posted by davidt on Tuesday October 05 2010, @12:00PM
acharmingman writes:
I love the A.V. Club and I figured this list would get some attention on this page. Enjoy the anti-Moz fever, although, as the article mentions, a good many of these are written tongue in cheek.

Viva Hate: 15 anti-Morrissey songs by Jason Heller - The A.V. Club
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twitter.com/torrmoz also writes:
It's worth noting how many of the songs contain homophobic lyrics.

Also:
PSB's Behaviour sleevenotes said that the lyrics to Electronic's "Getting Away With it" (co-written by Tennant with Sumner) are a parody of Morrissey's public stereotyping as morose and masochistic (Pet Shop Boys would further satirize this trend on their 1990 song "Miserablism")...

1. Ween “I Hate The Smiths”
2. Warlock Pinchers “Morrissey Rides A Cockhorse”
3. The Mountain Goats “Anti-Music Song”
4. Meatmen “Morrissey Must Die”
5. Turbonegro “Deathtime”
6. Pansy Division “Homo Christmas”
7. Mr. Floppy “100,000 Morrisseys”
8. Nerf Herder “For You”
9. The Sextants “Morrissey”
10. The Dead Milkmen “Instant Club Hit (You’ll Dance To Anything)”
11. A Wilhelm Scream “Me Vs. Morrissey In The Pretentiousness Contest (The Ladder Match)”
12. O Pioneers!!! “My Life As A Morrissey Song”
13. Electronic “Getting Away With It”
14. Pet Shop Boys “Miserablism”
15. Sparks “Lighten Up, Morrissey”
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  • except PSB and Sparks but they don't count.
    Anonymous -- Tuesday October 05 2010, @12:17PM (#357534)
  • Oh, Ween. (Score:2, Funny)

    Congratulations, you're banned from my record collection for life!
    carlos -- Tuesday October 05 2010, @12:27PM (#357535)
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    • Re:Oh, Ween. by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday October 06 2010, @12:07AM
  • Boring... (Score:1, Funny)

    Surely Moz has pissed off somebody talented enough to actually make a clever, biting stab at him.

    Something abit above "Morrissey is a homo, hyuck hyuck."
    Anonymous -- Tuesday October 05 2010, @01:18PM (#357537)
  • What on Earth? I've only ever heard of PSB, Sparks & The Electronic. I mean, what are these other names? Who are they?
    Anonymous -- Tuesday October 05 2010, @01:28PM (#357538)
    • Re:Silly list! by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday October 05 2010, @01:35PM
    • Re:Silly list! by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday October 05 2010, @11:49PM
  • ...apart from a few. Why this list?
    Anonymous -- Tuesday October 05 2010, @01:41PM (#357540)
  • Some talibans here need to know their pop/rock history before typing.

    The Dead Milkmen are (were) too clever to be taken litteraly, if you don't know them go buy some it's great.

    I can't say the same for turbonegro...
    Anonymous -- Tuesday October 05 2010, @02:21PM (#357541)
  • Hated for loving (Score:1, Interesting)

    If you're loved by everyone - you are loved by no one.
    (Swedish poet Gunnar Ekelöf)
    Anonymous -- Tuesday October 05 2010, @03:47PM (#357543)
  • Haha someone's gone and made a video. Pretty funny.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW849TP0Bus
    Anonymous -- Tuesday October 05 2010, @04:15PM (#357544)
  • ....is not an anti-morrissey song. As for the others, what have they really done? Not much!
    Anonymous -- Tuesday October 05 2010, @06:01PM (#357549)
  • lol @ Electronic "Getting Away With It"
    Anonymous -- Tuesday October 05 2010, @06:15PM (#357550)
  • ...the mountain goats covered suedehead live.
    Anonymous -- Tuesday October 05 2010, @06:38PM (#357551)
  • Why, how? They're gay, it makes no sense to dislike Moz. It must be some joke.
    lg -- Tuesday October 05 2010, @07:41PM (#357554)
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  • it's just flattering to sing about someone

    The Sparks song Morrissey liked.

    and Ibet a few band used it cynical, cause they
    grew up in college with his music

    thei are 2 or 3 rude songs, well you love or hate them

    let's get a list about B*** ;)
    Celibate Cry <[email protected]> -- Tuesday October 05 2010, @10:24PM (#357557)
    (User #220 Info)
    and the hills are alive with celibate cries
  • Forgotten glory (Score:2, Interesting)

