I agree with that -- it generally is the journalist (who lies! ;)) or publication that makes the "rare interview" claim. How that particular fib began, however.. I've no idea.
True, the "at gunpoint" quip is new, but it's often been said that he "rarely" grants interviews, and anyone who's followed him over the years knows that isn't true. One of the reasons many of us fell hard for him is because of all those great interviews (mind you, they stopped being "great" a...
Poor Moz must have had so many guns pointed at him, because he's done dozens upon dozens of interviews over the years. The oft-repeated lie that he rarely grants interviews -- "unless at gun-point" -- is sheer bollocks.
The grabbing hands grab all they can
All for themselves, after all
The grabbing hands grab all they can
All for themselves, after all
It's a competitive world!
Everything counts in large amounts
*cue Dave Gahan butt-wiggle dance
As I said, “in my opinion.” There's no accounting for taste, as the old saying goes.
That you rendered a verdict on the aforementioned artists based on a single YouTube clip is lazy and laughable.
“Morrissey’s opinion of modern music is correct also.” Or wrong also. I’m going with wrong.
Sure, I can provide a list of mostly young(ish) artists I greatly admire. None have yet hit "Dylan, Lennon, or Bowie" levels of fame, but each has written a song that only they could write, and each has -- in my opinion -- hit on something very special.
Michael Kiwanuka, Sault, Jens Lekman...
"There are no modern songwriters of whom we can say 'no one but you could have written that song.' There are no modern songwriters to whom we can say, 'you've really hit on something.'"
But there is an OLD songwriter of whom we can say "no one but you could have spouted such nonsense" and "no...
Critiquing = trolling? Offering a rebuttal = trolling? 🧐 Nah.
As for Baldwin, I'm quite familiar with his work. Are YOU? Do you honestly think he'd share Morrissey's "sick to death" sentiments? C'mon... 🙄
"I am sick to death of issues of race and identity politics …"
UGH. This from the man who claims to count James Baldwin as a hero.
Either willfully blind to, or ignorant of, his own privilege. He may be "sick to death" of these issues, but people on the other side are sick OF death at the...
I don't know how this belief got started, but I often hear it despite it being verifiably wrong. Moz has granted dozens upon dozens of interviews over the years. I used to have a collection of god-knows-how-many magazines featuring interviews with Morrissey. There's even a book, "Morrissey in...
"Eight Tracks That Prove Morrissey Is Not As Great As He Once Was"
1. This Charming Man
2. Well I Wonder
3. I Know Its Over
4. The Boy With the Thorn In His Side
5. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
6. Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
7. Late Night, Maudlin Street
8. November...
Pretty much anyone can publish on Medium, so despite her attempts to portray herself as a serious journalist, she's just another armchair pundit with a laptop.
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