Morrissey never has been a role model to me, I simply appreciate / enjoy his musical output.
As Kewpie and others have said,
he has never been a role model to me. I was drawn to the music when I heard it on the radio over 25 years ago. It was a combination of the voice and the music. The lyrics came shortly thereafter.
How can someone who hears these words not be drawn to the man who wrote them and wonder what else he thinks and what he might pen next:
"...when you laugh about people who feel so
very lonely
their only desire is to die
well I'm afraid
it doesn't make me smile
I wish I could laugh
but that joke isn't funny anymore
it's too close to home
and it's too near the bone
it's too close to home
and it's too near the bone
more than you'll ever know..."
"...how can they look into my eyes
still they don't believe me
how can they hear me say those words
still they don't believe me
and if they don't believe me now
will they ever believe me?..."
"Please don't cry
for the ghost and the storm outside
will not invade this sacred shrine
nor infiltrate your mind
my life down I shall lie
if the bogey-man should try
to play tricks on your sacred mind
to tease, torment and tantalise...
...when darkness lifts and the room is bright
I'll still be by your side
for you are all that matters
and I'll love you till the day I die
there never need be longing in your eyes
as long as the hand that rocks the cradle is mine..."
compared to other songs of the time:
"...WE built this city,
We built this city on rock and roll
Say you don't know me, or recognize my face
Say you don't care who goes to that kind of place
Knee deep in the hoopla, sinking in your fight
Too many runaways eating up the night..."
"...Girl, I can't understand it why you want to hurt me
After all the things I've done for you
I buy you champagne and roses and diamonds on your finger
(Diamonds on your finger)
Still you hang out all night
what am I to do?
My girl wants to party all the time
Party all the time
party all the time
My girl wants to party all the time
party all the time..."
"Hee...
Sugar pop
Funky pops
Coffee, tea or me, baby, touche ole
My opening line might be a bit passe
But don't think that I don't know what I'm feeling for you
'Cause I got a vibe on you the first time that I saw you, saw you
I need your love and I won't bring no pain
A little birdie told me that you feel the same
I'm for the real and for you I'm true blue
Let's make a deal, sugar, all I want to do is be your one and only lover
I just want to be your lovergirl
I just want to rock your world
Hey...hey...hey..."
No, he has never been my role model. I do not agree with everything he says or all the songs he likes. He has to go to the toilet like the rest of us.
"Omnes una manet nox - The same night awaits us all."