The Smiths Amongst Top Ten Pop Duos - Land of Punt
Top Ten Duos in Popular Music - Land of Punt

...Inspired by Simon & Garfunkel’s recent announcement that they will be touring this spring (look for them to visit cities like Toronto, Montreal, and St. Paul), Land of Punt decided to chronicle the top ten duos in popular music history... Morrissey and Marr – Morrissey was The Smiths’ front man while Johnny Marr was its lead guitarist. Together they were the band’s principal songwriters. Despite releasing just four studio albums and achieving little success away from the U.K., The Smiths are easily one of the most important bands of the 1980’s. Sure, Morrissey and Marr’s hatred for one another eventually lead to the band’s demise, and still keeps them from reuniting, but it doesn’t stop their music from getting better with age.
Seminal work: The Queen Is Dead

Janice Takes A Bow
Janice Takes A Bow - Simon Goddard blog

Nice Moz vinyls in the background in danish TV sketch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paXsWJN25wg

You have to speak Danish to understand this (LOTS of sexual double entendres) - but check out the background and soundtrack!

Liam Cahill, FHM magazine blog on Morrissey's Gender-Agenda
Liam Cahill is an Irish journalist and broadcaster who, in his recent blog post, speculates on Morrissey's musical contribution to gay liberation:

"...As decades moved on the relevancy of gays and music become more potent. Wolf and Kielwasser in their book Gay People, Sex and The Media recalls how bands where propelled to the forefront of music as a direct result of their provocative gayness. From Frankie Goes to Hollywood to The Petshop Boys being provocative was very much second nature.

Wolf and kielwasser recount how The Smith’s lead singer Morrissey’s music was seen by Rolling Stone as a ‘rejection’ of the typical provocative nature of music which embraced gay themes but continued to be overtly outrageous. “I am human, and I need to be loved, just like everyone else” recites Morrissey within “How soon is now?” which details his attempts for gays to gain another step towards being accepted within mainstream.

These songs provided a base for mainstream audiences to be educated about the details of gay life. The songs also spoke volumes about the hurt in which gay people felt as appearing socially inept -this was fueled by the aids crisis of the 1980’s. This gay voice only became stronger propelled by artists such as Madonna and Kylie who used their music as a way of reaffirming that it was a new day for the gay..."

Also... a different but related recent blog entry from fhm magazine on sexual expression:

- “I would go out tonight: But I haven’t got a stitch to wear

This man said “it’s gruesome: That someone so handsome should care”

From THIS CHARMING MAN by The Smiths, written by guitarist Johnny Marr and singer/lyricist Morrissey

Where did they come from… straight men that moisturise and have lots of hair products, straight men who love clothes and the act of shopping for them, straight men with a passion for interior design and décor – straight men who are unashamed to enjoy a lifestyle previously thought of as STEREOTYPICALLY GAY...