Just spotted the article below on the Word magazine forum. It seems Morrissey's nephew turned up at the recent book launch in Manchester and read a statement by Morrissey criticising the book?
Did anyone see this?
Morrissey's nephew turns up at Morrissey book launch and upbraids author - The Word
Uncleskinny posted the following clarification in the original thread:
"Self appointed experts", "Dull as dishwater tribute band" - both utter knackers. I was there, know some of the panellists and the band were fricking great. Anyway, on to the salient point.
Morrissey's nephew was there, and did read a message from Morrissey. Far from pointing out "various factual inaccuracies in the book", it dwelt on one point only, in Chapter Eleven, which asked if Morrissey had pitch-controlled his voice on 'Skull'. That's what Morrissey picked up on when reading the book, and that's what his nephew read out. The statement made it clear that Morrissey had not altered his voice and went on to explain that singing in that high register was actually starting to damage Morrissey's vocal cords, hence the shift down for later live performances.
That's what happened. The article on the Word blog exaggerates things somewhat.
Oh, and the evening ground to a halt after that, because it was going to before. His statement was the last bit of the evening. Several people asked questions, the event was about to be wrapped up, Eoin said "Any more questions?" and then the statement. To suggest that the event was ended because of the statement and the 'ashen faced' panellists is plain wrong.
Update: 10am PT, Oct. 11: posted in the comments by punky:
On behalf of my co-editors (Aileen Dillane and Martin Power) and myself I have issued the following statement to the Word Blog concerning a report on the launch of our book at Waterstones, Deansgate, Manchester. I will not be making any further comment on the matter.
Dr. Eoin Devereux, co-editor.
"As one of the editors of the book referred to in this post I wish to point out the following factual errors.
1. Morrissey's nephew did read a statement referring to a SINGLE issue which he disagrees with in one of our book's chapters. He did NOT refer to "various factual inaccuracies" in the book.
2. The author was not ashen-faced as you report. The author who is a contributor to the edited book was not even present.
3. The night did not grind to a halt. There were more questions and even some humorous comments made following the statement referred to above. Book launch events usually finish with some questions and answers.
As someone who saw The Smiths play and is a lifetime Morrissey fan I and my colleagues are not, as you say, "self-appointed Morrissey experts". Your description of These Charming Men as being as 'Dull as Dishwater' is obviously an opinion not shared by the audience who clapped and cheered their 6 songs."
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Did anyone see this?
Morrissey's nephew turns up at Morrissey book launch and upbraids author - The Word
Uncleskinny posted the following clarification in the original thread:
"Self appointed experts", "Dull as dishwater tribute band" - both utter knackers. I was there, know some of the panellists and the band were fricking great. Anyway, on to the salient point.
Morrissey's nephew was there, and did read a message from Morrissey. Far from pointing out "various factual inaccuracies in the book", it dwelt on one point only, in Chapter Eleven, which asked if Morrissey had pitch-controlled his voice on 'Skull'. That's what Morrissey picked up on when reading the book, and that's what his nephew read out. The statement made it clear that Morrissey had not altered his voice and went on to explain that singing in that high register was actually starting to damage Morrissey's vocal cords, hence the shift down for later live performances.
That's what happened. The article on the Word blog exaggerates things somewhat.
Oh, and the evening ground to a halt after that, because it was going to before. His statement was the last bit of the evening. Several people asked questions, the event was about to be wrapped up, Eoin said "Any more questions?" and then the statement. To suggest that the event was ended because of the statement and the 'ashen faced' panellists is plain wrong.
Update: 10am PT, Oct. 11: posted in the comments by punky:
On behalf of my co-editors (Aileen Dillane and Martin Power) and myself I have issued the following statement to the Word Blog concerning a report on the launch of our book at Waterstones, Deansgate, Manchester. I will not be making any further comment on the matter.
Dr. Eoin Devereux, co-editor.
"As one of the editors of the book referred to in this post I wish to point out the following factual errors.
1. Morrissey's nephew did read a statement referring to a SINGLE issue which he disagrees with in one of our book's chapters. He did NOT refer to "various factual inaccuracies" in the book.
2. The author was not ashen-faced as you report. The author who is a contributor to the edited book was not even present.
3. The night did not grind to a halt. There were more questions and even some humorous comments made following the statement referred to above. Book launch events usually finish with some questions and answers.
As someone who saw The Smiths play and is a lifetime Morrissey fan I and my colleagues are not, as you say, "self-appointed Morrissey experts". Your description of These Charming Men as being as 'Dull as Dishwater' is obviously an opinion not shared by the audience who clapped and cheered their 6 songs."
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