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Pat has no problem with the lyrics, well, apart from When You Open Your Legs.
Quite. Aside from saying When You Open Your Legs is weaker, the reviewer doesn't actually mention one thing wrong with the album. Which make the headline and the rating somewhat jarring.
There's no proof that he read the lyric sheet.
4/5 in Q. Along the lines of 'His best since Vauxhall and I and will be known as his Israel album.' Lyrics from 'Israel':'They bitch and moan because they are not like you". Oh dear.
There is no prove he listened to the music as well.
Pat has no problem with the lyrics, well, apart from When You Open Your Legs.
Have you read the review?
Do we have any proof there is a lyric sheet?
Guess h'ed rather had them closed.
Each to their own.
Yeah the suggestion that morrissey should just express his opinion in song seems to say he might like the lyrics
Skimmed over it in WHSmiths. 'A number of songs hit the heights and sound of The Smiths, including 'Jacky..' and 'Spent the Day in Bed' - the latter recalling 'Girlfriend in a Coma' lol
I reckon me wish all those blood Americans like Malibu Steve would stop complaining about how their government invades the Middle East because of oil.
PS-Would any of you lots trade me autographed pic of Mike Joyce for a New York Yankee cap or a Chicago Bulls Michael Jordan jersey? I'm just up the M5 here in Hogwartshire.
Yes, but lyrical content matters. It's not an instrumental album. Morrissey broaches these subjects because he knows they bring controversy, and affect how the song is examined.
Someone could like the music on the album, and even the vocal melodies, but despise the lyrical content, and rate it overall for what the songs are saying.
Lyrical content matters; especially when you're an artist who is known for their lyrical content. There seems to be this strange blind spot that Morrissey loyalists have when it comes to criticism.
there's no proof he didn't.
Music magazines haven't had clout for decades. Most people have never chosen to buy, or follow an artist because of a music critic's review.
The reality is, music criticism has always been a way for fans of certain artists to feel validated by a critic's review. If the critic gives a negative review, then the critic has always been a hideous monster who should be tortured indefinitely.
Because Morrissey is intentionally coy with his statements, and that invites even more speculation and controversy. He doesn't like to explain himself, and thinks he doesn't have to justify his opinion....
Only when bombings occurred in Manchester did Morrissey feel the need to address Muslim extremism in a direct manner. When it happened elsewhere, he focused on the fact that it didn't compare to meat eating. Hypocrisy will always be called out when you're a person of interest. Your words matter. Choose them carefully, and precisely.
Being flippant comes with greater responsibility now. It's the price you pay for increasing exposure.
The rest of your post was pure psychobabble.
But I disagree he should just express HIS opinion in songs.
And I don't believe he always does.
It would be boring.
He is teasing the public, the audience, his fans and his critics.
Challenging them.
I don't think he should just limit his thoughts to his art either but my point is just that the reviewer clearly doesn't like his expressions off album so I infer by his statement that he is appiciative of the lyrics which makes the score even more confusing