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Comments / Notes
WELL I WAS FIFTEEN, WHERE COULD I GO?
(I had to be the first to use that one)
marc <[email protected]>
- Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 09:40:30 (PDT) | #1
13 and younger my ass, what posers.
with whom to dance?
SF - Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 10:17:14 (PDT) | #2
I got into Morrissey when I was about six years old. It was the only music I used to hear around the house because of my older sister...I remember being around six or seven and dancing on top of the living room table to songs like, "What difference does it make?"I used to "wanna be Morrissey" I'm way older now, and I still think he is GOD.
Boyracer
- Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 10:26:04 (PDT) | #3
I was 16, clumsy and shy
Seasick
Atlanta, GA - Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 10:45:09 (PDT) | #4
That's odd...I always thought that most people would get into the Smiths and/or Moz around 17 or 18 years old, when they're in the process of cleansing their old ways and ripping them away from their psyche, as in "that idiot is not me anymore, Morrissey has showed me the way" or some statement like that. But then again, that's just me talking. And it's no surprise, i did the same thing. ha!
malarkinson
- Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 11:26:50 (PDT) | #5
i was 12 in the 7th grade, im now 23. the first album i ever bought was "the world won't listen" and i hold it deep in my heart...
handsome devil <[email protected]>
los angeles - Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 11:59:41 (PDT) | #6
its highly unlikely that someone will listen to morrissey so young(13 and younger). im sure they heard of him but weren't really into it. they had more important things onth their young minds besides the man. people..please...
xavier <[email protected]>
- Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 12:51:15 (PDT) | #7
Yes!It was in 1986 when i heard him sang.that time with The Smiths,i was 14 year old.Well,life has changed so quickly for me,but i never forgot him and them,all.Moz is god!!!
Pedro Gaspar <[email protected]>
Oporto/Portugal - Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 12:58:18 (PDT) | #8
First time I heard of The Smiths, and got hooked, was in 1987 because of my older brother. It is also the year they broke up.
Danny <[email protected]>
Lost Angeles - Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 13:09:09 (PDT) | #9
i was twelve and completly enchanted ...
jeane
- Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 13:14:27 (PDT) | #10
I figure this is a very intimate question... Just like asking someone when they made love for the first time....
Roy S. Keane
- Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 13:22:46 (PDT) | #11
I was 13 when i first heard the smiths and now i'm 18 yrs. I guess i have come a long way and I'm still a hard core Moz Fan. MORRISSEY ROCKS!
MorrisseyGirl <[email protected]>
- Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 13:26:50 (PDT) | #12
I was 11 and completely confused by his voice but overwhelmed at the sametime.
girl_least_likely_to
- Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 13:35:56 (PDT) | #13
I was dancing when I was twelve.
Hairdresser <[email protected]>
- Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 13:47:30 (PDT) | #14
I was eighteen and I fell in love with Morrissey
while I was hearing "Yes, I am Blind ". It was so
diferent, and that voice so warm and full of
compassion.Since then I have loved him with all my heart. Thanks for everything Morrissey !
The girl of your dreams
Chile - Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 14:22:32 (PDT) | #15
My older sister used to listen to the Smiths a lot when I was about 10, and I hated it. I taped a radio broadcast of Morrissey for her when I was 16, I never gave her the tape cos I fell in love with the man's music right then and there.
Try-Ace
- Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 14:31:03 (PDT) | #16
I have been a fan since age 23 (I am 40 now: Morrissey's age!!!), when the Smiths first started. I think the first song I heard from them was "Hand In Glove", which I believe was their 1st single. CHEERS!
Mike Head <[email protected]>
Denver Colorado - Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 14:35:50 (PDT) | #17
I had to add something else: some ppl. here think 13 or younger is too young to like Moz, Hell, I was a rock and roller at age six! My 1st concert was the Stones and Buffalo Springfield at the Hollywood Bowl in 1966! So one can NEVER be too young to enjoy music! Again, CHEERS!
Mike Head <[email protected]>
Denver Colorado - Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 14:39:11 (PDT) | #18
I was 18, a senior in high school. I was going through a crap break-up when I first heard "Please, Please Please..."I am the oldest, so I had to discover The Smiths for myself (I wasn't fortunate to have an older sibling to help guide me) :( I'm 20 now, and OBSESSED.
maribel <[email protected]>
california - Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 14:44:03 (PDT) | #19
i AM 14 NOW..i STARTED TO LISTEN TO HIM WHEN i TURNED 11..HMM SO i GUESS IM THE YOUNGEST..HOW SAD OK
little girl <[email protected]>
LonG BEach, CA - Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 15:11:28 (PDT) | #20
Well, I was brought up on him ! My sis was a big fan in the 80's so thats all we listened to..i was about 3 and thats all i listened to from then on.=)
keri <[email protected]>
- Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 15:21:50 (PDT) | #21
I knew who The Smiths were first i was in 5th grade. My brother was a dj so I was brought up with music. That's when I firts heard of the Smith and I liked it but I started getting into Moz in 6th grade. I'm 20 now and I love him still. However my brother kinda grew apart from him. He always tells me that's 80's get over it.
and I tell him what any moz fan would say...F**k off! :^)
Lidia Villa <[email protected]>
Chicago, IL - Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 15:39:37 (PDT) | #22
I was 14. I heard this amazing song called "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" in 1984. It sounded like nothing else that was around at the time. The guitar was amazing. So I bought it on 7" from the local record shop. Still got it, of course. A great year for the roses.
Keg
England - Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 15:44:49 (PDT) | #23
I was 14 then, i'm 17 now. I bought the Smiths
Singles collection at a old south florida store called peaches, and for the first year, my freshmen year of high school, i slowly, ever so slowly got attached, but most of what he was saying i didnt understand frankly. But as time passed and i just became more experienced with life overall, the more i fell in love with the smiths, until it, and bands like joy division, became my passion, and of course, eventually i got into morrissey solo and well, it goes on..-moz gurlie
Moz Gurlie <[email protected]>
in someone's dreams.. - Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 15:50:40 (PDT) | #24
I listened to him out of the womb.No but serioulsy folks I was 2 1/2, jeez 13 and younger...posers is right! I was 16 when the music started having a profound effect on me.
Mute001 <[email protected]>
- Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 15:53:02 (PDT) | #25
The first song I heard was " This Charming Man", when I turned 16, I bought The Smiths Best OF 1,I got really attatched to it and so I decided to buy "Kill Uncle" , I`m now 23 years old and I have something like sixty Moz/Smiths albums,his music definnatelly changed my life........
Diogo <[email protected]>
Lisbon.Portugal - Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 15:58:39 (PDT) | #26
I was 14 when I first heard Morrissey and I Immediately Knew that he was someone Special.
Now 22 and still a big fan, I hope for a very long time.
There for I want to thank my Brother and Best friend Chergo for bringing Morrissey into my Life.
Sing Your Life
Amjad <[email protected]>
- Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 16:00:44 (PDT) | #27
ahhhh... i remember the day fondly... i was 16... the album was "BONA-DRAG"... if you have 5 seconds to spare...love and trash~> george
dean2000-george <[email protected]>
arse of the world, california - Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 16:10:20 (PDT) | #28
Ah but the question that matters is how long. It's not quite the same if you were 13 if that was only last summer. I've had friends that started before me who introduced me to The Smiths in 1985 and by 91 they had all but forgotten. It doesn't really matter how young or how old but do you still feel the same at 25 or 29 than you did at 21 or even when in your teens, or have you become a raver like everyone else. Did you follow Morrissey even after the breakup and if you didn't why not? To me it was the only way. But I forget that, if concert crowds are a good indication, most of you are young, so the question is, will you forget and move on? I hope not. I was at Satellite this weekend (For those of you in L.A.) and it was such a beautiful sight when The Smiths were played and almost everyone started either singing or dancing or just smiling. I thought to myself -Well 17 years on and still going strong, not bad for a bedsit from Kings Road. There is a light that never goes out.
Eye
- Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 16:19:38 (PDT) | #29
i don't understand why people are amazed that a person that is 13 and under could fall in love with Him. i remember when i first heard His voice quite vividly. it was in 1991 and by sheer happenstance i wandered into the local record store while waiting to go to the movies. it was then that i first heard "i know it's over" and that's when i knew i was in love. His voice overwhelmed me, and it still does to this day. the next day i went back and i bought "the queen is dead", my first cd that i ever purchased. why wait until the next day you ask?? well, the friends i was with came up to me and asked, "what the @#!!! is this @#!!!??" and thus, i was initiated into the ranks of a morrissey fan. behind closed doors, He and i. well, i am now 22, it's 9 years later...meaning that i was 13 at the time. so it is possible, and i am not a poseur. oh, and by the way, i am more helplessly in love with Him now than i ever was before, and the songs mean more to me every day. thank you.
eddie <[email protected]>
- Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 16:25:25 (PDT) | #30
17 or 18 and i bought the queen is dead. I fell in love.... sigh.....
Nick¥ <[email protected]>
chicago IL - Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 16:49:05 (PDT) | #31
When someone previously said that this is an intimate question, they were not joking....
I was in the 8th grade (14 years old?). The girl who I had a crush on at the time was a Smiths fan and she was the first person to introduce me to Morrissey. I can still remember hearing that first song in my head (I know it's over), which is still by the way, my fav.
Half a Person <[email protected]>
- Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 16:59:31 (PDT) | #32
To With Whom To Dance?,Whats up mon? Im not a poser! I was 9 or 10 when I began listening to The Smiths/ Morrissey! And who are you to judge the younger fans anyways? Think before you talk mon!mmmkay! Anna!
Anna! <[email protected]>
El Paso, Texas aka El Hell Hole - Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 17:17:59 (PDT) | #33
Although I was very much aware of the Smiths and liked some of their material namely Sweet and Tender Hooligan, Shoplifters, Panic, The Queen Is Dead amongst others I only owned one of their albums; Hatful Of Hollow. I never saw them live despite having umpteen oportunities too (something I really, really, really, regret!!!). Suddenly it was all over and before one had time to catch ones breath Suedehead was out followed by a consistently high standard of other pop singles. ....Playboys left me yearning. But still I didn't buy the albums! Someone I lived with always had them so with a limited income at that time it seemed rash to spend the money I had on duplicating what was already in my household.
In '92 We Hate It.... caught me in the balls so when Your Arsenal was unleashed I took it home with me. This was when I truly felt like a fan as I swooned and growled along to that record over and over. And that year he toured and I lost my "Moz live" virginity in the Alexander Palace, London.
Pete <[email protected]>
ENGLAND - Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 17:58:49 (PDT) | #34
The first Smiths song I've ever heard was 'Girlfriend in a Comma' when I was 10. At 12 I knew it was a Smiths song and I become a fan.
Nina Simone <[email protected]>
Santiago de Chile - Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 18:01:14 (PDT) | #35
I was 12 and I had never heard such a beutiful voice before in my life. Thank you Juan for making me listen to November Spawned a Monster...
lily <[email protected]>
- Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 18:02:54 (PDT) | #36
i believe i was 14 ... it was 1986, and it seemed the smiths were at the height of their career with the acclaimed success of 'the queen is dead'. the song that i fell hard for was 'there is a light that never goes out' ... as my passion for morrissey and marr goes on even now, and presumably will forever. long live the smiths.
like no other <[email protected]>
florida - Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 18:16:46 (PDT) | #37
growing up in pasadena in the 80's and listening to kroq, i was exposed to the smiths pretty early, like when i was in elementary, along with new order, human league and other great 80's bands.
still, i consider myself really becoming a fan when i really got into the smiths, relating with the songs and buying their stuff, which was when i was around 15.
state of emergency
- Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 18:18:26 (PDT) | #38
19 back in 1994.now, i'm..... oh dear god, please don't let me still be sitting here yelling at MozTheatre and participating in "is moz gay?" debates when I'm getting my social security checks! Seeing how things are going, it is very possible. A better life in the next world, indeed! someone forgot about this one. when does the vicious cycle end?
suzanne <[email protected]>
we hate it when our friends are young and hip - Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 18:34:03 (PDT) | #39
I was fifteen, my friend use to play a Smiths/Morrissey mix tape in the car on the way to school, I use to think, What the hell? Soon enough the music grew on me, heavily, my view on music, and life, has changed a lot since then. Thanks Steve E.
Bigmouth <[email protected]>
SAN FER.VALLEY, CA - Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 18:46:30 (PDT) | #40
OK what is it with you people..it doesnt matter if ur 13 or younger..is the love u have for the man...stop hating all the people who likes him under 13.. its just bullcrap...damm I dont know what the hell is wrong with u!
little girl <[email protected]>
LonG BEach, CA - Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 18:49:11 (PDT) | #41
I became a fan back in 1985 when i turned 16 and i have not looked back..viva moz!
moz worshipper
canada - Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 19:09:43 (PDT) | #42
When I used to sit in my brothers room and play video games with him, he played his cd collection...I remember in particular, "Louder than Bombs" and "Bona Drag."I would try and mimick that little "er er" sound in "Hairdresser..." Yeah, from that moment, I was hooked. I will agree though, that at such a young age, its easy to miss the point...but just because one is green, doesnt make them a poseur...I was 13, what could I know? Im 22 now... Ill always stay true to you.
Mandy <[email protected]>
chicago - Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 20:04:11 (PDT) | #43
I was 14, in her car, listening to Stop Me If You Think.. for the first time. I felt so cool to be in HER car. She was 18 and leaving for Chicago the next year. Before she dropped me home, I asked her if I could borrow the tape, but on accident she gave me the Queen Is Dead instead. She wanted it back soon after, and would ask for it everytime she saw me, and I always meant to, but it seemed to be the perfect soundtrack for smoking Camels and drinking Strawberry Snapples in the woods behind the drugstore after school.. thinking about her. (Call me morbid, call me pale..) I kept the tape.
Marrissey
- Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 21:09:59 (PDT) | #44
I've always like The Smiths and Morrissey cause when I was little my sister used to listern the them. In my senior year in high school. One guy I met in govn't class was a fan. He lent me some albums and "bam" I was hooked. VIVA MOZ!!!!!!!!!!!
Esteban <[email protected]>
Moz Angeles - Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 21:16:28 (PDT) | #45
I remember the first time I heard The Smiths, I was about 13 and in junior high. My friends and I would go down to Melrose Ave. on the weekends to look for records and check out the shops like Aarons Records, Vinyl Fetish, War Babies, and Retail Slut among others. And all around we would see a bunch of new wave, punk rockers, and goths with hair the color of a rainbow. It was a pretty amazing time for me. I think the first record I ever picked up was "Louder than bombs." I don't really remember, it was a good 14 years ago. Such jolly good times.
ray <[email protected]>
- Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 21:22:40 (PDT) | #46
I was NINETEEN! Morrissey, where were you when I really needed you?
there's nothing I can save from those wasted days
- Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 21:26:22 (PDT) | #47
i remember morrissey mentioned when i was in junior high school, but i didn't get into the smiths until just before i turned 16... the first song i heard was this charming man on the radio, and i fell in love...now i'm 18 and am a moz fanatic! viva moz!
nicole <[email protected]>
california - Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 21:46:53 (PDT) | #48
I first became a Morrissey fan back in 1987, unfortuneatley the yr they split, when I purchased
Strangeways, Here We Come. I was 15, and I was just overwhelmed by his beautiful voice, and witty
lyric's. I'm 28 now, and I can honestly say there hasn't been two consecutive day's that I have not listened to either the Smiths or Morrissey.
