The first of the gang to die
When you sound like a version of a band that sound like a weak version of you, what exactly does that mean?
Tanya Sweeney
Though the effete strains of Stephen Patrick Morrissey are always more than welcome in my life, this single lacks the vital, ‘mission statement’ qualities of the wonderful ‘Irish Blood, English Heart’. Still, the song is upbeat, and characteristically wry. The overall effect is not dissimilar to Gene - a paradox, given that Gene have been endlessly compared to The Smiths. When you sound like a version of a band that sound like a weak version of you, what exactly does that mean?
Tanya Sweeney
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2009-12-07
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2009-10-27
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2009-09-10
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2009-04-03
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2009-03-26
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2009-02-24
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2008-12-08
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2008-07-07
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2008-06-30
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2008-05-29
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2008-05-09
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2008-04-14
Have a little respect. This is Morrissey. He’s a musical institution and I’m damned if I’m going to give him less than ten out of ten.
2008-02-27
Just when you thought it couldn't get stranger than Dervish performing Ireland's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest, it's been announced that Morrissey is in the running for the UK team.
2007-01-09
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2006-09-07
Morrissey. Avatar of melancholic self-pity, sexual ambiguity, and intense misanthropy. Well, bollocks to that. Somewhere along the road to perdition he has experienced a Damascene conversion. Tonight he stalks the stage like a latter day Errol Flynn, and with his cabal of pink-shirted buccaneers beside him, parades his new, invigorated self.
2006-04-20
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2006-04-12
The Moz is back! Again! ‘You Have Killed Me’ has been available on his myspace page since early February, acting as a taster from his forthcoming album, Ringleader Of The Tormentors. But with its official CD release, we can confirm that it’s typical of Morrissey’s modern-day mettle, being an uplifting yet brooding affair which pays particular focus to the strength of the chorus. Fingers crossed the rebirth he’s just enjoyed is safe for another round.
2006-03-21
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2006-03-09
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2006-02-28
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2006-01-31
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2005-03-30
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2005-01-13
Having enlisted Damien Dempsey for his US tour, Morrissey returns to Irish soil for a date at the Point
2004-09-20
Any cynics betting on an evening of flabby nostalgia and/or paycheque-induced dead-but-won’t-lie-downism can pay up now. That’s not to say it’s anything less than heartstoppingly moving to hear the old stuff in the flesh , but it’s more thrilling still to witness a sterling set drawn mostly from brill new LP You Are The Quarry and to see and hear proof in spades that Moz in 2004 isn’t just trading on past glories.
2004-06-21
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