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Fantastic! (Score:0)
It was brilliant! I was dreading it but Moz came across really well. Got on brilliantly with Jonathan Ross, got loads of laughs from the studio audience, and gave two cracking renditions of Irish Blood and Every Day..
They must have edited the bitchy stuff about Bowie and thank the lord for that!
It was real heartwarming stuff!
Hoorah!
John, England
Not that (Score:1)
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"You could come down and ride them!" (Score:2, Interesting)
I don't see where the audience got his "unrelaxed aura" from, it was a really good interview IMO.
I'll be hanging outside JR's house for the next few days trying to get a picture of Morrissey straddling a sheep :)
Same old Morrissey, same old wit, same old brilliance.
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Moz was fine! (Score:0)
Moz Jonathon Ross (Score:1)
Does anybody know what the into to "Everyday is like Sunday" was, as it has completely thrown me.....
Here's to next Friday on Jools Holland.
Trace (delighted in Hant's UK)
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My views... (Score:1)
I'm so glad Winton did the 'warm up' for this show as he was in sparkling form and confessed to having a real crush on 'Deano'. It was clever to have camp as Christmas Winton as first guest and I'm sure Morrissey was relieved by this sequence also.
I'm ignoring Ronnie O'Sullivan - like Moz did in the Green Room.
I'm waiting for the main event!
The four poofs singing acapella Morrissey songs is a real nice touch - and they're wearing T-shirts with his image on the front.
So far so good.
Overall a very positive and entertaining piece of televisual entertainment. The songs were performed superbly.
I still don't like the buttoned up jacket like in the video - it looks like a straitjacket when he's performing! But I guess the jacket endows M with a certain dignity that is fitting with his age.
He looked fairly relaxed, just has that nervous tick of constantly pursing his lips and sticking his tongue in his cheek. Ross went out of his way to make Moz feel at ease, which was really good.
Just glad it only happen every 17 years!
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Jonathon Ross interview (Score:0)
Finally gave up eating meat last year after reading an interview with Morrissey,many of his views and thoughts I do not agree with,but,his total sense in this matter(not to eat meat)I fully agree with.
I saw all too briefly the Smiths at Preston guild hall in 1986,anyone here there? was it a coin that was tossed onto the stage,or a heavy word,lightly thrown?
G,U.K.
some bits I remember... (Score:0)
He picked out the line 'stars reflect in the reservoirs' from FOTGTD and asked Morrissey where he got the inspiration from.
He asked Moz if he was about 45 to which he replied that he was 70!
All in all, a very funny interview.
John (again!)
Pointless? (Score:0)
Two questions that need answering....
Why doesn't Morrissey prance about anymore? He says he doesn't perform so why has he changed? I'm thinking it's an age thing. He is still able to prance about though.
What the fuck is this new fashion thing? Always wearing those skin tight jackets with the buttons bursting. Why?
EDILS mk2 (Score:1)
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Oh, dear (Score:0)
tonight's show (Score:1)
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Best description ever.... (Score:0)
Hmm (Score:2, Interesting)
Subway Train into Everyday is Like Sunday was absolutely wonderful though. Mind bendingly beautiful. I was nearly in tears, to finally hear those strings and synth effects as they were originally written is a marvel to be remembered.
Well done Moz, see you a week tomorrow.
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Ross (Score:1)
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The show was awful - like a car crash (Score:0)
He sung the songs very badly too, and had none of his usual sparkle.
I still adore Mozza though and am looking forward to seeing him back in front of his fans on May 22nd playing his beautiful new songs :)
Broken
moz on ross tv (Score:1)
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Jonathan Ross (Score:1)
Shame comments about Bowie were cut, about time it were 'writ large' about this fraud.
Thought both songs were 'strong' with voice sounding better than ever. EDILS extra lyrics were interesting. Did they or did they not mention struggling to 'hold someone close each night?'
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Not the usual style (Score:1)
I also notice Morrissey squeeze Dale Winton's shoulder as he went out. What an unlikely bonding!
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Morrissey On Jonathan Ross (Score:1)
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Morrissey on J. Ross (Score:1)
It's only my opinion, you can crucify me if you want.