Thank Moz! Your'e the BEST!!
BILLY BUD <[email protected]>
- Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 21:55:18 (PDT) | #49
Hmm...I didn't get into him really until I was about 10, multiple years after the band's demise, but my parents said I used to holler the lyrics as I ran through the house, around 5 years, not knowing what it was or why I liked it... I do believe that "Bigmouth"'s "Sweetness..." lyrics were my favorite... :)
Reaux <[email protected]>
Moz Angeles - Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 21:57:18 (PDT) | #50
I was 16 when I first fell in love with The Smiths and Moz. I had just gone vegetarian and a friend of mine said I should give them a listen. He let me borrow The Queen Is Dead and Strangeways.(Thank's Jamie!) I remember reading the lyrics on the bus home from school and thinking that they were out of this world!!! As soon as I got home I played Strangeways and I was in complete awe! That voice!!! That music!! It all just blew me away! That was 11 years ago and I still feel the same today!!!!!!
Paula
- Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 21:59:59 (PDT) | #51
13 or younger!? You are all liars! It seems you can't find a Mozzer fan over 15 and under 350 lbs at his concerts these days... What the hell? Poor Moz... Purr, purr mozzine.
Uncle Vic <[email protected]>
Cubicle - 9 - Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 22:22:45 (PDT) | #52
I started listening to The Smiths when I was 10 years old. I saw my first Morrissey concert when I was 12,he was on tour for his latest cd, "Your Arsenal" at Don Haskins Special Events.(Ive got my ticket stub to prove it =)~ Im as much of a fan now as I was back then, my love for him has only gotten stronger. Im still waiting for his return..I know its gonna happen, someday...
please wait don't lose faith, please wait...
Crystal <[email protected]>
El Paso, Texas - Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 22:30:14 (PDT) | #53
ACTUALLY, i'm not a poser, thankyou. "your arsenal" was the first compact disc i ever bought and i was 12. some people just have very twisted childhoods that's all.
What She Said <[email protected]>
- Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 22:59:15 (PDT) | #54
I got into moz when i was 17, I am now 31 and as big a fan as ever,i rememeber the first time i heard "there is a light..."i was awestruck and have been ever since then.
NovemberSpawn(kevin) <[email protected]>
New Orleans - Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 23:29:29 (PDT) | #55
I am definitely not surprised that 16 came in second. I figure their must have been many people like myself, who heard "half a person" at age sixteen, and put Morrissey at the top of their list from then on.
Nathan <[email protected]>
Manteca, Ca. - Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 23:43:17 (PDT) | #56
Ever since I heard Morrisey one Sunday on Casey Kasems top forty, the song was "The More You Ignore Me", I knew that there was no one like him. A few years later I searched a record store looking for the song by Henry Rollins, yes I know it's sad. Well I found the song on a compilation CD, and as I walked out of the store I realized my mistake. After listening to the song over and over again, I found myself entranced and finally gave in to the power that was holding me. In 1997 I bought Malajusted the week it came out, and entered a new life. After listening to so many different kinds of music Depeche Mode, Smashing Pumkins, Pet Shop Boys, New Order, Erasure and all of the likes, I found what I needed. Not that they aren't great, there was just this void. Moz filled it, and now I have so many Morrisey Cd's. When I go into a store I always look for him first! Obsessed? Probably, but I wouldn't have it any other way.
Ahiram Malveaux <[email protected]>
AZ - Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 00:43:27 (PDT) | #57
Well I was the wee age of 11. It was 87', and "Strangeways" had just been released. My friend had the tape because his older brother taught him about good music at young age. I was hooked. Then he told me they had just split. Oh well, home late Viva Hate. Thanks Arron.
INEPT GUY <[email protected]>
Long Beach, Ca. - Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 01:31:09 (PDT) | #58
ok, I was a 12 year-old metal kid... Moz was on Saturday Night Live performing "Glamourous Glue," and "Suedehead." I remember thinking, "This is different...and I REALLY like it." Hooked at twelve, never to be let go.
pete <[email protected]>
- Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 01:41:51 (PDT) | #59
Why is it so hard for some people to believe that some people actually started listening to and liking The Smiths/Morrissey at an age younger than 13. I was about 13 when I really got into them. Is it really so strange?
Is It Really So Strange
- Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 02:17:00 (PDT) | #60
Who the hell listens to Moz/Smiths when they´re carefree youngsters?! "13 or younger-people": Unite and take over. Posers was the word. Me for one didn´t become a fan ´til I knew what good music was and I had an income to support my habit. Not as a wee snotty brat that is.
anna <[email protected]>
- Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 04:05:51 (PDT) | #61
I think its perfectly reasonable for people of thirteen to start listening to Morrissey. When your are 13 you change in many ways & you need something in life to connect to. Mozzer fits the bill perfectly. Also it is worth remembering that, although a 13 year old Moz fan today would be about as common as a good review in the NME, when I was 13 ( for example) Morrissey was actually popular and got played on the radio, and if you had an older brother who liked him, it is inevitable that you would.
The Boy Least Likely To
Liverpool, England - Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 05:14:39 (PDT) | #62
Anyone who claims to have been a Morrissey fan before the age of 16, are liars. Everyone must start somewhere, and we all don't start listening to anything cool when we are kids....im sure many of you have had the experience of listening and adoring the New Kids on the Block. But none of you will admit it, cause obviously you're embarassed, and too cool to rememeber the tacky past all of you have.....
...in the meantime....VIVA MORRISSEY
M
Somewhere - Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 05:23:26 (PDT) | #63
once again, over-opiniated people...whoare you to say when someone can or cannot listen to something??? I truly was 14 years old, which is a total coming of age for some people...call me a liar if you will, but it is judgemental people like you that make posting comments on this website ridiculous. you must all know each other or something.
Do us all a favor, comment on your own ideas, don't mock everyone else's. We all have our opinions. But downgrading other's is just plain wrong, let alone downgrading what they claim as their truth.
A Vulgarly Painted Picture
at the record company meeting - Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 05:55:34 (PDT) | #64
first heard them in 83 or 84 and have been a fan ever since. saw the smiths, and have seen moz solo and he's better now then ever.
take heed young lads...stop me if you think you've heard this one before
shy bald buddist reflecting....
- Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 07:12:22 (PDT) | #65
Sure, it's possible for someone to get into Moz/Smiths stuff before 13 if they like the music. Granted, it may not be for the same reasons that older fans like it, but the appeal is still there. I clearly remember being 3 years old and telling everyone my favorite group was The Beatles. Did I understand their cultural significance in pop history? Of course not, but that doesn't mean I didn't like the music. Any reason that gets people listening to Moz/Smiths music is a good reason.As for me personally, I was actually first exposed to Morrissey as a solo artist before I heard any Smiths stuff. I had heard of a group called The Smiths, but I didn't know this Morrissey guy was connected until later. Anyway, I was 16 (I'm 23 now), and it was right around the time "Your Arsenal" was released. "Tomorrow" got some minor airplay on MTV, and as I listened to it, not only did I love the man's voice (and still do), but the lyrics completely summed up how I felt about someone at the time. That person is long gone, but the music has stayed with me. I think I got the best end of the deal. ;-)
Cherubino
- Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 07:27:35 (PDT) | #66
I have to say that I too was shocked by seeing all the 'aged 13 or under' numbers. Honestly, I think I am not so appaled as I am jealous. I was one senseless goofball kids that listened to whatever played on Top 40 radio when I was 13 and under. I did not hear my first Smiths song till I was 16, 1987, the year they broke up. MTV played "Girlfriend in a Coma" and I feel in love with him. Not just his good looks, but that voice. I went and bought the tape immediatly and then used my allowence to buy all the tapes for the rest of the year. It took alot of missed school lunches, but I wanted to know there music.So honestly, if you were fortunate enough to be exposed to his music at a young age, I think you were very lucky. I lived in a small town and the radio station did not play alternative music. Our town did not get MTV till 1986, since it was not considered basic cable we could not afford till the next year. I did not come from a rich family. Regardless, I hope you people that did learn of them sooner apprecaite it! I know I would have. I was just thankful to learn of them when I did.
cleo
Toronto - Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 09:11:58 (PDT) | #67
I find it really ridiculous that someone would be amazed that people started listening to a band when they were younger than 13... I got Bona Drag sometime right after it was first released... 1990? I don't even remember, and I was 11 years old then. I loved the stuff I heard my older sister's playing on their smiths albums - it just made me feel different about things... I loved it all. I was also a big Siouxsie Fan at the same time... if anything, music changed my whole life before it even started. If it took you till 17 to really listen to a song, maybe you just didn't care. It isn't all that odd...
-EA
EAlvin <[email protected]>
Philadelphia PA - Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 09:49:58 (PDT) | #68
It was in 1986, I was 13 and the song was "Bigmouth Strikes Again". My sisters (10 and 11 at the time) and I just fell in love with it. We hadn't heard from them until then; it's quite strange, but that was our first Smiths song.
María <[email protected]>
- Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 10:02:57 (PDT) | #69
Am I one of the few who began appreciating The Smiths and Morrissey in their 30's? From some of the above comments and the survey results I suspect there are some fans who took an interest as embryos and their first words were
"Take me out tonight where there's music and there's people who are young and alive". Or
maybe they are trying to say they were mature
beyond their years. Methinks there are a few liars in this survey.
Monsieur_Dupont <[email protected]>
London UK - Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 10:04:05 (PDT) | #70
I was only 1 when I first heard the Smiths back in 1984. I'm now 17 and I've moved on to listening to more uplifting things like Tone Loc and Young M.C.
Tiny Tot
- Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 11:04:21 (PDT) | #71
I first heard Morrissey when he was in the Smiths and I was 58 at the time. I'm now 74 and I'm eagerly awaiting his new album. While waiting, I've also gotten into Eric Benet. Have you heard of him? He's great!! I think that this website should become an Eric Benet-Morrissey website as they are both stars in my book.
Old Man from Liverpool
- Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 11:07:24 (PDT) | #72
PEOPLE no one ask for you F'N life stories! christ.in any case, it was my 14th b-day and the only reason i bought VAUXHAUL and I was because i thought the guy on the cover (mozz) looked like a ganster. oops!!!!! i was wrong.
DeBbie <[email protected]>
Canada, baby, yeah! - Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 11:21:49 (PDT) | #73
I first fell in love with The Smiths, then later on Morrissey. He helped me pass the teenage years without much damage. :)
Kevin <[email protected]>
Monroe, WI - Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 11:48:20 (PDT) | #74
I was 19, oh but back in 1985...
Stefan Krix <[email protected]>
Bottrop, Germany - Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 12:00:26 (PDT) | #75
I was probably about six when I rocked my first Smiths tape. What a coincidence, I'm really into Eric Benet too. He's is the hottest thing out now and I feel that he could be the only one to fully replace Moz now that he is a thing of the past and his prime has come and gone.
Pershel Thomas
Milwaukee, Wis. - Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 12:01:22 (PDT) | #76
It was 1985 when I was first introduced to The Smiths. My penis was to blame. The girl I was in love with canceled our very first date so she could attend a Smiths show at the University of Colorado. I was so whipped that I bought a ticket and followed her (read stalked!) to the show. At that time in my life my musical tastes were very broad...Everything from Van Halen to Van Halen!!! =) I spent two hours listening to these "new-wavers" and by the time it ended, I was nearly brought to tears. But what about the girl, you ask?? We know have ten years of marriage behind us and two potential future Moz fans in the house!......On a sad note, our youngest (Kate) LOVES the Backstreet Boys. Not to worry though, she is in conditioning therapy and on medication!
eels
Mr. E's Beautiful Blues - Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 12:05:54 (PDT) | #77
I was lost and Morrissey save my life. I was 23 years old.
VLAMIR MARQUES <[email protected]>
SÃO PAULO - Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 12:28:55 (PDT) | #78
Notice how some people look for ANYTHING to argue about on these boards - ie 13 and younger issue. It's really laughable...
franklyvulgar
- Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 12:50:52 (PDT) | #79
Moymyte, you little brat!! Why don't you shut your trap. I have spoken to you before and you are a girl of complete ignorance!!! "Oh I am a Morrissey fan because my lame, older brother is"morrissey q girl, three years old? Please!!!!???? Don't exageate!!!!
Shut up!
- Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 12:54:43 (PDT) | #80
People are sooooo touchy...why? Probably, cause my comments brought back memories within yourselves, stuff you don't want to remember.... ....so sucks to be you....in the meantime watch your childhood Heros on VH-1, on the segment "Where are they now?" - Teen idols
M
Somewhere - Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 13:03:09 (PDT) | #81
Some of you people are so ignorant to say you are lying or bull@#!!!ting if you say you could not of listened to The Smiths/Moz before 13. What? I am making that up to sound cool? I was 11, ya. It was 1987. I was a stupid skater. We all(my Friends) listened to The Smiths, Cure, Depeche Mode, Sisters Of Mercy, Siouxsie, etc., etc. It was the 80's for God's sake. Just because you may have not known about good music yet does not mean that nobody else did at that age. Anybody else who was a little pubescent punk/alterno kid in the late 80's will remember that the trinity was Smiths/Cure/Depeche. People like M and Anna, don't be so God Damn Lame!!
INEPT GUY <[email protected]>
Long Beach, Ca. - Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 13:14:23 (PDT) | #82
about morrissey saying that latin people are very sexy, he is right. i feel pretty damn sexy!seriously, i feel morrissey is a very talented man and he a good taste for apparel!
cristobal vanetti <[email protected]>
- Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 13:22:42 (PDT) | #83
I'm twnety five. I got into him in 92'. I was into staight edge hard core music. My little sister loved him, but I did not pay much attention. then i had to tape a live Mtv perfomance. he sang " your gonna need someone on your side". next week I happily recroded the snl gig with Seudehead. i was hooked. i took my guitar to my lesson and asked to learn a couple of songs. here i was listening to all this heavy hardcore stuff and never getting much better at my instrument. moz, marr, and Whyte
were an oasis for me, plus i was already a devout veg, so it was like finding god. i thought this was a great poll, people sharing cute stories, but of course it had to get nasty. oh well we'll never learn.
Niko <[email protected]>
Buffalo, New York - Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 13:29:33 (PDT) | #84
I too, find it hard to believe when people say they were devout fans at aged 13 or under. I thought you'd be far too emotionally retarded to fully understand the lyrics, and I expect you skipped the slow songs and wound the tape to This Charming Man and Shelia Take A Bow...For me, I was 15. My older brother shooed me into his bedroom and made me listen to Panic. I was only impressed that it contained the word 'Leeds', a town near where I live. I didn't listen to them again for a good few months, it was when I was trapped in a house in France for a week, and we only had one tape. I vividly remember listening to Shelia Take A Bow, and thinking I'd found something big. Something I could finally relate to. When I went back to dear old Blighty, I had Smiths on the brain and I was a different person. Quite a turning point, it seems.
Little Miss Curious
The North Of you-know-where.... - Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 14:18:08 (PDT) | #85
I was eighteen when I bought my first Smiths album, The queen is dead, because I read a favorable critic.
