Today is officially Morrissey Day....at least in LA at any rate, where tonight Morrissey will be playing to a packed out Hollywood Bowl.

In honour of this momentous day, I am wearing a blue rose in my suit lapel, and today's FTM is a video reminder of the five times that Morrissey has accepted blue roses on stage over the past five years.


MORRISSEY RECEIVES A BLUE ROSE FROM THE BRS PRESIDENT, KYLE - NEW YORK OCTOBER 2012



MORRISSEY RECEIVES A BLUE ROSE FROM DEVON - HOLLYWOOD MARCH 2013




MORRISSEY RECEIVES ANOTHER BLUE ROSE FROM DEVON...AND SERENADES IT - SANTA ANA MAY 2014




MORRISSEY ACCEPTS A BLUE ROSE FROM JAZ - SALT LAKE CITY JULY 2015 -NOT CAPTURED ON VIDEO, BUT CAPTURED IN A PHOTOGRAPH:
















MORRISSEY ACCEPTS A POSY OF BLUE ROSES FROM JESSE - BROOKLYN SEPTEMBER 2016





HAPPY MORRISSEY DAY

On Friday, Morrissey was presented with a certificate in recognition of Morrissey Day:







He seemed genuinely touched and "hono(u)red beyond words" .








Following the presentation, Morrissey went on to play a fantastic concert at the Hollywood Bowl, which was attended by BRS member, Jaz, together with her blue roses.






Here is Jaz's review of Friday's concert, taken from her blog Headlong Into Harm.

MORRISSEY HOLLYWOOD BOWL NIGHT 1 REVIEW (OR THE ROSE THAT MISSED IT'S MARK)

Morrissey's opening cry of, "Top of the world, Ma!" was a James Cagney line from the film White Heat. Just after shouting the line in White Heat, Cagney's character dies, and Morrissey was close to doing the same, as a problem with the onstage monitor meant he couldn't hear anything; which resulted in the start of You'll Be Gone not going quite to plan, but like the true pro that he is, Mozzer recovered quickly, didn't die, and the concert was a cracker.

The Gucci jacket that Morrissey was wearing when he took to the stage, had a moth embroidered on the sleeve. Dawn Mist used to mention moths a fair bit. Her twitter timeline reveals these two tweets:

July 28th 2016: "The best thing about living in a lighthouse ? The moths."

July 29th 2016: "The worst thing about living in a lighthouse? The moths."

The moth sleeved jacket is no doubt a genuine coincidence, but we'll add it to our coincidence list all the same.


The second Hollywood Bowl concert on Saturday night was yet another cracker, and included the beautiful, I'm Not Sorry - sung for the first time since 2004 - Speedway without the switch, a snippet of Sly & the Family Stone's Family Affair, and an encore of Let me Kiss You and Glamorous Glue. Youtube footage shows two people in the front row holding single roses, but I have no idea who this might be - the BRS spreads further than we think. Sophia Loren was among the audience.

Trouble Loves Me wasn't played at either of the concerts. It was too much to hope for.

The next concert is on Thursday in Phoenix, and then on Friday, it is album release day. Happy days are here again.

The last sign of Morrissey in The Wrong Arms was on Tuesday, when he came in to wind me up about playing Trouble Loves Me at the Hollywood Bowl. I therefore have nothing to write about. There is also no other Morrissey news to report, so let me instead publish a chart of the Morrissey Youtube clips that have had the most views during the past seven days. Before I do, let me first publish a video which shows Sophia Loren stood in the pit at Saturday's Hollywood Bowl concert, clapping along to Back on the Chain Gang - what a star!

Tomorrow sees the release of Morrissey's 11th solo studio album, Low In High School. It is always very exciting to have a new Moz album come out, and having already heard and gotten to know seven of the twelve songs - all of which I instantly adore - I cannot wait to get to hear/get to know the other five.



As excited as I am for the release of LIHS - which I have coming on green vinyl, CD, cassette (I don't even have a cassette player!), 7 inch box set and download - there is also a tinge of sadness, because today marks the end of World Peace is None of Your Business being Morrissey's current album.

It has now been 3+ years since WPINOYB was released, and it is an album that has meant an awful lot to those of us who have been following the Mozziah these past six years. In many ways, World Peace has been our album. Morrissey kept in contact with us BRS members during the recording of the album, even emailing photos from La Fabrique in France:



                        VIEW OF THE GARDEN AT LA FAB....AND BOZ'S FINGER...ALLEGEDLY.



                                                    TONY THE PONY AND BOWIE THE DONKEY


                                                                            BOZ'S MESS

World Peace is an album that has the words 'blue rose' hidden within the title, and it is also an album with a song - Smiler With Knife - that bears incredible similarities to a MorrisseysWorld story, Brazil. Coincidences? In the cold light of day, how could anyone read Brazil and NOT link it to Smiler?



I have played and played and played WPINOYB over the past three years, but it will now have to take a back seat to the latest incoming masterpiece. So, as most people spend today either pouring over reviews of Low in High School, or indeed listening to one of the leaked copies that have found their way onto the internet, I am spending my day saying goodbye, for now, to a dear friend, World Peace Is None Of Your Business.



This morning I read back through my initial review of World Peace, and have been reminded how I took an instant liking to all the songs, bar one, the aforementioned Smiler With Knife. I felt Smiler was a little too frighteningly real. It should be noted that I hadn't at that stage made the link between Smiler and the story, Brazil. Once that connection was made, I was able to enjoy Smiler properly, and in fact,  the song has gone on to become one of my favourites on the album - probably because it has had further links with the BRS/Following The Mozziah; including it being sung in San Paulo, which was an obvious nod to the character in the Brazil story, Paulo, and being played at Bournemouth when I was expecting Trouble Loves Me.


MORRISSEY IN BOURNEMOUTH, WHERE SMILER WAS PLAYED AFTER THE TROUBLE LOVES ME INTRO

World Peace will always hold a very special place in the hearts of the BRS, and as I place it back on the shelf, I shall place the songs in order of favourite to least favourite:

1. Oboe Concerto
2. I'm Not a Man
3. Staircase at the University
4. Kiss Me a Lot
5. Smiler With Knife
6. Kick the Bride Down the Aisle
7. World Peace is None of Your Business
8. The Bullfighter Dies
9. Mountjoy
10. Istanbul
11. Earth is the Loneliest Planet
12. Neal Cassidy Drops Dead

By the next time I come to play the album, the favourite list could well be the other way up - that's how it is with Morrissey songs.

In other news, Morrissey has been photographed at the Sunset Marquis Hotel in Hollywood with writer/celebrity interviewer, Chrissy Iley. As to whether Chrissy was interviewing Moz, I don't know, but Morrissey was wearing an Alexander McQueen sweater with a rose on it.







*Goes off singing* Oboe concerto, all the best one's are dead, and there's a song I can't stand, and it's stuck in my head...only sadness waits for me, smiler with knife, you're just in time, you're just in time.

On Thursday night in Phoenix, Morrissey at last got to say his thank you to BRS member, Portland Jo, who sent him Blue rose cup cakes at the start of the tour, but more about that later, first..... LOW IN HIGH SCHOOL IS OUT!


Low In High School finally was unleashed on the world yesterday, and although seven of the twelve tracks were already known to us, the other five have completed the picture, and WHAT a picture it is. I have had the album on repeat for the past 30+ hours, playing the 7 inch singles whilst at home, the CD in the car, and the downloads everywhere else.

The 7 inch box set is a thing of beauty - I have never bought an album in this format before, but it is a wonderful way to own an album - I've always preferred singles to LPs. The twelve tracks of the album are spread over six clear vinyl singles, with six 7 inch album artwork cards accompanying it.


I also have the album on green vinyl, and have been given a clear vinyl copy by a friend who runs a large local radio station - along with a Low In High School Phys Ed Dept t-shirt, which is rather nice. As to whether or not I will ever actually play either of these coloured vinyls, I don't know.

My early verdict is that LIHS is everything that I could have possibly hoped for and more. It is one hell of a powerful album, and punches hard. Unlike most LPs, there isn't a single 'skip song' - I like them all. The early leaders in the race for 'album favourite' are Home Is a Question Mark and Israel. I think Israel is just about in front, but by the time I finish writing this blog entry, I Bury The Living or In Your Lap could well have overtaken both of them, in fact I have a feeling that every single track on this album will at some stage become a favourite, and that has NEVER happened before with ANY album by ANY artist. Every single song is an event. And thanks to the 7 inch box set format, every single song is a single! I genuinely feel that LIHS could be Morrissey's masterpiece.

As I reviewed World Peace Is None Of Your Business in the week it was released, I feel I should give my first impressions on each individual track of Low In High School; not for anybody else's benefit, after all, another person's review is irrelevant, but as a point of reference for myself - a diary entry, if you like. So here we go:

1. My Love, I'd Do Anything For You (Morrissey/Lopez) According to a recent interview given by producer Joe Chiccarelli, this song very nearly didn't make the cut, but thankfully it did, as in my opinion it is the best opening track to a Morrissey LP since Maladjusted. It starts with a harrowing wailing noise, which as Morrissey recently told Billboard, was made by Jesse Tobias in a darkened cellar. Rolling drums and stonking guitars then get us up and running, with Mozzer's opening line of, "teach your kids to recognise and despise all the propaganda filtered down by the dead echelons mainstream media" setting the tone for the whole album. Aside from the lyrics, the musicianship and production are also spot on. Tub-thumping.
Killer lyric: "Society's hell, you need me just like I need you" - Morrissey and us fans are in this together.

2. I Wish You Lonely (Morrissey/Boorer) The song starts with Morrissey asking the listener to put themselves in his place, to see what it is like to live his lonely, and somewhat selfish lifestyle. The song then moves onto a different theme with the line, "tombs are full of fools who gave their lives upon command". This is a thought provoking line, and quite personal for me. My dad was one of those fools now in a tomb....well, actually he's in an urn, but let's not split hairs....actually, I don't think he's even in an urn, he must have been scattered somewhere, but there's no need to go into that now. In the late 1950s he was in the RAF, doing his 'expected'National Service, and was sent to Christmas Island where the troops were used as guinea pigs to test nuclear bombs. Twenty years later, at the age of 40, he died from cancer  - he wasn't the only one. I would imagine that my dad thought that he was 'doing his bit' by signing up to the RAF, and also, he probably wouldn't have wanted to be seen as a 'coward', but that 'bit' didn't help an eleven year old me who lost his dad, and didn't help the rest of his family either. I may sound rather uncaring and harsh, but it is the truth. An intelligent person would have said no to joining a military organisation.
The song also mentions heroin, which is another thing that puts fools in tombs. When it comes to the military and hard drugs, just say no, kids.
Killer lyric: The aforementioned "tombs are full of fools"


3. Jacky's Only Happy When She's Up On The Stage (Morrissey/Boorer) This song would initially appear to be a story song, about an old performer called Jacky, who has split from a partner and now feels the need to show that she can fill her life without him. However, I get the feeling that this song may be autobiographical. Morrissey is forever telling us that he is only ever really 'alive' when he is on stage, so I am picturing Morrissey as Jacky, and the former partner being Johnny Marr. "Cue lights, I'm singing to my lover at night, scene two, everyone who comes must go, scene four, blacker than ever before." Could that scene four be the court case of 1996? "Scene six, this country is making me sick", and off he goes to live in America. Perhaps I'm barking up the wrong tree, but it works for me. One thing that is for certain is that this definitely isn't a song about Brexit, which some idiots have tried to suggest. It's the least political song on the album.
Next time you listen to the song, picture Moz as Jacky and tell me I'm wrong. There is ALWAYS some ping pong somewhere.
Killer lyric: "Exit, exit, everybody's running to the exit." - which I picture as the brain dead Morrissey fans abandoning him on the instruction of the left-wing media.




4. Home Is a Question Mark (Morrissey/Lopez) Oh you beauty. The crisp and powerful vocal on this song is reminiscent to that on Scandinavia - it's just velvety chocolate. Morrissey treats the listener as the one person missing from his life, and without that one person, he has no home. Some lovely raunchy lines in here, including the wonderful, "If I ever get there, would you meet me, wrap your legs around my face just to greet me."
Killer lyric: See above plus, "I have been brave, deep in every shaven cave" - does that mean what I think it means, or is it code for pot-holing?

5. Spent The Day In Bed (Morrissey/Manzur) The lead single, and the song that launched the album. To many extents it feels a little out of place amongst the many power songs on the album as it's a jaunty sing-a-long pop song made for the radio....although there aren't many sing-along pop songs that feature fake news, brainwashing, the inevitability of death and castration. Morrissey's best single in years. The opening Roxy Musicesque keyboards put a smile on the face and a spring in the step. Gustavo Manzur is a genius, and I don't say that lightly. As this song has been around for a longer period than the others, it is easy to ignore it when searching for album favourites, but time will change that, it's a very, very good song.
Killer lyric: "I'm not my type", "Time do as I wish" and "No bus, no boss, no rain, no train."


GUSTAVO MANZUR - GENIUS

6. I Bury The Living (Morrissey/Tobias) Tombs are full of fools part deux. Quite possibly the masterpiece of the LP. Morrissey will come in for criticism from military/ex military and the media when they get hold of I Bury The Living, but there is a real, brutal, home-hitting honesty in this song, with the point of it being to get us to question the meaningless waste of human life through combat.

