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"Still Ill" - Phoenix New Times (Aug. 9)

posted by davidt on Friday August 09 2002, @09:45AM
Az Moz Fan writes:

Just thought you guys might want read this. I thought it was pretty good. It doesn't contain the usual negative comments directed towards Moz. Link:

Still Ill - Phoenix New Times, Aug. 9
By Johnathan Bond
Forever Maladjusted, Morrissey hauls his musical baggage out on tour

Excerpt:

The man who is perhaps the most unlikely pop star of our time is returning to Phoenix. Morrissey — son of librarians, celibate singer of sexual songs, violent vegetarian, bundle of endless contradiction and controversy — graces Celebrity Theatre with his presence on Friday, August 9.

The question is: Why? The former vocalist of the Smiths has no new album, no new retrospective, and is backed by no sudden resurgence of the music of the Smiths. He has been a solo artist much longer than he was a Smith anyway, beginning with Viva Hate way back in 1988. His biggest-selling record in America was 1994's Vauxhall and I, which spawned the self-parodying hit single "The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get." His career appears to have been in a steady decline since then.
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  • Copy. Paste. Submit to editor. Get check. Go home
    VIVAMOZ <[email protected]> -- Friday August 09 2002, @10:07AM (#35921)
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    blame me! i didn't vote!
  • I wish that Moz would would put forth another album reminescent of Vauxhall & I, I thought it was an amazing album,but regardless of any new material he decides to release...I will buy it just like all of you will...find the tracks I like and disregard the rest.
    Jimi Bones <[email protected]> -- Friday August 09 2002, @10:12AM (#35922)
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    • Re:Still Ill by Anonymous (Score:0) Friday August 09 2002, @10:46AM

      • Re:Still Ill (Score:2, Interesting)

        I hope thats not the case, I'm quite fond of the musical partners he has now (Boz & Alain) & has'nt got bored with them. They have this way of making musical sense with the choice of notes and crap that they play, and from a guitarist point of view, I think they're awesome...but Morrissey'
        lyrics don't have the same emotional effect that they used to have on me since VAUXHAL & I...and I'm waiting and hoping that his new material will make me feel like it once did before.
        Jimi Bones <[email protected]> -- Friday August 09 2002, @12:52PM (#35938)
        (User #5845 Info)
  • thank you so much for coming to NY, NOT! this sucks! What a bum!
    klions99 -- Friday August 09 2002, @03:27PM (#35948)
    (User #3814 Info)
  • Canadians are wishing you a blast!!!As we hope mozzer comes to Canada!!!!
    lt -- Friday August 09 2002, @09:49PM (#35961)
    (User #5851 Info)
  • Are there any floor tickets left for Seattle, I plan on coming from Calgary to go to the show!!Anyone wanna meet in Vancouver and go together???
    lt -- Friday August 09 2002, @09:52PM (#35962)
    (User #5851 Info)
  • Whilst I agree Vauxhall and I is Mozza's best album I think all the others are very good. I discovered the great man at the tender age of 47 nearly 3 years ago at the City Hall, Salisbury, England. I think he writes the best pop songs ever. Quite how this dickhead can describe this poet of our times as maladjusted I cannot begin to think.
    Southpaw Grammar was a truly great album which shows the development of Steven. Anyone who wants a string of samey albums should try Oasis who only made 2 good albums and Phil Collins....
    Anonymous -- Saturday August 10 2002, @01:18PM (#36071)
  • i actaully like that, i'm gonna have to steal it. but as far as the tour goes... i've been going to too many $8 shows this summer to pay more than $20 for any musical event, including moz...

    how blasphemous
    alero -- Saturday August 10 2002, @11:39PM (#36132)
    (User #925 Info | http://www.myspace.com/xino)
    the youngest was the most loved...

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