Alan Bennett also refused the "Sir" ( from what I've read)...
What difference does it make? Turn your back to the record player as it spins and you have the same thing you have with an Mp3: a wave form conveying a recorded message; data that your brain decodes as sound, as music and words, into your brain.
I hate when pretentious assholes talk about how they need to be able to "hold something"...vinyl, CD, etc. Well, you can "hold" an MP3 player. How is holding a CD different? Either way the content, the essence, is intangible...it's tiny pieces on encoded data that a laser or a stylus or a spinning hard drive in your iPod reads, and transmits to you.
And I don't want to hear anything about how "compressed and flat" digital files sound. That's bullshit. In a Pepsi blind taste test you wouldn't know the difference between a CD and a 320 file. You'd know with vinyl but only because of the annoying pops and scratches once it's been played more than ten times.
I bet a million dollars that kids in the 50s and 60s, who listened to all those glorious hit singles on their shitty tinny AM transmissions on their transistor radios, never thought twice about how bad the sound was...it was the song that mattered, and how it affected them to hear it...
I hate everyone.
I wasn't trying to be pretentious, I just rather like having my CD and vinyl collections. It is what I grew up with. But of course I have an iPod and have everything in MP3 format as well. And musically it might not make much of a difference. I guess I would rather have a new Morrissey album available as a download than nothing at all. Anyway I was only my meaningless opinion. No need to get hateful over it.
Oh, I only was half serious...
Actually I was just in a shitty mood because I got a 40 year old record player yesterday which is in beautiful condition but after about two records it crapped out and now it plays everything super slow. And I really have a love/hate thing with vinyl to begin with, and this situation is tipping the scales in the latter direction; the whole record thing is such a pain in the ass.
I looked up some audiophile forums about what might be the problem and how to fix it, but those freaks have a language all their own. I'm not super mechanically inclined but I'm not a retard so I thought maybe I could fix it on my own, but I swear to God, after reading some of their threads...a jet engine would be easier to service than this thing.
So I am gonna have to take it in to the shop, which I'm sure will cost a small fortune...but whatever.
Your opinion isn't meaningless and I shouldn't have been such a dick.
It sure didn't take long for Skylarker to turn this thread into one about him and his problems relating to, and stemming from his severe autism.
Hey there Morrissey. We all know you read this stuff, so here goes. Yo want a number 1 record? Write a song about what brings people together and that's, "Love". Nearly all number ones and chart toppers have that very strong human emotion as their focus. What tears apart relationships is also a good idea .
You already know this stuff Morrissey and songs like Break Up The Family and Love Is a Miserable Lie, kinda show the point.
Rely on your past successes to continue and build future songs. A trusty note book or better yet, a handheld recorder to stash away thoughts and dreams to be that number 1 hit.
By the way Moz, Vicki Lawrence had a number one hit with, That's the Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia???!!! Give it a listen and ask yourself, Are Number One hits really that good anyways?
"How Soon Is Now" was not a number one and it's played because it's memorable! Only the Anthem Pop Song of the 1980's is all.
And I don't want to hear anything about how "compressed and flat" digital files sound. That's bullshit. In a Pepsi blind taste test you wouldn't know the difference between a CD and a 320 file.
Depends what it's played on, of course and whether you're listening thru £20 earbuds or £1000 headphones / speakers.
Here are my two cents:
I think Moz continues to fail to understand that record companies WILL NOT EVER play his ways as far as recording deals go, his egotistical ways of doing business is ridiculous, he demands respect but is unwiling to compromise. Unless you are an artist who has sold millions and millions of albums, record companies will not invest on you and lets not forget, he has burned SO many bridges. I love the man and his art but he needs to get his head out of his ass and face reality. Why he insists on not going at it alone is beyond me? Surely he could strike a manufacturing and distribution deal more easily with the major record companies if not the independent ones. Options there are, taking them is another matter.
Yeah, well, obviously the better your equipment is, the better the music will sound, sonically. But that wasn't really the point.
Utter nonsense. True artists NEVER compromise, regardless of the number of units they shift. It's not about Morrissey being egotistical or ridiculous (and you say that like he's the only one!), nor anyone failling to understand anything. Record companies no longer make anything like the kind of money they used to make out of ANY established artist's new material (hence the concentration on deluxe reissues of back catalogues, and fast-buck, shortlived X Factor/Idol acts) - the real money is made from ticket sales & merch, so arguably Morrissey is doing better financially at the moment, though we miss out on officially released new material and he continues to be caught up in the romance of the elusive Number One single. But why not? It's his career and he owes us nothing. Morrissey "going it alone" would be an utterly retarded prospect and so totally at odds with all his references and romance. Maybe after The Smiths reform...?
You claim to "love the man and his art" yet you seem to understand very little about what makes him tick and why he does what he does.
You did say that anyone claiming to hear any difference between 320 mp3s and CD was talking bullshit: that was the point I was addressing/correcting.
Nice interview. "There's continued interest in my position because it's so odd"-- yes.
Also, did anyone notice the harrowing plug-in app thingy on the sidebar? "Number of animals killed since you logged onto this page"? 'S alotta chickens.
He could independantly sell his own album no problem! When will Morrissey understand that he has enough money in the bank? Money Money Money, that's all what it boils down to with him.
...says the fan of David Bowie Inc.