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- Morrissey gained fame in the 1980s as the co-founder and frontman of the Smiths, a British rock band. With his eccentric style and acid-tongued lyrics, he became an icon for disaffected youth. After the band's breakup in 1987, Morrissey embarked on a successful solo career, while also continuing to make waves with his many controversial comments.
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Steven Patrick Morrissey (/ ˈ m ɒr ɪ s i / MORR-iss-ee; born 22 May 1959), known mononymously as Morrissey, is an English singer and songwriter. He came to prominence as the frontman and lyricist of rock band the Smiths, who were active from 1982 to 1987. Since then, he has pursued a successful solo career.
- Jim Jim Falls
- Break Up The Family
- Now My Heart Is Full
- Hairdresser on Fire
- Speedway
- You’Re The One For Me, Fatty
- Spent The Day in Bed
- The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get
- You Have Killed Me
- Irish Blood, English Heart
We’ll start with one of his more recent compositions. It’s a song that only Morrissey could write. Many will interpret the lyrics as dark and twisted, but if you know anything about Morrissey, you’ll know the opposite is often true. It’s really a message to “get on and make the most of life” rather than wining and feeling sorry for yourself (slight...
“I’m so glad to grow older, to move away from those younger years, I’m in love for the first time, and I don’t feel bad.” Here’s a wistful song about growing up, escaping a small-town mentality, and finding love. There’s the tyrannical sports teacher (“captain of games, solid framed”), the drive home in a car with no brakes (“no brakes? I don’t min...
Who said Mozzer’s songs were pessimistic? ‘Now My Heart is Full’ is about as optimistic as any Michael Buble number, and yes, it has to be admitted, it’s quite uncharacteristic for Morrissey. It’s from his great album Vauxhall & I, which most people agree is his best solo work. “This song was the definitive expression of my change to adulthood, of ...
Appearing as a B-side to Suedehead (see further down), ‘Hairdresser on Fire’ opens up with an uncharacteristic string-based intro, but from the moment he starts singing, it’s classic Morrissey. The song is a critique of vain London glitterati (in this case, hairdressers), whom he portrays as “repressed, but remarkably dressed” while they flit aroun...
Likely an autobiographical song, “Speedway” is one of the few songs in the history of pop that features a chainsaw (name another?). In the song, Morrissey airs his grievances. With whom or what is unclear, but there are numerous targets that are all plausible, such is the flack he’s endured from the British music press, tabloids, not to mention a l...
From his 1992 album Your Arsenal, here’s another standout song. A pun on the Marvelettes’ song “You Are the One for Me, Bobby,” it’s whimsical and fun, and while “fatty” is used as a term of endearment, it’s probably rubbed plenty of people up the wrong way. The fact that it was produced by rock legend Mick Ronson (of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders...
In one of Mozzer’s more recent compositions, he takes a shot at the news media in a sort of John and Yoko-style stay-in-bed protest. Morrissey tells his listeners that the best way to deal with life’s worries is to spend a day under the covers with the TV off. The news, he declares, “conspires to frighten you.” He’s not a fan of work, either, with ...
In this classic “resistance is futile” number, Morrissey dares the listener to ignore him. Try to dismiss him, and he gets even stronger. He’s now a “central part of your mind’s landscape” whether you like it or not. For someone who likes to shy away from the limelight, it’s pretty bizarre.
The first two lines of the lyrics (“Pasolini is me, Accattone you’ll be”) allude to Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Accattone, a film about prostitution in Rome’s slums. Some fans think it’s just an example of how Rome influenced Morrissey, while others think it’s about losing one’s virginity since Accattone was Pasolini’s first movie. It appeared on 2006’s ...
Morrissey made a name for himself as a bit of an England nationalist with this one (thanks to lines like “England for the English”). Despite the controversy, it was his highest-selling single in the UK (reaching number three) and charted well elsewhere. The song’s themes of split identity resonated with Hispanic Americans who live in the United Sta...
- Suedehead. Coming in at number one is Morrissey’s most popular song, “Suedehead,” which also comes from his most successful album, Viva Hate. The song is impeccably loved thanks to its great lyrical prowess blended with a catchy stirring and mordant tune.
- Everyday is Like a Sunday. Morrissey’s follow-up to his debut single was probably the greatest idea he probably executed. The release of the 1988 album Viva Hate placed Morrissey among the great hit song makers of his time.
- First of The Gang to Die. Still from his 2004 album, You Are the Quarry, “First of The Gang to Die” is an undeniably infectious jam. Despite its moral complicatedness, the song remains quite massive, having it set in Morrissey’s Los Angeles city.
- Irish Blood, English Heart. “Irish Blood, English Heart” is among the few ballads that Morrissey has made in the twenty-first century, making him quite a force to reckon with when it comes to resilience in the industry.
Apr 3, 2014 · Morrissey gained fame in the 1980s as the co-founder and frontman of the Smiths, a British rock band. With his eccentric style and acid-tongued lyrics, he became an icon for disaffected youth.
Dec 21, 2022 · What Morrissey delivered in this 80’s classic was the opening of a cultural dialogue about the meat industry and how we treat animals, with fans in droves converting to vegetarianism as a result.
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Jun 23, 2021 · His earlier, much-loved classics such as Everyday Is Like Sunday and Speedway are still considered amongst his best work — but as his later releases prove, Morrissey is as great today as he has...
Steven Patrick Morrissey, known professionally as simply Morrissey, is an English singer and lyricist most well known as the lead vocalist and songwriter for eighties jangle pop band The...
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