Morrissey Live in Manila 2012
Morrissey Greatest Hits Tour in Manila including all his hits from the Smiths!
British rock star icon Morrissey is set to perform live in Manila on May 13, 2012 at the World Trade Center, Pasay City.
Ticket prices:
P8,000 – SVIP (4th-9th row) limited seats
P5,799 – VIP (Reserved Seats)
P3,710 – Titanium (Free Seating)
Prices inclusive of 4.48% service charge.
Order VIP Tickets now while good seats are still available. For ticket inquiries and reservations contact Charlemagne at 0917.8334223 or visit TicketWorld
Steven Patrick Morrissey, known as Morrissey, is the main lyricist and vocalist of the iconic band, The Smiths. The Smiths is considered the most important alternative rock band to emerge from the British independent music scene in the 1980s, behind the hits Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want, Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before, There Is a Light That Never Goes Out, the former song famously covered by Zooey Deschanel’s indie band She & Him and the latter song was featured in the soundtrack of (500) Days of Summer. English DJ Mark Ronson recomposed Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before as a soulful disco track.
According to Scott Timberg, a critic from The LA Times, Morrissey “patented the template for modern indie rock, first as the frontman for seminal mope-pop band The Smiths and then during his ongoing… solo career.” He also goes on to say that the ‘90s Britpop movement and the emphasis on an English lineage of bands like Oasis, Blur and Pulp stemmed from The Smiths as well as the playful twist to the traditional notions of gender and sexuality of bands like Suede, Bloc Party and The Magnetic Fields.
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i have no idea how old are u but i assume u got to know moz from wat they call “THE INTERNET”
THE CURE pls……..
shoplifters of the world unite …………The Smiths of Makati
and take over.
Oh Morrissey, I Can’t Afford You by: ace mendoza
by Ace Mendoza on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 4:03pm ·
Morrissey is scheduled to perform in manila on may 13, 2012.This bit of news was supposed to ellicit ecstatic reactions from his filipino fans.That is if you can afford it.The ticket prices are slated at P5,799 – VIP Section(reserved seats) and
P3,710 – Titanium(Free Seating; 1st come, 1st serve seats)
Prices inclusive of 4.48% service charge.This will cause quite a stir for his fans who are living below the poverty line like me and who can barely survive in today’s tedious modern world.5,000 bucks in the philippines isn’t enough to pay for the monthly bills,for the kids school needs, my baby’s milk etc.And you guys can call me bitter but i think that having the money to buy tickets to his concert doesn’t make you a morrissey fan.I’m sure most of those rich brats are just a bunch of f%#^ poseur, who’s not really into his music but would be there to be seen by the in crowd.It’s been a while since our shores were touched by musical greatness,the last time that i’ve witness a concert with epic proportion was the sonic youth- beastie boys gig at the araneta year 1996.So f^#% this promoters who’s cashing in on the legendary morrissey,you are just alienating us music fans in the lower income bracket.We have great taste in music too, maybe even better than those trend hopping rich brats.f%&@$ you. And morrissey, i hope you’ll have a free concert for us working class fans from the philippines. we want to watch your concert to show our gratitude for all the great music you’ve made and not just be a part of the in crowd.” The passing of time And all of its crimes is making me sad again The passing of time And all of its sickening crimes Is making me sad again But don’t forget the songs That made you cry And the songs that saved your life Yes, you’re older now And you’re a clever swine But they were the only ones who ever stood by you. ” Rubber Ring – The SMITHS.
pare, tama na. anong poverty line sinasabi mo e marunong ka mag english tsaka walang below poverty line na kilala ako. nakakakilala lang sken e ung mga ngaral, marunong magbasa at mkinig.ang lalim nga ng english ko kc tg manchester ako so nkpg aral ka tsong. ang real problem ay hinde ka masyado ngaral ng mabuti nung ikaw ay studyante palang kaya hinde ka nkakuha ng mataas na pwesto sa work mo ngayon n mgbibigay sana ng mataas na sweldo sau para makanood ka ng concert ko jan sa manila or dahil yan sa mga magagaling nting politicians na ang gusto nila sila lang ang may maraming pera at ung mga ordinary citizen e pgtrabahuhan ng grabe para kumita ng minimum wage na ika mo pangbili mo nlang ng gatas ng anak mo. sana walang mgpuntang politician or anak ng mga politician sa concert ko, mahiya kau sa mga balat nyo, etong c pareng ace nghihimutok dahil walang pambili ng ticket sa concert ko. pareng ace tama na kc nakakahiya, sa akin kc marami akong fans worldwide gumagawa ng paraan na legal paano mkakapunta sa concert ko. my real fans are quiet like me and when i open my mouth, its meaningful.
