I've had this love/hate thing going on for Morrissey since I was fourteen years old. He's arguably the most pompous man EVER. I don't know how many of you were at the show last night, but the man's stage set consisted of 10 foot high, electrically-lit letters spelling out his NAME. Morrissey goes to Vegas. Maybe he and Siegfried will team up...? But for all the pre-show cracks my friends and I made, we were basically his slaves after he opened with How Soon Is Now. His voice still sounds amazing.
I have a theory that Morrissey is essentially a snapshot of what we were all like as teenagers - obnoxious, arrogant, snotty even. But he reflects back to us that wistful yearning to be understood and to find kindness in other people - and the anger when we aren't and don't - that we all felt with such poignancy when we were young. I think that's why people still adore him (well...I think that's why I do) no matter how big a drama-queen he is.
Or maybe it's because he's fucking hot.
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nerdboy2345:
you dont know how long i had that stuck in my head.
signalnoise:
re: living in the city. i'm a huge fan of living in the city. i find it hard to imagine wanting to trade this for another kind of life. but i guess anything is possible. i actually have this friend who rails against urban life, talking about how it is no place to live a city. i'm not quite sure what he thinks urban life is like ... gun fights and sewer crocs maybe? cities i think are great for kids - they get to experience so much life. suburbs are actually terrible for kids - b/c the lack of sidewalks, public transport, and general suburban malaise keeps kids cooped up at home, not living life.