I've never posted here before. I WAS a Smiths/Morrissey fan for some 25 plus years however this is not 1988 and the special things that once made Morrissey "Morrissey" are no longer. He's an angry older man now and an embarrassment. Time to grow up.
goodluck to you, I think there are a few more who habit this site that should follow your example and take a few steps back.
People are "in to" Morrissey for countless different reasons and were originally attracted by different things at different times. I've been a fan since 1994. At that point the thing about Morrissey that made me love him was how funny he was, both on record and in print. The UK media hated him then (even stronger than they do now) and they refused to get the joke whilst secretly laughing on the inside. In the following weeks I got hold of all his previous albums and interviews was presented with many different element of the character as he aged. He had changed clearly since 1983 that was evident in 1994 and he was never "perfect" or 100% "correct" or even in-step, infact by his own admission he has always been somewhat maladjusted. Morrisey has however always remained, unique, uncompromising, thought provoking, arch and endlessly entertaining, so not everything changes. To some people he clearly has even more to give, another song, another show, another book or interview, they continue to find him and his new work inspiring, others (like yourself) have had enough, lost interest, lost the thread, found something else, become disillusioned, stopped "getting him". That is natural and normal and so rightly now the story is over for you and moving on or "growing up" as you put it is the best option. Clearly there are still things to love about Morrissey now in 2013 that perhaps weren't even present in Morrissey in 1983 or 1995 or 2001 and so it all makes sense. But its important to accept that these world wide ticket sales and rave reviews are not deluded zombies, they are real people, some of them are even grown up, it is after all possible to grow up and a still remain who you are. So goodbye and goodluck and I hope you set an example to people who feel the same way. A artists fan site isn't after all a sensible place to hang out if you are no longer a fan of the artist. Its the aggressive anti morrissey fans (that can't let go) that do this site no favours they should follow your lead and grow up. The diehards, as always, are the hardest to kill off and the most bitter and when they finally go tragically they always get replaced. Its one thing not to enjoy his current work but another to attempt to bay him into retirement everyday. He is not an "embarrassment" to everyone, you know, some of us think thats a bit unkind given the circumstances.
On the other hand, stop being such a drama queen, I bet you love the new album when it eventually comes out and i bet you read the autobiography under the shadow of a quiff in one big sleepless gulp.