thanks moz for writing in Tagalog 🙂 I still don’t have the clear funds to buy the ticket…I’m not rich like Ace…but for seeing you Moz…I’m willing to pay even 10k….and I’ll produce that in all legal means. ‘coz a true fan will move heaven and earth to see you Live rather than make a mockery of his status in life
p*&%@ mo si morrissey nung tinanong kung bakit di sya nag college sabi nya dahil sa mahirap lang pamilya nya mga f*#_ pretenders kayo lahat at huwag nyo ihelera si morrissey sa sinasabi nyong new wave mga tanga kung mababasa nyo mga interview nya ang impluwensya nya ay punk rock.at sabi nya ginagawa nya mga kanta nya para maanoy ang mga taong kinaiiinisan nya sa society.and yung success ng smiths proves daw na you don’t have to belong to the upper class to make it kahit na working class lang sya. kung totoong morrissey fan kayo dapat mga anarchist kayo na galit sa gobyerno e hindi puro kayo chicken shit conformist na ang tingin sa music ay form of entertainment lang tulad ng coldplay,incubs etc.kung may mga utak kayo sana naintindihan nyo yung mga lyric ng still ill, panic, the queen is dead etc. wag nyong gawing pop star si morrissey dapat kayo manood nalang ng glee at american idol.morrissey is a poet awith a social conscience and a provocateur.at nakabili pala ko ng ticket mas magbabayad sana ko kahit 10,000 pesos kung walang mga poseurs tulad nyo.hahahahaha new wave there’s no such thing as new wave it was music journalists invention to distance the new british bands in the 80s from punk rock influences.mga bobo dito lang sa pinas tinawag na new wave ang smiths para di ma associate sa punk rock. mga b&^@$ kayo laht. empty vessels makes the most noise.
o eto galing sa wikipedia hanapin nyo kung may new wave dito
Musical style
Morrissey and Johnny Marr dictated the musical direction of The Smiths. Marr said in 1990 that it “was a 50/50 thing between Morrissey and me. We were completely in sync about which way we should go for each record”.[70] The band’s “non-rhythm-and-blues, whiter-than-white fusion of 1960s rock and postpunk was a repudiation of contemporary dance pop” – the style popular in the early 1980s.[71] The band purposely rejected synthesisers and dance music.[72] It sometimes used Sergei Prokofiev’s Montagues and Capulets as entrance music at live shows.
Marr’s jangly Rickenbacker guitar-playing was influenced by Roger McGuinn of The Byrds, Neil Young’s work with Crazy Horse, George Harrison and James Honeyman-Scott of The Pretenders. Marr often tuned his guitar up a full step to F-sharp to accommodate Morrissey’s vocal range, and also used open tunings. Citing producer Phil Spector as an influence, Marr said, “I like the idea of records, even those with plenty of space, that sound ‘symphonic’. I like the idea of all the players merging into one atmosphere”.[73] Marr’s other favourite guitarists are James Williamson of The Stooges, Pete Townshend of The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Marc Bolan, Keith Richards and John McGeoch of Magazine and Siouxsie and the Banshees.[74]
Morrissey’s role was to create vocal melodies and lyrics.[75] Morrissey’s songwriting was influenced by punk rock and post-punk bands such as the New York Dolls, The Cramps, and The Cult, along with 1960s girl groups, and singers such as Dusty Springfield, Sandie Shaw, Marianne Faithfull, and Timi Yuro. Morrissey’s lyrics, while superficially depressing, were often full of mordant humour; John Peel remarked that The Smiths were one of the few bands capable of making him laugh out loud. Influenced by his childhood interest in the social realism of 1960s “kitchen sink” television plays, Morrissey wrote about ordinary people and their experiences with despair, rejection and death. While “songs such as ‘Still Ill’ sealed his role as spokesman for disaffected youth”, Morrissey’s “manic-depressive rants” and his “‘woe-is-me’ posture inspired some hostile critics to dismiss the Smiths as ‘miserabilists.'”[76]
eto yung link sa you youtube para sa mga nagpupumilit na new wave si morrissey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7GefvKKAIY
Ace Mendoza, maybe you think you’re the number 1 fan….you’re not even close I tell you…bottom half for that matter. .nabuhay ka lng nung nalaman mo na may concert c Moz…ugok! tapos gusto mo talipapa ang presyo ng concert ni Moz dto…Tama c cla instead why don’t you do some simple accounting kung unreasonable nga ang price. Mahiya ka sa balat ng mukha mo na parang sinumpit ng monggo. The Wild Swans nga 3,500 ang ticket eh, Morrissey pa.
