Spectator USA: "Human after all" by John Waters (August 5, 2020)

Human after all

What Morrissey always resisted was not so much respectability — the usual target of wannabe pop rebels — as normality and norms

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Cited by Facebook Official later the same day:

Update:
The article now features on Morrissey Central:

THERE IS NO SUCH THING IN LIFE AS THE NEW NORMAL - MESSAGES FROM MORRISSEY - MORRISSEY CENTRAL - THERE IS NO SUCH THING IN LIFE AS THE NEW NORMAL

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[reelfountain]

That must be why it stayed in the charts for all of three days.

People with exquisite taste are always low in number.

 

[Deleted member 29235]

People with exquisite taste are always low in number.

That's an interesting claim: the fewer the sales, the better the album? 'Kaaaayy.

 

[Benny-the-British-Butcher]

Last album was great though...stop being a party pooper.

That’s a matter of personal opinion though.
However sales figures don’t tell lies, neither do bargain buckets in record stores.

The album was a flop as well as the ticket sales for a handful of live shows to promote it.

And the really funny thing about all this is how the British Government, The Monarchy and MI5 sabotaged all his efforts to achieve number one worldwide chart domination by releasing “THE PLANDEMIC”

VIVA BORIS, VIVA HRH the QUEEN and VIVA JAMES BOND and CO.

Happy Friday everyone.

 

[reelfountain]

That's an interesting claim: the fewer the sales, the better the album? 'Kaaaayy.

No Smiths single ever got to number one. In fact looking at number one singles throughout the years they're usually gimmicky or simply rubbish.

 

[Stephen Hofmann]

Do you base the validity of political arguments on the numbers of votes cast at a general election then?

I believe in democracy............don't you?

 

[Stephen Hofmann]

That's an interesting claim: the fewer the sales, the better the album? 'Kaaaayy.

Nick Drake hardly sold a record in his lifetime.

 

[Deleted member 29235]

I believe in democracy............don't you?

Not to judge the validity of an argument I don't. As a means of selecting the ruling oligarchy it generally works, in this country at least.

 

[Stephen Hofmann]

Not to judge the validity of an argument I don't. As a means of selecting the ruling oligarchy it generally works, in this country at least.

That sounds almost FASCIST.

 

[Deleted member 29235]

Nick Drake hardly sold a record in his lifetime.

Which is an almost completely irrelevant point. Plenty of artists have hardly sold a record in their lifetime and then gone on to sell almost no copies after they died either.

 

[Deleted member 29235]

That sounds almost FASCIST.

Which bit?

 

[Stephen Hofmann]

Which is an almost completely irrelevant point. Plenty of artists have hardly sold a record in their lifetime and then gone on to sell almost no copies after they died either.

And?????

 

[Stephen Hofmann]

Which bit?

Not respecting the general vote.

 

[Deleted member 29235]

And?????

And your point was irrelevant as it was daft. I'm going to put my neck on the line and say that in 2050, nobody is going to be citing 'Dog' as a classic, lost or otherwise.

 

[Deleted member 29235]

Not respecting the general vote.

Who didn't? What the f*** are you on about?

 

[Stephen Hofmann]

And your point was irrelevant as it was daft. I'm going to put my neck on the line and say that in 2050, nobody is going to be citing 'Dog' as a classic, lost or otherwise.

Funnily, the review in Mojo said it might be.....of course, they only gave it 3 stars...didn't want to get too pro Moz these days.

 

[Stephen Hofmann]

Who didn't? What the f*** are you on about?

You don't believe in democracy..........you already said it.

 

[Deleted member 29235]

Funnily, the review in Mojo said it might be.....of course, they only gave it 3 stars...didn't want to get too pro Moz these days.

Or perhaps there is no conspiracy out there and they genuinely thought it was an average album?

 

[Deleted member 29235]

You don't believe in democracy..........you already said it.

When? Quote me what I said.

 

[Stephen Hofmann]

Or perhaps there is no conspiracy out there and they genuinely thought it was an average album?

Why would they say it might be classed as one of his best in the future then?

 

[Deleted member 29235]

Why would they say it might be classed as one of his best in the future then?

Because they couldn't think of anything else to say about it and they had a word quota to
fill. But 'this album is very average but might be well regarded one day' is scarcely a ringing endorsement, is it?