I couldn't believe they were talking about the same concert i was at, Nottingham was an amazing concert witch was well recieved by the crowd and enjoyed by moz, any one who has seen him on this latest tour will know how good he is looking and peforming.

I keep reading in these articles how his solo music is not as good as the smiths and they dwell on the smiths days, but he's been solo since 1988 and theres no doubt how good his solo stuff is. We all love those days but we all so love him now and enjoy him just as much if not more.

They will miss him when he's gone, at least there sale figures will....

but www.morrissey-solo.com is really great.

everybody knows it.

i know that there are so many people that goes to morrissey shows just because they of this site. i know that a recent article says that morrissey-solo has a great importance among morrissey fans.

i think morrissey-solo is really important. i think morrissey-solo will be heard.

so my suggesion is: no more nme articles in this site. no more nme quotes. let's ignore this magazine.

they are really evil. they are dishonest. they make no critics against morrissey. they just do personal attacks. they don't deserve our attention anymore.

we can't read @#!!! in this site.

we won't read nme anymore.

More importantly . . . wonderful comments, Damian Morgan. Thank you!!

“My face is leaving town in ten minutes. Be on it.” Clearly, the LA sun has ripened his morals as well as his mind.

Wow. hahaha. This article just made me laugh. The NME sure hasn't changed.

There's really no need to bother responding to this. The writer went with an agenda. Who cares.
Pretty boring stuff. Next?

Nah, don't waste your time slapping around NME people. They are stuck writing for a worthless rag, so it's understandable they're hateful. (It's a well know media propaganda technique, as well, to selectively quote individuals to represent a large group of people. My record collection has thousands of albums and singles, so I doubt I only listen to Morrissey. And I assure any NME writer that if interviewed about the racism hype, I'd bury them in a debate.) This writer can listen to her Fatboy Slim album if she thinks it's so groovy. I bought that album too, and it got tedious on the third spin, but I did enjoy those first two spins. If they're gonna tell people to exclusively listen to new artists (which - when it's related to major label artists - is usually just about manipulating kids into buying whatever the record labels wanna market down their throats), they should at least mention some that don't suck.

I don't know what's up with the banana either. I thought the banana thing was a Leonard Cohen trademark.

Oh, just a follow up to my previous message. Don't let the music press or anyone else make you feel "unhip" for liking any music, old or new. I love Roy Orbison and Hank Williams, and they're dead and buried. I like Edith Piaf too. And many old, old people. And I like brand spanking new bands too. And tons in between. Who cares? Follow your own ears. People who stop listening to something becuase they're afraid it makes them "uncool" are people who are too insecure to be themselves.

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They tried to give me advice
down at the record shop
I said,Sit down boys, this may come as a shock
What's all I listen to?
It's all freedom rock
How can you free me
when I am free!
-Frank Black

Really? - So what, I say. The music they constantly play...

And they claim that the drug-induced coma purveyed by the "90's bands" listed in this article are what this generation is all about. If you're not 'sorted for e's and whizz', then I guess you might as well hang up your boots, stay home, pull up a cozy chair and start knitting afghans. Is that REALLY what England's all about? What a $@^%$'n joke! No wonder Morrissey has picked up his gear and moved to California.

There's still a huge dedication to Morrissey, not just because of some fading legend, but a body of work which has been generally very good, and spaced with some the finest songs in the history of popular music throughout the past 17 years. If the Mexicans can recognize it, why can't the NME, who have followed every single move in his career.

There is a great void in popular music today, despite the fact that the NME isn't doing their job and listening without an axe to grind, Morrissey fills that void quite nicely.

peace&trees

So here's the irony... If Morrissey's talent has faded...... why is he even an issue to the NME? Why are there countless articles attempting to coax his following and potential followers that he has lost his luster. It's an on-going failure...they have accomplished to show us they have been unsuccessful in they're attempt to sway us to their view. They are dealing with people (Moz fans Unite) who cannot be thwarted into praising the "artist of the moment," and are bitter because of that... like their brain-washing counterparts MTV...they forget they aren't dealing with teenyboppers that are so easily impressed and influenced by their 2 cents.

And so...there are bound to be other stories about our friend Mozzer, yet to come...because he is so unimportant and a has-been...laughing.

But I do however suspect a day when the NME will turn and say something nice about Mozzer. That will be the day I go out and purchase NME and herald the arrival of NME's sobriety and enlightening.

The NME knows that the mere mention of Morrissey's name sells papers, and Morrissey knows that the NME's seeming unfairness always gets the fans riled up in defense - a win-win situation for both. Really, having the NME spout off about how the bands that came out since the Smiths split have been so great just feeds into that "Morrissey as Rodney Dangerfield" that makes his supporters back him so strongly. Sounds almost like a script right out of pro wrestling, but it could be possible.

But then again, ask the reporter to name another artist that has had 4 albums released during the 90's more vital and interesing than Morrissey's work. It's such a complete cop-out to suggest that he has lost his importance just because he's not the Happy Mondays.

I've just read Victoria Segal's article about morrissey and I can't help thinking the NME is hold by a bunch of real w-----s sorry "I did not mean to be rude but they are a real pain in the er.." wherever you want. This article is a complete nonsense, It seems that they have nothing else to do than continually slag him off. I truly think that beyond 15 years old every one should stop reading the NME they obviously have no respect for any artists and although they seem to stand out for the so-called most fashionable kind of music they became to me the most irrelevant musical newspaper; and moz's witch hunt is not the only reason that makes me think so. They pathetic, meaningless and completly rubbish.Hype,sex and drug is that what music is all about, maybe yes in that case I am still very naive.

p.s. and the 90's belong to RADIOHEAD.

To all Morrissey fans : UNITE AND TAKE OVER,
stop reading NME.

An international boycot wouldn't it be great friends??

The Nico song, I believe, is "Innocent & Vain."

Marcel: The only time I've ever read the NME is when this web site links to one of their articles in the news section. Well, OK, one time I browsed on issue at the newstand, and if memory is correct they were calling The Spice girls "punk"? Something ridiculous along those lines. Anyway, I don't need to boycott what I've never paid much attention to in the first place. = )

Need I remind everyone what their track record has been?

First, they announced Morrissey and marr were going to reunite and even spent money sending a writer to cover the event.

Second, since the writer had nothing to report (as should have been expected by anyone who was a functioning brain), they were left with nothing more than writing a racist report on the hispanic fan base. Which is ironic considering who they were sent to cover.

In many ways, I will credit the writers with this: I know someone who used to write for the Maker and he claimed he couldn't take the pressure of having people tell him what to write. This same person has turned around and really wrote a stunning review of one of Morrissey's shows, and I take what he says as very truthful, and I trust him. But indeed, if you are a writer starting out, there is part of you that is not only a bit insecure about what to write, but also just keeping your job. It's easy for many of you to say that you could go with your conscience, but that's not your livelihood.

The way many of you write about other artists would suggest that it wouldn't take much for you to get a hold of one you don't like and drudge up pure crap just to save yourself from having to say you enjoyed the show. You don't like their politics, or their hair, or what sort of music they do, and the people they represent.

If nothing else, try and understand the emotions these writings come from.

You can tell that many of these writers are being hard pressed to come up with something that is not very flattering. I think many of them want to say they really enjoyed the show, but they are pressured not to and that leaves them rehashing his label status and his career in general.

Please, all you European, American and British fans - enjoy his tour and scream all the louder for us poor Australians who haven't had the opportunity of seeing him on tour. Well - maybe one day ...