A distant sound of sleigh bells opens the song, accompanied by a soft violin. I am picturing a graveyard in winter. The song then bursts into life, with our main character, John, telling us that as he was just a wretched outcast with no point of view and nothing in his life, he had no other choice than to sign-up for military service. I picture John as an American, but the reality is he could be from any nation. John goes on to tell us that he carries out the vulgar and brutal instructions of the hierarchy, without question, after all, he has no choice. He doesn't accept that any of it is his fault. John decrees that he is answerable only to Jesus - it's amazing how many of those who fight wars believe in a God. John ends his tale by saying that his mother will say he died doing the job he loved, but the now dead John tells us that the bullet in his forehead wasn't the job he loved.
With John dead, the song changes mood and tempo. A family member sings (and la-la-las), "It's funny how the war goes on without our John", which hits home to us the listener that John is just another number, and his military life has been meaningless. The song then changes again, with laughter coming in - no doubt the laughter of the hierarchy, who are NEVER the ones at risk.

This song pulls no punches, and it is Morrissey making it perfectly clear that anyone who signs up to the violent life of military action is NO hero, and that if you sign-up to fight for God/Monarch/Country or because there is nothing else to do, then don't expect any poppy wearing sympathy from him. Or me.
Killer lyric: "Call me brave, call me a peace-making hero, call me anything except what I am" i.e. a cold blooded, clueless killer. Also, "I'm honour mad cannon fodder." This is strong stuff. The Meat is Murder/World Peace is None of Your Business of 2017.

7. In Your Lap (Morrissey/Manzur) I may have already mentioned this but, Gustavo Manzur is a fucking genius. The piano in this song is just pure silk. If it sounds familiar to anyone, that's because it is. It is the piece of piano music that Gustavo has been playing since 2014, when he first used it as an introduction to Trouble Loves Me. It has also been played live to lead into other songs such as Smiler With Knife and currently Everyday Is Like Sunday. It sounds like it has come from a film score.
As for the lyrics, it as a song being told by an Arab boy who is fed up with war and unrest, and just wants to get back to some good old oral sex. Our Arab boy is obviously not currently with his lover - maybe he's away fighting, or maybe even in prison, we don't get to know. In fact, this song could be his letter to his lover. It is the I Will See You In Far-off Places of LIHS.
The very last sentence of In Your Lap is beautiful, with the desire for oral sex being replaced with the simple wish to touch an arm.
Many people seem to think that all Morrissey songs are sung from the first person, and this leads to them misunderstanding him and wrongly labelling him with all sorts of ists and isms. The reality is that many of Morrissey's songs are stories - he is a wonderful story teller.
I wonder if we will now no longer get this piano riff as an introduction to other songs. I can't wait to hear In Your Lap live.
Killer lyric: "They tried to wipe us clean off the map, and I just want my face in your lap."
Killer riff: The Trouble riff.




8. The Girl From Tel-Aviv Who Wouldn't Kneel (Morrissey/Manzur) Lee Harpin writing for The Jewish Chronicle recently wrote that this song was about Jewish wartime diarist, Etty Hillesum, but there is no evidence in the song to suggest this, and I reckon Morrissey just liked the title. Hillesum wasn't actually from Tel-Aviv, and it was more a case that she couldn't kneel/learnt to kneel, rather than wouldn't.
The song seems rather abstract to me, with no clear story or meaning. It's like a mixed-up dream. It has some wonderful instrumental breaks and a tango rhythm that is something never heard before in a Morrissey song.
Killer lyric: "In fear of a God who hadn't saved them after all" and "All of my friends are in trouble, there's no need to go into that now" - and he doesn't.

9. All The Young People Must Fall In Love (Morrissey/Boorer) This song has a very different feel to many of the others on the album, and I get the feeling that it was one of the many songs left over from the WPINOYB sessions. It is all about peace and love - Morrissey's Give Peace a Chance. Some great brass work.
Killer lyric: "Do you ever say what you really feel?"

10. When You Open Your Legs (Morrissey/Tobias) It's another story song, but we don't really get to know the main character, or what it is that he/she knows that deserts him/her when the subject of their attention opens the golden gates, i.e. spreads their legs. It's a very singable song, but certainly hasn't grabbed me like some of the other songs.
Killer lyric: "Everything I know deserts me now, when you open your legs."

11. Who Will Protect Us From The Police? (Morrissey/Boorer) Some people have been calling this song Ganglord Part Two, and it's easy to see why. Ganglord would have sat perfectly on this LP, and I for one would have had no complaints if it had been added, but as it is eleven years old, it was never going to happen. WWPUFTP is a strong song, and could well have been in contention as an album opener. As Morrissey hollers Venezuela at the end, the song is presumably about the Venezuelan police, but as Morrissey recently told Billboard, it could be about the police in many other countries, as police brutality is rife. The question in the title is being asked to 'Daddy', which is the name given to Morrissey by his latino fans. Daddy replies that perhaps your God will protect you, but ends up advising, run away.
Killer lyric: "Tanks on the street, attacking free speech, we must pay for what we believe".



12. Israel (Morrissey/Manzur) The album comes to a close with a six minute epic in praise of, well, Israel, or Is-rayyy-ell as Morrissey sings it. It is just a beautiful, beautiful song, with Morrissey's voice sounding the best it has ever sounded. It is cream. Although it would obviously appear to be a song in support of Israel, I personally have interpreted it as a song about Ireland and Morrissey's catholic faith....I know, I know, but hear me out. There are lyrics about being sent to hell and not being allowed to enjoy your body, i.e. masturbation - it's catholicism through and through, and I'm sure the very last word of the song is Eire. Ireland doesn't rhyme with hell, bell, shell, well, cell, spell, fell or tell, so Israel works far better as a title.
The gorgeous vocal is accompanied by a wonderful operatic musical composition, which includes a weeping violin... have I mentioned that Gustavo Manzur is an absolute, unbelievable, fucking genius?

Killer lyric: "You realise, if you're happy, Jesus sends you straight to hell".

Rating: A++ School's out, forever, and how lucky we are.


Our Mozzer's old friend, Alex Petriditis has also given a review for Low In High School. It is pretty much what one would expect from this 'look at me' fool. It's a shame that the MorrisseysWorld blog isn't around anymore, a parody piece would surely have been forthcoming.

With Taylor Swift, Sam Smith and Michael Ball/Alfie Boe currently occupying the top three in the Official UK album chart, and with Sia having released a Christmas album this week, I really can't see how Low In High School can possibly achieve a top 3 placing, but we live in hope. Breaking the Top 10 in this day and age is no mean feat, so any placing in the Top 10 will be deemed a success. As long as Morrissey is above Elton John, that's all that matters.

To produce an album of this quality at the age of 58 is quite incredible - most recording artists are washed-up by 35. At the age of 58, David Bowie had all but dried up, with his only recording as a 58 year old being the very quickly forgotten song, She Can Do That - not exactly the hard hitting political statement of Low In High School. In terms of longevity and artistic ability, the two artists can no longer be mentioned in the same sentence.




On Thursday night Morrissey played a concert in Phoenix. There are a number of clips on Youtube, and it looked to be a high energy gig, with a similar set to the other recent concerts....except that Rose Garden was added. Rose Garden was a thank you song for Portland Jo, as explained in my blog entry of eleven days ago. Jo's gift to Morrissey of cup cakes and a note with lyrics from Rose Garden was very thoughtful, for Morrissey to acknowledge the gift by singing the song is very special... not that anyone would ever believe it to be true, but we Dreary Deluded Dozen know, and Jo knows, and that's all that matters.


After Alma Matters, Morrissey left the stage for a while. When he returned, he didn't offer up any explanation. At the end of the concert, Moz hollered, "My Uncle lives, my uncle lives." Perhaps his Uncle is ill, and the departure from the stage after Alma was to find out how he was. Who knows.

The Phoenix concert received a rave review from Ashley Naftule, writing for Phoenix New Times. Naftule writes, "He served up one of the finest shows I've ever seen", and also rather interestingly added, "throwing in the occasional strange expression or hand gesture that feels like some kind of private in-joke" - yep, it sure is, and we're in on those gestures!

From Naftule's really well written piece, those of us not at the concert are able to get a good picture of Morrissey's mood. According to the author, Moz at one stage called himself a, "skinny little thing", referred to Trump as, "Predicament Trump", and joked, "I haven't been this wet since my wedding night."


I have now written far too much for one day. No one will have bothered to read all this. I wanted to mention a really candid face-to-face interview that Morrissey has given to German interviewer, Juliane Liebert for Spiegel.de, but it will have to wait until my next blog entry.

All heads now turn to tonight's concert in Salt Lake City, where BRS Vice President, Angie, will be in the front row with her blue rose. Will Moz accept it? Time, as ever.




And now, back to Low In High School.

*Goes off singing* You realise if you're happy, Jesus sends you straight to hell, Iis-ray-elll, Is-rayy-el. And should you dare enjoy your body, here tolls Hades welcome bell, Iis-ray-elll, Is-ray-el.


*Foot Note* This blog entry was published on Saturday November 18th at 10.45pm. I updated the heading on Monday 20th November and for some reason, the original posting date was updated to current time. This isn't the first time it has happened. It is very annoying.

Dear Morrissey, thank you, thank you, thank you.
I say this with great confidence, Low In High School IS your masterpiece, and I for one feel privileged to own a copy....or four.

Yours in fawning eternal gratitude.

Rat
Ps Could you please reply to an email I sent you about 4000 weeks ago. A one word reply will suffice. Gracias.


MASTERPIECE

Low In High School is at Number 2 in the Official UK midweek chart - Paloma Faith's The Architect is currently at Number 1. I still maintain that any placement in the the Top 10 come Friday will be an incredible achievement, but a Top 5 placing now looks highly likely; although this time last week, Shed Seven were at Number 3 in the midweek chart, and entered the chart at 8 on Friday, so things do change.

It should be noted, The Shed's album is also extremely good, but not good enough to be mentioned in the same paragraph as a Morrissey album, so I have had to start a new paragraph! I am very much looking forward to seeing Shed Seven in three weeks time.


TOP TRACKS: ROOM IN MY HOUSE, IT'S NOT EASY AND BETTER DAYS

I really can't remember being so instantly gripped by an album as I am by Low In High School. I seem to be finding myself mainly playing the five songs that haven't yet been sung live, i.e. Israel, In Your Lap, I Bury The Living, Who Will Protect Us From The Police and The Girl From Tel-Aviv Who Wouldn't Kneel. These five songs also happen to be by current five favourites, and probably in the order that I have just written them....although that will have changed by tea time.


I BURY THE LIVING - THE ONLY TRACK IN THE 7" BOX SET TO PLAY AT 33 1/3 RPM

Whilst the fools spend their time bitching and moaning on social media about Morrissey having the audacity to title a song Israel, I continue to spend my time actually listening to it; which incidentally, none of the bitching moaners have done. To be honest, Moz could be singing the phone book for all I care, it is the power of the vocal and the beauty of Gustavo's piano that are gripping me - WHAT a song. WHAT a voice. WHAT a piano player.

With every play of the album, different lyrics and riffs are picked-up on. In I Bury The Living there is a great line which says so much about many, many things. It is sung from the perspective of someone in the military: "From a class without, I haven't a clue what the war is about, I haven't got a clue." Who could think to write, "a class without", it is genius, and the lyric about fighting in a war that our soldier knows nothing about once again re-iterates how little some people value their own life - they are prepared to go and fight in wars, and put themselves in the firing line, when they really have no idea what it is they are fighting for. What sort of fool would do that? How did this person get programmed to give up their life for nothing whatsoever? I can get my head around why some people might decide to take up arms if they or their immediate family were under genuine threat of being killed, but why else would anyone do it?

Again, Morrissey is being attacked for, "mocking the military", but it isn't mocking, what he is actually saying is wake up and smell the coffee. Let your life mean more than this. Don't let the ending of your life be someone else's choice/command.



Away from Low In High School, there has been no sign of Our Mozzer in The Wrong Arms, so I have nothing to report on that front.

Concert wise, since my last blog entry there have been concerts in Salt Lake City on Saturday night, and another in Denver last night. The concert in SLC saw BRS Vice President, Angie, take a blue rose, but unfortunately she couldn't get to the very front, so she didn't get the chance to offer it to Moz. The rose ended up being tossed onto the stage just after Chain Gang. Very little footage has emerged on Youtube of the concert, although there is a clip of How Soon is Now which shows Angie's rose being held aloft.

The Denver concert only finished a few hours ago, so I don't have much information on it yet, other than: Moz shook hands with a dog, signed a copy of LIHS for someone mid-gig,  danced and sang with an adorable little boy on stage during EDILS, danced & sang with a girl during Trumpshifters, and sang Hold on to Your Friends for the first time in twenty years....sounds like your average Monday night out! It is purely a coincidence that my previous two blog entries BOTH had the word 'friend' in the title. Nothing to see here.


PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY JOANNIDES TWITTER FEED. JAY TWEETED, "I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THINGS HAPPEN AT A MORRISSEY SHOW, BUT A DOG BEING PASSED FORWARD FOR A HAND SHAKE TONIGHT IS DEFINITELY A FIRST!" - MOZ LOOKS THRILLED





There is a fair amount of footage from last week's Pheonix concert, so when I haven't been listening to Low In High School, I have been watching that....I should also point out that over the past few days I have also been to watch Pompey play, have played two games of indoor cricket, have walked about five miles, and have carried out my job. I don't really know how I do it all.

Just before singing World Peace in Phoenix, Morrissey addressed the audience saying, "Predicament Trump has lifted the ban on ivory goods into the US, so that his two sons could continue to kill, kill, kill defenceless animals. Idiot, idiot, IDIOT. Is there no end, is there no end, is there no end, is there no end to Predicament Trump?"