Fabricio <[email protected]>
- Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 14:23:57 (PDT) | #86
17 now. i grew up listening to the smiths (oldersister), didn't really understand the lyrics to some of the songs, but then again i did to alot. i will never forget "there is a light that never goes out" the first song i actually knew all the lyrics to by heart and would sing to, i fell in love at a very young age(9 maybe ten) with his voice, and some of the lyrics the ones i understood and from then on i was hooked, he was so different than anyone out there, i felt like the only kid in elementary school that knew who morrissey actually was...i was the only kid that wore doc martins(moz influence) and enjoyed what all the other kids thought was a bore.
homer <[email protected]>
houston, tx - Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 14:44:14 (PDT) | #87
when I was 19..I'm still 19...only six months ago..do I win?
dr.face
- Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 15:01:59 (PDT) | #88
I was 25 and wanted to go out with this chick who was a big Morrissey fan, so we went to see him last Dec. at the Palladium. I was blown away with the way he connected with his fans. I now own all his albums, both solo and with the Smiths and have seen him twice more when he came back to So Cal. Funny thing is, when I was 13 or 14, I had friends who were into the Smiths/Morrissey while I was into Warrant and Queensryche, and I thought they were stupid for listening to that "gay wimp music". I was so wrong.
Latecomer <[email protected]>
Orange County - Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 15:07:49 (PDT) | #89
23 or older as the last bracket? I've always been a Bowie fan, and had held Morrissey and Smiths albums in my hands several times without buying them. When David (I get to call him by his first name because I've bought all his albums at least twice) covered "I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday" that was all I needed to purchase "Your Arsenal." I listened through it a couple of times, kinda liked it, but never studied it. Then I got a job doing data entry. Eight hours a day punching numbers, but I got to listen to my walkman. I took "Your Arsenal" one day, really listened to it, left at lunch to buy "Southpaw Grammar," and for the next two weeks spent every lunch hour buying another Morrissey/Smiths album. I was forty at the time. As well written as Mr. Ewing's essay is, I'd say he does not profile every Morrissey fan.
David <[email protected]>
austin, tx - Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 15:24:12 (PDT) | #90
Throughout all of junior high and high school I seen all these rebels with their "smiths" and "morrissey" shirts, and wondered what kind of music it was (not knowing they were related in some way). I was into soundgarden, stone temple pilots, and most of all, the smashing pumpkins. It wasn't until I was 17 (my senior year of high school) that I got into the smiths. I heard "panic" on a now defunct radio station out here in L.A. called Y107. Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ was in my head for a while. I didn't know who it was but I liked it. A week later, on the same station, I heard "there is a light that never goes out". I fell in love with that song, and I found out that both were made by the smiths. I went out and bought The Best of vol 1 and vol 2. I recognized all these other songs ("ask"&"bigmouth") that were regularly played at the quad, ones I had previously never payed attention to. I went out and bought other Smiths albums, then I heard "suedehead" on the radio. And THAT'S how I got into Morrissey. Now i'm 19, been to 3 Morrissey concerts-(2nd Palladium show, Ampitheatre,and Bren Events Center) and I have finally found music that I can relate to.
Dean Mozzer <[email protected]>
South Gate - Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 16:46:30 (PDT) | #91
its schmucks like INEPT that take things too personal....obviously the poor lad has no life...but dont be so pretentious Calfornia boy...the sun's rays cause much damage
M
Somewhere - Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 16:47:40 (PDT) | #92
WHEN I HEARD THE MOZ WAS WHEN I WAS IN THE 6 GREAD AND I STILL LOVE HIM ALOT I LOVE MORRISSEY
WORLD OF MORRISSEY & THE SMITHS!!!MEAT IS MURDER!!!!!!!!
BILLY BUDD <[email protected]>
yahoo - Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 16:55:30 (PDT) | #93
I was 13 when I first heard The Smiths on the radio, and I've been a fan ever since. For everyone who thinks that people 13 and younger are too "emotionally retarded" or something, please don't judge everyone. I started suffering from depression when I was 12, and believe me, I could understand what Moz was talking about. It doesn't matter how old you are- some people will never understand no matter what their age is.
Lux
suburban hell - Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 18:48:30 (PDT) | #94
A primeira vez em que ouvi falar de Smiths foi na coluna do Álvaro Pereira Júnior, na Folha. Mas não achei os discos. Um ano depois, eu estava meio mal por ter tomado um fora de uma garota e estava conversando com um amigo dela sobre música... então disse que queria conhecer a banda e ele disse que tinha os dois "the best of the Smiths", e gentilmente me emprestou. Ao ouvir os primeiros acordes de "This charming man", eu fiquei alucinado. Era maravilhoso. Isso foi em agosto de 1997... eu tinha quinze anos.
Eduardo Palandi <[email protected]>
Aparecida, São Paulo, Brasil - Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 18:50:36 (PDT) | #95
I listened to the smiths through out my childhood, it used to be always blasting from the attic in my brothers room, however, I didnt become a fan until I was 14, when I heard one of there songs and knew it sounded familiar, asked my brother about it, and he gave me his smith cds
Rusholme <[email protected]>
NJ - Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 19:39:42 (PDT) | #96
Of course this poll generated oodles of commentary. We have all broken out our boxing gloves to fight over who is the biggest, best, most die hard morrissey fan. Now we can go for this title as well!
rachel <[email protected]>
florida - Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 21:14:50 (PDT) | #97
I have to comment on SHUT UP!...prick that u are..u really have no common sense...all u do is just blur BULL CRAP OUT..that girl is not a brat..seriously she probably doesnt have an older brother..if she likes morrissey at 11 then let her like him at 11...and what kind of lame question is this! seriously when u people ask surveys u always get judgmental so called fans to start crap...seriously ur the little insecure brat grow up!
DONT WORRY ABOUT IT <dontworryaboutitatyahoodotcomq>
- Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 21:44:05 (PDT) | #98
well i was about 9 or ten and i can remember my aunt and uncle going to morrissey shows and listening to his music ...after that i knew u was hooked
charming gal <[email protected]>
- Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 21:56:17 (PDT) | #99
I was 16 the first time I heard Morrissey,and it changed my life forever. Hi's music helped me get through some difficult times. I LOVE MOZ!!!!!
Maria
- Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 22:06:00 (PDT) | #100
by the way im only fifteen now!!!!!!!!
charming gal <[email protected]>
- Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 22:13:54 (PDT) | #101
I was 14 when I first heard his music, introduced to me by my older brother. He went to the Hollywood Bowl show in 1992 and brought me back the black "Your Arsenal" t-shirt. That is still my favorite picture of him. But I can't say I was a true fan until about 15 or 16. You have to know at least some of pain and loneliness he sings about to be a real fan. Unfortunately some of us experience that pain before others.
Elizabeth w/Sunglasses
Downey, CA - Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 22:39:43 (PDT) | #102
I guess it was in 1986, I was in a black cab riding down Park Lane, on my way back from HMV in Oxford St. reading the NME. And, back then, the NME were going on about a group called The Smiths. The Smiths sounded like a British-sort-of R.E.M. and I asked the driver to turn around. I went back in and bought "Hatful of Hollow", and as they say, the rest is history. And after seeing Morrissey 3x on the Oye Esteban! tour, I have no regrets. At all.
Lon <[email protected]>
Atlanta - Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 23:00:54 (PDT) | #103
I BECAME FAN ON THE AGE 7.BY MY OLDER BROTHER. I FELT IN LOVE WITH MY 2TH GRADE TEACHER, I GAVE HER FLOWERS AND SHE SAID THANK YOU, YOU CHARMING MAN. EVER SINCE THE LYRICS AND MUSIC HAVE GUIDE ME THROUGH LIFE, NOW I WANT TO FIND MY LOVE PAULINA URRUTIA, WITH MOZ WILL GUIDE US TOGETHER, BUT I HAVENT EARNED IT YET BABY, THIS THINGS TAKE TIME!
CHRISTIAN <[email protected]>
FLORIDA, US - Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 23:55:18 (PDT) | #104
This discussion reminds me of that monty python skit where a group of men are trying to compete on who had the worst childhood. "I listened to Moz at 8", "oh really and I started at 3"! Who cares!!! This is the lamest poll ever...
Another poll please!!!
- Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 03:39:50 (PDT) | #105
im very found of morrisey and smiths's music from fifteen years . i'd like to form a band with the same sounds ,i have a beatiful voice ,but in my country, is difficult to find some people to mate this,altough they are really famous.now i sing and i write the song in the band where i play.i'm an italian boy.
walter
- Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 04:46:43 (PDT) | #106
It was 1986 and a friend I was going to college with described my current attitued as being morrissey. Not finding that adjective in the dictionary, I asked him what he meant. He played Hatful of Hollow for me. I borrowed all the CD's and when I heard There's A Light, I knew that I found a kindred spirit.Finally a man that understood my angst.
Legalized Theft <[email protected]>
NJ - Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 07:03:18 (PDT) | #107
My brother of 9 yrs. is into them because of me. He begs me to take him to Morrissey concerts. He is quite the fanatic.
E.Isiordia
- Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 09:01:47 (PDT) | #108
I STARTED LISTENING TO MORRISSEY WHEN I WAS FIFTEEN.THE FIRST ALBUM I BOUGHT WAS BONA DRAG.TO THIS DAY IT IS STILL ONE OF MY FAVORITES.I'M NOW 18.
cosmic dancer
- Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 09:39:32 (PDT) | #109
I stared listening to The smiths since I was four it was because of my older sister. Now I'm an obsessive Moz fan!
Muadlinsullener
- Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 09:42:42 (PDT) | #110
what in bloody hell? 13??? haahaa, some morbid kids at 13... you can't say you like Moz since your 13... at 13 you still don't know whats your Fav color... sheesh, i understand 15 but not 13...( don't give me bloody hell for this @#!!!e! ) -the BoyRaCer99
Lie...
- Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 11:05:35 (PDT) | #111
i walked into my friend's house one night and his girlfriend, also my friend, was sitting on the ragged couch of the small clammy home. It was at the part in suedehead when Morrissey declares, "im so very sickened! i'm so sickened now". After two months of summertime mockery, she coerced me into borrowing bona drag 'cos she thought it was a good intro album. I kept listening to it and identified with the words unlike any music before. He became a cathartic character speaking what i felt...and i could go on with the sentiment but i won't. Needless to say, I'm still a morrissey fan and she's not my friend anymore. I was half a person. Now i'm 19.
brian bell
california - Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 12:05:56 (PDT) | #112
The night my parents concieved me they were listening to The Smiths. I remember being just a tiny sperm swimming in my Dad and later my Mom thinking: "I love this music, I can totally relate to the angst".
Seriously....ask your local psychology teacher about Erikson's psychosocial stages of development or Piaget's theory of cognitive development. Although it is certainly possible- and in the case of those with siblings, probable- to have listened to the music at thirteen, you would be a VERY RARE case study to have made such choices or to even posses the cognitive ability to make such choices. Really, no joke, no offense.....look it up.
youngest
of all - Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 15:45:40 (PDT) | #113
When I was 17, I started listening to Morrissey cause one of my friends made me listen to it. I fell in love with the song Hand in glove, suede head, bengali in platfroms and this charming man. It made my feel different to hear someone else sing the way I've been feeling while being in High School. But now that I'm 22, and a mother, I feel really comfortable listening to the songs I staged while in High School. And thanks to KROQ 106.7fm, for making me listen to music in a different a whole new way..... AMZ
AMZ <[email protected]>
- Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 16:14:34 (PDT) | #114
I was 15. The Year was 1983. The Song was "Wonderful Woman". I had heard about this "Alternative Crooner" who was totally different from all that crappy, macho driven stuff from the '80s (Def Leppard, Judas Priest, please what fu**ing crap). When the song was over, I played it again, then took all my (other)records, put them in a box and into the garbage they went. To this day, I still listen to Moz/Smiths for a couple hours a day.Thank God for Morrissey
Fence
Montreal, Canada - Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 16:18:34 (PDT) | #115
I first heard Morrissey's voice, in 1986, I was
10 or 11 years old, it all started from that
moment, that I descovered what a creative soul he truly is! I am 23 now and he still is the Bomb!
Anna <[email protected]>
an awful Hotel - Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 17:19:47 (PDT) | #116
It was 1991 when I became a Morrissey fan. I was 17 at the time and I was in my friend's car on our way to the mall. He was playing, "Meat is Murder." How soon is now? is the song that captured my attention. I begged my friend to lend me the tape but he wouldn't! I have been fan ever since. Those people saying that they have been fans since the age of 13 are totally lying! Duran Duran ruled for me at that age.
Nobody's nothing
Los Angeles, CA - Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 18:17:04 (PDT) | #117
I was 19 years old. It was 1993...the year she broke my heart...
Wherever you are I hope you're singing now.
Ambitious Outsider
- Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 19:38:01 (PDT) | #118
I always heard I'd love the Smiths, and once I heard them, I was hooked. I wasn't four, I wasn't fifty. I guess I got really into the whole phemonemon in 1992, age sixteen. First Smiths album: The Queen is Dead. First Morrissey: Bona Drag. But it really doesn't matter. All that matters is the man is @#!!!ing brilliant, and the more that can appreciate that, the better. And where is the love for your fellow fans out there?
Morrissey Fan # 236436 <[email protected]>
- Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 20:24:53 (PDT) | #119
I was 16, thanks to this guy I used to be with, thats all he'd listen to...as soon as I heard "learn to love me...assemble the ways"..I fell in love
Brenda <[email protected]>
Cali...909 - Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 21:28:50 (PDT) | #120
I want to thank my sis "morrissey chick" for gettin me into Morrissey when I was 13,im now 15. Thats all this girl would listen to (and still does, but its ok couse I love him too) the song that did it for me was "how soon is now"....now my all time fav. is "tommorow"
Trouble Loves ME
909 - Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 21:36:31 (PDT) | #121
IF IT BUGS YOU SO BAD THAT PEOPLE SAY THEY LISTENED TO MOZ AT 'X' AGE THEN YOU HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS THEN JUST POSTING BULL @#!!! ARGUMENTATIVE MESSAGES ON THESE BOARDS.
WORRY ABOUT YOURSELVES
- Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 22:55:20 (PDT) | #122
It's interesting to read what Morrissey listened to early on in life and how that changed HIS life. check out some of his interview records-"And then there was music. He bought his first disc at age six - a year before Hindley and Brady's gambols"
The Face - 1985 I don't think Morrissey would be considered a poser eh?
Morrissey was influenced by music early
- Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 23:19:19 (PDT) | #123
I learnt to love the Moz in 1983, at the age of 12.
Did anyone else hear the John Peel sessions, and the frequent plays by Kid Jensen, in those halcyon days and think, what the hell is this?
WONDROUS!
CANDY'S DARLING
- Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 02:05:33 (PDT) | #124
i was 18 (im 19 now, nearly 20) when i first bought the smiths 'singles' cd and, as with every moz and smiths cd ive bought since, i hated it the first time i listened. all of them have grown on me, to the extent that hatful of hollow and beethoven was deaf are two of my favourite albums (with the cures pornography and various wierd other ones). ive always been attracted to the music foremost, i can rarely remember or understand the lyrics, i just like how moz' voice becomes an instrument, so much more so that any other singer i can thing of. thats why his songs can just contain la's (sheila take a bow) or repeat lines over and over, simply magic.
nic smythe <[email protected]>
brisbane, australia - Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 02:22:23 (PDT) | #125
The 16 percentage is slowly catching up! And then everyone will all have to take back what they said insulting each other! Ha aha!
Kruzifixia Avenue <[email protected]>
- Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 04:43:01 (PDT) | #126
It was in 1985 and i was 18 years old.
I listen to the radio!!! How soon is now?
changes my life. Thank you,, Morrissey.
I`m so glad to grow older, move away from
these younger years.