Welcome back Acehole! so much for your harangue sinumpit ng mongo ang mukha in person of ace mendoza. stick with the facts…you been bombarding as with your links but its immaterial because it doesn’t prove anything….and sad to say your looks doesn’t make you like a music genius what more your taste…you have countless of profile pix but you only found time to upload a pix of morrissey this march 12 or something…you’re a sex pistol fan and activist in summary…nothing more! and i just don’t find your relevance here…you’re even a fan of a lowly green day for heaven’s sake
ace”the moron”mendoza,,,ang new wave ay SUB-GENRE ng rock music,,nauso eto ng late 70’s at 80’s…mostly galing sa england and europe.
putang ina mo ace mendoza ka.ang daldal mo, bakla ka cguro. ngrurunung runungan ka lalo mo pinapakita na bobo ka. meron new wave, new wave is the music and attitude ng mga taong talagang wavers mostly 80’s teenagers pero khit ngayon lang pinanganak pero naiintindihan ang new wave music pwede mging new wavers. basa ka ng basa sa google e hinde knman waver e, you are pretending kc ng reresearch ka s google pano mging waver. the smiths man or morrissey, his music is appreciated by us new wavers. kung ayaw mo ma classify as new waver, hwag knlang maingay na parang bakla putak ng putak. sabi mo may ticket ka na, e di pumunta knlang at umupo sa isang sulok kc kme mga wavers respect other people’s choice.if you want my music go watch but you are not welcome to our group called pinoy new wavers because we have different attitude or life than you gay.
isa pa ace bakla, khit morrissey fan ka isama mo p c johny marr e hinde cla inventor ng music. marami pang nauna s knilang musicians na pinag kopyahan nila ng sound or influence nila. sabi mo punk rock sila, e di punk rock pero para s amin pinoy wavers new wave cla, hwag kang mkialam kung ano treatment nmin kay morrissey. sarilihin mo nlang ang mga research mo. you dont belong sa group nmin.
medyo weak ka nga mag-isip ace. most likely during your school days, sa english ka lng nag-excel. disrespect ky morrissey kung mas mahal pa ticket ng britney spears, hanson, cindy lauper, bon jovi, etc…how much are you willing to pay ba to see (if i may borrow your words) a poet a with a social conscience and a provocateur?
nice one morrissey…medyo panggap nga yang c ace kya panay research pa….late bloomer cguro sa music…pasalamat sya may google kya medyo nakakahabol….ha ha ha
gumamit ka pa ng bobo…eh kung sa neutral cerebral reader eh ikaw ang lumalabas na bobo. imbes na mag-research ka ng kung anu-ano pa eh research mo muna magkano na ba kalakaran ng concerts ng foreign artists nowadays..baka akala mo nasa 80’s ka pa…do economics and simple accounting how much it would take to bring morrissey here. kya nga cguro hirap ka pa sa ticket price kc nga tama c pareng morrissey na bumara sau
Daily Telegraph: To put it more literally, though – you don’t sing like Iggy Pop, and none of your guitarists have sounded like The Ramones, so where is the influence?
Morrissey: It’s there somewhere. I think it’s in simply being an outsider. And I was fortunate to have chart success, when most of the people who inspired me never did. So I was baffled by that. But I’ve always done quite well as far as the charts are concerned. And yet I always felt I conveyed the spirit of the music I love, which didn’t have any chart success. So it’s baffling to me when I think back to the time when I was 13 and the three most important people to me were David Johansen [of The New York Dolls], Patti Smith and Ron Mael [of Sparks]. And I can see how I took bits of them. Other people don’t see it at all. But Ron Mael I thought was extraordinary. The strangest character on the planet. And I did never once see a shot of him with another pop person. He was quite reclusive, and nobody ever quite knew what he was. And he was possibly mad, and possibly he knew he was being funny. But he didn’t ever crack.
Morrissey & D’ Eye, my hats off to you guys exposing this imbecile by the name of Ace Mendoza…marami pang satsat, instead of thanking the organizers’ effort to bring our idol here…actually i was hoping for other organizers to bring Moz here para mas may inside connection ako pero beggars can’t be choosers…unlike Ace Mendoza. naka AC/DC ka pa sa profile pix mo ha….cguraduhin mo lng na may ticket ka na…at wag ka sasablay sa panonood mo dun ha…behave ka lng para di ka ma-punk rock!!!
Now I’m not busy! Ace Mendoza, nawala ata satsat mo. Matindi kc inabot mo ky Morrissey & D’ Eye…They speak of facts…not like you who’s no different to low-class lawyer making his case. You even posted a link from You Tube saying that there’s NO SUCH THING AS NEW WAVE, and you accepted the opinion of a “nobody” as a universal truth….ha ha ha….HEARSAY!!! lame argument! You even posted an article in Wikipedia talking about the influence of The Smiths…then you dare us to find the word New Wave or The Smiths were New Wave…eh the article is talking about the influence…kya never will it mention that their influence is New Wave for the reason their era and music is New Wave, specifically Indie Pop for that matter….moron!!! Try googling New Wave Music and List of New Wave Music Bandsand Artist from the same reference you used which is WIKEPEDIA and you’ll see there THE SMITHS…Bobo ka nga cguro…in the same level na IT’S GOOD TO PRICK YOUR PIMPLE FROM YOUR FACE. You even asked Morrissey to do a “FREE CONCERT for us working class fans from the philippines. we want to watch your concert to show our gratitude for all the great music you’ve made and not just be a part of the in crowd.” IMBECILE, TYO NA NGA ANG MAY UTANG NA LOOB KY MORRISSEY, EH TYO PA ANG MAGPAPALIBRE PARA MAKABAYAD TYO NG UTANG…..BOBO TO THE MAX…
Ace Mendoza, maybe you think you’re the number 1 fan….you’re not even close I tell you…bottam half for that matter. .nabuhay ka lng nung nalaman mo na may concert c Moz…ugok! tapos gusto mo talipapa ang presyo ng concert ni Moz dto…Tama c cla instead why don’t you do some simple accounting kung unreasonable nga ang price. Mahiya ka sa balat ng mukha mo na parang sinumpit ng monggo. The Wild Swans nga 3,500 ang ticket eh, Morrissey pa.