DONALD TRUMP JUNIOR

There are now only eight Morrissey shows remaining in 2017, and no one has yet managed to get a blue rose to Morrissey this year. Could this be the first time in five years that we have failed to get a rose to Moz? Heather will attempt it tomorrow in St Louis. If ever there was anyone who deserved to have their rose accepted by Moz, it is Heather. I have a feeling in my waters that there just might be something special happen at this show.

And finally, in my last blog entry I made mentioned of a new Moz interview with Juliane Liebert for an online German magazine. It was the first face to face interview that Morrissey had given since the Larry King one two years ago. I won't bother going into too much detail here because most of it has now been splashed across the internet. All rather predictably, the extreme left-wing media have looked for sensationalism where there was nothing other than perspective and balanced views. Liebert herself seems to have gone looking for sensationalism, and it really is no wonder that Morrissey doesn't give face to face interviews. He dipped his toe back in the water for Juliane, but the journalistic waters remain polluted.


JULIANE LIEBERT - ONE OF THE PRIVILEGED FEW TO GET A FACE TO FACE INTERVIEW WITH MORRISSEY, BUT DID SHE SENSATIONALISE? 

Luckily there are still those who can see through the anti-Moz agenda of the left-wing press, although some also make the mistake of presuming Morrissey's dislike for the extreme left means he is right-wing. MORRISSEY DOESN'T HAVE WINGS! Brendan O'Niell, writing for The Spectator following the interview with Liebert , is able to see through the ridiculous left-wing extreme headlines, but he then makes the mistake of thinking Morrissey is completely pro-Brexit, and that Jacky's Only Happy is a song about Brexit. What is wrong with these people? Morrissey didn't vote in the EU referendum, and so therefore by definition, is NOT a Brexiteer. Morrissey told Liebert, "The outcome of the Brexit referendum fascinated me because it was a victory for democracy. The people said yes when Westminster, the political elite and the establishment said no. The public ignored the media and decided for themselves, that's why Brexit is important. It has been the greatest democratic victory in British history for many, many years. Whether or not Brexit is good is another matter."

There is no doubting that Moz is anti the EU, and why wouldn't any Brit not be - the EU is a horrible elite organisation that Britain has very little say in. Morrissey is also against uncontrolled mass immigration, which again, is a perfectly balanced stance to take, not that the loony left will even allow you to mention the subject without accusing you of being racist - they have no idea what racism even means. Being anti-EU and anti-multiculturalisation on a mass scale doesn't mean that Morrissey is in favour of how Theresa Mayday is handling an exit - none of us Brits are. It is a shambles, but at least it'll be our shambles, and Mayday will pay the ultimate price for her ineptitude.

Another of those not taken in by shock headlines and media outlets with an anti-Morrissey agenda is Shed Seven's drummer, Alan Leach, who yesterday tweeted, "Morrissey's instinct to go against the grain of any mass media hysteria has landed him in hot water before. But it doesn't stop him doing it and thats what I like about the guy." Here, here.



ALAN '@ALANSHED' LEACH

And finally, finally, the new Moz album has resulted in some fan-made videos appearing on Youtube. BMG seem a little harder on copyright infringement than Harvest ever were, so they may get taken down, but I have included them in this week's chart. The chart takes the same format as last week, i.e. the most viewed Morrissey related postings on Youtube from the past seven days. It is no longer a Wrong Arms Chart, this is the Official Youtube Chart.

OFFICIAL YOUTUBE CHART:

1. I BURY THE LIVING  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7V8Rs_ywec

2. HOME IS A QUESTION MARK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOUB_ObOalA&t=164s

3. WHO WILL PROTECT US FROM THE POLICE? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvDRtyoqHNw

4. ISRAEL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCKjotJEWjo

5. MY LOVE, I'D DO ANYTHING FOR YOU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z13FURjttI

6. THE GIRL FROM TEL-AVIV WHO WOULDN'T KNEEL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFYHwZRcAKM

7. ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE MUST FALL IN LOVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dBjvXh9hBs

8. WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR LEGS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTZjNUIazmc

9. IN YOUR LAP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jumNAMAy3M

10. TRUMPSHIFTERS OF THE WORLD UNITE (LIVE IN PHOENIX 2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUGkzu0p9zI



Oh, go on then......

THE WRONG ARMS CHART

1. ISRAEL - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCKjotJEWjo

2. IN YOUR LAP - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpK0wG1dJeg

3. HOME IS A QUESTION MARK - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOUB_ObOalA&t=164s

4. I BURY THE LIVING - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7V8Rs_ywec

5. WHO WILL PROTECT US FROM THE POLICE? - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQUM1_40qfs

6. THE GIRL FROM TEL-AVIV WHO WOULDN'T KNEEL (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4rwbWRSEyE

7. (I NEVER PROMISED YOU A) ROSE GARDEN (LIVE IN PHOENIX 2017) (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHVrNyscCKs

8. TRUMPSHIFTERS OF THE WORLD UNITE (LIVE IN DENVER 2017) (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bijzz7aYaeM

9. YOU'LL BE GONE (LIVE IN SALT LAKE CITY 2017) (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCD4YBnCpo8

10. GLAMOROUS GLUE (LIVE IN DENVER 2017) (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmibaD5iPwk

11. MY LOVE, I'D DO ANYTHING FOR YOU (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyMV_USxJuU

12. SPENT THE DAY IN BED (LIVE IN PHOENIX 2017) (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoVf5PNRw3I

13. JACKY'S ONLY HAPPY WHEN SHE'S UP ON THE STAGE (DOWN 12) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8vTilI264Y

14. I WISH YOU LONELY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3SNBTqRM4E

15. ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE MUST FALL IN LOVE (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sqHpv8aReQ OR THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dBjvXh9hBs

16. WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR LEGS (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTZjNUIazmc

17. WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS (LIVE  IN PHOENIX 2017) (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDukraeU4qI

18. GANGLORD (LIVE IN PHOENIX 2017) (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I729p3c3YhQ

19. I STARTED SOMETHING I COULDN'T FINISH (LIVE IN PHONIX 2017) (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU3bTV42boA

20. JACK THE RIPPER (LIVE IN PHOENIX 2017) (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcRXF1ADWYs

21. SPEEDWAY (LIVE IN PHOENIX 2017) (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzLU6bpY23A&t=81s

22. I'M NOT SORRY (LIVE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL 11/11/17) (DOWN 14) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuwsSiTU6YY

23. EVERYDAY IS LIKE SUNDAY (LIVE IN PHOENIX 2017) (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1oKbWUigMM

24. HOW SOON IS NOW? (LIVE IN PHOENIX 2017) (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cxXkdw3cDA

25. ALMA MATTERS (LIVE IN PHOENIX 2017) (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NK9mjI5SDI

26. SUEDEHEAD (LIVE IN PHOENIX 2017) (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZdOCLllaVs

27. BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG (LIVE IN PHOENIX 2017) (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxXH58Pe5so

28. THE BULLFIGHTER DIES (LIVE IN PHOENIX 2017) (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOjr-oiJqx4

29. BETTER DAYS - SHED SEVEN (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65v-R8mJ-ak

30. I'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER YOU - BILLY FURY (RE-ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=7YvQyAXHUUY

I am probably being completely deluded, but I think that Morrissey might be playing ping pong with me. Let me explain.

In my previous blog entry, I wrote how Morrissey had sung Hold On To Your Friends on Monday night, which just so happened to be on the back of me using the word 'friend' in the title of two blog entries of last week. A coincidence you would no doubt say, although those of us who have spent the past 2361 days discussing hundreds of similar such coincidences might call it something else - Ping pong perhaps.

My blog entry of Tuesday started with me posting a fawning thank you to Morrissey for giving us such a wonderful new album, and last night on stage in St Louis, Morrissey sang a song that isn't usually in his set, In The Future When All's Well, which contains the lyric:

"I thank you, I thank you with all of my heart, I thank you."

A coincidence? FTM/Moz Ping pong? Complete delusion on my part? Who knows.


MORRISSEY (FOREGROUND) PLAYS PING PONG WITH RAT

I'll go on to the St Louis concert later, but first I must mention Israel - the new Morrissey song, not the country. The more I listen to my favourite track from LIHS, the more I am convinced that it isn't actually about Israel at all; after all, how can lyrics about enjoying your body be about a country? In my review of the album I wrote that I thought the song was about Ireland, but I was wrong - it is quite obviously an autobiographical song, but with Morrissey singing it as though he were someone else singing it to Morrissey - Morrissey is Israel. Replace the word Is-ray-el with Morr-ee-sey and it all suddenly makes sense. Here we are:

Realise if you're happy
Jesus sends you straight to hell
Morr-ee-say, Morr-ee-say
And should you dare enjoy your body
Here tolls Hades welcome bell
Morr-ee-say, Morr-ee-say

You've found a middle course existence
We are all bones and flesh and shell
Morr-ee-say, Morr-ee-say

I won't bother writing the rest of the words - I've made my point.



As I mentioned in my last blog entry, there has been mass hysteria from the press regarding Morrissey's comments in his recent interview with an online German magazine. On the back of the headlines, yet more so called Morrissey fans have taken to social media to denounce him - exit, exit, everybody's heading for the exit. What I find most bizarre is that there are still 'fans' out there who, after 30+ years of Morrissey being in the spotlight, haven't managed to work out if he is either a balanced and decent human being or a vile monster - what is it that Morrissey has said in this latest interview that has resulted in fans promising to either: A) burn their Smiths record collection (which we all know they won't) b) not buy his new record (which we all know they will) or C) not go to concerts?

The answer to my question is that there is absolutely nothing in this latest interview that could cause a fan to think Morrissey has suddenly become a monster, and in reality, those fans won't walk away, they'll simply carry on bitching and moaning about Moz on twitter, Facebook and Morrissey-solo. The song All You Need Is Me  rings very true.

The subjects from the interview that have caused the hysteria are: A) Nationalism (again! Yawn) and B) 'Defending' celebrities accused of sexual wrongdoing.

I won't bother writing about Nationalism, as it really is old hat, and all Morrissey said on this occasion is that he wants countries to maintain their culture - where's the scandal in that?


GERMANY - FAMOUS FOR THEIR TRADITIONAL BEER FESTIVALS 

As for the 'defending' of Kevin Spacey; who has been accused by a fellow actor of an unwanted sexual advance 34 years ago when the other actor was just fourteen, it comes across to me that Morrissey wasn't so much defending Spacey, but rather questioning A) If the allegation was true,  B) How a fourteen year old boy came to be alone in a bedroom with a 26 year old and C) If it were true, was the fourteen year old not quite as innocent as has been made out.

It is that last point that has caused the most upset, with people stating that a minor is ALWAYS the victim, but is life really that black and white? When I was at school, there were a number of fourteen year olds who were having sexual encounters with adults. Laws or no laws, this will always be the case, in the same way that underage kids will smoke, take drugs, drink etc etc - teenagers push boundaries, and although it is easy to sit on a moral high horse and say the adult Spacey should have known better, we have no idea if Spacey knew the boy was under age, and he certainly shouldn't be hung, drawn and quartered without a trial - how can anyone say if Kevin Spacey is innocent or guilty at this stage?

The media, of course,  have made their decision about Spacey, and with every outraged headline, thousands more buy into their agenda. Morrissey has been subject to more witch hunts than most of us have had hot dinners, so he is naturally going to take the side of anyone who he sees being persecuted without a fair hearing. Bandwagons are the easiest vehicles to climb on, and they're free to ride.


KEVIN SPACEY - VICTIM OF A MEDIA WITCH HUNT. GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT TO THE TWITTERAZZI

I'm bored of all those hysterical headlines now, so shall move on.

I have nothing to report regarding Our Mozzer, but as I mentioned at the top of the page, Morrissey last night played in St Louis, to a crowd which included Our Heather, blue rose in hand.  Here is Heather's account of the night:

"I thank Morrissey with all of my heart for a phenomenal concert in St Louis. I see that the setlist has already been posted elsewhere so I won't bother to post it, but we were treated to six of the new songs and they all sounded INCREDIBLE. Other highlights for me included You'll Be Gone, Glamorous Glue, Chain Gang, and the addition of In the Future When All's Well. Although there was no shirt toss and tight security in the pit prevented me from getting close enough to the stage to offer my rose, it was a tremendous evening and Moz seemed to be in good spirits. As always, the pleasure and privilege was mine." 


With both Heather and Angie (last week) not managing to get close enough to offer their blue roses, we now have to hope that either President Kyle or Jesse Nothing get close enough to offer a rose at the concert in Madison Square Garden next Saturday. If they don't, then it looks as though 2017 will be a roseless year. Both Kyle and Jesse have managed to get blue roses to Moz before, so everything is possible.


BRS PRESIDENT, KYLE - CAN HE GET ANOTHER BLUE ROSE TO MOZ?

FTM has had a visit from the keeper of the light, Dawn Mist, but more about that later.

It transpires that there were a couple of on-stage 'signs' made by Morrissey on Wednesday in St Louis, and also an instruction for Our Heather, who was in the audience.

Towards the beginning of the concert, Morrissey said,  "The rule for tonight is, 'make it happen'" - as mentioned in the review by Daniel Durchholz for St Louis Today. Morrissey's words were obviously an instruction to Heather to get her blue rose to him, which unfortunately, she wasn't able to do.

As for the signs, they came in the form of hand gestures made at the end of Trumpshifters. Firstly, Morrissey slid his right hand inside his jacket, and then ended the song holding aloft two 'V' signs. Both of these hand gestures are signs of the illuminati, as discussed numerous times both within this blog and the original MorrisseysWorld blog. That list of ours just keeps on growing.