Pride of Munich
- Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 07:44:12 (PDT) | #127
First time I heard a song by the Smiths was 87' "Bigmouth strikes again" (on the radio). Next time I would hear another song by the Smiths, it would be 97'.
I had a choice for a free CD from BMG music service, and even though I never knew the name of the song, I decided to take my luck and order the Singles. I was chatting in a chat room as I played every song and was amazed at how good they were. As I reached song #10, I almost fell out of my chair, cause I had found it !! It wasn't his lyrics, it was the music. From then on I became a Smiths fan.
I started paying more and more attention to his Lyrics as a member of the Smiths, so I went against my friends "advice" that as a Solo artist Morrissey was no-good.
Ordered Bona Drag and "Everyday is like Sunday" was the song that caught my attention. Now his lyrics mean more to me than his music. I chose 20 as my age of when I became a fan (of the Smiths) ofcourse, if I had to choose Morrissey it would be 22.
falling with no one to catch me
Orange county - Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 08:32:28 (PDT) | #128
"shut up" do you know me? umm..no! were you there when I was growing up? ummm.NO i think you should "shut up" dear. have a good day and buhbye=)
keri <[email protected]>
upland - Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 09:11:43 (PDT) | #129
I was 13 i believe, and had purchased Bona Drag! Every single track was incredible! That same year I saw the Moz perform a couple of tracks off of Kill Uncle on the Johnny Carson show. Ahh reflecting back on memories. :)
BoyWithAThornInHisSide <[email protected]>
Houston, Tx. - Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 09:41:06 (PDT) | #130
gee i wonder what the STYX message board would say if i said i had their t-shirt when i was 8?
is it really so strange?
- Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 09:50:07 (PDT) | #131
all these morons posting this and that about their early childhood and listening to the MOZZ. come on.. yeah freakin right.... this has got to be the most idiotic poll ever.
damn liars <find me>
- Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 09:53:14 (PDT) | #132
I was 16 (1992) and a friend of mine had just
moved here from Calofornia. He played Suedehead
for me, and now 8 years later I still can't get
enough.....Thanks David!
Its spelled C-O-R-E-Y
- Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 12:08:11 (PDT) | #133
I was part of the Columbia records club. The VIVA HATE cassette was on sale for $3.99 never heard the "group" before so I thought that I would give them a try; purchased that as well as the Sugar Cubes for the same price. Well ten years have gone by since my freshman year in high school and I still enjoy anything that comes out of that man.
David Tibet
- Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 13:01:23 (PDT) | #134
damn junior high
thank god for strangeways here we come
roberto <[email protected]>
- Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 13:38:25 (PDT) | #135
all you people who keep posting about how people are lying about when they started listening to Morrissey need to get a life. Of course you can listen to Moz at 13. Granted, you will not understand all the things he is talking about, but you can still love the music, and the mans voice at that age. People do listen to cool music when they are young. I think a lot of people are just jelous that they did not find out about Moz until they were much older. Nobody has to prove anything. People just enjoy telling their stories about how they were introduced to the brilliant man whom we are all here for in the first place. That's one thing I hate is how so many Moz fans talk so much @#!!!!
Annoyed
LA - Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 14:30:35 (PDT) | #136
If you're intelligent enough to comprehend Morrissey's lyrics, than why some of you acting so silly??? I knew the mentally ill liked him, but i wasn't aware of such a large number of mentally delayed fans.
brian b. <[email protected]>
California - Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 15:57:02 (PDT) | #137
I totally agree.Sincerely,
ORENTHAL
Brentwood - Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 16:02:36 (PDT) | #138
Well, I was in 6 grade and saw Morrissey on a shirt that this girl was wearing. She was older. For some reason I like the way he looked. Then about 2 years later, I finally bought my first cd (I mean first cd I had ever had of any one) I bought Morrissey Your Arsanol. Spelling, well I was hooked on it. I spent my high school years worshping Morrissey, geting beat up for having him on my binder. All the hicks in my town don't under stand. Then I meet my best friend when I was 15. She told me she liked morrissey and saw him in concert, I was shocked. I thought I was the only one. We have been friend for 5 years now, thanks to MOZ and her great smile. I love him so, as do you all, I don't have the time to share how he makes me feel, but I can say its close to a lover's touch he gives me. He is my gaurdin angle. I live a hick town of about 2,000 people and the only one sporting Morrissey on his 4x4 truck. And always willthank you Moz, and thank you fans, thank god for making him. love
manny
manny <[email protected]>
El Dorado County - Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 17:25:20 (PDT) | #139
i grew up hearing morrissey and the smiths. my mom has liked them for years & years. the first time i ever saw him in concert i was 12 and i can honestly say that was the time when i really began appreciating him. I'm 15 now and i have an even stronger feeling of closeness towards him than i did even last year and i know that's just going to keep on growing.
lauren
- Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 17:51:00 (PDT) | #140
MY OLDER BROTHER GOT INTO THE WHOLE SMITHS/MORRISSEY THING BY THE TIME HE WAS IN 8TH GRADE. I ENDED BEING A MORRISSEY FAN BY 3RD GRADE.
Susie <[email protected]>
LAKE ELSINORE - Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 20:27:40 (PDT) | #141
1. All the poor people that have gotten beat up in the name of Morrissey. *sigh*
well, you're no safer if you're in a concert among other Morrissey fans, so don't feel bad.2. Most of you complaining that 13 year olds wouldn't be interested in his music are probably so old that you don't even remember what 13 is like. You realize that 13 year olds (and younger!) go on dates, form cliques, start dressing weird, start sneaking out of their house, and start experimenting with things, don't you? What about all those people who are going to their first school dance? Who are getting their first kiss? Yes, we don't do anything adult until we are 21, right? Oh, I forgot. We were still home playing with barbies and watching saturday morning cartoons while digging the toys out of cereal boxes.
suzanne <[email protected]>
my thoughts in random order - Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 21:19:38 (PDT) | #142
I wrote 18 and that's really so. I was a student at the University and we had some people from the States for 3 months. They had tapes... Eversince, Moz is my favourite. I wish I could have learnt about him earlier but that's life.
Alexey <[email protected]>
Russia, Murmansk - Fri, Apr 14, 2000 at 01:21:21 (PDT) | #143
I discovered MOZ when he sang in "nosebleeds". Honest!
Sug min vänstra pungkula!
- Fri, Apr 14, 2000 at 05:19:38 (PDT) | #144
I was 20 years old....16 years ago! Driving around in my fire engine red camaro with my hair
down to my ass(i'm a fellow you see)With Iron Maiden and Judas Priest temporarily out of my casette player-DC101,by some freak of fate,played
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now and that was it.
Within two weeks i owned the first Smiths album,a new wardrobe and,a proper hair cut.
Changed my life forever,really....PRAISE JESUS!
QUICKQUINN <[email protected]>
Maryland USA - Fri, Apr 14, 2000 at 06:59:34 (PDT) | #145
i was in 6th grade. i am at my friend's house when her brother came in the wreck room and put on "The Queen Is Dead". i asked if i could borrow the tape because i really like that one song. i recorded it and liked every song on the album (which was strange at the time because i only bought singles). anyhow, ever since then i have been purchasing SMITHS and MOZ albums, singles, & bootlegs that i run across. ever since that one afternoon, i have been a very dedicated MOZ fan.
z
houston - Fri, Apr 14, 2000 at 11:42:10 (PDT) | #146
I am 22 & late last year I got my first taste of Morrissey & The Smiths(finally music that has meaning!). I feel that todays radio listeners are being deprived of quality music such as this and are having crap like the backstreet boys shoved down their throats. I know there is nothing I can do to change this because there will always be stupid people who buy stupid music(my requests to djs to play The Smiths & Moz have been denied), but I now have all my friends & workmates listening! Some say Morrissey's music is just music & nothing more, but I feel sorry for these individuals because they can't seem to recognize the true emotional impact that art in its finest form can have on lives, as it did in mine.
Scarlet
- Fri, Apr 14, 2000 at 12:00:18 (PDT) | #147
I was 11 years old, when i heard "Rush and push the land..." I was amazed by Morrissey voice.
Belinda <[email protected]>
Los Angeles - Fri, Apr 14, 2000 at 14:03:26 (PDT) | #148
I was 16, a crush of mine played a Smith song and then that beautiful voice changed everything
valeree <[email protected]>
west covina , CA - Fri, Apr 14, 2000 at 15:28:53 (PDT) | #149
I was indeed 11 when I first heard the smiths on KROQ,They where the best thing on the radio and I bought my first album meat is murder. Although I was to young to understand the deep emotions of love, friendship and disapointment, I soon grew with the music and discovered Moz's great understanding of interpersonal relationships, and that is why I love his so!
sonnetseven <[email protected]>
- Fri, Apr 14, 2000 at 15:48:14 (PDT) | #150
I started listening to the Smiths and Morrissey by the age of 5. i think i am pretty unique because i really understood him very well at that age.
I'm not the man you think I am
- Fri, Apr 14, 2000 at 16:48:45 (PDT) | #151
Well I guesd you can say I was about 15 When I first Started to get into MORRISSEY & THE SMITHS.See When the house music seen first started it was split there were housers & kroqers, and all my friends started to get into it one by one. well one day they dress me in there houser cloth, and there we went to my first party. Of Course I loved the music it was great, But it was'nt till they play Kroq (80's Flashbacks) That I Really started to get into it.Thats when I heard morresy for the first time. The song was suedehead And It just got to me. Later on that nite I saw the dj and I asked him, What the name of the song was. so the next day I went out and bought. I love it so much I started To buy anyting With morrissey And that is how I found out about THE SMITHS. This was in 1991, ever since I've Been A moz fanatic
david <[email protected]>
San Fernando Valley - Fri, Apr 14, 2000 at 23:35:15 (PDT) | #152
I first heard The Smiths in college (1986, age 17) after a dormmate was playing the Sex Pistols at volume "11" and I asked him to turn it down. I saw a poster of The Queen Is Dead on his wall and chuckled a bit, so he asked me if I wanted to hear it. He played "Bigmouth" and my love for the Smiths has been ever since. What a lovely singing voice...
Mark <[email protected]>
Cincinnati USA - Sat, Apr 15, 2000 at 01:22:54 (PDT) | #153
I was 16, clumsy and shy. That's the story of my life... back in '85 I bought Meat Is Murder and was lost forvere.
Bjørn Ove <[email protected]>
Norway - Sat, Apr 15, 2000 at 04:23:37 (PDT) | #154
what's the point of the age survey? I didn't become a fan until I was 21, but that was in 1984, so I couldn't have started any younger!! (and yes, I know that makes me nearly as old as HIM)
Craig Simmons <[email protected]>
- Sat, Apr 15, 2000 at 09:02:21 (PDT) | #155
i was at my best friends house when i was 13, and her dad walked in the room we were in and tossed us a tape of the smiths and said" listen to this..you'll love it." He said it as a joke, thinking we would hate it.(Being the punks we were) Boy was he wrong...
steph <[email protected]>
- Sat, Apr 15, 2000 at 11:06:00 (PDT) | #156
I was 17 and I instantly fell in love. My friends spoke of The Smiths else well as Moz so, I had to listen. Now I'm 20 and I can't get enough. How soon is now? Well not soon enough!
Charley <[email protected]>
- Sat, Apr 15, 2000 at 14:20:57 (PDT) | #157
I was 16,clumsy and shy. Big thanks to Triple J back in the mid eighties who were playing mozza pop for us.
David
Perth, Australia - Sat, Apr 15, 2000 at 17:16:09 (PDT) | #158
I got into The Smiths when my suburb banned the wearing of spandex.Thus, one had to find alternative clothing. Hearing aides, here I come.........
Lars Thorwald <[email protected]>
The deep, dark land of the Other...(Oz). - Sat, Apr 15, 2000 at 22:56:57 (PDT) | #159
In response to the comment about '13 my ass - what posers', you're talking out of yours, pal. The time was December 1983, the first album was just out, and my brother was going to see them and asked me to tape a radio show for him showcasing the LP. I was sceptical to be honest, having not been blown away by Hand in Glove, but the tracks that were played that night (incl Suffer Little Children and What Difference)opened my ears if not my eyes. With my 30th birthday two months away he is still my hero...and I still loathe Marr with a passion. Bastard. Incidentally, saw a half decent Smiths wannabe band in London last night called Wicca - leaning more towards early Suede and particularly Gene than our Manchester heroes, they still deserve your attention, upholding as they do the traditional 4 piece set up with strong performances and thoughtful lyrics. And no, I am not their manager/publicist/brother of the bassist. Just a music fan. Who gets annoyed when his probity is questioned by some know nothing Yank (with apologies to all you Americans who do know what you're talking about).
Geoff Covey <[email protected]>
Bushey, Herts, UK - Sun, Apr 16, 2000 at 06:04:39 (PDT) | #160
I think that's enough now.
pimplygit <@theend>
upwards - Sun, Apr 16, 2000 at 06:53:36 (PDT) | #161
I wanna start from before the beginning... Well, I was 17... and listening practically only to R&B, hip-hop, and rap! How's that for a change in direction? My roommate intoduced me to Morrissey because she had no one to go to the concert with, because all of our other friends wouldn't give the concert a chance. I loved the concert and his music - it was 19 September, 1997, and now I love Morrissey and The Smiths even more. I'm glad I had the open mind to try something new, I'm thankful to my roommate for introducing me to Morrissey (thanks Blake :o) ), and I'm grateful to Morrissey for his lyrics and his voice, to the comfort he lends me when I am down, and to the pleasure I get from listening to him. Cheers!
Elena <[email protected]>
Reading, England - Sun, Apr 16, 2000 at 10:02:28 (PDT) | #162
Hey to all you who said what's up with listening to him at 13 or younger!
My sister is 4 years older than me, I had no control over what music was played in the house. I grew to love Morrissey. I now own his two solo CDs.
bopping_betty
- Sun, Apr 16, 2000 at 11:56:53 (PDT) | #163
The poll didnt ask "what age did you start UNDERSTANDING The lyrics" it asked what age you became a fan. I Starting listening to Morrissey and the Smiths when I had just turned 15 and at the time i Didnt understand the songs such as "I want the one i cant have" Or " I know its over" But i did relate to many others and they affected me like nothing else. As time went on and I had more relationships And of course grew a little older i began to understand and relate to many of The Smiths and Morrissey's Songs and feel as if they were written just for me- My little sister is 11 and Hums along to some smiths songs... But dont worry she will be a fan when the time is right :-)
Unruly Girl
California - Sun, Apr 16, 2000 at 13:05:44 (PDT) | #164
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! is what i have to say to mike head about his comment on not having to be a certain age to like a certain group .Obviously xavier is just a silly little kid who doesn't know "@#!!! from shinola" get over your jealousy on people having the privilige on discovering MORRISSEY at such a young age!! I am now 24 and my sister is 27 and I was about 11 and she was 14 when we discovered MORRISSEY SO IN YOUR FACE KID !!!!
jane&norma hernandez <[email protected]>
chicago - Sun, Apr 16, 2000 at 15:47:22 (PDT) | #165
I first heard Moz in early 88 when Suedehead came on the radio. but my earliest memory was in 87 in a record shop seeing the cover of Strangeways and i thought to myself, "hum, The Smiths, -- must be a new country band like The Judds!"Oh how young and foolish i was!