off to the gallows with you pretentious morrissey fans. by:ace mendoza
I failed to respond quickly to the tirades hurled against me by these so called morrissey fans,because unlike richard alvarez and his upperly mobile minions i have a life.Although i have total admiration to Manchester’s favorite son, I have a family to attend to.I find it laughable those accusation saying that i’m just a late bloomer and all the facts that i know about morrissey came from the internet.hahahahaha. It’s as if you personally own the 1980s.Living in the 1980s, i wouldn’t blame all of you for falling for that new wave crap that you try to saddle morrissey with.As cultural diversity goes, a teenager would see a british band and digest it with his filipino perspective.Ah those days of lumping the smiths with aha, the simple minds and the ilk.I would not blame your short sightedness and total lack of knowledge when it comes to modern music. The fact remains that you are a bunch of looney bin rich brats who have enough money for concert tickets but lacks the brain cells to comprehend the true nature of morrissey’s music.Like most of you, I grew up during the 1980s,and like today’s mainstream music almost everything was crap then.With the exception of bands like the smiths, sonic youth, husker du, the minutemen,black flag and the like. Bands who have taken their influences from punk rock and charted new directions musically.They were made up of teenagers in the 1970s, who saw the transforming power of punk rock. I am greatly bothered by the historical revisions made by filipinos who label morrissey as new wave.For the simple fact that he is not.and you can gooble up your rich parents money all you want but all the bands that you lump as new wave are all limp wristed,weak assed,disco imitations. And if you decide to associate yourselves with anything new wave then you deserve it i guess.All you dance freaks turning meaningful bands such as the smiths and siouxsie and the banshees into dance mobile fodder should be ashamed of yourselves.I can’t blame your lack of good taste richard alvarez,because it takes a certain amount of intelligence to appreciate and embrace great music.The smiths, morrissey in particular is a very political person.he’s songs reflect the plight of the working class like me.In his interviews, he mentioned that he is a socialist, that’s like a ideological branch of communism.or do you really care? For all i know you listen to music just for it’s face value. The smiths stood for more than just dancing to mobile music till the break of dawn,it’s meant to care for people who have different economic backgrounds.I won’t claim that i’m morrissey’s number one fan. You can all have that title if you want it.But the point i’m trying to get at is there are many people who really love and respect his music and they won’t be able to have a chance to watch his gig. And if you’re too rich to be offended by what i’ve said then so be it. Cause it’s a fact that most if not all rich people are stupid any way.And don’t bother telling me about my looks, i know i’m ugly, i was born that way.At least iwas born with my mind. which none you rich folks can afford. I don’t need your approval nor your validation.In the end i got a life,a family who loves me while you got nothing but your “new wave” nostalgia gang that’s so scared of punk rock.I’ll see all of you at the gig.And while were at it i would like to invite all you new wavers at a gig with me and my friends the Rads at Las Pinas on April 13.You can bring your Flock of seagulls hairdo with you and your Fra lippo lippi records too hahahahahahahaha.there’s no such thing as new wave, if there’s such a thing then you can all fuck yourselves.