Kenny
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Moz Meets Woss (Score:2, Funny)
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Interview and songs available for download... (Score:2, Informative)
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woss was wrecked (Score:1)
I liked Moz's blazer. Maybe from Ozwald Boateng. or BHS.
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Morrissey, Bowie, Controversy and the NME... (Score:1)
Brilliant marketing stratagy at the expense of a rock legend, or will dear ol' Morrissey be complaining about the after taste of having his foot in his mouth in a few days time?
Stay tuned...
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Cut from the interview (Score:3, Informative)
Sloppy handwritting and trying to take pictures during the interview prevented me from doing a more thorough job. I'll transcribe the rest later this weekend.
Anyhow... here's what was missed.
M: It takes me a long time and I’m very slow.
JR: Do you like having new friends
M: I don’t like people to be honest
JR: I’m really looking forward to Meltdown, let’s talk about Meltdown. Meltdown is a big festival on the South Bank. How do you get involved with that? Who speaks to you and how do you make the decision what you want to do?
M: You don’t really decide to be involved they ASK you to curate it. And they say you have two weeks and you can fill the two weeks with all the people you like. Whether it’s reading poetry or playing music. ANYTHING . You can fill the bill for two weeks. IF they agree to be on. So, uh, THAT’S what Meltdown is.
JR: So I guess part of the reason they come to you is that they want to see what your perspective will be. And part of it is so you can entice people who otherwise would fit that bill
M: And I think people who have been curators in the past – they don’t really become involved. They just lend their names and blah, blah, blah, but I’ve been very involved
JR: Who have you chosen? Who do we have to look forward to?
M: Well, erm, Me.
JR: That must have been a tough booking to make.
[Audience laughs]
M: And the surviving members of the New York Dolls.
JR: Fantastic! I was a HUGE fan of the New York Dolls
M: You must have them on the show.
JR: Don’t look at me [illegible handwriting] … we’re going to try to book them on the show.
M: Lypsynka who is John Anderson Green. [illegible handwriting] And many other people.
JR: Now one in particular individual I’m looking forward to who I’ve never ever seen before and I don’t think she has ever performed live in concert before- Not Alan Bennett
[Audience laughs]
JR: I talked to a friend who knew I was going to have you on the show and he said ask him [Moz] if when Alan Bennett when he comes out if he [Moz] can get Alan Bennett to immediately launch into Robbie William’s “Angel”
[Photo of Alan Bennett flashes up on the monitors]
M: He wouldn’t do that. Not that.
JR: It would be a brilliant thing.
M: And his night sold out.
[illegible handwriting]
JR: And here’s something: He’s my friend.
M: He’s my friend as well.
JR: [illegible handwriting: but says something to the effect of, “I was just kidding, Alan Bennett is not my friend”]
[Audience laughs]
JR: How many friends have you got?
M:7
[the next portion of the interview was televised so I have not written it here. The unaired interview picks up around the part where vegetarianism was discussed]
M: And you say it’s eating meat, when it’s really eating animals.
JR: No, I don’t want to so that. I like animals.
M: Yeah, but you eat them.
JR: No, I eat meat.
M: Animals are meat.
JR: No, I don’t want to make that connection right now.
M: Do you have a dog or a budgie?
JR: I’ve got a cat.
M: Would you eat your cat?
JR: If I were really fucking hungry.
[Audience laughs]
JR: No, not through choice, I know what you’re saying. [Illegible handwriting but he mentions he would eat his cat if he were starving after having been in a plane crash.]
M: Why would your cat be on a plane with you?
[Audience laughs]
JR: Logically, he might not be. I was reaching. [illegible handwriting] No, you’re right. Of course you’re right. I’m going to try it, okay?
M: That doesn’t sound very convincing.
JR: Now why do you say that?
M: [illegible handwriting] I
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well.... (Score:1)
I thought he handled a 'live' interview really well, with dignity and humour - it must be much harder than a 'serious' one!
