Excerpt from Moscow Times article:
Russia is not huge for Morrissey fans, admitted Sergei Kiselyov, 31, a licensing agent who runs the Russian fan web site Morrissey.ru.
"You have to know English very well," he said. "People are trying to understand every word like everywhere else."
Which seems a shame, as Morrissey's lyrics, both in The Smiths and in his solo career -- such as the provincial boredom of "Every Day Is Like Sunday" or revolt at god-awful musical taste in "Panic" -- would seem to be perfect for Russia.
Morrissey has always been an artist that divides people between intense love or intense hate.
Kiselyov's site is definitely in the former camp. Also called the Morrissey Embassy, it is full of bated excitement at his first appearance in the capital.
The site opens with an old Irish song called "Morrissey and the Russian Sailor," which tells the daring tale of how young Morrissey is challenged to a boxing match by said sailor to which he responds, "I can lick you Yankee boys, or your surly Russian bear / To the honor of old Paddy's land, these laurels I still will wear."
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