Morrissey, tama nga yung analysis mo sa himutok ni Ace Mendoza….ha ha ha
no such thing as new wave
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISTiZzzPsZk
fuck off ace mendoza, maybe ur related to iz. u r a punk rocker and im sure ur a biily idol fan or may be billy crawford. i got ur sentiments. ur madaldal but i can summarize it that ur a punk rocker and believes in punk rock and new wave does not exist. ur wrong acehole, there is new wave and theres also punk rock. they both different and that is why we dont agree with what were saying. yes, everyone has his own taste, likes in music and that should be respected. morrissey maybe punk rock to you and new wave for us, it doesnt matter, what matter is that we will see and hear him live here in our homeland without going to manchester eventhough that is my plan if he doesnt. back in the late 80’s, when theres no internet and only mtv where we see menudo, madonna, tears for fears, billy idol. music then communicates to people through mtv, cassette tapes and lp’s. a schoolmate approach me and showed 3 cassette tapes of the smiths, the housemartins and the adventures. after listening, i said that this is the most beautiful music genre ive listened to so far. i even sneak from my parents and biked 3 kilometers of rough road and be nice to a member of ALTERNATIVE MOBILE named rommel for him to lend me some imported and expensive new wave lp’s so i can copy to blank denon or maxell tape to have my personal copy. before, that is how music communicates to me. together with this, thanks to the 1st station dwxb 102, eventhough the signal is not digital, new wave music were shared to us. when xb was sequestered, a new station 105.1 plays new wave but now its called crossover that now plays jazz. with these stations, new wave music were shared by kind record store owners like cd warehouse and music one that sells new wave cd’s. other radio stations injecting new wave music every hour and had 3 hours of straight new wave music every week, the dmz 89.1 and NU 107.5. currently, i listen to 99.5 rt every sat. 6-9 pm plays new wave. now, you can have it in the internet and google it ace. i know ur a punk rocker and i am a new waver. u cant see me in ur noisy and angry to the world concert but to morrissey concert on may 13. see you and dont hang yourself on your way home.
Morrissey on… his musical heroes
Morrissey talks about the music scene of 1970s New York, and how it influenced him and his work.
Daily Telegraph: At the Hop Farm Festival in Kent on July 2, you’re headlining above Iggy and The Stooges, Lou Reed and Patti Smith – all of whom were among your favourite artists when you were a teenager in the 1970s. Does this line-up feel like the realisation of some mad adolescent dream, or do you get less carried away by such things, now that you’re older?
Morrissey: I feel less carried away because most of the people I ever wanted to meet I have met, and also generally it’s thought I pieced Hop Farm together but I didn’t, I simply joined in. So it isn’t a Morrissey MeltdoDaily Telegraph: In 1976, when you were 17, you wrote a letter to Melody Maker in which you said, “British punk rock is second to the New York equivalent, in that it does not possess the musical innovation… Even the most prominent [British punk bands] are hardly worthy of serious musical acceptance.” Do you still feel that British punk bands were far inferior to the New York bands?
Morrissey: No, I don’t. I think the New York punk bands, as you term them, led the way and I would be very angered by the fact that a lot of British punk bands wouldn’t give credit where it was due. I didn’t really see the British punk movement, if that’s what it was, as wildly original, because I had been listening so intently to all the New York music since 1973, really. So I thought everyone should give due nod and courtesy to New York. A lot of people didn’t do that and it angered me. But so many of the British punk bands I really enjoyed. I was always very impressed by the Sex Pistols. I saw their very first three gigs in Manchester, which was 1976, and I thought they were fantastic. I always loved them.
Daily Telegraph: So what do you think now, when you turn on the TV and see John Lydon starring in an advert for butter? That’s not terribly punk, is it?
Morrissey: I think we have to assume that he can more or less do whatever he likes, really. I don’t see the point in the butter ad, and I would imagine if I did a butter ad I wouldn’t expect to survive. No, I don’t think so.
Daily Telegraph: You think people would say, “Morrissey’s sold out” and give up on you?
Morrissey: Yes, I do, I do. And rightly so. But if that’s what [John Lydon] wants to do, and he feels he can get away with it, it’s really up to him. I did think it was very odd. Very odd. Also he’s appeared on I’m a Celebrity. Very dangerous ground. But people always seem to forgive him. He’s one of those people who are always forgiven and always accepted back into his original position of wherever he was in 1976. And there are certain people like that: David Bowie, etc. You forget all the bad things they’ve done. And some of them are very shocking. Nobody can remember the television commercial Bowie did for Pepsi Cola with Tina Turn-off. Do you remember that? It was shocking. And you would think that anybody of integrity would lose everything overnight. Which he didn’t. And people still think of him in terms of 1972. And that seems to prevail. And it’s the same with John Lydon. People still think of him in terms of 1976.
Daily Telegraph: Why do you think you wouldn’t be forgiven for doing a TV advert?
Morrissey: I don’t think I’m ever forgiven for anything, which is baffling because I’m not on TV that much. But I seem to be in a very unforgiving position all the time. I’m used to it now. It scarred me a little bit. It’s turned me into somebody who’s necessarily defensive. But if you examine my history it’s not that surprising, really. I’ve been pilloried so many times that I begin to expect it now. And there it is.
Daily Telegraph: What about Iggy Pop and his advert for car insurance?
Morrissey: I think he’s very similar [to John Lydon] in the sense that his initial appearance and contribution were so fantastic and so extraordinary that once again anything that follows is forgiven. He’s had many albums that never charted, and when The Stooges made their new studio album a couple of years ago nobody bought it. But people forget those things. And people will go to Hop Farm and they will expect to see Raw Power and expect to enjoy it. And they will.
Daily Telegraph: What influence did the New York scene of the Seventies have on your own music?
