Morrissey was always a jerk

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1. Meanwhile Johnny Marr has reaching Brit rockstar status surpassing many of the old stars

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The comparison to Morissey to the horrible Clapton and Van Morrison is spot on.

I knew of The Smiths when Meat is Zmurder came out. “How soon is now” is an incredible creation but mostly due to Marr, Rourke, and Joyce. I mostly thought his song titles were funny. Clever wordsmith in songs. I don’t get lyrics very much so his “Pope of Mope” (very funny nickname) stuff just washed over me. As a fan of REM, I always saw Stipe Morrissey and Bono as the singers of the same high school class. U2 went directly into mainstream and rock star status and Bono was more preachy (they are really a Christian rock band). I heard Smiths stuff here and there and just Morrissey to be a drama queen. Stipe was an instrument in his band. Yes they went more political but it usually wasn’t direct. Like any REM singer, it can change every time you listen to it.

The brother of a friend went to a Morrissey show in SF a few years ago and his NO MEAT demands of the venue fit perfectly into the first picture I got of Morrissey.