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<blockquote data-quote="Pippistrella" data-source="post: 1987279077" data-attributes="member: 28569">Just been reading some of the posts slagging off Paul Blake and they seem really unfair. I saw this chap at the Wembley after-party at the Garage in Islington and found his presence there intriguing. It was like having Morrissey in the room, enigmatically surveying the proceedings (which were pretty drunken and shambolic at times).Morrissey was himself once an obsessed fan, and is many ways still is; he understands fandom and all it entails - good and bad. He even wrote a song about it on Strangeways. It is similar to a love affair, with all its idealisation, except with somebody who doesn't even know you exist. Its one-sidedness, however, is its great weakness.This is why I feel that the current ex-fans who use Morrissey's 'racism' as an excuse to say they dislike him as a person now isn't very convincing. Moz has always given slightly edgy un-PC remarks which could perhaps be construed as 'racism' (if you are ultra-sensitive) but it was only in recent years of mass-media wokeness that any fans have chosen to be offended.Love is a delicate thing. Some people age and grow bitter with their own lives, while Moz remains an eternal teenager in spirit. Perhaps this fact rankles with a minority of long-term fans.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pippistrella, post: 1987279077, member: 28569"] Just been reading some of the posts slagging off Paul Blake and they seem really unfair. I saw this chap at the Wembley after-party at the Garage in Islington and found his presence there intriguing. It was like having Morrissey in the room, enigmatically surveying the proceedings (which were pretty drunken and shambolic at times). Morrissey was himself once an obsessed fan, and is many ways still is; he understands fandom and all it entails - good and bad. He even wrote a song about it on Strangeways. It is similar to a love affair, with all its idealisation, except with somebody who doesn't even know you exist. Its one-sidedness, however, is its great weakness. This is why I feel that the current ex-fans who use Morrissey's 'racism' as an excuse to say they dislike him as a person now isn't very convincing. Moz has always given slightly edgy un-PC remarks which could perhaps be construed as 'racism' (if you are ultra-sensitive) but it was only in recent years of mass-media wokeness that any fans have chosen to be offended. Love is a delicate thing. Some people age and grow bitter with their own lives, while Moz remains an eternal teenager in spirit. Perhaps this fact rankles with a minority of long-term fans. [/QUOTE]

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