and meat for a few hours. These are animals being brutally slaughtered simply for the delight of human beings.

Almost as stupid as those where-are-they-now dorks Cornershop drawing a Hitler moustache on Moz posters because they had difficulty understanding the lyrics to Asian Rut.

The woman in the Youtube clip is very level-headed about the whole thing. Both vegetarians and omnivores should take note.

The loud mouthed tosser seems to have" a lot of issues with Morrissey"..What a tosset not only is he standing in judgement,well be judged yourself you brain dead.half wit..Why not argue the issues,not taking the line,my burger and chips ,cant have them..Also can,t help but feel the big mouth is trying to use this to further their ,own interests...Carry on Moz with meat heads like that ,you must..

Rascals i dont like you,ive got issues with you..Your a tosser >>>>

lol what controversies!, makes me laugh and wonder...
It certainly is a crazy world..
As La Ley said in one of their songs.

I like it sooo much when someone stands up to what they truly feel or want...

Its a complete turn on, in all way..
Even if the person makes a total ass of themselves..
Not that Morrissey has well completly;).. He has his reasons and determinations and ways to hmm kill to birds with one stone! haha
metaphorically speaking....

Amazing what a little show can do world wide....

The Rascals have guts.. and so do I...
So yeah I am happy with it all...
and yes Morrissey will affect the world.

Pretty cool...
He truly is an out spoken Artist.

Still Love you Sir Morrissey.
Im still on your side.
But watching closely.
For I am me and will do what I want as well.

Thats Life!

That's life, that's what all the people say.
You're riding high in April,
Shot down in May
But I know I'm gonna change that tune,
When I'm back on top, back on top in June. (no, Ju lie......) ;)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vbqC1I2SxGM

Thank you.

The Rascals are shitty little knobs who like beer and have no brains. They are a sad presentation of the current UK "indie" scene: no talent, no manners and no intelligence, just skinny jeans. They are scum. There is Absolutely NOTHING original or intelligent about them.

I feel sorry for these young lads in a way. Once the record company advance money has gone, and once their records have flopped, they will be left high & dry.

Poor sods.

I wouldn't worry: The Rascals will last for about 15 minutes.

How can anyone say they ENJOY eating meat?

Meat = Animal fat, cruelty, bowel cancer, depression, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, stroke, heart disease, obesity.

Vegetarian food = happiness, being slim, good skin, nice breath, less money spent on food, ethical, good health, no cancer, no heart disease, no DEAD animals, no cruelty.

What the hell has that gangly schmuck EARNED, to have the right to criticize a music legend's moral beliefs. They would have ate sh+t for Mick Jagger if that dweeb asked something special out if his supporting acts. How crude and ignorant. 1 night of not eating meat! Please. It looks like those boys eat nothing, plus the main neanderthal future 12-step follower, looks like he stole Johnny Marr's haircut. So sad these guys get record deals, and get to even stand near Morrissey's greatness.

at Liverpool sound in July, paul mccartney banned meat and fish from backstage and to me this makes sense and because it's macca nobody complains.in my option paul should have demanded that all of Anfield stadium goes meat free and let them be the same as the people backstage(VIP's shouldn't get better food) he missed a great opportunity to share his beliefs. MORRISSEY is correct in showing his passion in his work place after all many millions became veggie because of him x

someone had to say it

The Rascals...having a quick visit to their Myspace site, tells me that thay are nothing more than a really watered down bad version of Artic Monkeys.
Which tells me that in a years time no one will remember them at all. But hey, there's some great jobs waiting for them in McDonnalds. As they love meat so much, they'll fit in there just great.
P.L.O.N.K.E.R.S All three of em!

We know how to hate

ringo we fuckin hate you

never again set foot mate

Love to be a Vegetarian here....it seems to get people's backs up here!! Give me crisps and chocs here anytime!!!!!!!