PHOTO COURTESY OF HEATHER - WHO IS AS GOOD AT PHOTOGRAPHY AS SHE IS DELIVERING FLOWERS

Video footage has emerged on Youtube of the moment a dog was passed forward to Morrissey at the concert in Denver on Monday. A quite bizarre happening.



Later today we will find out where Low In High School has entered the UK Album Chart. I am going to predict Number 7.
When the album sleeve was first revealed (Day 2288 of FTM - Axe factor) there was mention of censorship, and although Morrissey told me back in September that, "we have edited enough", it transpires that a number of shops aren't selling the album with the axe cover, but are selling it with a slip case featuring Max Mando in his shopping trolley.



PHOTO COURTESY OF @ONEOCLOCKGUN

That comment of Morrissey's about having edited enough was reported on Day 2300 of FTM, and as I re-read Day 2300 earlier today, I was reminded of this exchange:

ME: What sort of title is When You Open Your Legs? Smut!

MOZ: My songs have always been smut. Smut hidden behind layers of pretence and intelligence.... Pin and mount me like a butterfly... I don't want a love I just want to be seen tied... You see the pattern?

Now that we have gotten to hear When You Open Your Legs, the pattern is indeed revealed.



And as butterflies have been mentioned, let me move onto the visit to FTM by Dawn Mist. At 13:46 UK time today (07:46 Chicago time), Dawn posted this in the comments section of yesterday's FTM:

From beneath the wings of a butterfly comes the delicate but sonically deafening rings of lullaby. Serenade the child in eclipses of emotion and ellipsis of solidity. My impression is invalid. My depression is static. From near the edge of the abyss comes the chasm of mundane existence. My time here is brief, briefer than yours. Do not mourn your own catastrophes when you cannot even comprehend mine. Dockers from the north and Dockers from the south visit my shores, speak my mind and offer little more. Elsewhere I am everywhere but right now I am nowhere. 
Spitting into the sands of time. The answer is yes. Republish in disgust. 

Yours, 
The trio in trifles, 
The trifled threesome, 
The tired trinity, 
The de-robed mob of three 
The triumvirate of chaos, 
Ridiculously resplendent, 


DM, 
OM, 
R. 


LONDON DOCKER

Dawn's words are flowery, full of riddle, and a little melancholic, but the most important thing as far as I am concerned, is that within the words is a reply to my request of the other day for Morrissey to respond to an email I had sent him. The one word answer I was seeking was 'yes', but why use one word when you can use lots of flowery, riddlely, melancholic ones which incorporate Dockers! I thank him for his reply, although I am unable to write here exactly what he is granting permission for.


*Goes off singing* It's 4am, a-a-and once again, I am asked to leave this club in Tel-Aviv. Everything I know-oh-oh-oh-oh dee-serts me now, when you o-pen your legs

Low In High School has entered the UK chart at Number 5, which is a very satisfactory achievement against stiff opposition. It sold far more copies than WPINOYB did in it's first week, and if LIHS had been released in September, it would've reached Number 1. Aside from chart positions and sales, it is truly a magnificent album, and I just can't stop returning to Israel, In Your Lap, I Bury The Living and Who Will Protect Us From The Police.

The latter song in that list was debuted on Saturday night in Chicago, although rather annoyingly, no footage has so far emerged on Youtube - I have read that there was a video accompanying the song, which I presume is the fan-made video that is on YT.

Morrissey also sang Munich Air Disaster 1958, I'm Not Sorry and Hold On To Your Friends, but no footage of these have been posted either. Someone has also reported that the intro to Israel was played, but I have no idea if this is true or not. I reckon that Morrissey should have every concert filmed himself, and then uploaded straight to Youtube. It would mean that we the fans wouldn't miss anything, and Morrissey would be able to partake in his favourite pastime of watching himself as he travels on the tour bus - it's win, win. It's the perfect job for Kevin 'Damon' Phillips - after all, he doesn't have as much seminal hair to look after these days.


DAMON - FILM MAKER?

During the Chicago concert, Morrissey announced, "I did an interview a couple of weeks ago for a German newspaper and, of course, let me just say this - that was the last print interview I will ever do, and unless you see the words form in my mouth, and then you see the words come out of my mouth, please, if you don't see that, I didn't say them."

Morrissey is obviously fuming from the fall-out of that German interview; probably because of a false quote about Donald Trump, but more about that later.

Yesterday another interview appeared in The Sunday Times magazine, which will presumably be the last interview that we get to read for a while - unless of course FTM isn't subject to the ban.



The ST interview with Morrissey was carried out by Chrissy Iley - as mentioned on Day 2354 of FTM. The interview doesn't reveal much that we didn't already know, for example, Morrissey informs us once again that: he doesn't have a permanent home, he doesn't "perform", he has never had a cup of coffee, he drinks weak Ceylon tea, he can cook, he doesn't like mushrooms or garlic, he isn't miserable, he lost hair through medication, he doesn't like sexual labels and Jacky isn't about Brexit.

On the subject of Brexit, Morrissey states that he doesn't believe that Brexit will actually happen, and that, "they're just finding a way to not make it Brexit". I too have always believed this to be true, and wrote an article stating as much back in June 2016.  I believe that Theresa May-Day; who let's not forget voted 'Remain', is purposely trying to fuck up negotiations with the EU. I also believe that at the final hour; with May having convinced the British public that leaving the EU will amount to Armageddon, a second referendum will take place and the result will be reversed.

The one thing about Brexit which I find quite hilarious, is that the 'luvvie left' are constantly blaming the right for it, completely forgetting that most of the Tories voted against it, and that Labour supporters in the heartlands all voted for it. The London elite remain in their own bubble.

On the subject of David Cameron, Morrissey tells Iley that he never banned Cameron from listening to his songs, and even adds, "It's nice if everybody listens, it really is."


CAMERON - NOT BANNED

The one person that Morrissey says that he would like to ban, is Donald Trump, but there is certainly NO mention of Morrissey supporting the killing of Trump, as was initially reported by Der Spiegel, and subsequently picked-up on by The Washington Times, which gave it a headline on Saturday.



It is my belief that the WT's hysterical headline and subsequent article is the reason why Morrissey has decided to stop doing interviews. All the things that Morrissey said in that Der Spiegel interview about multiculturalism, Kevin Spacey etc are all just harmless opinion, but for Der Spiegel to state that Morrissey said that he supports the killing of Donald Trump could be very dangerous, and has no doubt left Morrissey feeling uncomfortable. If the comment had remained in a little known German magazine, then there is no harm done, but once it's been splashed all over the Washington Times, Trump gets alerted to it, as do the FBI. If Trump were to decide to believe the words, Morrissey could be interrogated and ultimately banned from the USA without so much as a by-your-leave. A man who wrote Margaret on the Guillotine and wears a 'Fuck Trump' badge on stage would NOT get any sort of hearing....and that is the world we now live in!



Going back to the ST interview, there were a few things that we did learn, for example, Morrissey is no longer on medication for his Barrett's Oesophagus and his hair has grown back, with Morrissey saying, "It's real. A lot of people my age don't have hair. They don't have teeth, so I feel quite blessed." He also reveals that the tour will incorporate China, Australia and Europe.

MORRISSEY - TOURING THE WORLD..... WITH HIS OWN HAIR AND TEETH

Following the publication of the Sunday Times interview, the ST magazine editor, Eleanor Mills, plus  two of her staff; Matt Rudd and Ellie Austin, then produced a podcast, which is quite possibly the worst thing that I have ever, ever had the displeasure of listening to - not just because the anti-Morrissey agenda is notched up ten fold, but because it gave me a sudden realisation that the people running what were once grand bastions of Britain, like the Sunday Times, are the dumbest, least cultured, brain dead morons that ever existed. I could cry at the lack of intelligence or wit of Eleanor Mills and her cronies - even the staunchest of anti-abortionists would agree with the need to rid the world of people like Mills and Rudd before they take their first breath. Ellie Austin can be forgiven for her youth, but Mills is just nauseating, and Rudd, simply a cunt.


MATT RUDD - A SIMPLE CUNT

Eleanor Mills, with her nasally, whiney voice, for no legitimate reason says Morrissey is, "misguided" for wanting to do a fun photo shoot of himself naked behind a cake and also has the audacity to body shame Morrissey saying he is, "not in the greatest shape", even though Mills herself is the size of an outside lavatory.




ELEANOR MILLS - HAPPY TO GET NAKED FOR A PHOTO SHOOT, BUT DOESN'T BELIEVE ANYONE ELSE SHOULD. PLEASURES HERSELF WITH DEAD FISH... THE ONE TIME THAT BEING DEAD IS BETTER THAN BEING ALIVE

Chrissy Iley too remarked on Morrissey's body in her interview, writing, "I could have done without the bit where the 58-year-old threw his jacket into the crowd and flaunted his unworked-out torso".
If a man were to make such comments about a woman, there would be all hell to pay for, but because it's only old Mozzer, he becomes fair game. Personally, I think he's in great shape....but then again, that is coming from someone without much of his own hair and only a handful of his own teeth. Still, I'd have quite liked to have seen old Moz behind a small cup cake, it would have been something to get your gums into!



Right then, one last check to see if there is any footage on YT from Chicago.....nope!


MORRISSEY IN CHICAGO - SPORTING A BABY PHOTO - HIMSELF? (PHOTO BY @INTL_PLAYBOY)

An hour after I posted my blog entry of yesterday, Morrissey took to the comment section of FTM, in the guise of Dawn Mist, and left this comment:


I do not wish to give you a coincidence but I since there appears to be nobody paying attention to anything... 

Interview for the Sunday Times 26/11/17 

"Just like veganism, he insists, being sexually fluid and gender fluid is now much more accepted. "It's extraordinary. People seem to be very relaxed by it." But when Morrissey announced his humasexuality in 2013, he was a lonely voice. "Yes, I was. I spearheaded the movement. I know no other way, so nothing has changed for me, but the rest of the world leaps on. I am pleased because I want people to be happy. There is an expiration date on our lives on this planet. You have to be yourself and hopefully get some happiness from it. It seems everybody, in every respect of their lives, is coming out of their cupboard saying this is the person I'd like to be. I want to wear these clothes, not those that have been imposed on me. As long as nobody's harmed, I think it's good." 

True Morrissey Blog Post - 'Let Your Juvenile Influences Sway" 14/12/16 

"I have always been influenced by feminism, please dig around the archives and you will find enough evidence of this. I know List of the Lost may point towards me having a rather negative view of women but you can blame Gail Shea for that. My view of gender is thus, no matter what genitals you were lucky or unlucky to have when you were born, they do not define your gender. Your gender is your mind and your gender is whatever you decide to construct it as. A boy has a feminine side and a girl has a masculine side, if they decide to show these opposite sides of their given gender it does not make them strange. It makes them unique. 

It is time to collapse down into the ground the rigid constructs around gender. The body is fragmented. The body is fractured. The body is not natural. There is no natural body. The only natural thing is the mind, not the body, not the limbs. Gender is not something you are, it's something you do, an act, a dress code, a thought pattern. It is not ascribed at birth. Gender is the stylisation of the body. It is akin to suicide in that it is a person taking control of their own destiny and saying "I will not play the role given to me, I am free to be whatever and whoever I choose". The acting of the genders tears down traditional ideas of masculinity and femininity. It tears down, and not before time, the obsolete sexualities. No longer can people be defined by one sexuality or one gender. Indeed both of these things are fluid. 


People must free themselves from the modern idea of gender. Emancipate your body from itself. Free your mind from what you think you knew. Fly with genderless wings, for as you know angels are genderless. Do the Gods really think about gender? Shop wherever you please, release yourself in whatever cubicle you feel you should. Marry, if you're so inclined, in whatever outfit you wish. Gender is a performance." 


So the only question that remains is why do I even bother? 

I mean.. Why does OM even bother? 



Not paying attention, indeed! Morrissey has this great ability to guide and chide all at the same time. It didn't occur to me for one minute that the only other time Morrissey had discussed gender fluidity prior to the Sunday Times interview was on that blog post of last December - which incidentally I re-posted on Day 2019 of FTM.

Surely there must be other interviews where Morrissey has discussed the issue of gender fluidity? - Perhaps not!
Back in the day Morrissey certainly used to bang on about a fourth gender, but I guess the first time he really brought up the subject of gender fluidity was in 2013, when he announced that he was, "humasexual". That may well have been the start of Moz spearheading the movement, but that 2013 statement certainly didn't go into much detail - I guess people have just worked it out for themselves. I shall add this gender fluid 'coincidence' to our list.


A NAIL-VARNISHED, WINGLESS, GENDERLESS NEW DAWN

I replied to Dawn's comment by pointing out that it was 8:03 am in Detroit (which I presume is the current location), and asked genderless Dawn if he couldn't sleep. I got the reply, "Fuck off you ungrateful rum-cunt", which made my day. I think it is safe to say that despite all the recent negative press, Mozzer remains in good spirits.

And well might old Mozzer be in good spirits, for today Low In High School entered the US Billboard Chart at an amazing Number 20. It is truly an incredible achievement, and the whole band plus Joe Chiccarelli should be immensely proud. Korda Marshall should also take a bow. To hell with accusations of sycophantisism, Low In High School is a truly great album.

PICTURE BY FATHER BRIAN

I have nothing else of note to add today, other than to mention that Chrissy Iley has now put the whole of her interview with Morrissey on her own personal website. It comes across as far warmer than Eleanor Mills's edited down version that appeared in the Sunday Times magazine - no surprises there.

And finally, close-up Youtube footage has appeared of Morrissey saying, "make it happen" in St Louis (as reported on Day 2362 of FTM). As Morrissey says the words, he makes a very overstated  'O' sign, which is further proof that this was a clear instruction for Our Heather to get her blue rose to him. A missed opportunity, but never mind, we still have New York.



