joe frady
Vile Refusenik
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2hr 7min tape recording of a delightful Morrissey interview, conducted by Glasgow '80s boy Steven Daly {ex-drummer of Orange Juice} turned features writer at "SPIN" magazine.
Location ~ Beech Mount, Altrincham, January 1991. With Jo Slee pottering about with tea in the wings.
Published in the April 1991 issue, to promote the "Kill Uncle" album.
Topics covered/avoided ~
- reluctance to discuss song meanings
- nature of song writing
- press interviews / Nick Kent saga
- 'Madchester'
- American plans
- Production
- Attitude to success
- Fans
- Thatcher
- Englishness
- 1960s/1970s life
- Subcultures
- 'lyrical taboos'
- Paddy McAloon
- Weller
- Mary Margaret O'Hara
- Cocteau Twins
- Burchill and change in music criticism
- "Sing Your Life" {Daly had been given a pre-release unmixed version}
- Mark Nevin ~ "soulmate", will feature in live plans...
- Touring plans
- Creative relationships
- Linder
- Creative stimulants
- Holidays
- Wealth
- Neil Tennant
- Johnny / Electronic
- Size of his...stardom
- KROQ appearance
- "Tonight with Jonathan Ross" TV appearance
- Vic Reeves
- Craig Gannon
- Buffy Sainte-Marie
- Ron Mael
- Punk
- Songwriting
- Solo status
- Travel spasms
- He's easy to get and multi-dimensional
- Sex appeal {see above}
- Long lonely queues
- Pop TV
- The Krays
- Telly
- Northern funny man
- Knocker-uppers...
Starts off slowly, but it warms up with time and tea. í think Morrissey's innate attraction to drummers and Scotsmen {"I've been to Easterhouse! "} comes through in the end.
Here is how it appeared three months later, in print. The contents page of that issue listed it as the "interview Morrissey's lawyers tried to ban" and "his most controversial interview yet"... ???
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2hr 7min tape recording of a delightful Morrissey interview, conducted by Glasgow '80s boy Steven Daly {ex-drummer of Orange Juice} turned features writer at "SPIN" magazine.
Location ~ Beech Mount, Altrincham, January 1991. With Jo Slee pottering about with tea in the wings.
Published in the April 1991 issue, to promote the "Kill Uncle" album.
Topics covered/avoided ~
- reluctance to discuss song meanings
- nature of song writing
- press interviews / Nick Kent saga
- 'Madchester'
- American plans
- Production
- Attitude to success
- Fans
- Thatcher
- Englishness
- 1960s/1970s life
- Subcultures
- 'lyrical taboos'
- Paddy McAloon
- Weller
- Mary Margaret O'Hara
- Cocteau Twins
- Burchill and change in music criticism
- "Sing Your Life" {Daly had been given a pre-release unmixed version}
- Mark Nevin ~ "soulmate", will feature in live plans...
- Touring plans
- Creative relationships
- Linder
- Creative stimulants
- Holidays
- Wealth
- Neil Tennant
- Johnny / Electronic
- Size of his...stardom
- KROQ appearance
- "Tonight with Jonathan Ross" TV appearance
- Vic Reeves
- Craig Gannon
- Buffy Sainte-Marie
- Ron Mael
- Punk
- Songwriting
- Solo status
- Travel spasms
- He's easy to get and multi-dimensional
- Sex appeal {see above}
- Long lonely queues
- Pop TV
- The Krays
- Telly
- Northern funny man
- Knocker-uppers...
Starts off slowly, but it warms up with time and tea. í think Morrissey's innate attraction to drummers and Scotsmen {"I've been to Easterhouse! "} comes through in the end.
Here is how it appeared three months later, in print. The contents page of that issue listed it as the "interview Morrissey's lawyers tried to ban" and "his most controversial interview yet"... ???
![Morrissey ~ SPIN April 1991 Vol 7 No 1 (i).jpg Morrissey ~ SPIN April 1991 Vol 7 No 1 (i).jpg](https://attachments.morrissey-solo.com/2020/09/57269_b0f30bea0e22c418f3758bc02d0270f8.jpg)
![Morrissey ~ SPIN April 1991 Vol 7 No 1 (ii).jpg Morrissey ~ SPIN April 1991 Vol 7 No 1 (ii).jpg](https://attachments.morrissey-solo.com/2020/09/57270_581f45130c50437d7b3119d240665568.jpg)
![Morrissey ~ SPIN April 1991 Vol 7 No 1 (iii).jpg Morrissey ~ SPIN April 1991 Vol 7 No 1 (iii).jpg](https://attachments.morrissey-solo.com/2020/09/57271_c0bc7596a6ad95df3ae8ae5842184f58.jpg)
![Morrissey ~ SPIN April 1991 Vol 7 No 1 (iv).jpg Morrissey ~ SPIN April 1991 Vol 7 No 1 (iv).jpg](https://attachments.morrissey-solo.com/2020/09/57272_daef4d7b16613b5e8e69b563118002fd.jpg)
![Morrissey ~ SPIN April 1991 Vol 7 No 1 (v).jpg Morrissey ~ SPIN April 1991 Vol 7 No 1 (v).jpg](https://attachments.morrissey-solo.com/2020/09/57273_4109f02da8816348e20bcf4522054802.jpg)
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