Steve Bates
Toronto, Canada - Sun, Apr 16, 2000 at 16:13:10 (PDT) | #166
I was about 13 when I first started to really like Morrissey and the Smiths. My mom was a big fan of the Smith's in the 80's and had all of the original Smith records, so when I started to DJ I kind of just started to listen to him and now I just think he's Dopey Dopeness.When ever I play at dances or house parties all the girls get wet. Cathedral High #1 David and Lisa Forever....
DJ PK-1
Los Angeles (Lisa's) - Sun, Apr 16, 2000 at 19:37:28 (PDT) | #167
IS IT REALLY SO STRANGE?
I was 10 when I first heard The Smiths and Morrissey.......everyone in my family LOVES him....there isn't a stoned unturned!!!
It was kinda hard not to listen to him....everywhere I heard was either Morrissey or The Smiths, but I wouldn't change anything....for that I thank my family...for introducing me to Morrissey!! Till this day.....still devoted to him and I will always be....its not just a phase!!!! He has influenced me in such a profound way......I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world!!
MORRISSEY FOREVER!!
Girl Afraid
MOZ Angeles - Sun, Apr 16, 2000 at 21:09:04 (PDT) | #168
I first saw Moz in a Smash Hits article and he wore this tacky blue and yellow shirt. In the article he said that all he ate was tea and toast and yogurt, and I knew from then on that he was strange and I was hooked
Merrilea <[email protected]>
Toronto - Sun, Apr 16, 2000 at 21:11:42 (PDT) | #169
Why do people feel the need to quote Morrissey lyrics continually in here?It's akin to the disciples asking Jesus for his autograph. Not the point.
Lars Thorwald <[email protected]>
The deep, dark land of the Other...(Oz). - Mon, Apr 17, 2000 at 04:42:38 (PDT) | #170
I was a fetus!
Sug min vänstra pungkula!
- Mon, Apr 17, 2000 at 07:15:12 (PDT) | #171
I was about 6 or 7 when The Smiths came into my life. My older sister was a hugh fan & my mother too. At age 11 I bought my first Smiths tape. By age 12 I was a regular Smiths fan & have been ever since. And the person who said that the people who voted 13 & younger are posers, is for some reason very obviously jealous. So sad.
melissa <[email protected]>
Philly - Mon, Apr 17, 2000 at 07:28:37 (PDT) | #172
I'm born in 1981 but I grew with the voice of Morrissey 'cause of my brother. He's got such a beautiful voice that I will ever love it and ever listen to Morrissey.
elisa
france - Mon, Apr 17, 2000 at 09:47:56 (PDT) | #173
How come everyone is making such a huge deal about this age thing? I'm not understanding why it seems to be "impossible" for a young person to be influenced by Morrissey...I was 14 when I first started listening to *him*. It wasn't long before the songs started applying to my life...and very soon after that, the *man* was a part of my everyday life. No one has influenced me as a person more than Morrissey. I listen to him constantly. Seeing that I was 14 when I started to listen to *him* the music was constantly heard around the house. My parents and younger brother and sister started to pay more attention to the music as well. My little brother was 6, he is now 12 and one of the most devoted fans you could find. I've taken him to Morrissey shows where he sings whole heartedly along to each and every song. He can pick out songs that apply to him without hesitation. Morrissey would be very proud. It's so easy to laugh, it's so easy to hate...
Erica <[email protected]>
Sandy Eggo, CA - Mon, Apr 17, 2000 at 15:52:56 (PDT) | #174
I'm not quite sure exactly how old I was when I first discovered Morrissey. It seems to me that he always is, he always was, and always will be. There is no beginning and no end to Morrissey...
Caitlan <[email protected]>
Los Angeles, Ca - Tue, Apr 18, 2000 at 00:28:45 (PDT) | #175
I am a soul waiting reincarnation and I intend becoming a devoted fan of the smiths and Morrissey.
beat that.
deadandwaiting <The Guff>
- Tue, Apr 18, 2000 at 03:11:23 (PDT) | #176
When I was 17 me and my best friend, a devoted Smiths & Morrissey-Solo fan, were so screwed in the head it wasn't funny. I never payed much attention to his music but one day he got really messed up not from the drugs but being lonely. he went missing for a few days and no one knew anything. It was Christmas Eve when his brother called and said they found him. Apparently he climbed a radio tower and FELL off. I kept all his CD's and after awhile began to listen to them. That's when I became a fan...at 17.
Bobby
- Tue, Apr 18, 2000 at 05:14:38 (PDT) | #177
I was 17 and lost,lost,lost...
But now I am found,found,found...
Leslie Hudgins <[email protected]>
- Tue, Apr 18, 2000 at 10:32:58 (PDT) | #178
I'm sorry to say that I got in to Morrissey and the mature age of 21. I spent more than a year slagging him of as my morrissey obessed boyfriend played his songs all the time. He played him even when we made love. No offence to any Morissey fan, but 'never marry'(just for example) is not actually sexy music. However as soon as my boyfriend dumped me for the blonde girl round the corner, I started to find Morrissey music rather comforting. Now I'm just as obessed as he was, funny how things turn out isnt it!
Skaffy frederkiya <[email protected]>
Salford, England - Tue, Apr 18, 2000 at 12:51:37 (PDT) | #179
the only person who insists on calling others a poser is a poser himself.
i discovered Morrissey at the ripe age of 12 and my life has never been the same since.
aylin <[email protected]>
- Tue, Apr 18, 2000 at 15:34:19 (PDT) | #180
I have loved Morrissey ever since i was 13 almost 14. Ever since I have been to 1 concert and I am going to the Convention next week. It will be the best!!!!!
Diana <[email protected]>
Moz Angeles - Tue, Apr 18, 2000 at 19:21:12 (PDT) | #181
I was 16 and it all started with that tune "Ha, ha, ha, ha , ha, ha. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha... in "We hate it when our friends become successful"
karen
- Tue, Apr 18, 2000 at 20:08:51 (PDT) | #182
I THOUGHT MOST PEOPLE WHO WERE BIG FANS WOULD START AROUND 15/16 BECAUSE THAT IS ABOUT THE TIME THAT A PERSON BEGINS TO MATURE AND REALIZE STUFF WELL I STARTED TO LISTEN TO MORRISSEY BACK IN 96 BUT BACK THEN MY BRO WOULD PLAY IT NIGHT AND DAY I DID NOT UNDER STAND HIM TILL I SEEN HIS FIRST CONCERT AND NOW HE IS MY IDAL MORRISSEY
RICKY <[email protected]>
FRESNO CA - Tue, Apr 18, 2000 at 22:41:28 (PDT) | #183
Well what can I say other than, well I got in to myself at aged one second!!!. Yes that is an codified e-mail addess, write with your comments
Stephen-Patrick Morrissey <[email protected]>
Salford, England - Wed, Apr 19, 2000 at 04:00:52 (PDT) | #184
Poor old skaffy!!! the nore things change the more they saty the same!
Stephen-Patrick Morrissey <[email protected]>
Salford, England - Wed, Apr 19, 2000 at 04:03:54 (PDT) | #185
I was 13 when I first started listening to The Smiths. My older sister used to have their albums. :) All my friends at that time were listening to them too. It seems we all had older siblings that got us into them, and those who didn't, got into them from us. It was so much fun just to hang out at someone's house and listen to The Smiths. It still is. :)
Christina Ramirez
Houston, Texas - Wed, Apr 19, 2000 at 12:26:49 (PDT) | #186
I can believe people when they say they've been Morrissey fans at 13 years old or younger because I listen to Morrissey when I was 9 years old during the Your Arsenal album came out, of course my brother already listen to him, then I became a fan from that point on.
Adrian Loya fan for 7 years and going...
- Wed, Apr 19, 2000 at 21:02:14 (PDT) | #187
oh oh, i get it now..its a contest to see who was the youngest moz fan.. well here goes.. i think i was in my pops nutsack when he played some smiths record. so i guess im the youngest..hahaha!! this poll is bloody ignorant. shucks on all you!!!
me me me me me
luxemburg - Wed, Apr 19, 2000 at 21:27:41 (PDT) | #188
I was 16, this boy I fancied (in fact the first boy i kissed) used to come to college in a Queen is Dead tshirt - I bought the album and never looked back. Thanks Dean!(who, I believe is now married).
billybudd
- Thu, Apr 20, 2000 at 02:56:57 (PDT) | #189
I was 19. A friend lent me a Smiths tape, but like everyone else who hasn't heard much of the man's stuff, It was a "no ta, he's too depressing". 1 Queen is Dead later and I was hooked. Thank you Foxee, Thank you Moz.PS are there any English people out there?
Mart
Stiffkey,Norfolk , England.(The coastal town, that they forgot to pull down) - Thu, Apr 20, 2000 at 07:58:58 (PDT) | #190
I've been a fan since I was a fetus.I danced myself out of the womb
Is it strange to dance so soon ?
Lucky Lithp
California - Thu, Apr 20, 2000 at 11:54:51 (PDT) | #191
I think I was about eight or so, and my older sister had begun listening to a lot of Morrissey, so I became familiar with and enjoyed his music from early on. However, it wasn't until hitting the "sixteen, clumsy, and shy" age that I became what might be called a "rabid" fan. Now I'm merely eighteen, clumsy, and shy, and still cannot imagine my life without his voice.
dallowspicerpinkiecubitt <[email protected]>
- Thu, Apr 20, 2000 at 12:27:05 (PDT) | #192
I really like Morrissey and of course the Smiths a lot....a lot.....
Sandra Dee <[email protected]>
- Thu, Apr 20, 2000 at 22:54:12 (PDT) | #193
Oh I fell in love when I was 10, I really liked "This is the End", man can Morrison rawk or what? Too bad Ray Manzerick looked like Beck in drag but I still dust off my old LP's of the Doors. See you all in the concerts chummies!
Boz Boorer <[email protected]>
Sandwich Shoppe - Fri, Apr 21, 2000 at 03:14:59 (PDT) | #194
i think anyone who put 13 or younger is full of sh*t. and you girls who are in love with Moz or think you can relate to the songs you need to listen closer. they weren't written for girls at all.get a life, get a grip, wake up and smell the gladiolas!!! nuf said!!!
THE Boy Racer <[email protected]>
- Fri, Apr 21, 2000 at 11:44:40 (PDT) | #195
i can honestly say that this is about the most boring reading i've encountered EVER...if i wasn't sitting at work with time to kill while i'm getting paid for it, i'd feel very sad indeed about the state of my life - having just spent 10 minutes reading all of this ridiculous nonsense.
a boy in the bush
- Fri, Apr 21, 2000 at 13:38:17 (PDT) | #196
I would really like to see a poll entitled "At What Age Did We All Grow Up And Stop Liking The Smiths And Morrissey". This is a pathetic poll "I was thirteen" "Well then I was Twelve" "oooohh I have always liked him" NUTS!!!!
Judy Garland
Manchester - Fri, Apr 21, 2000 at 14:17:56 (PDT) | #197
Ah, back in 1985, I was sitting in my kitchen with the radio tuned to an indie station..."How Soon Is Now" came on and I was stunned at its beauty and eloquence! I was 25, still awkwardly shy, and very much in love with Oscar Wilde! (A love affair that began at the tender age of 19) I did not know who Morrissey or the Smiths were; but after hearing "How Soon Is Now" I found an interview in a copy of Melody Maker (with Morrissey on the cover with a neon halo)...I was shocked to find the author of "How Soon Is Now" was also devoted to Mr. Wilde!!! I thought to myself, "No wonder the song touched my soul the way it did!" From that day on I have become devoted to Morrissey! A day I shall always remember!!
J. Razor
San Francisco - Fri, Apr 21, 2000 at 15:22:02 (PDT) | #198
yes, i truly was 13 when i became a fan of morrissey's. i stumbled upon some old smiths cds in my brother's room while he was off at college. from there, i stole my mother's morrissey cds, and the rest is history...-greta-
greta
- Fri, Apr 21, 2000 at 16:11:54 (PDT) | #199
I am 14 years old and my Daddy used to always play it in the car when I was little, about 4 or 5. I've been a fan ever since (I feel so youunnggg!)
Peachi <[email protected]>
- Fri, Apr 21, 2000 at 16:42:03 (PDT) | #200
The first time I ever heard Morrissey was when I was 14. All of my friends were on mass amounts of drugs, so for the bulk of highschool I related the smiths and Morrissey to excessive drug use. It wasn't until after the birth of my son, almost 3 years ago at the age of 18, that I dusted of my Smiths/Morrisey cd's (which I had bought because it was trendy) and really listened. Now my heart is full, I just can't explain, so I wont even try to.
mozangel79
- Sat, Apr 22, 2000 at 00:20:58 (PDT) | #201
Lets just say, I was missing out. My husband
alway's listened to The Smith's and Morrissey, even long before we were married, and I never really heard His music till after we were married.
22 years old. Can you imagine just now hearing
Morrissey. I feel I was sheltered from REAL music!
I'd like to thank my husband for showing me the way!
R. Pavey
- Sat, Apr 22, 2000 at 09:54:27 (PDT) | #202
My first Morrissey experience was at the age of nine - courtesy of my babysitter. However, I can admit that I didn't truly absorb any of the songs or lyrics until the ripe old age of seventeen. Suddenly, lines like "when your mentality catches up to your biology" made sense.
Maryse Belanger <[email protected]>
- Sat, Apr 22, 2000 at 12:56:32 (PDT) | #203
is it really so strange? that one can know good music and fall in love with brilliant lyrics and an amazing voice at 13? Thanks to my older bro christian for showing me good music!
Girl least likely to..... <[email protected]>
CA - Sat, Apr 22, 2000 at 21:01:41 (PDT) | #204
how can you REALLY understand the sadness of the sexual frustration at 13?????I'm not laughing at you, i would just UNDERSTAND...
Thibaut <[email protected]>
- Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 12:25:27 (PDT) | #205
I used to listen to the Smiths when I was in my mother's womb. So I have you all beat! In fact, I though the lyric "the dream is gone but the baby is real" was about me. Looking back, I find it quite amazing that I could relate to His lyrics at such a young, pre-birth age.
Harry
- Tue, Apr 25, 2000 at 06:49:47 (PDT) | #206
I was a fan of the Smiths long before I'd heard of them, but weren't we all ?
Miserable Liar
- Tue, Apr 25, 2000 at 12:12:10 (PDT) | #207
ah bolony on all you.."i was 12, i was 14...buncha hoorah!! bullocks..admit your real ages folks.. i know thes plenty of poseurs in here but won't admit.. i'm not a die hard fan, but at least i admit it..HA!
Chelsy
girl in distress <scotland..>
- Tue, Apr 25, 2000 at 14:53:39 (PDT) | #208
While I am never one to put somebody down, the whole "13 and younger" is getting to me! For someone who was actually in their teens in the 80's, I even didn't hear about them until 17 or so. The first one was "The Queen is Dead." I put it aside for a few years until college, and the Smiths have been in rotation in my cd player ever since. After Morrissey's first 2 solo albums the material got a little flabby, but he still rocks!
Mattman
East Coast - Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 11:13:12 (PDT) | #209
Hell, I was still a twinkle in my father's eye when I got into Morrissey. I was born with gladioli in my back pocket! Give me a break. Yes clones it is still possible to be a Morrissey fan at a young age. Some of you are forgetting that while his lyrics are the best out there, it is still possible to like him for the music, as well as his voice. Just because most people don't truly get the full effect of his music until the later teen years, does not mean you can't be a fan. Who really sits around their radio all day saying "gee, I really want to find a song that I can relate to, before I like this song, I must understand what the lyrics are word for word"? I sure as hell don't. I listen to something that will catch my attention. I leave the lyric disecting to when I feel it is actually worth thinking about. I don't have the time to sit around the radio all day just to pick what I like based solely on meaning. That's bull.
