There's no contradiction in him being able to sing and not being able to act.
I'm sure we've all got things we are confident about and other things that we can't possibly imagine ourselves doing.
GaGa is a logical extension of the pop starlets of the last ten years. Anyone who thinks she is outrageous needs to get out more. She is totally calculated.
A more surprising female popstar would be someone who's never worn a basque and wears flat shoes.
Probably a good thing. That would have just come across as Morrissey being the usual animal rights one tracked mind obsessive rather than any left/right politicial statement.
4 articles in the Guardian so far on this today hailing Marr as a hero of the left (hmm, not so sure about that when you look at The Smiths royalty split).
I somehow doubt there'd be the same response if Morrissey had said it!
I think Morrissey was well aware how his reflecting the skinhead culture back to skinheads would be taken. I doubt very much he expected to be accepted by them or wanted to become one of them. No one is more aware of their own image as him and I don't think he'd been under any illusions about...
Hmmm, I don't think he's being quite as honest as he could be, as he says exactly the same things he's claimed he hasn't said in this two year old video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A211L382EVI&feature=player_embedded
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