There are once again two charts this week, with the first one being the ten most viewed Morrissey song clips posted on Youtube from the past seven days, and the second one the Official(ish) Wrong Arms Chart.

THE OFFICIAL YOU TUBE CHART

1. TRUMPSHIFTERS OF THE WORLD UNITE (LIVE IN DENVER 2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bijzz7aYaeM

2. EVERYDAY IS LIKE SUNDAY (LIVE IN DENVER 2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIZoN99T6Cs



3. SPEEDWAY (LIVE IN DENVER 2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bGWAIuXn3g

4. GLAMOROUS GLUE (LIVE IN DENVER 2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmibaD5iPwk


PHOTO @ERICACALIL - NOW BEING USED AS A BACKDROP

5. YOU'LL BE GONE (LIVE IN HOLLYWOOD 2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSIVXhzbdFU

6. IN THE FUTURE WHEN ALL'S WELL (LIVE IN ST LOUIS 2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEf5n96XE14

7. HOLD ON TO YOUR FRIENDS (LIVE IN DENVER 2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvroy7YcUDQ

8. I STARTED SOMETHING I COULDN'T FINISH (LIVE IN ST LOUIS 2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T09QNXhWk4o

9. BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG (LIVE IN CHICAGO 2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpCFx22ETlc

10. I BURY THE LIVING (FAN-MADE VIDEO) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ltF2TTXAoI


THE WRONG ARMS CHART - (THE TOP 10 WAS BROADCASTED LIVE ON TWITTER AT 1PM TODAY)

1. WHO WILL PROTECT US FROM THE POLICE (LIVE IN CHICAGO 2017)  - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://m.facebook.com/groups/2221939213/permalink/10155950473744214/ (FIRST TIME LIVE)



2. I WISH YOU LONELY - "MAKE IT HAPPEN" (LIVE IN ST LOUIS 2017)  - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=8&v=MVA9gymHe-U (AN INSTRUCTION FOR HEATHER)

3. HOLD ON TO YOUR FRIENDS (LIVE IN DENVER 2017) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvroy7YcUDQ (A NOD TO FTM/THE BRS)

4. IN THE FUTURE WHEN ALL'S WELL (LIVE IN ST LOUIS 2017)  - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEf5n96XE14 (A NOD TO FTM/THE BRS)

5. MY LOVE, I'D DO ANYTHING FOR YOU (LIVE IN ST LOUIS 2017) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVqRDrrBdbY

5. EVERYDAY IS LIKE SUNDAY (IN YOUR LAP/TROUBLE PIANO INTRO) (LIVE IN ST LOUIS 2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X33pgL1f154

6. ISRAEL - MORRISSEY (DOWN 5) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCKjotJEWjo

7. WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR LEGS (LIVE IN ST LOUIS 2017) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSi1gV7gCHM&t=14s

8. IN YOUR LAP - MORRISSEY (DOWN 6) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpK0wG1dJeg

9. HOME IS A QUESTION MARK - MORRISSEY (DOWN 6) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOUB_ObOalA&t=164s

10. I BURY THE LIVING - MORRISSEY (DOWN 6) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7V8Rs_ywec

11. THE GIRL FROM TEL-AVIV WHO WOULDN'T KNEEL - MORRISSEY (DOWN 5) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4rwbWRSEyE

12. JACKY'S ONLY HAPPY WHEN SHE'S UP ON THE STAGE - MORRISSEY (UP 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8vTilI264Y

13. ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE MUST FALL IN LOVE - MORRISSEY (UP 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sqHpv8aReQ OR THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dBjvXh9hBs

14. SPENT THE DAY IN BED (LIVE IN DENVER 2017) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8eibfKbUFE

15. I STARTED SOMETHING I COULN'T FINISH (LIVE IN ST LOUIS 2017)  - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymrwH7LYkiA

16. BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG (LIVE IN CHICAGO 2017) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFC9V9TnAME

17. TRUMPSHIFTERS OF THE WORLD UNITE (LIVE IN ST LOUIS 2017)  - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rChD8LFJInM&t=13s




18. JACK THE RIPPER (LIVE IN ST LOUIS 2017)  - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJNH9qTk4CA

19. SPEEDWAY (LIVE IN DENVER 2017) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bGWAIuXn3g

20. SUEDEHEAD (LIVE IN DENVER 2017) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t82DvEUn-f4

21. HOW SOON IS NOW? (LIVE IN ST LOUIS 2017) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYUfyQ6xE0E

22. YOU'LL BE GONE (LIVE IN SALT LAKE CITY 2017) - MORRISSEY (DOWN 13) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCD4YBnCpo8

23. GLAMOROUS GLUE (LIVE IN DENVER 2017)  - MORRISSEY (DOWN 13) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmibaD5iPwk

24. I AM A CLOWN - DAVID CASSIDY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvJ3fKWiqvI


DAVID CASSIDY - DIED NOV 21ST

25. GANGLORD (LIVE IN PHOENIX 2017) - MORRISSEY (DOWN 7) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I729p3c3YhQ

26. I'M NOT SORRY (LIVE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL 11/11/17) (DOWN 4) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuwsSiTU6YY

27. WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS (LIVE  IN PHOENIX 2017) (DOWN 10) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDukraeU4qI

28. BETTER DAYS - SHED SEVEN (UP 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTq4RT-B7Fs

29. ALL YOU NEED IS ME (LIVE ON THE LATE LATE SHOW 2008) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXj3yEn2oBc

30. YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING NOW (LIVE IN DERBY 1983) - THE SMITHS (RE-ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRIwSvQrbmg

31. IN EVERY DREAM HOME A HEARTACHE (LIVE ON OGWT 1973) - ROXY MUSIC (RE-ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G56DaSAeZfM

32. WE HATE IT WHEN OUR FRIENDS BECOME SUCCESSFUL - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6g0gDrCUi8

33. HOME IS A QUESTION MARK - ESHA K (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17KLDtKNO18

34. LOVE SONG IN WINTER - RICHARD CLAYDERMAN (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihYYnEXs8XA

35. (SITTIN' ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY - OTIS REDDING (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTVjnBo96Ug

36. ST LOUIS BREAKDOWN - OLIVER SAIN https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=47&v=QqeklEpDEDo

There is never a dull day in Morrissey's world, but for every day that produces exciting things such as a new record release or an on-stage sign for the BRS, there seems to be a dozen days that bring negativity, hatred and bullshit. Morrissey must either have the thickest skin known to any living being or be permanently curled up in a ball sobbing under the kitchen table. My guess is that it is the latter, although Morrissey doesn't actually have a kitchen table, which is probably just as well, as he really would never come out.




I guess Mozzer must have developed a way of blocking out all the shit, or otherwise he just wouldn't be able to function, but however good you are at coping with it all, it still has to hurt, and when it interrupts with your professional life, then that must make him extremely angry.

Yesterday was one of those negative bullshit days, and the words and actions of a certain Daniel Grinbank have indeed had an effect on Morrissey's professional life. Grinbank is a music promoter in Argentina, and it would appear that he had agreed to put on a Morrissey concert in Buenos Aires next year, but yesterday he U-turned, stating on Instagram, " I find it unacceptable a statement that supports the behaviour of paedophilia ( Kevin Spacey)."

It just makes you want to cry that people can be so thick. Morrissey has made no such statement supporting paedophilia, he actually made a statement questioning the whole situation surrounding the Spacey accusations - and they are just accusations, as Spacey hasn't been charged with anything, let alone been convicted of sex with a minor.

Grinbank has every right not to put on a concert if he doesn't want to, but to not put it on for the reason he has given is just wrong, and it's libellous. People can't just make these sort of accusations and be allowed to get away with it. No doubt Morrissey has already contacted his lawyers, but I very much doubt that he has the energy to take on this Grimwank fool, I guess we will have to wait and see. Who would've thought that the accusations and allegations could have got worse after the plot to murder allegation? Surely there is no one who can get any lower with an accusation?

DANIEL GRIMWANK - A CUNT AND A LIAR 

Yesterday I made mention of the whole unedited version of Chrissy Iley's interview with Morrissey being on her website, and that it came across as much warmer than the version that ended up in the Sunday Times magazine. It is obvious that Ms Iley very much likes Morrissey, and she took to twitter earlier today to tweet, "I am learning when it comes to Morrissey stuff gets made up." Ain't that the truth!

In other news, Morrissey played a concert in Detroit last night, but there isn't a single piece of video footage on Youtube. It has been reported that there was a front row heckler, but I have no idea if this is true or not, or what was said. A few photos have appeared on Twitter, including one of Morrissey giving another 'V' sign.


PHOTO BY KATE @INTL_PLAYBOY - BAND DRESSED IN AMERIKKKA T SHIRTS

The next concert is in Washington DC, so let's hope someone posts some footage from that.

*Goes off singing*  I've had my face dragged in fifteen miles of shit, and I do not, and I do not, and I do not like it

At 11:51 last night - 6:51pm Washington DC time - Morrissey again paid a visit to the comments section of FTM. Dressed once again as Dawn Mist, Morrissey was armed with a song, and some words of surprise:

"4am and once again
I have to point out a coincidence on FTM
It's 4am and once again
I am here to elucidate for the dreary few

Everything Astra Loved is seen
When we sing about LEGS

We are surprised this link has not been seen before now. Please. This is your greatest clue. There may not be another."

















There is certainly a fair few mentions of legs on the new Morrissey album, particularly with the song, When You Open Your Legs, and the wonderful line in Home Is A Question Mark of, "If I get there, would you meet me, wrap your legs around my face just to greet me?", but could all these songs about legs really be a nod to MorrisseysWorld?

It is of course very true that the Morrissey pessoa, Astra, was obsessed with legs, and would be forever tweeting photographs of actresses's legs (including the one of Claudia Cardinale above) or making leg references. For instance, on Day 1317 of FTM (April 23rd 2015) I reported that Astra had tweeted, "I'm taking up songwriting. 'If You've Got the Legs, I've Got the Time'."And in the comments section of that same blog entry, Astra went on to write, "I always love that you always love all of the legs that I always love to always post. Always", before adding, "We'll definitely still have Brigitte's legs. We'll definitely still have my legs. And I'll definitely still always have some Veuve. At least enough for me."

Astra was indeed, leg mad, but she wasn't the only one. Our Mozzer's original MorrisseysWorld twitter account also had previous for legs, especially where Boy George was concerned. On September 25th 2011, OM tweeted to Boy George, "I welcome you with open legs", whilst on February 28th 2012, he tweeted,"In the absence of your tweets and in the absence of retweets, I have decided I'm throwing my legs around @BoyGeorge."




Astra was also, always, champagne mad, and I'm sure that I wasn't the only member of the BRS to smile to themselves on reading the bit in the Chrissy Iley interview, in which Morrissey brings up the subject of champagne - he also mentioned gin, which is Dawn Mist's tipple of choice. When Chrissy Iley said to Morrissey that gin makes you miserable, he wittingly replied, "It's supposed to". I also smiled to myself when Morrissey discussed tequila with Iley saying, "Tequila frightens me. I don't drink it but I see people drinking it and it shocks me. As soon as they neck it they are just completely off their doodas." Did Morrissey's humorous comment about being off their doodas make it into the Sunday Times edited version? Of course not. Heaven forbid that they show that old Mozzer has a sense of humour.


I wrote yesterday about Daniel Grimwank, and later tweeted that Morrissey's statement on stage the other day that he will never again give a print interview was probably related to Daniel Grimwank's false allegations about supporting paedophilia and also the hysterical headlines about Moz wanting to kill Trump. My tweet was replied to by Juliane Liebert (@juliapetpetpet), who had carried out the interview for Der Spiegel. Liebert tweeted, "That's not what was written in the interview tho, none of it"..... and THAT is the problem! On Tuesday we had Chrissy Iley realising that people make things up about Morrissey, and now we have Juliane Liebert realising the same. The interviewers can see that it is all lies, but the public believe the twisted headlines of the mainstream media, so it is perfectly understandable to see why Morrissey no longer wants to give interviews. The media have no interest in balanced views, no interest in humorous anecdotes, and no interest in anything that might be remotely interesting, they are ONLY interested in a headline that gives them publicity. It's a fucked-upworld.


I also wrote yesterday of a heckler at the concert in Detroit. It transpires that someone; who apparently is a Trump supporter, kept shouting, "fuck you" at Morrissey, so Morrissey threatened to leave, but then instead asked the audience if they would like the heckler to go instead. There was an appreciative roar, and so the heckler was ejected. There is a simple message here, if you don't like Morrissey or his views, then don't go and watch him in concert.

There still remains no Youtube footage from that concert in Detroit - except some poorly recorded clips of: How Soon Is Now?, Suedehead, I Started Something I Couldn't Finish, Chain Gang. A Facebook clip of Munich Air Disaster 1958 has been posted, along with an Instagram clip of Moz waving the Venezuelan flag at the end of Who Will Protect Us From The Police, but it is all very disappointing - I like to watch the whole concert, especially when there are different songs added to the set.

Morrissey's eleventh study album, Low In High School, is currently Number 1 in both the UK and US Vinyl Album Charts. The album is also Number 5 in the UK Chart, and as I mentioned on Tuesday, it is Number 20 in the US Album Chart. To put that US chart position into perspective, Paloma Faith - who beat Morrissey to the top of the UK Chart - failed to make it into the Top 200 in America.  At 58, Morrissey remains a global artist at the top of his game. As I have previously mentioned, David Bowie was all but washed-up by the age of 58, so we can no longer use him as a bench-mark to see where Moz sits among the greats at a similar age. Instead, let me turn to Paul McCartney; after all, there is no one bigger than The Beatles.

