Posts Tagged ‘Morrissey’

I thought I had read all Mark Simpson’s blog, and heard all Morrissey’s songs, but this one passed me by till now. All You Need Is Me. http://www.marksimpson.com/blog/2007/10/17/all-you-need-is-me/ Apart from the fact Moz’s 2007 (?) performance on a chat show confirms my belief he has become a ‘psychotic lounge singer’ I couldn’t help but smile [...]

Mark Simpson’s 1996 book, Its A Queer World, begins with an enigmatic dedication: ‘For M – (whether he wants it or not)’. The line, ‘whether he wants it or not’, reminds me of the 1994 Morrissey track – The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get. The particularly resonant part of the song is: I [...]

‘Hilary went to her death because she couldn’t think of anything to say Everybody thought that she was boring, so they never listened anyway Nobody was really saying anything of interest, she fell asleep She was into S&M and bible studies Not everyone’s cup of tea she would admit to me Her cup of tea, [...]

I hate Morrissey because 1984. Because he gave us no choice. He took all the boys I knew and turned them into versions of him. I hate Morrissey because you can’t be a girl and a bona fide Smiths Fan. Don’t tell me I’m wrong. I read it in NME, and in Saint Morrissey I [...]

‘Sweetness, sweetness I was only joking when I said, by rights you should be bludgeoned in your bed’  - Morrissey ‘Bigmouth Strikes Again’ I woke up this morning, in half a mind to storm down to the Guardian HQ with a match and some petrol, as I would quite like to set fire to the [...]

Welcome to Quiet Riot Girl’s Book Group: Reader, Meet Author. The first book to be discussed  is St Morrissey by Mark Simpson. http://www.marksimpson.com/saint-morrissey/ I am a rubbish fan of both Morrissey and Mark Simpson. Although I love them both, and feel they have touched my life in quite profound ways, I have never been to [...]