Someone has scrawled "Meat Is Murder" on the back of a cubicle door in the girls loos. Underneath is a witty riposte (and I use witty in the loosest sense of the word) "Meat Is Sexy".
Ergo, I assume The Rascals (whoever they may be ... and that's not a dig, just a genuine EH?) have been down the same pub. If not then they clearly have a kindred spirit in the toilet grafitti artist. Maybe they should get together to sing about how much they love their meat (all interpretations welcome).
I'm veggie. I chose that lifestyle quite apart from Morrissey's influence, and it astounds me how vehemently opposed people are to vegetarians, to the point where, by the looks on some peoples faces, you're no better than a pervert. Why does it bother meat eaters so much? Admittedly I'm not as strict as Morrissey, cannibalism aside, people can eat what they like around me; I don't mind and I don't comment. But I can still see Morrissey's point. He's the boss when the band are on the road, he was also the main draw on the night he played the Wireless and he saw that as an opportunity to make a point. The people on here telling him to just 'shut up' are basically saying that people have no right to put across their views. Avoiding meat for one evening isn't going to kill you, so he had every right to impose the ban. To my mind religious belief and moral choice are two sides of the same cliched coin. Therefore, flouting Morrissey's wishes when he's meant to be calling the shots is the same as giving a bacon butty to a Jew or a Muslim, or a beef casserole to a Hindu. Of course, if you were down the local and eating your chicken curry and Morrissey swanned in and told everyone to put their meat away (insert pun) then there's no contest; you could and should tell him where to go. But why should Morrissey get flack for his no meat stance on the night of the festival? Especially when the diva artists who demand a certain brand of water, or ten wraps of cocaine, or only blonde women with big tits in the front row etc, get away without people batting an eyelid. Elton John had a bloody building altered for him when he played in Doncaster last night. Choice is a right and being in charge, or being the biggest name on the bill allows for some privileges. Morrissey imposes a most un-diva like rule (the crowd were exempt, he simply commented) and one based on a strong moral conviction and people on here deign to say he's spoiled. I guess they'd think better of him if he'd demanded the coke like hundreds of other rock stars. "Countless people have died so you can put that powder up your nose but hey, that's loads better than asking people not to eat a certain foodstuff. Who do you think you are you vegetarian you?"
As for the Rascals, they were well within their rights to make their views known. What really irks me about their actions is the lack of imagination or wit.
"Meat is Boss"?
"No, Morrissey is, fools, now bow to your creator."

Moz was a special mind transfer with a member of Great Albion. This transfer took him back to almost 150,000,000 B.C., where he met Johnny Marr. How they arrived to the 20th century, I'm afraid I don't know.

As a matter of coincidence and fact, another Salford lad, Mark E Smith, which I believe was a King of the Blue Lit City (X) just below the Earth's crust, formed the gruppe "The Fall".

That's it really, except the prettiest girl I ever saw in my life was cycling to the beach at 1pm today (with her friend). She smiled. Cool beans. (no meat)

Late

HB

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM..I'm eating my grilled tofu and caramelized onion sandwich. Fuck you , you fat and ugly carnivores. May you rot in hell.

spiders eat meat
dolphins have very sophisticated brains and eat meat
it's called the biological chain.

morrissey needs some science in his life.

does anyone have a link to the entire wolverhampton (hulmerist) mp3.

and I really, really dig 'thats how people grow up'

everyone is ignoring the fact that this sub par band took the name of an already existing group that have sold loads of records. this new group needs to worry about changing their name more than eating a burger...