Morrissey: An enormous effect, I think. Because certainly before British punk the scene was happening in New York and I was very attuned to it and very aware, and the first albums by the New York Dolls, The Ramones and Patti Smith, I just thought were the most extraordinary things I’d ever heard, and to this day I still feel that way. So as I said earlier, once British punk happened I felt, “Well, wonderful, this is fantastic, but don’t forget where it came from.” I was very charged by it. British music was so horrendous in ’73, ’74, and ’75. It was horrendous. Top of the Pops was atrocious. And I just wondered how all this music that I loved so much could possibly break through. And in a way it did. It simply took time. And if you go to HMV now you will see the Ramones section and the New York Dolls section and the Patti Smith section and they’re all very healthy. So it seems as if it simply took the world a long time to catch on. But it did.
Daily Telegraph: To put it more literally, though – you don’t sing like Iggy Pop, and none of your guitarists have sounded like The Ramones, so where is the influence?
Morrissey: It’s there somewhere. I think it’s in simply being an outsider. And I was fortunate to have chart success, when most of the people who inspired me never did. So I was baffled by that. But I’ve always done quite well as far as the charts are concerned. And yet I always felt I conveyed the spirit of the music I love, which didn’t have any chart success. So it’s baffling to me when I think back to the time when I was 13 and the three most important people to me were David Johansen [of The New York Dolls], Patti Smith and Ron Mael [of Sparks]. And I can see how I took bits of them. Other people don’t see it at all. But Ron Mael I thought was extraordinary. The strangest character on the planet. And I did never once see a shot of him with another pop person. He was quite reclusive, and nobody ever quite knew what he was. And he was possibly mad, and possibly he knew he was being funny. But he didn’t ever crack.
Daily Telegraph: That description – reclusive, funny, possibly mad – makes him sound a little bit like you. Is that his influence?
Morrissey: I felt he greatly influenced me. When he was first exposed to me, he seemed quite genderless, or sexless, maybe sexless. And as I say slightly mad. And I thought, “How extraordinary.” And yet in he went, into Top of the Pops, into all those glossy magazines and so forth. And he didn’t sell out.
Daily Telegraph: And did you think, “That’s how I should be – sexless and possibly mad”?
Morrissey: Not really. But I did think, “If people like him could survive and do something, then I can too.” But it was different for me because I wanted to sing, and I couldn’t come cross anybody who had the voice that I had. I knew I couldn’t possibly be a… hard-assed rock singer. Yet that seemed to be the way that everybody went. So it’s confusing.
Daily Telegraph: Just how obsessed were you, as a teenager, with Patti Smith?
Morrissey: I was very obsessed because I was very lonely and then therefore when I heard music that I felt was designed for me, it was so unusual that the gratitude I expressed was almost too much. With Patti Smith, when I bought that very first album [Horses, released 1976], I sat up all night listening to it on a very tiny stereo, and I couldn’t stop. And I thought it was extraordinary because it was the voice of somebody who perhaps had felt unattractive all their lives, in every way. Yet here they were, singing about it, and seemed to know a way to make the misfortune of their lives become attractive. And I felt that, well, I could therefore simply sing about my life and how I really feel, and perhaps it could transform itself into something acceptable.
Daily Telegraph: There’s a photo of you as a teenager in which you have long, messy hair – was that in tribute to Patti Smith?
Morrissey: It was. Yes, it was from 1976. Yes. And it was directly because of her first album. [Pause.] We do these things.
Daily Telegraph: Were you ever attacked by punks?
Morrissey: No. Never, never, never. And from a very early age I went to concerts by myself. At the age of 12 I went to see Lou Reed by myself. Which was extraordinary now, on reflection, to go and see Lou Reed at the age of 12 in Manchester and to survive the experience. I also saw David Bowie and Roxy Music during that year and the following year. Which seems extraordinary to me now, to imagine a 12 or 13 year-old going by themselves, to see somebody such as Lou Reed who was at the time singing exclusively about transsexuality and heroin and death and the beauty of death and the impossibility of life.
Daily Telegraph: And you had no friends to go with?
Morrissey: Not at all. It wasn’t possible to find people of my age who cared about that type of music. But I would go to concerts constantly throughout the Seventies. That’s all I ever did. Nothing else was of any interest to me. But once I was there I would meet people that I knew from other concerts because in Manchester there was a certain gathering of people who were always at the important gigs. And I got to know them. But then you’d leave the hall and you wouldn’t communicate with them. So it was a spiritual and solitary venture.
Daily Telegraph: In 1978, you met Patti Smith at a fanzine conference in London. You later recalled that “I did meet her and it was hugely disappointing… She walked up to [a 17-year-old boy] and loudly asked him an extremely vulgar question about how sexually endowed he was… The lesson is it’s sometimes better to cherish your illusions.”
