"Morrissey: lunatic seer of the modern world" - Unherd (May, 6, 2020)

Morrissey: lunatic seer of the modern world

Immigration, wet markets, the plight of the working class: he's always ahead of the curve

unherd.com

 

[Deleted member 28251]

If You're Feeling Sinister was turned into a play (with songs) & the audience was drippy even by theatre standards.

Which shouldn’t detract from the fact that it’s one of the best British albums of all time.

 

[Deleted member 29417]

Meaning what, exactly? That editorial power is exercised?

‘The Guardian is not owned by a trust at all. In 2008, “the trust was replaced with a limited company” that was accordingly re-named “The Scott Trust Limited.” Though not a trust at all, but simply a profit-making company, it is still referred to frequently as ‘The Scott Trust,’ promulgating the widely-held but mistaken belief in the Guardian’s inherently benign ownership structure. … The problem, of course, is that the Guardian functions under the same sort of corporate structure as any other major media company.’

Welcome to life.

He's also a Liberal Democrat. So like a lot of people found himself at odds with much of his social group.

 

[Deleted member 29417]

Which shouldn’t detract from the fact that it’s one of the best British albums of all time.

I've never heard it outside of the play!

 

[Deleted member 28251]

I've never heard it outside of the play!

It’s astonishing.

 

[Deleted member 29417]

It’s astonishing.

I'll give it a listen.

 

[TonyMaroneythePony]

I'll give it a listen.

I'll agree, it is a great album front to back....don't miss out.

 

[gordyboy9]

And it's true! I didn't notice then, but I saw it for THE PIN.

I'd call it a badge but I'm hoping someone will use the title 'Morrissey: From Panic to The Pin', when writing about this mess.

its a badge and always will be a badge.iv asked on here over the years why americanos call it a pin.

 

[Deleted member 29417]

its a badge and always will be a badge.iv asked on here over the years why americanos call it a pin.

Well ? its proper name is a pin badge. The badge is the bit with the design on it. We say badge for short, Americans say pin.

 

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@gordyboy9 @Nerak

Actually it’s called a button pin.

 

[Deleted member 28251]

@gordyboy9 @Nerak

Actually it’s called a button pin.

Was it not a ‘lapel pin’?

Anne-Marie Waters, so much to answer for.

 

[Gaylord Deepstar]

“We should be grateful for, in our increasingly dull and frightened culture, this bizarre, awkward, contradictory, funny fellow.”

 

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Was it not a ‘lapel pin’?

William it was really a button.

 

[Stephen Hofmann]

The site is funded by Paul Marshall, a pro-Brexit investor. He is the chairman of one of Europe’s biggest hedge-fund groups, Marshall Wace, and chair of the Ark chain of academy schools.

So????

 

[Hull09]

The site is funded by Paul Marshall, a pro-Brexit investor. He is the chairman of one of Europe’s biggest hedge-fund groups, Marshall Wace, and chair of the Ark chain of academy schools.

Pro-Brexit, just like the majority of British voters. Shouldn’t be a controversial position to hold.

 

[ACTON]

This.

Or as DeNiro says in Deer Hunter: "this is this" (as he holds a bullet up).

 

[Anonymous]

Well ? its proper name is a pin badge. The badge is the bit with the design on it. We say badge for short, Americans say pin.

The Pin is mightier than the sword.

 

[marred]

It's a good article.

UnHerd isn't far right - if anyone's wondering - it's for opinions that don't fit neatly into left or right silos.

& Gareth is a gay writer who got cancelled for transphobia. He's not transphobic, he just thinks we should be able to talk about biological sex.

My favourite sex.

 

[snoddywilko]

Which shouldn’t detract from the fact that it’s one of the best British albums of all time.

I think you meant to say “it’s one of my favourite British albums of all time”.

 

[Deleted member 28251]

I think you meant to say “it’s one of my favourite British albums of all time”.

Well, you’d know so I’ll take your word for it.

 

[Deleted member 29417]

Someone on Twitter (on a thread about this article) said that The National Front Disco was about Joe Strummer's brother, who was in The National Front & died in the 1970s.

Is that likely?