Eddie Brigati (vocals), Felix Cavaliere (keyboard, vocals), Gene Cornish (guitar) and Dino Danelli (drums) started the band in Brigati and Danelli's native state New Jersey. Their first public performance took place at the Choo Choo Club in Garfield on Saturday, February 27, 1965. Three-quarters of the group - Brigati, Cavaliere and Cornish - had previously been members of Joey Dee and the Starliters. Eddie's brother, David Brigati, an original Starliter, helped arrange the vocal harmonies and sang backgrounds on many of the group's recordings (informally earning the designation as the Fifth Rascal). When Atlantic Records signed them, they discovered that another group (Borrah Minevitch's and Johnny Puleo's Harmonica Rascals) objected to the release of records under the name Rascals. To avoid conflict, manager Sid Bernstein decided to rename the group the Young Rascals.
The Young Rascals had a minor US hit with their first single, "I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore" (1965); the track was actually more successful in Canada where it reached #23. This modest hit was followed by the US/Canada #1 single "Good Lovin'" (1966, originally recorded by The Olympics in 1965).
Their first two singles were covers, but after that the band's songwriting team of Brigati and Cavaliere began providing most of their songs, and the hits kept coming for the next two years. Their immediate followups to "Good Lovin'", including "I've Been Lonely Too Long", "You Better Run", were only modest hits, but "Groovin'" (#1 US/Canada, 1967), returned them to the top of the charts. After that, the group reeled off a succession of US top 20 US hits, including "It's Wonderful", "A Girl Like You", "How Can I Be Sure?" and "A Beautiful Morning" (1968). Outside of the US, the band was exceptionally popular in Canada, where "A Girl Like You", "How Can I Be Sure?" and "A Beautiful Morning" all reached #1. However they struggled in the UK, where they only twice reached the top 75 in their entire career (both times in 1967) with "Groovin'" (#8), and "A Girl Like You" (#35)
In early 1968, the group dropped the "Young" from their name.
The Rascals' best work arguably came from their 1968 album Once Upon A Dream, which featured several leads each from Brigati and Cavaliere. Though the only success for a single on the album was "It's Wonderful" (#20 on the US charts, #7 in Canada), the album utilized frequent instrumentals, and peaked at #9 on the album charts. The album was praised by some critics for such songs as "Rainy Day", "My World" and the title track. Understandably, the song "My Hawaii" became a top of the charts hit in Hawaii.
Time Peace: The Rascals' Greatest Hits, released in mid-1968, topped the album chart and became the group's best-selling album. The same year, "People Got to Be Free", a horn-punctuated plea for racial tolerance (the band was known for refusing to tour on segregated bills) became their third and final U.S. #1 single, and their sixth and final Canadian #1. It was also their final US Top Ten hit, although they would remain a Canadian top 10 act for the next few years.
Singles "A Ray of Hope", "Heaven", "See" and "Carry Me Back" were all modest US hits during 1968/69 for The Rascals, all hitting the top 40, though none higher than #24. In Canada, however, the Rascals were still major stars – all these songs went top ten, completing a run of 11 straight Canadian top ten hits for The Rascals from 1967 to 1969.

Meat is horrible. Please do not eat it!
GO Vegetarian. Much Better!

Baa baa
Cluck cluck
Moo moo
Quack quack
Woof woof
Gobble gobble
Squawk squawk
Gulp gulp
Tweet tweet
Mwah slurp...

You can always be sure that anytime a Vegetarian comes along to wave the Veggie flag, you will get some ridiculous Anthropological claims.

They are generally the least informed when it comes to logic, Anthropology, and Human Physiology. Hell, they're usually just bad at science, period. Being educated on such matters would ruin the pleasure of their cult fixation.

The arguments that they often use to try and enforce the notion of a vegetarian lifestyle would make your average scientist snicker with contempt.

They truly are a queer mixture of self-loathing depressives, and overemotional ditzes.

You are talking about scientists? Albert Einstein was a vegetarian. You knew that or did you casually forget?
Intelligence = vegetarianism and only filthy, stupid carnivores like yourself justify your degenerate behavior because you are in denial. You know it's wrong and unnecessary.

Why are you here? You are not even a fan of Moz.

"But Morrissey's efforts to stop the consumption of meat failed when The Rascals chose to deface one of his posters, according to teletext."

Well, it wasn't a failure just because a poster was defaced. I watched that news clip and 'The Rascals' look like a bunch of wankers, which you could have guessed anyway. Will they be remembered in two years time? Er... no. But they are indicative of the state of British music. Just a bunch of unimaginative, uncreative yobs.

Interesting display of images of foetus succeeded by images of viciously seductive female bodies to accompany the little rascals "provocative" clip. Hmmm...THAT kind of meat is murder... kiddies, just use protection, and it'll be alright. And ask the femme fatale to use it too. Oh, but then your music will loose it's wit (to a condom) wouldn't it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPT8orisEfA [youtube.com]

The Vegetarianism issue always gets people's backs up. This is Hilarious, over 200 comments!
Like it or Lump it but being a vegetarian is the only way to be.
So sorry Nick The Name.....You write such boring drivel and NOBODY agrees with you.

is discrimination against meat eaters!!...

If fish was good enough for Jesus..then by God, it's good enough for me!

*John (just outside of Bethsaida)

not everyone is going to do what you say. whether you like it or not, the world doesnt revolve around you. i hope that you realize this some day.

mel_torment