Morrissey: Well, it’s true. I didn’t use those words. They [i.e., the journalist who quoted Morrissey on this] changed the words to soften the situation. But yes, she did do that, and I was shocked. She was the verge of Because the Night [her 1978 single], and Arista [her record label] had a gathering at Upper Brook Street [in West London], where they were at the time, invited lots of people who ran fanzines etc, and she was brusque and she was rude, and it was horrific. But that’s who she was. And later I was inclined to think, “Well, why should she be other than who she is? Why should I expect her to be anything else?” She didn’t ever pretend to be a benevolent and gentle person. That’s who she was.
Daily Telegraph: Have you got to know here better since?
Morrissey: Yes, yes. As far as I can tell she’s a very different person now. Much more approachable and gentle. But initially she was quite hostile, and that’s how she was, and that’s how her music was. She wasn’t pretending to be anything otherwise. But now, to me, she’s very gentle. And the age factor, passing time, the shock of having such a remarkable legacy and realising that for her, Patti, she has done and achieved what she wanted to do. Which is very gratifying for her.
Daily Telegraph: Would you call yourselves friends?
Morrissey: As much as one can, yes. She is very friendly to me. And I to her. But we don’t go playing snooker or anything.
Daily Telegraph: Is Lou Reed as grumpy and difficult as everyone says?
Morrissey: He’s terribly nice! Terribly, terribly nice. And he’s one of those people who, when I first met him, I expected the worst. But he’s terribly nice. Once again, very friendly and very interested. Not a difficult, abrasive moment. But you have to remember that throughout the Seventies he was exclusively drug-ravaged. And that doesn’t really make for terribly balanced relationshipswn. It isn’t me gathering together all the people I love. It’s just a coincidence that most of the people I greatly admire.
NICE ONE!
To Ace “Bitter Ocampo” Mendoza, so poser ba ako pag pinanood ko si Morrissey kahit hindi ko sya panahon? eh nagkataon may trabaho ako at may pambili ng ticket, para mapanood sya at dahil gusto ko sya… pano na yan? mamamatay ka na lang sa inggit, ganun ba? wag mo sisihin ang promoter, sa tingin mo ba mura lang ang bayad kay Morrissey? kung original fan ka na gaya ng sinasabi mo, gumawa ka ng paraan para mapanood mo sya. kaso ano ka? napag iwanan na fan na walang pang bili ng ticket? ganito na lang, ipon ka ng tansan ng tanduay at sali ka sa mga raffle nila at baka palarin kang manalo na ma meet mo ang 6cyclemind sa Tanduay rock fest 5. dun ka bagay, masa dun! kaso di ka pala masa sa galing mo mag ingles. aray.
@ ace mendoza Yeah I totally agree with you, I live with the smiths music and other punk/ new wave bands when I was 14, Im already 33 and im still into these music which brought me to an ever lasting struggle of repressed working class. 3,800 is a huge money and would think of the bills rather than buying a ticket. Hope there will be a tcket that’s cost 500 bucks and that will attract a lot of people to come to the concert.
Marky Ramones was in hardrock last week and with mike graves of misfits that only cost 500! Come on promoters dont be so greedy
very well said. so true.
f==k the in crowd!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV5Mvo37fl8
check this out wavers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISTiZzzPsZk
Never Mind The Bollocks!
hope weezer will play live here anytime soon
pagkakakaalam ko si morrissey ang bading e
asexual c Morrissey dude….If he’s gay there should have been a proof or a guy linked to him for the past 3 decades…and there’s none.
Moz is gay I think. His songs in rott are very telling. And jake of the V&I was an issue before..
Oh man…The Smiths is like a big part of my life. 27 years since I first got hooked to their songs. Even though the band itself broke up, Morrissey the lead singer continued the legacy.This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I will definitely be there.
A CERTAIN MORRISSEY FAN NAMED RICHARD ALVAREZ HAS BEEN HARASSING MY SON JUST BECAUSE OF OUR HEATED EXCHANGE REGARDING MORRISSEY’S MUSIC. ANY DEBATE OR OPINION IS NORMAL IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY,BUT BULLYING AN UNDER AGED CHILD IS LIABLE CRIMINALLYAND IS PRETTY DEPRAVED IF YOU WOULD ASK ME. I HOPE ALL YOU MORRISSEY FANS WON’T CONDONE SUCH A HIDEOUS ACT THAT EVEN YOUR IDOL WON’T APPROVE OF.LEST YOU BE ASSOCIATED WITH A VERY SICK AND PSYCHOTIC PERSON LIKE RICHARD ALVAREZ.
