Lazy descriptions of Morrissey

[Uncleskinny]

Have we had a thread like this? I'm not sure. I thought I'd kick it off with the description of Morrissey (Yahoo music coverage of Marr's Twitter rant) as a "...sad-sack spokesman for the misunderstood and marginalized."

P.

 

[joe frady]

Woman at work a wee while back ~ "Miserable poofter"
Fairly lazy, I thought. Accurate perhaps. But lazy nonetheless.

 

[Oh my god. it's Robby!]

I heard many terrible descriptions of Morrissey when I worked at the karaoke bar
most were along the lines of either the completely negative like:
"Aint he some limey racist fag?"

to the surprised people who asked me about his China comments saying things like:
"So he's gay and racist, thats weird, aint it?"

people in bars say aint alot

 

[Anaesthesine]

Pope of Mope.

Laziest description ever, but pleasingly alliterative.

 

[PregnantForTheLastTime]

I prefer to think of him as the Parish Priest of Mope.

 

[Anaesthesine]

How about the Minister of Sinister

 

[Oh my god. it's Robby!]

How about the Minister of Sinister

I quite like that one

 

[PregnantForTheLastTime]

How about the Minister of Sinister

Aw, but he's not sinister. "Southpaw", perhaps.

The Father who Cannot Be Killed?

Dean of Mean? Professor Transgressor?

 

[Anaesthesine]

The Arch Bishop?

 

[Kewpie]

Re: thread hijack

You lot missed my thread

 

[PregnantForTheLastTime]

The Arch Bishop?

YES! Oh, yes...

 

[joe frady]

Pope of Mope.

Laziest description ever, but pleasingly alliterative.

I always like the Nabob of Sob!
(borrowed from Johnnie Ray)

 

[Michelle]

"Manchester's Master of Misery"

 

[All Over Battersea]

Re: thread hijack

You lot missed my thread

Kewpie, your old thread and this one are completely different

 

[SparkleBoy]

Gaylord McGillicutty
Phillip MacCrevice
Spoogey McFelcher

 

[Happy Maudlin]

Pope of Mope.

Laziest description ever, but pleasingly alliterative.

It does have an abominable ring to it.

 

[Media Whore]

"Manchester's Master of Misery"

I quite like that one. In fact, I don't see what is wrong with some of these.

He does have an adept way of expressing an emotion that we all feel at some point and his lyrics don't tend to focus on overwhelming happiness, joy, cards falling into place, waking with a spring in your step to embrace the coming day.

He speaks of that side of life which most mainstream lyricists shy from. I read here once someone commented on Ringeader, that nearly every single song mentioned death. Name one other singer that confronts those sorts of issues on such a regular basis.

Calling him the Master of Misery I think is a compliment. It praises his talent to deal with that which no one else could possibly do as well.

 

[Happy Maudlin]

Who put the 'Maudlin' in Manchester?