Jim Rome <[email protected]>
The Jungle - Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 13:48:55 (PDT) | #210
I was 14 yrs old and it was 1989. The first song I was turned on to was Hairdresser on Fire, then the whole Bona Drag album after that. I've been hooked ever since. I remeber every guy in school wanting to look like Morrissey, especially in my 10th thru 12th grade years!!!!
I must say it brings back fond memories of my youth.
Once I was turned on to Morrissey, I then only could not help but love the Smiths!!!
joeygirl
Moz Angeles - Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 17:05:49 (PDT) | #211
Though i find kinda silly and a bit pretentious that someone may consider themselves fans at such young ages...i doubt 13 year olds can relate to anything MOZ has to say....much less understand what he is saying. But being fan of the music is different from being a fan of the artists. Like most of you, i grew up knowing of MOZ, my brother was a fan of the smiths....but to be quite honest i could of really cared less...i thought the music was awesome..but does that make me a fan?? i think not...i wasnt willing to listen to him on a regular basis, because i couldnt relate then. All i wanted to do was HANG OUT as most young kids do. But not to BANG away at those to claim to be 4 year old fans....i just find it funny, and kinda inventive. Oh by the way....i was 20 when i got into MOZ....i guess my adolecent years werent as awful...then again i was into Depeche Mode!!! hehehe!
Mauricio
New York City - Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 13:25:57 (PDT) | #212
I HAVE HEARD ENOUGH OF YOUR FEEBLE LIFE STORIES.
close this boring poll
because who cares anyway?? - Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 15:43:45 (PDT) | #213
Let's summarize this extensive, boring poll:The poll started out with "At what age did you become a fan"
then,
"What age is too young to be a fan?"
then,
"Are people lying about their ages?"
then,
"What do you think of people who claim to be young fans?"
then,
"Is it really possible to be a fan at such an early age?"
then,
"By what do you mean by the word 'fan'?" Oh brother, just answer the first initial question already. OR if you want, let me ask you this: "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" sincerly,
Regis Philbin
New Yawk - Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 17:07:24 (PDT) | #214
I was 15 and out with some friends and they
started talking about music. The name "MORRISSEY" was said and I asked what he or she was and they said "How could you not know who Morrissey is?" I felt akward because I thought I knew it all, then They introduced me to the man that would change my life.But it wasn't till valentine's day that following year that I meet a guy that admired MOrrissey and fortunently we went out for a year and a half. He showed & told me ablout morrissey he had read books and basically had it all down. Our relationship was one of the best I have ever experienced and I thank MORRISSEY because his song lyrics helped us throuh the good and bad times even though we are not to gether anymore I still continue to listen to MOrriessy and I remember the love I once had.Thank you
MORRISSEY for helping me through my past present and future.
Aryella franco <aryella@hotmail>
orange county, california - Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 19:53:30 (PDT) | #215
A friend introduced me to Morrissey and The Smiths in 1988 when I was 21. Had never heard of either before and loved Viva Hate instantly. Went back and picked up everything I could find by the Smiths and have been a complete Moz fan ever since. Just wish he's come play somewhere near me so I could see him live.
BigBear <[email protected]>
NC USA - Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 00:50:13 (PDT) | #216
I was 16 years old. It sounds so long ago, but FEELS like yesterday. The songs never grow old or stale. The meaning remains and adapts to every age that is thrust upon me.
Phillip <[email protected]>
Oklahoma - Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 15:30:49 (PDT) | #217
I love Moz, I have since I was 15. I remember my brother loved him and listened to him all the time. At first I could not stand him. Then around 15, I started to LISTEN to his words. He moved in ways that I thought was imposible. Moz was able to voice the emotions that I could only clumsily express. I love him and I always will.
JRP <[email protected]>
- Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 16:09:31 (PDT) | #218
I was 18 or 19 one late unsleepable night I was flicking thru the channels when i landed on MTV and heard a song Shoplifters... anyway the next day I went to Best Buy and looked up the Smiths the only thing they had was a tape of Louder than Bombs so i bought it . Anyway i listened to it non stop my father thought i was a kook when i told him Morrissey to me was "MESSIANIC" Ever since those long ago days I have been a HARDCORE fan. That was 6 years ago My tape of Louder than Bombs has long ago busted but I still have it :)
hulmerist <[email protected]>
Merryland - Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 16:52:52 (PDT) | #219
kind of a useless poll if you are also not asking the current age of respondents. what's the point. i was 18 .. that was 1984. do the math. later.
Jack <[email protected]>
new york - Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 18:05:21 (PDT) | #220
I was very depressed, and suicidal when I moved down here to San Diego from Los Angeles area...and I really discovered Moz.
I remember hearing the song on the local radio station and thinking, " I used to party to that guy with my friends in L.A"
The song was "Suadehead".
MEXICAN BY BIRTH< MOZER BY CHOICE <[email protected]>
%00 - Sat, Apr 29, 2000 at 01:34:01 (PDT) | #221
i was 13 believe it or not. it was my cousin who showed me the way, and no longer was i HALF A PERSON. does any one else agree with me that there is a heavy hispanic lean towards Moz?
Hermosa <[email protected]>
chicago - Sat, Apr 29, 2000 at 16:26:33 (PDT) | #222
it upsets me to see these people saying that at 13 or younger the prepubesents can't appreciate morrissey. i was 13, going into high school when i fell head over heels. i plastered my room with his posters and pictures from the internet. they're still there. i'm 18 now and have seen him twice in concert. i almost got to touch him. but i got to touch some girl who touched his leg in 1991 so not all is lost.
ariana <[email protected]>
washington d.c. - Sat, Apr 29, 2000 at 20:38:35 (PDT) | #223
it upsets me to see these people saying that at 13 or younger the prepubesents can't appreciate morrissey. i was 13, going into high school when i fell head over heels. i plastered my room with his posters and pictures from the internet. they're still there. it was almost like an obssesive infatuation, but now, at 18, i know its love. i have seen him twice in concert. i almost got to touch him. but i got to touch some girl who touched his leg in 1991 so not all is lost.
ariana <[email protected]>
washington d.c. - Sat, Apr 29, 2000 at 20:40:24 (PDT) | #224
My cousins influence got me into it sometime between now, and when i was 14 (im 15 now). He burned me a cd with some Smiths songs, and some of Moz's, and i listened to it over and over and over until i was in love with the music! Its hard for me though because people i hang around think his the music sucks, and one friend in particular says "His voice kills it" I swear i end up killing him. Some people are way to shallow to understand you know, but no matter what i'll keep listening! Morrissey rules, oh and if anybody knows what winamp is, go to the search engine at the site and type in Morrissey (capital M) and d/l my skin!!!!
"CharmingMoz" <[email protected]>
San Diego, CA - Sat, Apr 29, 2000 at 21:12:17 (PDT) | #225
I WAS 14 WHEN I FRIST HEARD MY MOZ MY OLDER BROTHER USE TO LIKE HIM,I'M 20 NOW AND I STILL NOW THAT MOZ KICK ASS!!!!!
JESSE <MOZ [email protected]>
MOZ ANGELES - Sat, Apr 29, 2000 at 22:54:05 (PDT) | #226
I started Sixth Form in 1997 (aged 16). My new best friend was really into Moz/Smiths. By ridiculing him for liking "that depressing gay bloke" I missed out on the Chester concert of the 'Maladjusted' tour. Anyway....
I gave into my mate's pressure and borrowed 'The Queen is Dead.' The first response I remember was laughing at the comedy of 'Mr Shankly' and 'Cemetry Gates.' By the time 'There is a Light..' came on I was transfixed. The borrowing of further albums continued and the love affair has lingered ever since.....
William <[email protected]>
- Sun, Apr 30, 2000 at 12:09:26 (PDT) | #227
I was 14 1/2 when I first heard Morrissey powerful, enthralling voice. The song was How Soon Is Now? It was the most captivating voice I'd ever heard and it still is and always will be. I am now 18 and I still listen to his music 24/7!! Also I have a six year old brother and since I'm his favorite sister he tends to listen to what I do. He already has favorite songs such as: Asleep, Everyday is like Sunday, How Soon is Now, Please, Please. . .etc. I will love Morrissey for ever and no one could ever replace him in my heart. To all the Morrissey followers. . .VIVA MORRISSEY!!!!!
Secrecy Grl
Savannah, GA - Sun, Apr 30, 2000 at 20:11:54 (PDT) | #228
If The Smiths or Morrissey were around when I was 13-14 years old (which would be 1973-1974) I most certainly would have been engrossed in the music and what Morrissey had to say within his lyrics. When I was 13 years old my life was unenviable. Perhaps those of you who find it hard for anyone to relate to Morrissey at such a young age are from a privileged background. Can you relate to the financial burden of a single parent and the poverty it entails? Tenement living conditions? These are depressing circumstances for any 13 year old in which to live. I have never suffer fools gladly.
J. Razor
San Francisco - Tue, May 02, 2000 at 15:16:12 (PDT) | #229
If The Smiths or Morrissey were around when I was 13-14 years old (which would be 1973-1974) I most certainly would have been engrossed in the music and what Morrissey had to say within his lyrics. When I was 13 years old my life was unenviable. Perhaps those of you who find it hard for anyone to relate to Morrissey at such a young age are from a privileged background. Can you relate to the financial burden of a single parent and the poverty it entails? Tenement living conditions? These are depressing circumstances for any 13 year old in which to live. I have never suffered fools gladly.
J. Razor
San Francisco - Tue, May 02, 2000 at 15:16:35 (PDT) | #230
I have been a MOZ fan from the day of my birth my parents were MOZ fans since his first album and Im proud to say they still are I am 18 going on to 19 MORRISSEY has always been here for me and I love him for that. F**K ROBERT SMITH TALKING S**T ABOUT MORRISSEYThanx for your time
Mariano Lopez <[email protected]>
- Tue, May 02, 2000 at 16:04:13 (PDT) | #231
I was in high school, my freshman year. And of course music at that time (the early 90's, before the grunge revolution) really sucked. But somebody had a "Bona Drag" cassette, and I was kind of mesmerized by the cover and the names of the songs. Then I read some of the lyrics and I was like WOW! Then I listened to "Piccadilly Palare" & "Interesting Drug" and I was floored. That was a definitive turning point in my life. I'm afraid if I hadn't discovered Morrissey then, I'd still be listening to rap...
Silly Slang <[email protected]>
- Wed, May 03, 2000 at 08:33:04 (PDT) | #232
Why is it so hard to believe that someone's been listening to Morrissey/The Smiths since they were 13 years old? I'm 24 years old now and started listening to The Smiths when I was 13 years old. That was back in 1989-1990. The Smiths WERE around at that time, right? So what's the problem? I have a friend (my age) with a 3 year old daughter who likes Morrissey. So later on, she can say she's been listening to Morrissey since she was 3 years old! Why is that SO unbelievable?I guess we all need to give our current age and put our birth year, so people can do the math.
-C-
- Wed, May 03, 2000 at 15:35:19 (PDT) | #233
I was fifteen when I had first heard of Morrissey. I was tired of music being so empty. When I heard his voice and music, I was completely amazaed and somehow drawn to just that. I'am now 25yrs. old and I still feel the same and my love for his music has grown.
monflo
TX - Wed, May 03, 2000 at 16:39:54 (PDT) | #234
In the early 80's Iheard the Smith's on a local radio station in so. cal. KROQ 107.7. I was totally taken in by steven's music. his voice. And what the rest of the band had to offer. I am still a huge fan. I am 40 now. and still love the Smith's / morrissey {solo work of course} I dont meet too many people that enjoy or understand the music they put out. but to me it's something I can crawl into and forget about everything else. Maybe that sounds weird. but I think people can understand what i'm saying. To end this comment. I think Steven say's it best in his song;"shyness is nice and shynes can stop you, from doing all the thing's in life you want to"
bam bam <caveman 69>
wash. state - Wed, May 03, 2000 at 21:27:36 (PDT) | #235
all i have to say is i first heard morrissey on my 14th birthday!!! some one called me in the morning and played "unhappy birthday" and all i could do was laugh!!! laugh about what a f***ed up song that was! one year later...i found someone in a strange place (to long of a story) who was listening to it and i realized it was the same person...the lyrics"i never left an impression on anyone" ....well they ring true to me, and definatly left an impression,and have me completly and totaly obsessed!!! i am 22 now and have listed to moz for what seems like forever!
callmepale <[email protected]>
- Wed, May 03, 2000 at 21:43:20 (PDT) | #236
I was 13, in a tiny town in upstate New York....listening to The Cure and Prince, mostly. A friend I'd met through a penpal service sent me a mix tape with several Smiths songs........and here we are.......
Anna <[email protected]>
Brooklyn, New York - Thu, May 04, 2000 at 09:46:41 (PDT) | #237
I have to disagree with all of you who have said that there is "no way" anyone could listen to Morrissey at 13 or younger. I grew up listening to The Smiths. In 1982 when The Smiths formed, I was 6 years old. My aunt, 16 at the time, lived with us and she was quick to jump on the bandwagon as soon as she heard "Hand in Glove", "This Charming Man" and "Handsome Devil".
She played The Smiths ALL THE TIME. If that's ALL you hear when you're 6 years old, it kind of sticks with you. I'm almost 24 now and have been a fan of not only The Smiths, but of Morrissey's solo endeavor's since I was old enough to put the needle on the record.
Phoenix <[email protected]>
Detroit, MI - Thu, May 04, 2000 at 11:56:55 (PDT) | #238
POSERS??? Not so. I'm 18 now, and I was in 6th grade (12 yrs old) the first time I heard Morrissey. My sister made me a tape of Vauxhall on one side and Kill Uncle on the other. I loved it. I'm still a loyal fan. Posers my ass...
Shakespeare's Sister <[email protected]>
- Thu, May 04, 2000 at 13:17:51 (PDT) | #239
Oh, another point-A lot of people start listening to good music at a fairly young age, if they have older siblings. All the stuff I love now, my sister got me to like when I was 9 or 10. Granted, I didn't have a deep understanding of what I was listening to, but I was able to find meanings that pertained to me at that age. Good music evolves with you as you grow and learn new things. That's why I still like the same music.
Shakespeare's Sister <[email protected]>
- Thu, May 04, 2000 at 13:29:32 (PDT) | #240
After reading over all of these comments (in particular the ones concerning the "appropriate" age to begin listening to Morrissey), I feel compelled to speak again.I was one of those "posers" [sic] who started listening to Morrissey when I was 13. I'm 24 now, and I still feel like a relatively young fan, even with 11 years of searching for Smiths records, risking the bone-crush of Morrissey concerts, and most importantly...becoming lost in this music. What is it about a 13-year-old finding something incredibly special (and possibly even life-changing) that causes so many people to cry out, "POSEUR!"? At 13 I was incredibly sensitive and desperately in need of a hero (for lack of a better word). My social status was already determined at that point: I knew from day one of my freshman year that I would forever be on the outside of things. I never tried to change that after 13...the years of struggling for popularity in junior high seemed pointless suddenly. I didn't care anymore. It was just me and one or two friends and all the new tapes we could get our hands on. I had penpals all over the world that I met through a Cure fanzine (this was 1989, and Disintegration had just come out...). We traded tapes, we talked about everything, and I learned about the joy of finding like-minded souls in the midst of a rather solitary existence. That's where The Smiths and Morrissey stepped in. You all know this already (that's why you're here, reading this)......you already know that The Lyrics Changed my Life and I Could Finally Accept Myself in this Horrible World....so I won't elaborate further; you've all been there, and some of us are still there in some ways. Childhood -- and early adolescence -- is when we become who we will inevitably be for the rest of our lives. There are changes we can make and aspects to be improved upon, but at the core we will always remain the same person at 50 that we were at 15. I'm glad that I had the music and books I did at that time to keep myself from becoming completely insular. For that, I owe a debt of gratitude to a select group of individuals....in particular, Morrissey.