At age 57 McCartney released his eleventh solo album, Run Devil Run, which reached Number 12 in the UK and Number 27 in the USA. McCartney's twelfth studio album, Driving Rain, was released two years later in 2001, when PM was aged 59.  Driving Rain made it to Number 46 in the UK and 26 in the USA. We obviously don't know when Morrissey will release another album, but there has to be a very good chance that it will do better than Driving Rain.


And finally, the Official Moz twitter account yesterday tweeted that a video would be released today for Jacky's Only Happy When She's Up On The Stage.

This afternoon, as if by magic, the Jacky video appeared. It is all blues and reds, which reminds me of Twin Peaks. Is this Morrissey in The Black Lodge?

The vinyl version of the single is released next Friday, and is set to become Number 1 in the UK Vinyl Chart.

Dawn's mentioning of Morrissey's star maiden pessoa, Astra, on Wednesday night has pulled Astra herself from the ether, and into the comments section of FTM. Here are Astra's rather sad words, posted yesterday afternoon:

"Invoking my name at the altar of the midnight hour can lead only to shadows and the suffocating desires of miscreants. What am I? A wisp? A moment? A never will be. My own loss acrid, and lingering like gunpowder. I was less than a specter's mute witness. Less than the incorporeal, as you all thought you knew me. Seek and you will find - nothing. Or so the story goes. Sought me. Seek me, find me weeping. 

I have a match. I will strike it now, and lit, it will fall on my trailing hem, behind me. I am an effigy. Can I burn, if I was already destroyed? The sanctity of silence, cradling me gently. Always my eclipsed and abysmal silent night. Darkness closes my eyes, abandonment cushions my head. 

Through the seven layers of consciousness, and after as many lives again, to achieve the last level of enlightenment there is final peace; in knowing that there is nothing more. Everybody kills what they love most. Everyone. 

Otherwise, it was something never worth loving in the first place. 

Every time someone kills something they love, without knowing it, they quietly, secretly bury a small piece of their heart. Wandering, and the years pass. And then a few times more, the same action is repeated again. 

At death, you are empty. When you return, again alone, and lost in the ever familiar, then unfamiliar surroundings, you look for those small pieces you tore out of your own heart, and search all over the world for them. 

But you never find them again. 

I was never here before. I am not here now, and the echo of never lasts for centuries." 




Meanwhile, Morfessa -who is actually Dawn Mist - who is actually Morrissey - also made an appearance yesterday, paying a visit to The Wrong Arms just before 4pm (11am Washington DC time). Morfessa's first tweet was, "Secrets and lies."

Morfessa didn't stay long, and the account was again closed as soon as the brief tweeting session was over. Moz tweeted that he was pleased that Twitter had increased the character numbers available, and also tweeted with regard to the dog that was at the concert in Denver last week, saying it made a welcome change from some of the dogs who are usually in the front row - I must confess this did make me chuckle some what.

Morfessa also exchanged a few tweets with Heather, including mentioning the 'Make it happen' invitation in St Louis. I also got a reply to my suggestion that Moz had returned to Twitter because he needed us as much as we needed him, with him saying, "I hate to admit it, but there maybe some truth in there somewhere."

Morfessa also made mention of a, "hidden recording"that may be brought to light, which if true, is VERY exciting.

That's it for today. Tonight is the night where magic could happen, with the BRS President, Kyle Douglas, attending the concert at Madison Square Garden. Will Kyle manage to get his blue rose to Moz? How I would dearly love to be at The Garden tonight, but if I'd disappeared to NYC for a Morrissey concert on my 20th wedding anniversary, then there wouldn't have been a 21st!..... *checks watch*  I wonder if I'd get there in time if I left now?


BRS PRESIDENT, KYLE, WITH FATHER BRIAN IN HIS BLUE ROSE SHIRT - MY, HOW OUR PRESIDENT HAS GROWN


THE BLUE ROSE THAT WILL HOPEFULLY MAKE IT TO MOZ AT MSG

MorrisseysWorld denier, MerryAnne, will also once again be in the front row at tonight's concert. I wonder what thoughts will cross her mind if she sees Moz accept a blue rose right in front of her eyes?

*Goes off singing* How much are those doggies in the front row, the ones who deny it's all true, how much are those doggies in the front row, and where are their roses of blue?

*Changes song* Could be! Who knows? There's something due any day, I will know right away, soon as it shows. It may come cannon-balling down through the sky, gleam in its eye, bright as a rose!

At 12:45pm (New York time) on Saturday, Morrissey took to Twitter (as @TrueMorfessa) and tweeted:

"Make it happen in New York. Blue rose could and should be accepted. I want a front row full of roses."




WE WERE ON!

I excitedly took to Twitter myself, and tweeted, "If Morrissey doesn't accept a blue rose tonight I'll run around The Wrong Arms naked."

The thought of me naked obviously repelled old Mozzer, as he again took to Twitter at 5:32pm (NYC time) to reply,"I retract my first tweet now. There is no need to see a shrivelled and grotesquely bald male appendage."

I pointed out that I would only be naked if he DIDN'T accept a rose, and therefore asked that he accept one for everyone's sake, but at 7:51pm - just 50 minutes before he went on stage at Madison Square Garden - he responded with a rather blunt, "Do fuck off."


Were we still on, or was that, "fuck off" more than just a bit of playful banter?

As I turned off my television set on Saturday night; having finished watching Saturday Night and Sunday Morning on my favourite TV channel, Talking Pictures TV, I headed up the wooden hill to bedfordshire, with two quotes spinning around in my head: the one from Morfessa about blue rose being accepted, plus this Albert Finney (as Arthur Seaton) one from the film I had just watched:

"But I'm not barmy, I'm a fighting pit prop that wants a pint of beer, that's me... but if any knowing bastard says that's me, I'll tell 'em I'm a dynamite dealer waiting to blow the factory to kingdom come - I'm me, and nobody else. Whatever people say I am, that's what I'm not, because they don't know a bloody thing about me.... God knows what I am."




Would I wake up to find Morrissey had accepted a blue rose for the sixth successive year in a row, or would I wake up to find that he had been as unpredictable as ever, and had done exactly the opposite to what was expected?

I woke early on Sunday morning, and having first checked the score in The Ashes - which I wish I hadn't! - I began piecing together the events of the concert at Madison Square Garden.

It didn't take me long to realise that a blue rose hadn't been accepted, and what is more, Morrissey had worn a cardigan, yes, a fucking cardigan, which is the one thing in the world that our old nemesis, MerryAnne, loves more than anything in the world - what a fucking rotter!


MORRISSEY IN A CARDIGAN AT THE MSG WITH HIS ANIMAL RIGHTS MILITIA....IT LOOKS LIKE THE BOYS HAVE BEEN DECORATING THE TOUR BUS!

Incidentally, I hadn't read old cardigan woman's blog for months and months, but having just read it whilst looking for that cardigan link, I see that Moz also shook MerryAnne's hand at the concert in Seattle - what a double fucking rotter! I guess if Morrissey has forgiven MerryAnne for denying him; which he obviously has, then who am I not to forgive and forget. MerryAnne is hereby unbanned from posting on FTM. Her blog is actually quite interesting....although a little too sycophantic, even for me.


MERRYANNE - UNBANNED 

Back to Madison Square Garden. I contacted Father Brian to see if perhaps he hadn't been able to get close enough to Moz with his blue rose, but it transpires that during Spent the Day in Bed, Morrissey walked right over to where Brian and Kyle were stood, and despite the rose being virtually shoved up his nose, Morrissey ignored it, and instead shook hands with someone else.




So that's it - on Saturday night we got 'Unpredictable Moz' and not 'Blue Rose Accepted For the Sixth Year in a Row Moz'. Unless there is a miracle at one of the two remaining concerts on the US tour; at which no BRS members will be attending, then that run of roses being accepted will have come to an end. Astra told us on Friday that, "Everybody kills what they love most." Was this a warning that Morrissey was going to kill off the BRS? Is the BRS now dead? I guess we shall just have to wait for some sort of sign.

As for Saturday's concert, it was incredible - as Billboard agree. For once there is tons of Youtube footage, and there are many highlight songs, which for me were: You'll Be Gone, I Wish You Lonely, Glamorous Glue,  Jacky's Only Happy (which features Boz Boorer doing the dance from the video),  Munich Air Disaster 1958, Who Will Protect Us From The Police?, Hold On To Your Friends, World Peace, My Love, I'd Do Anything For You (with a rather humorous missed cue at the beginning), Astra's song - When You Open Your Legs - which we are informed is about, "human sexual love",  Everyday is Like Sunday (with the In Your Lap/Trouble piano intro and a stage invader), I'm Not Sorry, and my favourite of the night, Home is a Question Mark.

BRS President, Kyle, made it onto the stage with his blue rose in hand during the first encore song, Suedehead, but he was whisked away before Morrissey could see him or his rose. We will never know if Moz would have accepted it.


MORRISSEY SINGING SUEDEHEAD (WITH A NOD TO DAVID CASSIDY IN THE FORM OF A LITTLE BIT OF THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY'S I THINK I LOVE YOU SUNG A CAPPELLA AT THE START) - KYLE ENTERS THE STAGE AT 1 MIN 52 WITH HIS BLUE ROSE, JUST AS MORRISSEY IS EMBRACING ANOTHER FAN. BOTH KYLE AND THE ROSE ARE UNSEEN BY MOZ 



In other news, Morrissey continues to have things written about him by brain-dead luvvie 'lefties' who have completely and utterly bought into some mad notion that Morrissey has turned into a monster, whereas in reality all Morrissey has actually done of late, is what he has always done, i.e. question EVERYTHING.

Two of these brain-dead lefties are: former musician, Martin Rossiter - who I have previously written about - and some complete non-entity called, Michael Calderbank. Rossiter has again taken to Twitter to try and convince anyone who will listen, that Morrissey is racist - this time saying that Mozzer would have a problem with Meghan Markle because she is of mixed race! Rossiter has seriously lost the plot.  As for Calderbank, he is yet another of these former fans, who has decided that he needs to tell the world why he has denounced Morrissey, and has written an article for Red Pepper.

It isn't often that I agree with anyone who writes on the Morrissey-solo website, but this piece by someone called Daniel Maher; written in response to the Calderwank piece, is spot-on:

"I must say, I'm getting increasingly bored by all these identical'I used to love Morrissey when he was fantasising about Margaret Thatcher having her head cut off, but now he has dared to say things not approved of by me, I hate him' articles.

Why should anyone be in the remotest bit interested if you have decided for whatever reason that you don't like a pop singer? That's your prerogative but it's not interesting to anyone but yourself, surely?  

Personally, I find the use of words like 'toxic' and 'problematic' to describe Morrissey's views, deeply sinister. Fair enough if you disagree with Morrissey, but there seems to be a vague suggestion that Morrissey is committing some kind of offence or wrong doing for what he says, and should be censured, silenced or otherwise shut down.

The indignation that a singer doesn't agree with what you think (even though perhaps they never did) is pathetic. Morrissey owed you nothing when you were a disaffected alienated adolescent, and he owes you nothing now. You have not been betrayed. Buy his records or don't. Go to his concerts or don't. Like him or don't. Agree with him or don't. No-one gives a toss."

MICHAEL CALDERBANK

When someone else on Solo pointed out that all these anti-Moz articles seem to be plagiarising each other, and are just re-jigged, Maher added the following rather amusing observation, in the form of an anti-Moz article:

PROBLEMATIC BIG MOUTH STRIKES AGAIN/GET OFF THE STAGE/HEAVEN KNOWS HE'S TOXIC NOW (choose one)  

By A. Bigbaby  

I used to like Morrissey when I was 16 and girls didn't fancy me. His songs about loneliness were obviously sung directly to me, for my benefit. When he was saying all sorts of crazy stuff that was sort of against the things I didn't much care for, I thought it was great! But these days I am a forty-something who works in the media and I have fully subscribed to a list of approved opinions on all sorts of things, like:  
UKIP - racists, and everyone who supports them also racists 
BREXIT - bad and everyone who voted for it is racist 
ISRAEL - Baddies. Everything to do with Israel is really bad. Shouldn't go there in case anyone thinks that you don't think it's bad. 
ANYONE ACCUSED OF SEXUAL IMPROPRIETY - is a criminal, who should be imprisoned, or at least have their career destroyed, regardless of the scale, context, or evidence. 
NOTIONS OF NATIONAL CULTURE - racist to even go there.  

It's true, Morrissey has said some things I like, like killing Donald Trump, that ones alright. But the fact that Morrissey, when asked about certain things, has chosen to express his own opinions that do not chime 100% with these above approved views has shocked me. I did listen to his album, and it's really good and he sounds great. But calling a song Israel is a personal insult to me and as such I'm throwing it in the bin. So there. 

And now I must go and throw Olympian by Gene in the bin.... except I won't, because it happens to be one of my favourite albums of all time, which I guess is why it hurts me to see Martin Rossiter lose Moz - it's the equivalent of a lifelong Pompey fan turning their back on Portsmouth, and going off to support Southampton. Hopefully, one day Martin will see what a fool he has been. It isn't his fault, he, like so many others, has been sucked-in by the media. Politics is also to blame, as it seems to me that once someone has decided that they are either 'left' or 'right', they lose all sense of balance and reason - it's all very sad to see. As for Michael Calderblank, he can go fuck himself, the illiterate cunt.



MORRISSEY WITH THE FORMER LEAD SINGER OF GENE, MARTIN ROSSITER, IN THE DAYS BEFORE ROSSITER BECAME LOST.

