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davidt
on Thursday January 08 2004, @09:00AM
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Meterosexuality - 3am Interview with Mark Simpson METROSEXUALITY "Northerness was crucial to The Smiths. Crucial because it gave them and Morrissey their scorn, their humour, their heart, their unpretentious pretentiousness and also their chippiness. The Smiths saved Englishness from the South who had held it captive in the basement of a posh house in West London. Since the 1980s it's become devastatingly clear that London and it's outer ring-road, the Home Counties, have nothing to do with England any more and in fact is set against it. The South East is now Global and Euro and, at a pinch, when all else fails, British long before it's English. England has been forgotten or buried by everyone who actually lives in England except northerners and London cabbies." --------------------------- Andrew Stevens interviews Mark Simpson, author of Saint Morrissey, about Northerners, Top Gun and the 'metrosexual'.
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Saint and Sinner (Score:0)
I'm too provincial to talk about it.
Sheridan Whitehead
nepoatism!!!!!! (Score:0)
I supose u thoght that we woldnt notise that one of the 3am GIRL's is "EVASIMPSEN" eg yoar sistar (or prehaps she is yoare WIFE!!!!!)
MARKSIMPSEN evrythink u say is WOARTHLES!!!!!
plese stop tryeing to jump on the MORISEY bandwagon just 2 make yoareslef popular!!!!!!!!!!! IT WOANT WORK!!!!!
(User #9490 Info | http://www.clueless-joe.com/)
Views on Mark Simpson and 'Saint Morrissey' (Score:2, Informative)
Simpson is clearly a man who is extremely self-absorbed: the book is as much about him as Morrissey. Further, his style is hard-going and he tries to be too clever. It is therefore not a free-flowing or enjoyable read. The book is more analytical than is necessary and thereby borders on the pretentious. Simpson will spend thousands of words giving his view on a few lyrics in a particular song. Too much. The songs speak for themselves. Listeners don't need a uinversity lecturer's style interpretation of emotional meanings.
Not a patch on Rogan's 'Severed Alliance', which is a 'straighter' biog. I couldn't put 'The Severed Alliance' down. With 'Saint Morrissey' I barely have the will to pick it up. Still, only another 50 pages to go. Will struggle on.
(User #8247 Info)
Metrosexuality (Score:0)