Anna <[email protected]>
Brooklyn, New York - Thu, May 04, 2000 at 13:47:46 (PDT) | #241
I first found The Smiths at 15 when I bought "Rank" on a gamble. I'd never heard the music, but only the name and a couple recommendations. In a matter of weeks, I became a rabid fan.Still, it was about a year later that the words started to have real meaning for me. I'm now 25, and I must say that the music is like Scotch--it only gets better with age and it goes straight to my head... via the heart, of course! Just as some have mentioned before me, what is more important is when you stop listening to the music. Many people I've met, who were once fans, have told me that they "grew out of it". Aaagh, infidels! If I stop listening when I'm cremated, it will be too soon!
Ian S <[email protected]>
New England - Thu, May 04, 2000 at 20:58:50 (PDT) | #242
OK, thats it! If there is one more "if you have five seconds to spare I'll tell you at what age I discovered Moz" added here, I'll mail-bomb this @#!!!ing board back to the dark ages. I will no longer be a slave to your psycothic dellusion that somebody actually cares...
You have been warned!!!
- Fri, May 05, 2000 at 08:46:41 (PDT) | #243
My aunt would always listen to the smiths and the cure with me(around the age of 11-13)...thats when i first began to love it....now i have my own collection of albums...and play it for my nephew.(he's only 2)keep the fans going through the next generation....
Melissa
California - Fri, May 05, 2000 at 09:48:38 (PDT) | #244
alright - here's the deal - I'm almost 27 and began listening to The Smiths/Morrissey BECAUSE of the "Pretty in Pink" Soundtrack, so that was what..... 1986/87? So I was 13 or 14. And the adoration just keeps going! I recently began replacing all of my old Smiths/Moz cassettes with CD's because the tapes died from overuse and I can't bear to live without him!Incidentally, for those of you who are skeptical about anyone falling in love with Moz before 13, consider that in 1986/87 when I fell in love with him, so did my sister who is 6 yrs younger (so she was about 7 at the time). She will turn 21 at the end of this month and loves him now as much as she did when she was 7.
Jenna <[email protected]>
Baltimore, Maryland, USA - Fri, May 05, 2000 at 16:26:39 (PDT) | #245
I had been exposed to the smiths since I was 12 (at the time, of course, I was into guns n' roses)... then again at 15... from someone who became a dearly good friend and went on to different interests. I've been into punk rock and generally rock n' roll forever... and I basically dismissed the smiths with the exception of a few songs (I was a tough little skinhead).Time went on... I figured out I was disfunctional (especially with women) and picked up the CD which that friend had left at my house. BAM! Instant connection... I discovered I was interested in a lot of the same things that Morrissey expressed, and even if some lyrics may not be of my liking, the music is still beautiful, his voice is beautiful, and I trully think that I connect with him. The irony is that I ended up becoming a mod with a liking for the 80s... indeed they were good times....... I go out on tuesdays and thursdays and live in the past, as they play old and new wave, rock and punk - that you can dance to. Screw new music... 90s music sucks... Morrissey deeply influenced my life, and I didn't notice until I was 18... His music hasn't made me stuck up or anything, but I certainly like to dress well... (and no, I'm not gay... but I also can't hold down a relationship... at all...)
dan <ask>
florida - Fri, May 05, 2000 at 17:09:26 (PDT) | #246
Morrissey and his music have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. My brother played the smiths incessantly when I was a little girl. I sang along and of course not understanding what I was singing…classic example, which my father despised…the queen is dead, “no one talks about castration…” After my brother moved out of the house, I didn’t listen to smiths/moz for some time, and then one afternoon, my mother commanded me to clean out my closet, and while going through boxes of junk, I found an old tape with various smiths songs…I put it on, and it was odd, but I remembered all of the words without even thinking about it, and they started to make sense to me, and since then my Morrissey passion has grown, and some say it’s out of hand…
leigh <[email protected]>
- Sat, May 06, 2000 at 09:10:34 (PDT) | #247
I first heard of Morrissey thru a friend of mine when I was a 6th grader in junior high. Ever since, i have been a HUGE MORRISSEY FOLLOWER. He's is a true modern day prophet.
rockybreed <[email protected]>
Los Angeles - Sat, May 06, 2000 at 10:50:42 (PDT) | #248
I know its over still i cling,I don't know where else I should go....
aaron conley <[email protected]>
- Sun, May 07, 2000 at 01:17:49 (PDT) | #249
thirteen is not so young, after all... i was thirteen in 1987, and while my older siblings were fascinated with MTV, my friends' siblings were sighing over the demise of the smiths. has everyone forgotten how infectious johnny marr's melodies are - even to one too young to relate to morrissey's lyrical perfection?i'm not suggesting that it's impossible to be able to fully appreciate the smiths at age thirteen; i'm just pointing out that your heart doesn't have to ache with recognition at "i know it's over" to be a fan...
remarkably dressed
chicago, ill. - Mon, May 08, 2000 at 13:29:19 (PDT) | #250
i became a Morrissey (actually THE SMITHS back than )fan at 17 after my own gig here in St-Petersburg Russia when someone put a tape on and i found THAT sound chords and voice i wanted for my band
That was in 87 and we were in early Police thing back than but after How i Miserble Now (the first song on that tape) that changed for Morrissey!Once i send with a guy who went to London a tape with a song i wrote for Morrissey In 92 in NYC i spent last 30$ for the ticket to Madison Square concert and could not get home to Hoboken NJ deadly thirsty (30 cents in pocket) i finally got in Path Train
That is the story of my life
semen <[email protected]>
Russia - Tue, May 09, 2000 at 01:16:42 (PDT) | #251
Semen, I rmember concert of you in Leningrad. Why angry crowd brake your bones?
forskjin
Latvia - Tue, May 09, 2000 at 06:03:18 (PDT) | #252
I was abt 18 ,I rememmber that my friend was playing that song on the hi-fi "HEAVENS KNOWS I'm miserable now" and after that I was so attracted to that song...that's how I become a morrissey fan After that song followed my moon river
gary wee <[email protected]>
- Tue, May 09, 2000 at 10:35:08 (PDT) | #
I am 28 on May 13 and have been a fan since 1987. I think the song that did it for me was "Bigmouth Strikes Again" because of the lyrics "as the flames rose to her Roman nose and her Walkman started to melt". I was hooked! I love all of his and the Smiths work.Morrissey will never die....
International Playboy <[email protected]>
Houston, TX - Wed, May 10, 2000 at 13:40:19 (PDT) | #
"Tomorrow" was my first song, 13 years old.
Morrissey is so very special to me. I believe you can be a fan of anyone at any age, everyones situations are different. Some of us were more mature than others at 13.
Tere <[email protected]>
Los Angeles,CA - Wed, May 10, 2000 at 18:02:12 (PDT) | #
Why is everyone calling the people who listened to moz at 13 or younger posers? 13 year olds can certainly grasp the concept of good music. Obviously, I think the meaning of his music changes as you grow up since you can relate to it from your own experiences, but still, you can always enjoy music just because it sounds nice and not neccessarily have to analyse the lyrics to death. The tragic thing now is that all of morrisseys fans seem to be clinically depressed and have all dyed their hair black.
Lisa
- Thu, May 11, 2000 at 05:25:09 (PDT) | #
Thanks to my older brother I was introduced to The Smiths and Morrissey at seven or eight. It's all he'd play! Pretty soon I was raiding his tape collection for The Smiths self-titled, Hatful of Hollow and Morrissey's Kill Uncle (an album which I have come to think is way below par compared to the other stuff he's put out, but I loved it back then.) I think it's pretty cool, by the way, that so many people got into it at a young age because of their older siblings. I got introduced to a lot of cool music that way. You know, just because of big brother.
Lauren <[email protected]>
NYC - Thu, May 11, 2000 at 06:06:58 (PDT) | #
It's a bit of a small minded way to think if you can't believe children don't listen to music. I was about five or six when I traded in my Micky Mouse records for STYX and Stray Cats. By the time I was 11 I was in love with Morrissey and the Smiths. I listened to Louder than Bombs at least twice a day everyday for 6 months that year(It was their latest album).I am now 24 (almost 25) and my husband is also now a huge fan as well as our 14 month old daughter. I think she wins as the youngest fan. She started dancing before she could walk.
alannah <[email protected] >
- Thu, May 11, 2000 at 16:04:49 (PDT) | #
Having never heard The Smiths or Morrissey as a child, I was 14, my friend put in the tape "Kill Uncle" and it was like a part of my mind opened up, it was such a sublime moment, needless to say, my friend never saw her tape again.....and so my collection began. I am 24 now, a mother and still listen to him everyday, my daughter has been fortunate enough to have listened to him in the womb and she loves him at 3 1/2, so you see age means nothing. You are just jealous because you werent lucky enough to have heard him earlier in your own life
Suzanne <[email protected]>
Dallas, TX - Thu, May 11, 2000 at 17:19:06 (PDT) | #
I was 37...as a musician, the more I hear Moz and his band mates, and see them at gigs, the more I appreciate him/them. Their music strikes a chord not just with teens, but with any fan of Pop.
Dean
- Thu, May 11, 2000 at 18:12:59 (PDT) | #
i was 12 years old when i first got addicted to the smiths/morrissey im 24 now and never looked back,when i was younger all the female mozzer fans used 2 all love me for my record collection etc plus of course my good looks LOL
sean <[email protected]>
birmingham,england,uk - Fri, May 12, 2000 at 04:28:06 (PDT) | #
i was dancing when i was #12!!!!!
Lucky LIsp <uMMMMMMMMMM?>
Orange County - Fri, May 12, 2000 at 10:54:31 (PDT) | #
This is funny. In the '80s kids would call the middle/late adolescents and adults idiots if they got in to Morrissey. The point was that they did not use it christen they're little ear ring wearing souls like they did. I was quite young when a dark cloud called The Smiths saved/ruined my life. Still, when I was growing up I never got into the argument and I don't think I'll start today.
David <[email protected]>
california - Sat, May 13, 2000 at 17:50:58 (PDT) | #
too young to enjoy music????!!! i started listening to "therapy" when i was 13, the year my dad died. my 2 sons have listened to them in utero (the only time they kicked was when HE was singing) so i guess my boys get the prize...oh wait only one gets the prize he was at a concert with me in my 8th month pregnancy...my oldest cried and wouldnt talk to me for days cause he couldnt go he was 3 1/2 then. so much for saying kids dont appreciate music.
mozfan75
- Sun, May 14, 2000 at 10:39:18 (PDT) | #
I was a junior in high school, taking a foods class, and there was girlnamed Carly M., she took a book to class one day, and there was this charming man on the cover that caught my eye. The book was Morrisey In His Own Words. I thumbed through it, briefly...my mistake. Carly M. was obsessed like many of the Morrissey fans, and I wondered to myself what could be so great about this one man? (Stupid question I know) I then heard "Bigmouth Strikes Again" on Richard Blades Flashback Lunch, and now I too am in love, for the first time, and I don't feel bad. Carly if you ever read this thank you.
alysia
Ontario, CA - Sun, May 14, 2000 at 19:17:28 (PDT) | #
First time , when I was 15 (Smiths). But I just "got" ït at 25, when I could understand the lyrics- i am brazilian and my english at 15 was awful! I am 27 now.
It's funny, some people read the comments and notice only the discussion about who was the youngest fan. It seems clear to me that the young ones r not bragging about knowing this music so early. I can clearly feel that those people really like him from an early age, because they had the chance to get in touch w/ the songs. It's so simple, I remeber asking my mother to buy some disco records when I was 7! They did not like it because it's cool, they just liked it! And what I noticed more was not the "competition", but the sweetnes of the stories, i loved reading all of them. Everybody who likes his songs and do not have friends who love him as mich knows what I mean. It's very soothing to be able to get in touch w/ others who really enjoy "morrissey's world", sharing this love for his music . Thank u all.
Carla <[email protected]>
- Sun, May 14, 2000 at 23:03:58 (PDT) | #
My education was in reverse. I started out with Morrissey in '94 and moved down almost in chronological order to the "The Smiths"
Mark <[email protected]>
- Mon, May 15, 2000 at 20:05:01 (PDT) | #
Due to my parents living abroad, I had to go to a boarding school for about three years. When I got there I had to share my room with four other boys. I was 14 and one of the lads decided to take a disliking to me and you could say took to bullying me. Sharing the room meant that we had to listen to whatever anybody else was listening to at the time, and the bully always won...as you might have guessed. Anyway, he was a freind of (used by, more like) a big lad in the sixth form who happened to be a MOZ fan, so I was subjected to listening to The Smiths and Morrissey for days on end. After a while, I decided I bloody well liked the music and went out and "found out for myself" what all the fuss was about. And here I am, 6 years later, a big MOZ fan. So thankyou Ewan Forrest for bullying me into listening to whatever you wanted to listen to. (I still hate you though!)
Swallow on my neck.
leeds, West Yorkshire, England. - Tue, May 16, 2000 at 01:49:06 (PDT) | #
it was a few months before my 13th birthday, the summer between 7th and 8th grade my dad said I can get any 3 cds I choose from the record store and he'll get them for me as a presnt. an internet friend would always go on to me about how wonderful the smiths are so the 3 albums i chose were Suede's Dog Man Star, Bis's New Transistor Heroes and.... Meat Is Murder. :)
so here's to all those who think there's not such thing as a morrissey fan under the age of 13.
im not even 16 yet!
darky <[email protected]>
- Tue, May 16, 2000 at 01:52:32 (PDT) | #
I remember first hearing the Smiths in '85 (Meat is Murder) at a friend's house, but the music didn't make an impression at the time. In '86 I heard some songs from "The Queen is Dead" and I was blown away...I was 28 at the time...you do the math. I have been a huge fan ever since. Morrissey is brilliant and I never tire of listening to his music. None of my friends are into him, so a few years ago I even went to my first (and hopefully not last ) Morrissey concert in NYC (Madison Square Garden) alone. What can I say...this guy and his music just reach me and speak to me in a way that no other singer has ever done.
Peter S. <[email protected]>
New Haven, CT - Tue, May 16, 2000 at 09:58:08 (PDT) | #
I was 20, in 1993. A friend had introduced me to the Smiths as a way of coping/identifying with a crush I had on this guy who was like more than twice my age. Well, I LOVED what I heard, so I also got Morrissey's releases. The Smiths/Morrissey have been my favorite bands ever since! I really identify with the lyrics...and the artist!!
the girl with the thorn in her side
- Tue, May 16, 2000 at 10:03:26 (PDT) | #
I started liking Morrissey when I was 14....and that's how old I am now. No, I am no poser, no one else I know has even heard of him, and I discovered him by accident (luckily). So, bye.