People reap what they sow
hahahaha… nagtago sa palda ni tatay…..
c ace @ the concert…..____ __ peace
did your cerebral husband enjoy the concert…ha ha ha
hello! enjoy ba c ace? may ticket daw kc sya? ha ha ha
ang alam ko ang new wave dito lang sa pilipinas nag karoon.. kaya di alam ng ibang tao katulad ng ibang bansa… yan dapat mo maintindihan ace pinag pipilitan mo na walang new wave d2 lang sa pinas nag karoon dahil naging katawagan dito ng nakinig ng ganyan music si the smith ay parang mellow punk rock sometimes ballad or pop ang dating nya genre lang nakakaiba ang tunog,,, ang ramones is punk rock talaga. sex pistol, etc… he pano naman ang sigue sigue sputnik future punk rock he kung duran duran pop naman ang u2 pop rock ang omd parang electronic, the cure gothic yan ang uri ng genre nilapero dito sa pinas ang tawag ang new wave, new wave ang sa mga nakikinig ng ganyan music sa pinas…. genre ba ang pinagtatalonan nyo… masyado kasing personal ang usapan na walang saysay di naman mahalaga na siguro… tapos lang ako ng high school pero nakakaintindi ako ng genre ng music…
nice one tukayo richard evangelista. pero hindi sa pilipinas lng ang new wave…it originated from UK. Music critics, like Nick Kent, were one of the firsts to use this. New Wave is also known as post-punk kc eto talaga ang pumatay sa Punk na favorite naman ni Ace Mendoza. Actually, di nman talaga genre ang pinagtalunan nmin ni Ace, wala kc sya daw pambili ng ticket kya bitter sya sa mga may capacity bumili nito then nag-generalization sya na panggap lng daw na fans ang mga bibili ng ticket na ganito kamahal. refer to his post dated march 23. then he started gumamit ng mura, bobo, etc. tama yung sabi mo richard na gothic ang the cure. Under din sya ng New Wave kc mga mga sub-genre ang New Wave like mod, gothic, new romantics, etc….pero ang pinaka-deep dto ay ang Indie, where dun talaga nakalinya ang the smiths ni morrissey. c u at the concert richard…peace dude
ako rin si richard evangelista… tama yong sinabi mo katokayo yon pala ang pinag ngingitngit ni ace wala pang bili ng tiket,,, pero slamat sa theory ng new wave…katokayo
i got the tickets for the show this richard was totally misinformed when he said that that the term post punk meant it killed of punk rock. this imbecile richard cannot accept the fact that post punk meant that bands that came after punk and was inspired by punk to come up with something new see you all at the gig bitches…..
post mo sa FB mo yung ticket mo Ace the Scarface
ha ha ha…ang dami na namng post ni Ace Mendoza sa FB ng Morrissey Live In Manila pero di makapagpost ng “suppossedly” ticket nya…..kami pa uululin mo eh kya nga mas well-off buhay namin kc di kmi tanga tulad mo…ilusyunado
according to Moz his music is Opera….why weren’t you at the concert? if you’re there pls. post evidence
As of May 15, 2012 Ace Mendoza is sharing videos and photos of other people of Morrissey Live In Manila and saying “I WAS THER” and “I SWEAR I WAS THERE” on HIS Facebook account where there is no HOSTILE WITNESS to rebut his “hallucination” ha ha ha. Show pictures of you holding the tickets and photos of you inside or outside the venue imbecile nincompoop.
P.S.
Congrats to your Lakers 1-3 vs. Oklahoma today
this is truly not your year
i got the tickets for the show this richard was totally misinformed when he said that that the term post punk meant it killed of punk rock. this imbecile richard cannot accept the fact that post punk meant that bands that came after punk and was inspired by punk to come up with something new see you all at the gig bitches…..
i have an interview of morrissey during his time with the smiths saying punk is out…but i need not show this to you…you can die with your ignorance….ha ha ha…you don’t have a ticket i’m sure
kya nga tinawag na post-punk…history na ang punk….in tagalog tapos na…like post-war. it only means bobo talaga c ace the scarface
mahilig ka nmang mag-post ng pictures pero april 27 dineklara mo may ticket ka na, d mo man lang pinost…kaw talaga…mag hanap ka na lng sa FB page ng Morrissey Live In Manila ng ticket tapos i grab mo then kunyari sau para matupad na hallucination mo…ugok
According to Morrissey his music is OPERA….did you enjoy the show…pls. post pictures IDOL…ha ha ha
As of May 15, 2012 Ace Mendoza is sharing videos and photos of other people of Morrissey Live In Manila and saying “I WAS THER” and “I SWEAR I WAS THERE” on HIS Facebook account where there is no HOSTILE WITNESS to rebut his “hallucination” ha ha ha. Show pictures of you holding the tickets and photos of you inside or outside the venue imbecile nincompoop.
P.S.
Congrats to your Lakers 1-3 vs. Oklahoma today 🙂
this is truly not your year
sorry katokayo, medyo naging bc kc sa work. d na ko nakareply sau. don’t mention it. nakatawa nga c ace hangang ngayon di pa makamove-on…ha ha ha….nagpanggap na lng na may ticket para lng di magmukhang tanga
P.S.
and if may slight possibility na meron nga sya ticket eh asawa nya bumili kc wala pala trabaho yan, kya galit sa mundo at nambuburaot na lng c ACE MENDOZA 🙂