I don't have anything else to add today, other than to make mention of the fact that I have gained a new Twitter follower - it's a rare occurrence, usually the only Twitter activity I have is when people unfollow me. My new follower has the handle, @YouAretheMeadow. I have no idea who this person is, but this morning at 2.43am they tweeted this rather lovely tweet:

"You are the meadow. You are every flower in the meadow and the meadow."

This was followed up at 3.50am with:

"What I love most, I will cherish and protect until the non existing end."

And finally, it has been pointed out by a number of people that Morrissey's new video for Jacky's Only Happy is a clear nod to one of the pre-show videos that he has been playing at his concerts - It's The Same Old Song by the Four Tops. The main difference being, that the Four Tops didn't have those those lovely blue suits.








*Goes off singing* I wanted to be there with you, for I can only be normal with you, I, I've given my all for you....

*Changes song* So if I see you, and I tell you how I've watched you, don't make fun of me later, 'cause I'm just lost.

The concert that was scheduled for yesterday evening in Philadelphia was cancelled due to illness.
I have nothing else to report.

Here is this week's charts. The first chart is once again the ten most viewed Morrissey clips uploaded  to Youtube in the past seven days. The second chart is the favourite songs of the BRS from the past week.

THE OFFICIAL YOUTUBE  CHART - DUE TO BE BROADCAST LIVE IN THE WRONG ARMS TODAY AT 2PM....BUT NO ONE CAME, SO IT WAS CANCELLED.

1. JACKY'S ONLY HAPPY WHEN SHE'S UP ON THE STAGE (OFFICIAL VIDEO) (160,837 VIEWS IN 4 DAYS) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51p58z8RyqI

2. SUEDEHEAD (LIVE IN WASHINGTON DC 2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjRCEhAexSA

3. HOW SOON IS NOW? (LIVE IN WASHINGTON DC 2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA1LoK-lcdc

4. WHO WILL PROTECT US FROM THE POLICE? (LIVE IN NEW YORK 2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS2tpUHLqwo

5. I STARTED SOMETHING I COULDN'T FINISH (LIVE IN NEW YORK 2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTH3dB8kVEo

6. EVERYDAY IS LIKE SUNDAY (LIVE IN NEW YORK 2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhVTfhZZd1Y

7. GLAMOROUS GLUE (LIVE IN NEW YORK 2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51p58z8RyqI&t=54s

8. TRUMPSHIFTERS OF THE WORLD UNITE (LIVE IN WASHINGTON DC 2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_-X-qXQMVI

9. MUNICH AIR DISASTER 1958 (LIVE IN NEW YORK 2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSQ5gV7Twjg&t=12s

10. BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG (LIVE IN DETROIT 2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVpVjXCeQLw&t=74s

THE WRONG ARMS CHART

1. HOME IS A QUESTION MARK (LIVE IN NEW YORK 2017) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8LzP0Nc5LY

2. JACKY'S ONLY HAPPY WHEN SHE'S UP ON THE STAGE (LIVE IN NEW YORK 2017) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of8BiSoay48

3. I THINK I LOVE YOU/SUEDEHEAD (LIVE IN NEW YORK 2017) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFf4d6Dhk2I

4. WHO WILL PROTECT US FROM THE POLICE? (LIVE IN NEW YORK 2017)  - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS2tpUHLqwo

5. I'M NOT SORRY (LIVE IN NEW YORK 2017) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgOGltX2Y9E

6. MY LOVE, I'D DO ANYTHING FOR YOU (LIVE IN NEW YORK 2017) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNwbzsNi2Zs&t=104s

7. MUNICH AIR DISASTER 1958 (LIVE IN NEW YORK 2017) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSQ5gV7Twjg

8. WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR LEGS (LIVE IN NEW YORK 2017) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Vj8O9-4s8

9. HOLD ON TO YOUR FRIENDS (LIVE IN NEW YORK 2017) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xQYiFr9Y3o

10. EVERYDAY IS LIKE SUNDAY (LIVE IN NEW YORK 2017) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51tpc0IeggY

11. YOU'LL BE GONE (LIVE IN NEW YORK 2017) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-7tj31--Go

12. I WISH YOU LONELY (LIVE IN NEW YORK 2017) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q43nFL_UsPU

13. GLAMOROUS GLUE (LIVE IN NEW YORK 2017) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51p58z8RyqI

14. SPENT THE DAY IN BED (LIVE IN NEW YORK 2017) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=iQWKPi3uifQ

15. WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS (LIVE IN NEW YORK 2017) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUCh8-X_oW8&t=248s

16. I THINK I LOVE YOU - THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIDDEIWhuRU

17. LOST - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7qng4m8P9o

18. IT ALWAYS RAINS ON SUNDAY - MARY LANGLEY (RE-ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNlL5rYWzNI

Last Thursday Morrissey (as @TrueMorfessa) tweeted, "Hidden recordings may surface oh so soon." There was no further clue as to what this could possibly mean, but yesterday I discovered that Broadcast Music, Inc (BMI) have six new Morrissey/Boorer songs listed on their website.

The titles of the songs (and BMI reference numbers) are:
LOVER TO BE (25804753)
I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE LAUGHED (25804754)
BROW OF MY BELOVED (25804755)
DIANA DORS (25804756)
BLUE DREAMERS EYES (25804759)
THIS SONG DOESN'T END WHEN IT'S OVER (25804760)


DIANA DORS (SMITHS COVER STAR) IN THE FILM YIELD TO THE NIGHT, WHICH DEBUTED ON MY FAVOURITE TV STATION, TALKING PICTURES TV ON MONDAY NIGHT AND IS BEING SHOWN AGAIN THIS COMING SUNDAY AT 10PM

It initially struck me as rather odd that there aren't Morrissey songs listed on BMI for numbers 25804757 and 25804758, but it could just be that another BMI employee was registering other songs on a different computer at the same time. Low In High School tracks don't have consecutive reference numbers either, so I would imagine they were registered at quite separate times. They are as follows:

I BURY THE LIVING (25447242)
GIRL FROM TEL AVIV WHO WOULDN'T KNEEL (25447724)
ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE MUST FALL IN LOVE (25447787)
SPENT THE DAY IN BED (25447798)
MY LOVE I'D DO ANYTHING FOR YOU (25447928)
WHO WILL PROTECT US FROM THE POLICE (25448177)
WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR LEGS (25448251)
ISRAEL (25448568)
IN YOUR LAP (25448629)
JACKY'S ONLY HAPPY WHEN SHE'S UP ON STAGE (25449432)
I WISH YOU LONELY (25449488)

Rather interestingly, HOME IS A QUESTION MARK (7761019) is registered under it's original 2003 listing, with Alain Whyte as Morrissey's joint composer. There isn't a second listing for the new Morrissey/Lopez song.



Morrissey has a total of 305 listings on BMI, including two listings for HAIRDRESSER ON FIRE (516906), which is also listed as HAIR DRESSER ON FIRE (17360738).

STOP ME IF YOU THINK YOU'VE HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE (1414118); which is registered to Johnny Marr and Steven Patrick Morrissey, is also rather bizarrely listed as STOP ME IF YOU'VE HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE (21086028) by John Martin Marr and Steven Patrick Morrissey. Not all of the 305 Morrissey listings are songs that have been released, and they also include songs where other artists have sampled.

Morfessa took to Twitter yesterday at 11:18pm (UK time) and teasingly tweeted me to ask, "What does it mean?"

I can only presume that these are tracks for a deluxe version of Low In High School, but it would be strange for all six tracks to be Boz Boorer written songs, with none from any of the other members of the band....although actually, now I come to think about it, eight of the nine songs on the deluxe version of You Are The Quarry were written by Alain Whyte, so is it really so strange?


In other news, Morrissey had been scheduled to appear on The Late Show yesterday, but it didn't happen - presumably due to the illness which cause the Philadelphia concert to be cancelled.

There is one date left on the US tour - in Boston tomorrow - plus a headline appearance at KROQ's 'Almost Acoustic Christmas' on December 10th and a 'Saturday Session' at CBS on the 16th.

I had quite a lot of spare time on my hands yesterday, so I decided to create a list of all the songs I had seen Morrissey sing live, and also a list of the ones I hadn't seen; including the ones that I would really like to see/hear. When I had completed my list, I tweeted to ask my followers how many songs they thought I had seen, giving the following options:

A) 85
B) 95
C) 105
D) 135
E) 145
F) 165
G) 205



Only a couple of people bothered to humour me by having a guess, but there is a reason I am mentioning it here. I shall explain why later.

Meanwhile, both the Morrissey show in Boston, and tonight's scheduled headline performance at KROQ have been cancelled due to the ongoing illness within Camp Moz, so the US tour is now officially over. Blue Rose was not accomplished in 2017, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the BRS is over, and in fact a comment left on my previous blog entry earlier today, has given me the impression that the BRS is not only very much alive, but has received a BIG nod in Morrissey's video for Jacky's Only Happy - more about that later too. I for one will attempt to get a blue rose to Morrissey at both Brighton and London in March.


As to whether or not it is Morrissey himself who is ill, or one of the other members of the band, we do not know, although if Moz is ill, the good news is, he definitely isn't laying in a coma somewhere, and he still has the ability to laugh. How do I know that? Well, let me explain.

Last night, old Mozzer paid a visit to The Wrong Arms, and after a brief exchange in the public bar, we sidled off together, and continued our chat in the private, and rather squashed compounds of a toilet cubicle. I can't give the full transcript of our conversation because: A) Part of the conversation needs to remain private - at least for now, although I am hoping all may be able to be revealed next week if a certain someone keeps a promise they have made, and B) Much of the transcript has been deleted, without me having copied it - I had NO IDEA that The Arms had employed a cleaner - how annoying.


THE WRONG ARMS REST ROOM - PRE-CLEAN UP

The reason Moz appeared in The Arms was because Twitter user, @YouAreTheMeadow, had brought to my attention the following Morfessa tweet from June 26th: "I dedicate track 8 to @TheRatsBack".
I wrote about this tweet on Day 2213 of FTM. It was in relation to Dawn's album track list (see FTM Day 2206 ). I have no idea why YouAreTheMeadow decided to retweet that tweet of June 26th, but having been reminded of it, I tweeted Morfessa to ask, "So, the real track 8 is The Girl From Tel-Aviv Who Wouldn't Kneel - is it still dedicated to me?"

Morfessa replied, "The real Track 8 from where?". I wittingly (?!) replied, "Lou In High Heels", and got the not-amused reply of, "Hilarious". I could tell that Morrissey was in no mood for a half-witted rat, and tweeted to tell him as much. He replied by saying, "Half-cut rat would be preferable". It was nearing midnight, so I decided that as Moz was in no mood for me, I would head to bed.



Just as I was about to turn off my iPhone for the night,  I saw that Morfessa had replied to another of my tweets, the one in which I asked people to guess how many songs I had seen live. Morfessa had guessed, "365". Even with cover versions, Morrissey hasn't sung 365 different songs live in his entire career, let alone in the seventeen concerts I've attended, so I tweeted, "I haven't been camping outside your shower, you know", to which he retorted, "I'd be very afraid to drop the soap if that was the case." I immediately hit back with, "Rubbish, you'd be dropping it on purpose".

My flirting obviously worked, because Moz grabbed me by the Heinz baked beans, and whisked me into those toilets, where he announced, "That made me laugh out loud." 



He then asked how many songs I had seen live, and wanted to know if I would be publishing the list. I replied that I would publish the list on Sunday, but actually, now that I am writing this blog entry, I will publish it tomorrow instead. I asked Morrissey to guess how many songs he thought I had seen in the seventeen concerts. I pointed out that; Irish Blood, First of the gang, Paris and How Soon is Now had all been played at least ten times each. Morrissey's reply made me laugh out loud:

"I average 40 masterpieces each with engaging and topical audience participation between each."

He then added, "Are you including the Letterman show in this? He was a fat ugly cunt. I couldn't bare him. Well I'd like to say 205 songs. But I fear I could be grossly incorrect."

I replied, "Yes, grossly over. 145", and got the reply, "The average isn't looking good is it?"

Moz then asked,"Do you watch TV. I can recommend something of interest". He then posted this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Promise_(2011_TV_serial) with the words, "I believe it is available on UK telly."

He then felt the need to correct himself, tweeting the word, "Tele", and then disappeared. What's wrong with "telly"?

The link is to a four part TV series from 2011 called The Promise. It is based in Israel, with two stories, one set in the 1940s and one in modern time. Could this series be the influence for one or more of those Israel/Tel-Aviv tracks on Low In High School? The programme is available on the Channel 4 website, so I now have to find five hours to watch it. I shall start tomorrow.


CHRISTIAN COOKE - LEN IN THE PROMISE. DESCRIBED BY WRITER/DIRECTOR PETER KOSMINSKY AS A '"JAMES DEAN TYPE GUY".

And finally,  another of the (presumed) Morrissey pessoa's, Jon the ConMorrissey theorist, took to FTM at 11.40am (3.30am LA time/6.40am New York time/Goodness knows what Morrissey time) today and posted this:

Jackys Only Happy video seems to be a loveletter to "Blue Rose Soc." 

Red/blue lighting references Twin Peaks 

The dancers do v signs over their eyes referencing MW blog 

One dancer is in a blue rose shirt 

The band wear turquoise shellsuits, as made famous by David Icke, another blog legend. 

The video is done in the "pop style" as the blog always said Moz wanted to steal Bieber's thunder. 

Th blog posted an article once in which MW said he would get "the lads" to dance in turquoise and hure backing dancers to break thr charts! 