His voice might have trembled with nerves slightly to start but he picked up in the end - Dale Winton wasn't nearly as excruciating as I feared, although he looked like a piece of badly varnished gnarled wood, and was a really good warm-up act to break the tension - I thought Moz putting his hand on Dale's shoulder as he entered stage was quite sweet -
the big looser, of course - was Ronnie O'Sullivan's shirt - absolutly shocking!!!!!!
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The legend lives on... (Score:0)
The interview went suprisingly well. I was cringing when Ross was asking silly questions (like ne normally does) as I was sure that Moz was going to take it the wrong way, but the man took it in his stride and had a laugh.
Was loving everyday is like sunday..
Morgala, Reading, England.
cringing slowly over wet sand (Score:1, Insightful)
It's a jokey TV show. Morrissey agreed to go on it - he would know exactly what the format was, would probably either have seen the show or seen preview tapes - after 17 years, it's not exactly an accident that he chose this one for a UK TV interview. He's obviously doing a lot of promo for this album presumably to try to get a British #1. Who knows? Maybe he even likes the show. Maybe he has a *gasp* sense of humour. A shame so many of his fans don't.
I thought he did well and clearly warmed up to the format some of the way through. The audience seemed to genuinely like him and it's a very "cold" environment in which to perform live, so he didn't do too bad a job.
sublime (Score:0)
"Ross says (Score:1)
which means
he can’t possibly know me"
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Moz's 'performance' (Score:1, Funny)
Why did he wear that red jacket - red doesn't do anyone any favours, and wearing it with those grey slcks made him look distinctly middle aged. A fitted suit or something even remotely trendy would have looked better. He looked like a Butlins Redcoat for godsake!
His teeth are really weird - they seem to be disappearing - retracting into his gums.
Onto the interview and Moz was clearly very nervous and did not want to be there. He is obviously a negative and downbeat person and was determined not to be either warm or pleasant. I found his negativity and seriousness here a bit sad. Either you want to be a guest on the show or you don't - if you do, at least give a ,ittle bit back to the interviewer and 'play the game' to a degree - or don't do the show. Don't turn up and make the spectacle awkward for everyone concerned.
Also - I find it uncomfortable when Morrissey really presses someone about being a meat eater. He pursued Ross on this issue for several minutes. Morrissey may not like the fact that Ross was a meat-eater and made light of the issue, but then Ross might not like the fact that Morrissey came on his show and was surly and uncooperative.
I felt Jonathan Ross did very well to handle Morrissey - he cajoled and joked and just about kept the interview going.
The first verse of 'Irish Blood, English Heart' was horribly out of tune. However it did pick up and 'Everyday...' was very well performed.
On the positive:
Moz showed his wit a few times - "why would you have your cat on the plane". He was also funny in the exchanges in which Ross kept begging to be his friend.
The Deano-Dale Winton exchange was hilarious though I don't think Morrissey was very happy!
Soubway Train was brill and Everyday is Like Sunday was well performed.
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Have I got news for you (Score:0)
Plus, he could knock Ian Hislop down a peg or eight.
Broken
well (Score:1)
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Overall, enjoyable. (Score:1)
As for the interview, I found it a curious mix of the banal and the interesting. Banal because it was the usual chitchatty jokey Woss style but at the same time it revealed a side to Morrissey interviews we seldom see- lots of good natured humour. And because of that it was a lot more interesting, apart from the stuff about Meat being Murder. I'm a veggie, but I found it boring to hear that subject done again.
I suppose I'm just not used to this new well-promoted Moz persona yet. But I'm sure I will get to be. And it's about bloody time really! Maladjusted came out with more of a whimper than a bang... thank goodness those days are over.
The red coat was a bloody awful choice. He should have stuck with just the shirt because that looked ok.
The version of "Everyday is Like Sunday" has helped me regain my faith in what I was begining to think was a boring song.
So like I said in the title, overall it was an enjoyable experience. We weren't expecting any pearls of wisdom, it was just a promo exercise and a rare chance to see la Moz on the telly which is always nice.
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Awww....that was much better than I feared... (Score:1)
And that Ross guy was very charming. He did a lot of generous things to ease the tension. I love the way he talks, too!! Could an American talk show host get away with such a speech trait? (Does Jay Leno's sometimes squeaky voice count?)