    Mitch Benn's "Never Went Through a Smiths Phase" is not on the list. Hilarious song!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVQfJcN0Tqw
    paradroid82 -- Wednesday October 06 2010, @12:08AM (#357561)
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  • it's funny you know (Score:2, Interesting)

    But I had some pointless debate with a moz solo user a while back who was adamant that "Getting away with it" had nothing to do with Moz and that I made the whole thing up. I actually read it in an interview of Neil Tennant but that wasn't god enough for him.
    marred -- Wednesday October 06 2010, @01:10AM (#357564)
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    • Neil said... by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday October 06 2010, @10:13AM
  • Oh my god, a grotesque out of shape man-baby in a diaper, screaming incoherently with his fat sweaty mohawk buddies. Do you reckon they get Morrissey's humour?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2gy4VK7Rgs
    Anonymous -- Wednesday October 06 2010, @02:07AM (#357565)
  • Meatmen lyrics (Score:0, Flamebait)

    Now call me puerile if you will, but you can't help warming to a band who write “1 Down, 3 To Go” following John Lennon’s assassination!
    Reensie -- Wednesday October 06 2010, @02:32AM (#357566)
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  • or whatever it was called?
    Anonymous -- Wednesday October 06 2010, @07:54AM (#357571)
  • Ahhh, you caught me sober. Anyhow, as one of my old buddies, whom I am sure would never listen to anything close to this genre of music, would say . . . , “Don’t hate, appreciate.” He told me this when I told him it wasn’t cool to cheat on his significant other. :[
    bbgfe1 -- Wednesday October 06 2010, @09:25AM (#357573)
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  • Well, ... (Score:2, Insightful)

    ... most of the Anti-Morrissey songs of the last 10 years were written by the great Morrissey himself. Honestly, who cares about "That's how people grow up" etc.?
    paradroid82 -- Wednesday October 06 2010, @11:21AM (#357578)
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  • Are these made up?

    Whatever, someone has gone to a lot of trouble to get their point across.

    As Morrissey once said, "The more you ignore me the closer i get.".

    And, "If you don't like me, then don't look at me".

    Also, "You're gonna miss me when i'm gone".
    Anonymous -- Wednesday October 06 2010, @12:55PM (#357580)
    • Re:Erm? by Anonymous (Score:0) Thursday October 07 2010, @07:21AM
      • Re:Erm? by Anonymous (Score:0) Saturday October 09 2010, @01:51PM
  • Getting Away With It is about Morrissey? Really?
    Where has this been stated because I've never ever heard this as an explantion of the song.
    Anonymous -- Wednesday October 06 2010, @05:23PM (#357587)
  • Mojo Nixon and his version of 'Girlfriend In A Coma' where he rants about being the "Anti-Morrissey"???

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js_3GuxAgm0

    "if your list don't have mojo nixon than your list could use some fixin"

    anyone? anyone?

    Anonymous -- Wednesday October 06 2010, @05:36PM (#357589)
  • I don't understand the point behind this list. What about listing 15 PRO-MORRISSEY songs?

    I'm tired of the hate.
    hand in glove -- Wednesday October 06 2010, @05:47PM (#357590)
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    "Sometimes things fall apart so that better things can fall together" - Marilyn Monroe
  • Morrissey is full of it. Who isn't? It makes the world go round, yeah. And more...

    Viva Hate!
    Anonymous -- Thursday October 07 2010, @07:00AM (#357598)
  • I just watched the Warlock Pinchers' "Morrissey Rides a Cockhorse" video on YouTube. You'd think that with a title like that you'd, at the very least, be entertained (if not impressed). And you'd be wrong. So very very wrong.

    Consider this my gift to you, dear reader: Don't bother.

    (I want my two minutes back.)
    Milner -- Thursday October 07 2010, @02:48PM (#357623)
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  • nobody has heard of most of these bands or songs. probably the result of a simple google search. the only people worth mentioning - neil tennent, mountain goats, sparks - are friends & fans... not anti-morrissey.

    i did love that dead milkmen song in junior high though. even being the biggest smiths fan then, i knew that it was meant as a joke.
    Anonymous -- Thursday October 07 2010, @05:56PM (#357631)
  • It is just this thread of homophobia from the ones I'm familiar with (PSB, Pansy excluded, I guess) that I find most vile.
    Anonymous -- Saturday October 09 2010, @04:07PM (#357690)
  • He seems to hate Morrissey a lot, so wondering if he ever recorded anything anti-Morrissey. It would take a brave man to find out because you'd actually have to sit and listen to that juvenile shit of his.
    Anonymous -- Sunday October 10 2010, @05:33AM (#357701)


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