Vini Reilly on Viva Hate

[Miss Misery]

A snippet from a brief interview in today's City Life magazine:

[His] 'peculiar' style attracted Morrissey, who asked Reilly to co-write his first solo album, Viva Hate. But, like many who've worked with the singer, it left him with a bad taste in his mouth.

"Viva Hate is now on sale in the shops and my name doesn't appear anywhere on it-that's very impolite," Reilly says (remarkably calmly). "If there's been an injustice then Morrissey knows about it and he's got the rest of his life to live with that. I've behaved correctly. I was never credited or paid-it's not the money, it's the morality."

Musically though, the collaboration was successful. Singers must have been queueing up to work with him.

"After doing Viva Hate, he asked me to co-write his next solo album. I suggested we do something a bit out-there because he had the clout to do it all at that point, but he didn't want to. So I said no because I didn't want to do anymore three-minute pop songs--they were just boring to me. He didn't speak to me for three years after that--he took it as a personal rejection. Other people have asked me to work with them but I don't like collaborating-there's always a new tune of mine to do."

I don't know much about what the story is behind his work on Viva Hate, can anyone fill me in?

 

[charmingirl]

> A snippet from a brief interview in today's City Life magazine:

> [His] 'peculiar' style attracted Morrissey, who asked Reilly to co-write
> his first solo album, Viva Hate. But, like many who've worked with the
> singer, it left him with a bad taste in his mouth.

> "Viva Hate is now on sale in the shops and my name doesn't appear
> anywhere on it-that's very impolite," Reilly says (remarkably
> calmly). "If there's been an injustice then Morrissey knows about it
> and he's got the rest of his life to live with that. I've behaved
> correctly. I was never credited or paid-it's not the money, it's the
> morality."

> Musically though, the collaboration was successful. Singers must have been
> queueing up to work with him.

> "After doing Viva Hate, he asked me to co-write his next solo album.
> I suggested we do something a bit out-there because he had the clout to do
> it all at that point, but he didn't want to. So I said no because I didn't
> want to do anymore three-minute pop songs--they were just boring to me. He
> didn't speak to me for three years after that--he took it as a personal
> rejection. Other people have asked me to work with them but I don't like
> collaborating-there's always a new tune of mine to do."

> I don't know much about what the story is behind his work on Viva Hate,
> can anyone fill me in?

vini is a big girl who should stop moaning.

 

[Danny]

It seems every time Vini is asked about Viva Hate it's a different story. Sometimes he had a great time, other times it's Stephen Street who's the villain, this time it's Morrissey. Last week he and Morrissey were the best of friends.

Maybe it's the journalists misquoting him, but it is confusing for the rest of us!

 

[broken]

interesting

Personally I think Morrissey should have gone for something "out there."

Think an album of "Late night maudlins" and slightly odd pop songs with Morrissey's voice and that sensual Reilly acoustic guitar. The arrangements on that album were sublime, except for the final few songs. The guitar was perfect, the voice was beautiful, and there were even some tasteful string arrangements.

It's a shame Morrissey made "kill Uncle" instead but then things did pick up afterwards, so perhaps it's all worked out for the best.

> A snippet from a brief interview in today's City Life magazine:

> [His] 'peculiar' style attracted Morrissey, who asked Reilly to co-write
> his first solo album, Viva Hate. But, like many who've worked with the
> singer, it left him with a bad taste in his mouth.

> "Viva Hate is now on sale in the shops and my name doesn't appear
> anywhere on it-that's very impolite," Reilly says (remarkably
> calmly). "If there's been an injustice then Morrissey knows about it
> and he's got the rest of his life to live with that. I've behaved
> correctly. I was never credited or paid-it's not the money, it's the
> morality."

> Musically though, the collaboration was successful. Singers must have been
> queueing up to work with him.

> "After doing Viva Hate, he asked me to co-write his next solo album.
> I suggested we do something a bit out-there because he had the clout to do
> it all at that point, but he didn't want to. So I said no because I didn't
> want to do anymore three-minute pop songs--they were just boring to me. He
> didn't speak to me for three years after that--he took it as a personal
> rejection. Other people have asked me to work with them but I don't like
> collaborating-there's always a new tune of mine to do."

> I don't know much about what the story is behind his work on Viva Hate,
> can anyone fill me in?