Thanks very much to Lutewhine for making this available to us Yanks. :))
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nerves (Score:0)
How nice to see Moz on Tele (Score:1)
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David Bowie Questions cut from the interview (Score:3, Informative)
Still loads more to transcribe, but I'm done for the weekend. Cheers!
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JR: Let’s talk about your fanbase now. I’m fascinated by this kind of Latino fan base you have over in California. That’s just such a weird thing.
M: It’s an interesting thing. It’s really strong. And it’s not just on the west coast it’s other places as well.
JR: Well anywhere where there’s a Spanish-speaking community?
M: Yeah, yeah. And people always ask me why and I don’t know why. But they look fantastic! Absolutely fantastic. The wife-beaters and all the tattoos. It’s all very gangy.
JR: Well, what a great following to have as well.
M: It’s very glamorous.
JR: I mean your cool enough already but that makes you even more cool.
M: It’s also something people strive to get that audience and they just came to me without me doing anything.
JR: Imagine if David Bowie had them as an audience.
M: I think he’d like ANY audience.
[Audience oooohs and laughs]
JR: Now, now I know you had a tiff.
M: Well. Nothing like that happened. Now I know you love-
JR: I love David.
M: But do you know him, though?
JR: No, of course not. And I don’t want to either, really.
M: Well, they do call him David Showie. He’s a business, you know. He’s not really a person.
JR: You think so?
M: Trust me, Jonathan, I know.
JR: Now-
M: Why do you like him?
JR: I like him-
M: You like him because you liked him when you were 12.
JR: Yes. But I like his music now as well. Do you not like his new music?
M: Well my theory is that people fell in love with Ziggy Stardust and not really David Bowie. He doesn’t realise that.
JR: I don’t know. I liked the “Let’s Dance” period as well. Did you like that?
M : No!
JR: You didn’t like that?
M: No. Also, I think that when he was wonderful it was just the people around him in ‘71 & ’72-
JR: No!-
M: -that gave him the hairstyle, that gave him the clothes, and gave him the-
JR: Morrissey. I think you’re being unnecessarily bitchy about it now.
M: The entire audience agrees with me.
[Audience laughs]
JR: That’s not true. They’ve gone quiet. They’re scared of you. They think you’re going to shut the door and say, “Thank God, they’ve gone.”
[Audience laughs]
JR: Do you find it in any way easy or impossible to forgive and forget people?
M: Which people?
JR: Like David, for example.
M: Not really. Not really. I could tell you stories, Jonathan, and you’d never listen to “Let’s Dance” again.
JR: Wasn’t he in his drug phase then?
M: So? [Some] People go through drug phases and they’re really nice and flattering
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Dale Winton was cheese-tastic (Score:0)
Jonathan Ross (Score:1)
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The Jacket... (Score:1)
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My Love Life/Everyday (Score:0)
Mowwissey (Score:0)
How the weird get started (Score:1)
I thought the Dale-and-Deano section of the show was very funny and it was cool to see them embracing in the Green Room after Dale's appearance.
Ronnie O'Sullivan seemed oddly dull sandwiched inbetween Dale and Morrissey, but then he was a last minute replacement for Kevin Spacey, who was originally booked for Friday's show.
I'm glad that Johnathon brought up the issue of vegetarianism as we all know how passionate Morrissey is about it, and it was nice to hear his voice rise in anger as he put his views accross.
I have to agree with what other people are saying about the playing on the night. EDIS has become so ploddingly slow. Is this Morrissey's doing, or is it down to Deano? We know that Deano can drum fast when required, but many of the older songs have really slowed down on the last couple of tours, Suedehead, Hairdresser and November in particular. Maybe Morrissey feels the songs sound better at a slower pace.
Still, a great show all the same.
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Insularity. (Score:0)
Laboured (Score:0)
But does anyone else think in recent interviews Morrissey truly labours the point of being anti social?
He seems a parody of himself - giving answers that is 'Morrissey-esque' - almost expected answers?
I love him though...truly glad to see him back on the TV - where he truly belongs!
Well... (Score:1)
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