Bonfire of Teenagers or Without Music The World Dies

[Billy A]

 

[Light Housework]

That’s a tough one.

 

[Light Housework]

It would help to have a tracklist here of each album.

 

[Light Housework]

Bonfire of Teenagers track listing

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"I Am Veronica"
2.	"Rebels Without Applause"	Andrew Wotman Boz Boorer Chad Smith Josh Klinghoffer Morrissey [23]	3:24
3.	"Kerouac's Crack"
4.	"Ha Ha Harlem"
5.	"I Live in Oblivion"
6.	"Bonfire of Teenagers"
7.	"My Funeral"
8.	"Diana Dors"
9.	"I Ex-Love You"
10.	"Sure Enough, the Telephone Rings"
11.	"Saint in a Stained Glass Window"

 

[JM🇬🇧]

Bonfire for me, loving the tracks I am Veronica, sure enough and Kerouaks’ crack.

Haven’t heard enough of without music, maybe the monsters of pig alley is a cracker but the night pop was a bit meh and Notre dame seems to drive everyone nuts and start arguments.

 

[Light Housework]

Without Music the World Dies track listing

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"The Night Pop Dropped"	Morrissey Jesse Tobias
2.	"Zoom Zoom the Little Boy"	Morrissey Tobias
3.	"Boulevard"	Morrissey Alain Whyte
4.	"Headache"	Morrissey Gustavo Manzur
5.	"Without Music the World Dies"	Morrissey Manzur
6.	"Suspicious Minds" (Mark James cover)	Mark James
7.	"Notre-Dame"	Morrissey Whyte
8.	"Many Icebergs Ago"	Morrissey Manzur
9.	"Happy New Tears"	Morrissey Whyte
10.	"The Monsters of Pig Alley"

 

[JM🇬🇧]

Without Music the World Dies track listing

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"The Night Pop Dropped"	Morrissey Jesse Tobias
2.	"Zoom Zoom the Little Boy"	Morrissey Tobias
3.	"Boulevard"	Morrissey Alain Whyte
4.	"Headache"	Morrissey Gustavo Manzur
5.	"Without Music the World Dies"	Morrissey Manzur
6.	"Suspicious Minds" (Mark James cover)	Mark James
7.	"Notre-Dame"	Morrissey Whyte
8.	"Many Icebergs Ago"	Morrissey Manzur
9.	"Happy New Tears"	Morrissey Whyte
10.	"The Monsters of Pig Alley"

Most bizarre track titles yet.

 

[Light Housework]

I guess I’ll go with Bonfire too, because Oblivion, Saint, and Telephone have had more time to grow on me, than the other album. Ack, you made me choose. It feels like turning against one of my children.

 

[Billy A]

It's a tough choice, but I will go out on a limb and say, for me, it's Without Music. I love The Night Pop Dropped, and even the title track. Notre-Dame, although somewhat muddled, is catchy. The sound of that album is very different to what we've heard from Morrissey, whereas Bonfire is very much sounds we've heard before. However, there are some lovely songs on that album (Bonfire, Oblivion, Stain Glass).

 

[Mozzypaws]

Really hard decision. We have heard more of Bonfire than Without Music... I'm leaning towards Without Music myself if I had to pick one

 

[JoeSellMozza]

I am happy if can ever hear a new studio song before he dies.

And i would be even more happy when all the pain in Ukraine, Israel and Gaza ends.

 

[TheSmiths_1985]

Can you add an option for “don’t really care anymore”?

I’d buy every version going if they were to get an official release, but in the meantime… I just don’t care. The music that he plays means less and less to me about my life. Which is odd, given we’re both Irish catholic fourth gender humasexuals.

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Can you add an option for “don’t really care anymore”?

I’d buy every version going if they were to get an official release, but in the meantime… I just don’t care. The music that he plays means less and less to me about my life. Which is odd, given we’re both Irish catholic fourth gender humasexuals.

Don’t get all defensive now, but you say you’d buy every version of any new album release, and he was your number one artist of 2023, yet you say his music means less and less to you. I don’t get this.

 

[TheSmiths_1985]

Don’t get all defensive now, but you say you’d buy every version of any new album release, and he was your number one artist of 2023, yet you say his music means less and less to you. I don’t get this.

I’m a completist, and I listen to everything pre-YATQ a lot.
I should have specified, the new music that he plays (and the same old boring setlist stalwarts) mean less and less to me.

 

[Gregor Samsa]

I’m a completist, and I listen to everything pre-YATQ a lot.

So he still means a lot to you?

 

[TheSmiths_1985]

So he still means a lot to you?

I like his songs.
I mean, I was just trying to pun off a lyric from Panic, I didn’t put any more thought into it than that. I wasn’t expecting to be interrogated.
He means as much to me as anyone else who writes/sings songs I like.

 

[Johnny]

Honestly don't torment yourself like this. I understand the sentiment but we won't be seeing either for years to come.

 

[Gregor Samsa]

I like his songs.
I mean, I was just trying to pun off a lyric from Panic, I didn’t put any more thought into it than that. I wasn’t expecting to be interrogated.
He means as much to me as anyone else who writes/sings songs I like.

Always with the defense. You’re not being interrogated. I just find the mechanics behind some of the behavior of fans and ex-fans (and inbetweeners) intriguing. I’m certainly not the fan I once was, either.

 

[Light Housework]

Always with the defense. You’re not being interrogated. I just find the mechanics behind some of the behavior of fans and ex-fans (and inbetweeners) intriguing. I’m certainly not the fan I once was, either.

I’m more of a fan now than I ever was before. This tree has grown strong roots.

 

[Ben Daheer]

'Bonfire'. There are still enough unplayed tracks on 'Without Music' that it may end up featuring several classics, but based on the three tunes I've heard so far it's not doing much for me: the title track and 'Pop Dropped' are 5/10 average at best, whilst 'Notre Dame' is a career low 1/10.