posted by davidt on Friday August 25 2006, @02:00PM
Maurice E writes:
Moz review (by Niall O'Keeffe) at the bottom of this article. Not hugely complimentary!

V Festival (Pt II) - Hylands Park, Chelmsford - Yahoo! Music UK

Excerpt:

The festival concludes with the spectacle of a middle-aged man claiming to be ugly and unloved before a sea of adoring worshippers. What's striking about Morrissey these days is his sheer gracelessness: tonight he sees fit to 'rebelliously' berate Virgin Radio for not playing his boring new single, even asking us to text a number projected on the big screen.

Later, he gets his shirt off and plays "How Soon Is Now", driving the punters wild. But there's no escaping the conclusion that Morrissey has become very unpleasant and trades on reputation. As a headliner for the V Festival, he's perfect.
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  • twat (Score:2, Informative)

    That guy is a moron, Morrissey is god, He outdoes all of those other bands by a lifetime, he is evolving in a way no other artist could ever hope to acheive, they are jelous.
    stepchild -- Friday August 25 2006, @02:06PM (#233072)
    (User #16694 Info | http://www.myspace.com/allaloneinthedangerzone)
    Oi!Oi!Oi!
  • And another thing (Score:2, Insightful)

    Oh yeah, and Morrisseys new single isnt boring, its fantastic, those critics are morons who dont know shit from clay, and if the radio wont play the songs, its their loss.
    stepchild -- Friday August 25 2006, @02:09PM (#233073)
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    Oi!Oi!Oi!
  • I laughed loudly at certain points whilst reading the whole review. how right the reviewer is.

    It really did sound like hell on earth being at the V Festival, and I would have thought that Morrissey would have been the icing on the miserable middle-aged cake.

    God that was funny.

    Jon xxx
    Anonymous -- Friday August 25 2006, @03:42PM (#233093)
  • Hop over to www.myspace.com-morrissey to hear Morrissey's live request from Chelmsford and rendition of In the Future When All's Well, played there. A new festive photo has also been added to the audio box.
    goinghome -- Friday August 25 2006, @03:49PM (#233096)
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  • Sadly, the guy is right. Youngest is pretty boring. In the Future is even more boring. Would I have even have bothered to give ROTT a second listen had he not been the one to get me through highschool with songs like There Is a Light and Girl Afraid? Those songs from the Smiths days were so brilliant, and meant so much to us during our teen years, that now out of loyalty and respect for him we buy these crappy albums and dull singles. To me the only song on ROTT that even approaches his work from the 80s is The Father Who Must Be Killed. "As motherless birds
    fly high, well then so shall I" is a pretty good lyric. The song most think is his best on ROTT, Life Is A Pigsty, really isn't all that good. "And now I'm falling in love again" has to be one of the most hackneyed (sp?) line in music history.
    JMHO.
    Anonymous -- Friday August 25 2006, @09:22PM (#233120)
  • The look of the crowd watching Faithless suggests that the nation's high-security prisons have emptied out for the day, and enjoyment of their set is further hindered by the live instruments being comically out of sync with the programmed beats. With "Insomniac" and "God Is A DJ" failing to cohere and the atmosphere resembling a rough night at West Ham, even Rufus Wainwright's whining piano balladry seems a decent alternative.

    BLUEBIRDS
    Anonymous -- Saturday August 26 2006, @01:56AM (#233130)
  • twats (Score:1, Funny)

    Seems to me the only comments people leave these days, are moans about moz`s music, if you dont like it, fuck off, dont waste your time complaining about the albums, you cant write anything better, Morrissey`s songs are fantastic, you just all seem to want him to only sing smiths songs, then when he does you complain, he can`t win. Every artist needs to evolve, otherwise its soul destroing for them. I`m glad hes found himself, and i think hes gone about it in a bloody good way. Hes still better than everyone else. So why dont you all run along and listen to fall out boy.
    stepchild -- Saturday August 26 2006, @03:22AM (#233133)
    (User #16694 Info | http://www.myspace.com/allaloneinthedangerzone)
    Oi!Oi!Oi!
  • do we really need a nobody from the hallowed web pages of yahoo music singing the man's praises??!! WE all know Moz is a genius, and that his new songs are beautiful, insightful and full of passion. mr. yahoo's loss if he doesn't get it.

    and these bloody anonymous posters who winge and slag off morrissey, to you i say this:
    'if your comments are funny or itelligent, then go for it. if you gonna moan like a little bitch, remember IT'S A MORRISSEY WEB SITE FOR MORRISSEY FANS! God almighty......rant over.
    anotherordinaryboy -- Saturday August 26 2006, @08:29AM (#233156)
    (User #16076 Info)
    Let me get my hands on your mammary glands....
  • ...that the person who wrote this article doesn't like anyone who played? Why should we give a shit about his opinion?
    Anonymous -- Saturday August 26 2006, @12:49PM (#233173)
  • His last two albums have been brilliant. I'd hardly say he's "trading on reputation" at the moment.
    Anonymous -- Saturday August 26 2006, @12:59PM (#233174)
  • i smell a conspiracy here..
    some hidden agenda is trying to make fun our daddy's voice, a bad bad motives

    i need a rest, please!
    Peter Marr -- Sunday August 27 2006, @01:09AM (#233234)
    (User #17077 Info)
  • dear author,

    you're a fuck. The Mozz is sanity personified. Your review makes me laugh you big girls blouse,
    Anonymous -- Sunday August 27 2006, @05:59PM (#233330)


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