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Video: Morrissey Covers Lou Reed – “Satellite of Love”
In addition to six Smiths classics, Morrissey performed new songs from his forthcoming LP alongside solo career standouts at Glastonbury tonight, followed by Slicing Up Eyeballs promptly posting the setlist with a slew of clips from the pro-shot webcast. As much as I love revisiting said Smiths singles, not to mention getting a live introduction to fresh Moz cuts, this video of his take on Lou Reed Transformer cut “Satellite of Love” really hits the spot right now. Check it out above.
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Morrissey – “Action Is My Middle Name” (Live @ Maida Vale)
Moments ago, Janice Long’s BBC Radio 2 show unleashed the world premiere of 3 new Morrissey songs, recorded live in a performance at London’s famed Maida Vale Studios. Based on “Action Is My Middle Name” (the best of today’s offerings, IMHO), his trademark morbid wit appears to remain fully intact, as Moz’s latest chorus reminds us: “Everybody has a date with an undertaker, a date that they cannot break.”
You can hear that charming tune above or alongside “The Kid’s A Looker” and “People Are The Same Everywhere” — all of which will possibly appear on Morrissey’s forthcoming studio LP said to be in the can — here.
While we certainly won’t be hearing news of a Smiths reunion anytime soon, the backstory from what’s been a long and, at times, tumultuous career for the band’s enigmatic 51-year-old frontman is well on the way. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s John Wilson yesterday, Morrissey reiterated his stance that “there really is no point” to an onstage reunion with Johnny Marr, as he’s “very happy with the Smiths’ legacy,” before providing an update on the status of his long-awaited memoirs:
“I’ve reached the redrafting, trimming stage… and I just wonder if 660 pages are too much for people to bear,” said Moz. “And then I sit down and think, well, are six pages too much for people to bear? I really don’t know, so I’m trimming.”
Despite highly publicized interest from a number of publishing houses, Morrissey added that he has yet to sell the forthcoming book to a publisher. Then, employing his trademark cheeky wit, Moz confirmed a report that he’d like his memoirs to be the first book ever published on the Penguin Classics imprint for its first edition. You can revisit his “Supreme 13 Singles” here and/or stream the full chat below:
While I’ve probably heard The Smiths’ “Girlfriend in a Coma” a thousand times at this point, the timeless tune’s reggae influence never really struck me… until today: A treasure trove of unreleased cuts recorded by Morrissey, Johnny Marr, and the boys in the mid ’80s hit the Web this week, including a take on “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” with the original final lyric (“There is a light in your eyes and it never goes out”), a John Porter-produced/band-rejected version of “Sheila Take A Bow,” and the aforementioned reggae-tinged arrangement of Moz and Co.’s trademark tongue-in-cheek jam.
Visit Slicing Up Eyeballs for the details on this epic 16-track unveiling and hear the early “Girlfriend in a Coma” cut below:
Watch: David Cameron, Kerry McCarthy Debate Via Smiths Songs
While I try not to delve into politics much around here, when the U.K. Parliament debates a potential rise in student tuition fees via Smiths song titles, I’m all ears. For one, it’s just a fun, witty repartee, but this clip from a recent “Prime Minister’s Questions” session also brings a nice follow-up to last weekend’s surprising Morrissey-Marr alliance, in which the former Smiths bandmates/fellow vegetarians agreed in their opposition to British P.M. David Cameron’s endorsement of their music, given his support of repealing a hunting regulation law.
“If he wins tomorrow night’s vote, what songs does he think students will be listening to? ‘Miserable Lie’, ‘I Don’t Owe You Anything’ or ‘Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now’?” asks the Labour Party’s Kerry McCarthy (via NME). Though Cameron ably retorts by citing a few Smiths singles of his own, I’m not sure they actually pushed any of the issues at hand forward. What Difference Does It Make?
Moz railing against the government over animal rights is certainly nothing new, but when was the last time the former Smiths frontman publicly supported his former Smiths bandmate Johnny Marr? Perhaps there’s hope for a reunion yet. For now, however, the pair have only bonded over a political tweet: “I would like to, if I may, offer support to Johnny Marr who has spoken out to the media this week against David Cameron,” Morrissey wrote today in a screed posted on True To You. “To those who have expressed concern over Johnny’s words in view of the fact that David Cameron has pledged immense allegiance to the music of the Smiths, I would like to try to explain why I think Johnny is right not to be flattered.”
Morrissey shared his thirteen favorite LPs with us last month, and now, in celebration of his remastered, re-artworked, and bonus material-packed reissue of 1988 single “Everyday Is Like Sunday” (aka the rabbit rights song), Moz has counted down “Supreme 13 Singles” on his Facebook page.
A few of his favorite cuts might sound familiar (The Supremes’ “I’m Livin’ In Shame,” The Crystals’ “All Grown Up,” etc.), but Moz included plenty of more obscure picks, as well. Check out the “Supreme” list and stream all 13 songs below:
Let’s start this supposed day of bad luck with some good fortune: Morrissey has graciously scoured his personal record collection for his 13 favorite LPs of all time, going so far as to scan their sleeves for an excellent feature at The Quietus.
The only black cat to cross our path so far has been their servers going down a few times, but hey, bookmark it and worst case we’ll spin Moz’s picks over the more benevolent weekend.
Longtime vegetarian, animal rights advocate, and letter-to-the-editor writer Morrissey has penned a note to the UK’s Times newspaper declaring his support for Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe’s unveiling and subsequent denouncement of the practice of killing Canadian brown bears for the purpose of lining Royal Guard hats with their fur. As transcribed by fansite Morrissey-Solo, Moz writes:
I first started reading Interview Magazine’s new Q&A between Morrissey and his longtime friend/collaborator Linder Sterling with a notepad nearby, ready to jot down a few inevitably brilliant quotes. Three exchanges in, however, and the page was full, as this interview is not only an unrelenting quote machine, but also the most inspiring read of the day at worst and the Holy Bible of art-related conversation at best.