Alison <[email protected]>
Rockford, IL - Tue, May 16, 2000 at 14:53:47 (PDT) | #
It was in those days when i was hanging around in the same room with my brother, who's much older than me, and he was listining to BFBS, the british forces radio in germany. It's really true: I was only 12 but i knew that this would be my favourite. Now I am 26 an it is still my favourite...
marco <[email protected]>
- Tue, May 16, 2000 at 16:01:33 (PDT) | #
I WAS ABOUT 10-11 YEARS OLD AND I USE TO WATCH "VIDEO ONE" WITH VIDEO HOST "RICHARD BLADE" BACK IN THE DAYS I THINK IT WAS LIKE 83-84 OR SO!
ANYWAY I WAS INTO VAN HALEN, IRON MAIDEN AND BLACK SABATH, BUT THE FIRST TIME THEY SHOWED "THE SMITHS/WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE" VIDEO I GOT HYPNOTIZED BY THE SONG. I WOULD BE LYING IF I SAID I BECAME AN INSTANT FAN, ALL I KNEW OF AT THE TIME WAS THAT SONG/VIDEO I DIDN'T ACTUALLY GET A SMITHS ALBUM TILL 85 BY THEN THEY HAD 2 OR 3 I THINK.
BUT I BET MOST THE PEOPLE IN HERE DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT "VIDEO ONE" WITH "RICHARD BLADE"!
THEN WHEN THE THE SMITHS BROKE UP I STOPPED BEING A FAN AND BECAME A SUPPORTER OF STEVEN, NOT A FAN!
HEY DOES ANYONE REMEMBER "MAX HEADROOM", LOL! =)
WAASSUUP! EVERYONE!
LUCIFER
GLOBAL - Wed, May 17, 2000 at 02:12:39 (PDT) | #
AND NOBODY MENTIONED "VIDEO ONE" WITH RICHARD BLADE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE ONLY VIDEO SHOWS BACK IN THE EARLY 80'S, THAT I KNOW OF, THAT WOULD PLAY SMITHS VIDEOS! SO IF ANYONE CAN BACK ME UP, THAT WOULD BE COOL.
NOBODY SAID THEY EVER SAW THE SMITHS VIDEO ON "VIDEO ONE" SO I GUESS THEY WERE EITHER
1. NOT BORN YET!
2. NOT HEARD OF THEM YET!
OR
3. THEY WERE STILL LISTENING TO THEIR PARENTS BUMP "LOS BUKIS" AND THEY WEREN'T ALOUD TO WATCH "VIDEO ONE" CAUSE THEIR MOMS HAD TO WATCH HER NOVELA!
BUT, I AGREE WITH THE LAD THAT SAID SOMETHING LIKE YOU ARE NEVER TO YOUNG TO LIKE MUSIC, AS A KID MY MOM AND UNCLE WERE IN A ROCK BAND AND I GREW UP IN THAT ENVIRONMENT AND MY FRIENDS AND I USE TO PLAY/PRETEND LIKE WE WERE VAN HALEN OR BLACK SABATH CAUSE WE WERE INTO THAT LIKE AT 7-8 YEARS OLD, O.K.! IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT MUSIC WAS WHEN YOU WERE UNDER 13 THAT WAS YOUR LOSS!
DON'T ASSUME THAT JUST CAUSE "YOU" DIDN'T GET YOUR FIRST RADIO TILL YOU WERE 16 AND HEARD YOUR FIRST SMITHS/MORRISSEY FOR THE FIRST TIME, THAT EVERY ONE ELSE SHOULD BE AS UNFORTUNATE AS YOU!
LUCIFER
GLOBAL - Wed, May 17, 2000 at 02:43:52 (PDT) | #
I remember "Video One" and I also remember "MV3" and "Video Beat." All of these were hosted by Dicky Blade. I was about 9 or 10 when I first heard The Smiths. My older brother bought the 12" single for "Charming Man" and I was hooked. As a kid, I always around music. My brothers were teens and so music was always being played in the house. I saw The Smiths at the Hollywood Palladium and at Irvine Meadows in '85 for the "Meat is Murder" tour and saw them again at Universal Amphitheatre and Santa Barbara in '86 for the "Queen is Dead" tour. I was in junior high. Those shows were truly magical. After The Smiths split up I was a strong supporter of Moz(like Lucifer), but was really let down with "Kill Uncle." "Your Arsenal" was OK, but still there was something missing. I think it was the fact that Steve Street was booted off... I don't think Moz has put out a decent song since "Interesting Drug." That's just my opinion... I saw him for the "Maladjusted" tour because I read he was covering a couple of Smiths songs. I was so bored with the show that the only highlights WERE the Smiths songs! It's a shame because all these blind followers will buy up anything he puts out even if it's just crap...
Raul
- Wed, May 17, 2000 at 18:41:30 (PDT) | #
I began listening to Morrissey when I was 11 I am 14 now and an in love fan. I think he is acutie and I love his voice.
Morrissey love <[email protected]>
Norwalk - Thu, May 18, 2000 at 18:01:28 (PDT) | #
Oh I was about 15 or a bit younger.. it was like 1:30 in the morning.. and I was listening to "Magia Digital", a late music program on 92.1 FM in Ensenada, BC. I heard this song.. "Suedehead" and I fell in love, right there with his style, his voice, the music.. and I walked one mile to get to the nearest payphone (we did not have a phone there) in the middle of the night.. cold and in a dangerous place..
and I called the radio station and I begged them to tell me who sang the song.. and I sang the song to them so they would know which one I was talking about.. so they told me his name "Morrissey" and I went back home.. back to bed.. dreming of him.
Gen <[email protected]>
SF area, CA USA - Thu, May 18, 2000 at 23:33:34 (PDT) | #
Ahh, it has been so long now. I was fourteen and I absolutely fell in love with him. I remember I had this gigantic 6 foot poster of him over my bed at boarding school. He is a lovely, charming and talented man, and 11 years later I still adore his work. I will still be listening to him 50 years from now.
cleobaby <[email protected]>
- Fri, May 19, 2000 at 07:30:48 (PDT) | #
i was a freshman in high school when i first heard the smiths. up to that point, i was a metalhead. i listened to metallica,anthrax, mototrhead, iron maiden, etc. i was at a friend's house and i was looking through his tapes. i found louder than bombs and the queen is dead and asked him what the smiths was like. he said the tapes were his girlfriend's and that it was "mellow, chick music". he let me borrow them, and i was amazed at what i heard.
benjamin <[email protected]>
az - Fri, May 19, 2000 at 13:41:50 (PDT) | #
maybe another question you can ask is how old are you now? I personally have been a fan for 13 years now...
pollster
- Sun, May 21, 2000 at 05:31:59 (PDT) | #
1984 This charming man
i was fiftheen and it saved my life.
IJf Oppatja <[email protected]>
- Sun, May 21, 2000 at 07:39:18 (PDT) | #
I was 12 when I got into him..even though my sisters listen to him before so I would hear him..but I actually started to like him more when i was 12....and now Im turning 15. and I still love the maN!!!!!!!...
FAKE NAME <ILL GIVE U A FAKE [email protected]>
CARSOn - Sun, May 21, 2000 at 09:54:47 (PDT) | #
I was 18 and got "Interesting Drug". I liked Mozza because he was on HMV which didn't have any pop artists on the label anymore.From thereon I also became interested in vegetarianism, and political incorrectness even though I'm Anglo-Asian, 29, a bit shy but no longer clumsy. Also Happy (or rather Un??) Birthday to Mozza - 41 today. In seven years time I will send you some naked sailors. Luvya!
GlamGod <[email protected]>
Brisbane - Sun, May 21, 2000 at 18:38:45 (PDT) | #
25 Heard of the Smiths but never grasped until there was a light that never went out.james bondage
james zakos <[email protected]>
- Mon, May 22, 2000 at 09:14:43 (PDT) | #
It is possible to listen to Morrissey and the Smiths at age 13 or younger. I did, because I´ve got two sisters older than me who did. But it wasn´t until age 16 I understood what he meant and became a real fan. I´m now 26 years old, and The Smiths is one of the reasons that I am...
However, I don´t think that most Smiths/Morrissey fans began listening to them at age twelwe. Why lie when you are anonymous? Well, I guess it´s all about identity. And people who really need to identify themselves with tastes for music or literature are just the ones the Smiths are for, you know, the same ones who wants to be excused from gym...
boy afraid
- Tue, May 23, 2000 at 09:17:42 (PDT) | #
I was 17 and we were in 1984... and I just feel attracted for that cover showing Joe Dalessandro... (well, maybe I should have worried about what that meant...).
Anyway, I'm glad I did...
Chulo32 <[email protected]>
Paris - Tue, May 23, 2000 at 15:27:23 (PDT) | #
I first heard Morrissey when I bought my Pretty in Pink soundtrack...years later when I was 15(24
now)after a pep rally, at school, someone played
suedehead on the outdoor stage. I was hooked on
Morrissey ever since!
monica
- Tue, May 23, 2000 at 18:33:44 (PDT) | #
14, schools out, queen is dead is in, and then my elder brother taped me hatful of hollow and now I teach in a university. Sad, eh?
dab hand at trouble
- Wed, May 24, 2000 at 08:09:04 (PDT) | #
IF IT IS TRUE THAT MORRISSEY HATES HIS FANS, WOULD ANY OF YOU REALLY WONDER WHY? YOU ARE ALL THE BIGGEST GROUP OF ASSES. SO WHAT PEOPLE LIKED MORRISSEY AT A YOUNG AGE, THAT MAKES THEM "POSERS"? GOD I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT WORD SINCE THE POPULAR KIDS IN HIGH SCHOOL MADE FUN OF ME FOR LIKING A "FAG" LIKE MORRISSEY. NOW ALL OF HIS FANS ARE THE SAME ARROGANT SNOBS WHO HATED YOU FOR LIKING SOMETHING THEY DIDN'T. EXCEPT NOW YOU ALL HATE PEOPLE FOR LIKING THE SAME THING YOU LIKE. CAN YOU EVER WIN? ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO COMMENT ABOUT PEOPLE BEING TOO YOUNG ARE DOWN RIGHT JEALOUS IT IS PATHETIC! THIS ALL GOES BACK TO A FEW POLLS AGO. ARE MORRISSEY FANS TOO JUDEGMENTAL? YEAH I REALLY THINK SO.
girl not so afraid
- Wed, May 24, 2000 at 11:24:32 (PDT) | #
we were in the seventh grade, 1990 or so, and my friend raymond was really getting into the smiths and morrissey. at the time i couldn't be bothered, as i had other tastes in music. as the year wore on we slowly drifted apart until we we had a falling out, and haven't spoken since. (god knows where he went.) i for one was really torn up about the whole thing, though at the time i didn't know why. in retrospect i know the drama i went though over him was because i had this big repressed crush on him. so everything that i associated with him was now off limits and "stupid", like morrissey. it wasn't until a few years ago that i went to college and met some folks who had smiths CDs. in 97 i saw him live, and have been OBSESSED ever since. if only i had the smarts to start listening to moz way back when, he could have made my school years a bit brighter and easier to deal with.
mark
irvine - Thu, May 25, 2000 at 14:31:23 (PDT) | #
I OFTEN THANK MORRISSEY FOR HIS UNDERSTANDING OF LIFES MYSTERIOUS OBSTICLES. HE MADE ME WHAT I AM TODAY. FAN FOR 10 YEARS.
yuvia <[email protected]>
w.covina cali - Thu, May 25, 2000 at 19:01:11 (PDT) | #
First time I heard Morrissey sing I was 15, a friend had taped me The World Won't Listen which I had yet to listen to, it was late and dark and raining - I was returning from a school trip to London.
A coach went past full of rugby players who proceeded to show their behinds to us, I was suitably unimpressed and greatly dissapointed about how reactionary everyone else was on the coach. Then I turned on my Walkman.
I will never forget the feeling as song after song seemed to make perfect sense to me, like a secret world which had been opened up to me, humourous, witty, poignaint, loving, unrequited, tragic. I wanted to tell everybody about how wonderful this music was, I knew this music would could change my life. Unfortunately in school I found more ridicule for loving Morrissey than empathy, but that made me love it more - a special solitary experience which I couldn't imagine not having.
Matthew Harding <[email protected]>
Cardiff, UK - Fri, May 26, 2000 at 02:13:16 (PDT) | #
I was 12 when I heard him for the first time, thanks to my older sisters. At this time I was not particularly fond of music, and I felt a real shock. The smiths melodies changed (and saved) forever my life.
Thanks David for this excellent web site, the best I have ever seen about the poet.
zingaro
Paris - Fri, May 26, 2000 at 05:21:22 (PDT) | #
I saw a video of the Smiths when I was about twelve, I didn't know who they were, yet that voice stayed with me. When I turned fourteen a friend lent me World of Morrissey and I fell in love.
Moz love-errr
- Fri, May 26, 2000 at 14:10:55 (PDT) | #
I was 11 yrs. old when I first got aquainted with Moz. It was Moz, Alayn, Gary(ummmm sexxxy!!!!), Boz and Spencer, I believe, riding in a convertible to the song "My love life" and then is when he and gary became the loves of my life.
And now at age 20, the year 2000 hasn't changed anyone here.
Sexy Kitty
Santa Ana, CA - Fri, May 26, 2000 at 16:39:52 (PDT) | #
I was in 8th grade when i became a Smiths fan going threw my uncle's LPs. The Songs just grew on me,and i could relate to alot them.I then got heavy into rockabilly in 94.Ive been that way ever since.Im still loyal to the smiths even when alot of cats give me sh#t. Im secure with what I listen to I dont need anyone to tell me otherwise.Ive meet moz and always talk to Gary,Alian ,Boz, who always hangout where i do when ever they come to town ,and they couldnt agree more they too like the smiths and they too are hardcore Rockabillies.
Ozzy
so. cali - Sat, May 27, 2000 at 01:12:10 (PDT) | #
I was 14, in grade 7. I am now 20. I was in love instantly. I have seen Morrissey everytime he has been in Ontario since then. I never get sick of his music, it is so beautiful and real.
Sarah <[email protected]>
Toronto, Canada - Sat, May 27, 2000 at 19:45:14 (PDT) | #
i knew everyone would have to say at least 13.. at the least. and i'm pretty young. i'm 24, but i do remember my brother who's got 4 years on me playing records when i was younger and i can honestly say i was in like 4th grade or so when i first heard the smiths. that was like 1984 or 5 for me, and i don't care. i don't think it makes me any less of a dork. i dont think the passing of time makes one "more" of a fan or whatever. that business is just silly. i like the older sibling advantage. otherwise it would have been longer.
amy
- Sun, May 28, 2000 at 16:17:08 (PDT) | #
by the way, i was into it lots. i was a troubled shy girl. and fifth grade started a string of awkwardness. god this is a bit personal... i agree with the person who said its like asking about making love.
amy
- Sun, May 28, 2000 at 16:19:59 (PDT) | #
Em 86 eu curtia heavy metal, como Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Scorpion... mas foi aí que um amigo meu me emprestou uns discos (de vinil!!!!), e veio um azuzinho, Hatfull of Hollow... me apaixonei...
Claudio Kinjo <[email protected]>
- Sun, May 28, 2000 at 22:03:58 (PDT) | #
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