Amazing 

Jon 


I had previously mentioned that I thought the Jacky video was a nod to Twin Peaks, but hadn't seen it as a "love letter to 'Blue Rose Soc."". WOW! It gives me the belief that the BRS lives. I now need to find that MorrisseysWorld article that mentioned the lads dancing in turquoise. Ws that really true?

Jon also added this:

Barretts oesophagus was even mentioned in an old blog article before anything became public... can anyone find it? 


Is this true too?

Yesterday I wrote that 'Jon the Con' had left a couple of comments on FTM, the first one informing us that an old MorrisseysWorld blog entry had made mention of Mozzer getting his band to dance in turquoise - as they are in the new Jacky video - and the second comment mentioning that Barrett's oesophagus was mentioned in an old MW blog article before the condition had ever been made public.

As yet, I haven't managed to find the 'turquoise' reference, but Our Heather has managed to find the article that mentioned the oesophagus, albeit that there is no mention of old Barrett.

It was January 31st 2013 that Morrissey first made it public that his oesophagus was being treated, but 'coincidentally', there was an MW article nine days earlier (January 22nd 2013) titled, 'Why I Love 'Years of Refusal' by Broken'which mentioned 'oesophagus' in the opening sentence. I wrote about this 'coincidence' on FTM Day 510 (February 5th 2013), but I had completely forgotten about it until Jon the Con mentioned it.... well, it was nearly five years ago. We forget so much, but then again, SO MUCH happens around here, it is easy to forget.

The 'Why I love YOR' article wasn't reproduced in full on Day 510, but I have found a full copy in my secret drawers, so here it is (sorry about the light type, but it was white writing on the MorrisseysWorld blog):

TUESDAY, 22 JANUARY 2013

In other news, this morning I watched the first episode in the four part series, The Promise, which I wrote about yesterday. I was totally gripped from the very start, and sobbing within ten minutes. I can't wait to watch the second episode either later this evening or tomorrow.
I am sure that Morrissey has pointed me towards The Promise because it was the influence for one or more of the songs on Low In High School, and when I tweeted words to this extent earlier today, Morrissey (as Morfessa) favourited my tweet. If nothing else, The Promise is helping me understand more about the history and complexities of Israel.

In other, other news, Morrissey has taken to Facebook to make a statement about his recent interview with Der Spiegel:



Tomorrow I shall publish my concert lists.

Since 'Jon the Con' mentioned on Sunday morning that the new Morrissey video for Jacky was a "loveletter to Blue Rose Soc.", and that there was an old MorrisseysWorld blog article that made mention of getting the band to dress in turquoise, I have been trying to find the MW article in question, but as yet I still haven't managed to find it. What I have found though, is an old MW article from August 2011, which states: "Operating through Youtube, Twotter and Blogger and Facebook, my intention is to be the new Justin Bieber."And here we are in 2017, and Morrissey now has an official Youtube channel, Twitter and Facebook - who's have thunk it? The blogger account remains somewhat, unofficial! My search for all things turquoise continues.


THE NEW BIEBER

As I mentioned in Sunday's blog, on Saturday I decided to go through the set lists of all seventeen Morrissey/Smiths concerts I've attended, and make a list of every song I had ever seen Moz sing live. I then decided to make a list of all the Morrissey songs that I haven't ever seen live. I was rather surprised to find that there are more songs that I haven't seen/heard, than I actually have.

In total I have seen 145 songs, of which 138 are Morrissey compositions, and seven are covers. This list of 145 includes two songs - Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others and Sorry Doesn't Help - which I  didn't technically see, and actually heard them from outside the venue at Great Yarmouth, as I had been ejected for invading the stage during I Keep Mine Hidden....an invasion which resulted in me rather unceremoniously grabbing Morrissey's left knee as I lay face down on the stage.


MORRISSEY HEADING UP GREAT YARMOUTH PIER IN MAY 2009, WHERE HE WOULD THEN ENCOUNTER A LUNGING RAT

I forgot to mention in my blog entry of last Sunday, that whilst in the toilets of The Wrong Arms on Saturday night, Morrissey asked me if there were any songs that I would particularly like to hear live. I said that there were - plenty - and that I would list them, so I have highlighted them in my list of the songs that I haven't seen/heard live - there are SEVENTY SIX! As old Mozzer reckons he plays an average of, "40 masterpieces" per show, he should be able to get all seventy six shoe-horned into the two shows that I'll be attending in March....or maybe not! I'd settle for just hearing songs from Low In High School, although if one or two others from my list of seventy six were to be included, it would certainly be a lovely gift, and also something to add to the 'Coincidence List'. Roll on March.

Whilst on the subject of Low In High School, Jacky's Only Happy When She's Up On The Stage was released on 7 inch vinyl last Friday, with the b side being a live recording of You'll Be Gone from Hammersmith Apollo, which I was there to hear.



Right then, I'm off to watch Part Three of The Promise, and then tonight I'm heading to Bournemouth to see the marvellous Shed Seven. I watched Part Two of The Promise last night, and it was just as gripping as the first episode. I haven't, as yet, seen any obvious links to any of the four Israel related songs on Low In High School, but maybe something will hit me in the final two episodes.

Here are those lists:

SONGS THAT I HAVE SEEN/HEARD LIVE
(Cover songs marked with an *) 

1. Action Is My Middle Name (London Palladium 2011, Manchester Arena 2012, Ed Sullivan Theatre NYC 2013, Long Island 2013, BAM 2013)
2. All The Lazy Dykes (RFH London 2004)
3. All You Need Is Me (Roundhouse 2008, Bergen 2016)
4. Alma Matters (London Forum 1999, Long Island 2013, BAM 2013, Hammersmith 2015, Bergen 2016)
5. Alsatian Cousin (Ally Pally 1992, RAH 2002)
6. Ask (Gt Yarmouth 2009, Salisbury 2009)
7. Asleep (London O2 2014)
8. At Last I Am Born (Portsmouth 2006, London Palladium 2006)
9. Barbarism Begins At Home (Portsmouth 1985)
10. Because Of My Poor Education (Salisbury 2009)
11. Bigmouth Strikes Again (Earls Court 2004)
12. Billy Budd (Portsmouth 1995, London Forum 1999, Roundhouse 2008)
13. Black Cloud (Gt Yarmouth 2009, Salisbury 2009, Manchester Arena 2012, BAM 2013)
14. Boxers (Portsmouth 1995)
15. The Boy Racer (London Forum 1999)
16. Break Up The Family (London Forum 1999)
17. The Bullfighter Dies (London O2 2014, Bournemouth 2015, Hammersmith 2015, Bergen 2016)
18. Cemetry Gates (Salisbury 2009)
19. Certain People I Know (Ally Pally 1992)
20. Come Back To Camden (London Palladium 2011)
21. Death At One's Elbow (Salisbury 2009)
22. Death Of A Disco Dancer (Roundhouse 2008, Gt Yarmouth 2009)
23. Don't Make Fun Of Daddy's Voice (RFH London 2004, Earls Court 2004)
24. Earth Is The Loneliest Planet (London O2 2014)
25. Everyday Is Like Sunday (RAH 2002, London Palladium 2011, Manchester Arena 2012, BAM 2013, London O2 2014, Bournemouth 2015, Hammersmith 2015, Bergen 2016)
26. The Father Who Must Be Killed (Portsmouth 2006)
27. First Of The Gang To Die (RAH 2002, RFH London 2004, Earls Court 2004, Portsmouth 2006, London Palladium 2006, Roundhouse 2008, Gt Yarmouth - from outside having been ejected, Salisbury 2009, London Palladium 2011, BAM 2013)
28. Friday Mourning (Earls Court 2004)
29. Ganglord (Portsmouth 2006, London Palladium 2006, Salisbury 2009, Hammersmith 2015, Bergen 2016)
30. Girl Least Likely To (Ally Pally 1992)
31. Girlfriend In A Coma (Portsmouth 2006, London Palladium 2006, Gt Yarmouth 2009)
32. Glamorous Glue (Ally Pally 1992)
33. Hairdresser On Fire (London Forum 1999, RAH 2002)
34. Hand In Glove (Portsmouth 1985)
35. Handsome Devil (Portsmouth 1985)
36. Have-A-Go Merchant (Portsmouth 1995, Bergen 2016)
37. The Headmaster Ritual (Portsmouth 1985, RFH London 2004)
38. He Knows I'd Love To See Him (Ally Pally 1992)
39. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (Portsmouth 1985)
40. Hold On To Your Friends (Portsmouth 1995)
41. How Can Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel? (RFH London 2004, Gt Yarmouth 2009)
42. How Soon Is Now? (Portsmouth 1985, Earls Court 2004, Portsmouth 2006, London Palladium 2006, Roundhouse 2008, Gt Yarmouth 2009, Salisbury 2009, Manchester Arena 2012, Long Island 2013, BAM 2013)
43. I Have Forgiven Jesus (RFH London 2004, Earls Court 2004)
44. I Just Want To See The Boy Happy (Portsmouth 2006, London Palladium 2006, Roundhouse 2008)
45. I Keep Mine Hidden (Gt Yarmouth 2009 - ejected half-way through for stage invading)
46. I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday (Ally Pally 1992, RFH London 2004)
47. I Know It's Over (London Palladium 2011, Manchester Arena 2012, Long Island 2013)
48. I Like You (RAH 2002, Earls Court 2004)
49. I Want The One I Can't Have (Portsmouth 1985, RAH 2002, London Palladium 2011)
50. I Will See You In Far-off Places (Portsmouth 2006, London Palladium 2006, Manchester Arena 2012, Hammersmith 2015, Bergen 2016)
51. I'll Never Be Anybody's Hero Now (London Palladium 2006)
52. I'm Not A Man (London O2 2014, Bournemouth 2015, Hammersmith 2015)
53. I'm Not Sorry (RFH London 2004)
54. I'm OK By Myself(Gt Yarmouth 2009 - from outside having been ejected, Salisbury 2009)
55. I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris (Roundhouse 2008, Gt Yarmouth 2009, Salisbury 2009, London Palladium 2011, Manchester Arena 2012, Long Island 2013, BAM 2013, London O2 2014, Bournemouth 2015, Hammersmith 2015, Bergen 2016)
56. In The Future When All's Well (Portsmouth 2006, London Palladium 2006)
57. Irish Blood, English Heart (RAH 2002, RFH London 2004, Earls Court 2004, Portsmouth 2006, London Palladium 2006, Roundhouse 2008, Gt Yarmouth 2009, Salisbury 2009, London Palladium 2011, Long Island 2013, Bournemouth 2015, Bergen 2016)
58. Is It Really So Strange? (London Forum 1999, Salisbury 2009)
59. Istanbul (London O2 2014, Bournemouth 2015, Hammersmith 2015, Bergen 2016)
60. It's Hard To Walk Tall When You're Small (Bergen 2016)
61. Jack The Ripper (Ally Pally 1992, Portsmouth 1995, RAH 2002, Bergen 2016)
62. Kick The Bride Down The Aisle (London O2 2014, Bournemouth 2015)
63. The Kid's A Looker (London Palladium 2011)
64. Kiss Me A Lot (London O2 2014, Bournemouth 2015, Hammersmith 2015, Bergen 2016)
65. The Last Of The Famous International Playboys (Roundhouse 2008)
66. Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me (London Forum 1999, Earls Court 2004, Manchester Arena 2012)
67. Late Night, Maudlin Street (RAH 2002)
68. Let Me Kiss You (RFH London 2004, Earls Court 2004, Portsmouth 2006, London Palladium 2006, Gt Yarmouth 2009, Manchester Arena 2012, Long Island 2013, BAM 2013, Bergen 2016)
69. Life Is A Pigsty (Portsmouth 2006, London Palladium 2006)
70. Little Man, What Now? (RAH 2002)
71. The Loop (Ally Pally 1992, Roundhouse 2008, Gt Yarmouth 2009 - from outside having been ejected, Salisbury 2009)
72. Lost (London Forum 1999)
73. Maladjusted (Manchester Arena 2012, Long Island 2013, BAM 2013)
74. Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed (Roundhouse 2008, Hammersmith 2015)
75. Meat Is Murder (Portsmouth 1985, London Forum 1999, RAH 2002, London Palladium 2011, Manchester Arena 2012, Long Island 2013, BAM 2013, London O2 2014, Bournemouth 2015, Hammersmith 2015, Bergen 2016)
76. Mexico (RAH 2002)
77. Miserable Lie (Portsmouth 1985)
*78. Moonriver (Portsmouth 1995)
79. The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get (Portsmouth 1995, Earls Court 2004)
80. Munich Air Disaster 1958 (Earls Court 2004)
81. The National Front Disco (Ally Pally 1992, Portsmouth 1995)
82. Neal Cassady Drops Dead (London O2 2014, Bournemouth 2015)
*83. No One Can Hold A Candle To You (RFH 2004)
84. November Spawned A Monster (Ally Pally 1992, London Forum 1999, Earls Court 2004, Long Island 2013, BAM 2013)
85. Now My Heart Is Full (Portsmouth 1995, London Forum 1999)
86. Nowhere Fast (Portsmouth 1985)
87. Oboe Concerto (Hammersmith 2015, Bergen 2016)
88. One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell (Roundhouse 2008, Salisbury 2009, London Palladium 2011, Long Island 2013, BAM 2013)
89. One Of Our Own (Bournemouth 2015)
90. Ouija Board, Ouija Board (London Palladium 2011, Manchester Arena 2012, Long Island 2013, BAM 2013)
91. Panic (London Palladium 2006)
92. People Are The Same Everywhere (Manchester Arena 2012, BAM 2013)
93. Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want (Manchester Arena 2012, BAM 2013)
94. The Queen Is Dead (London O2 2014, Bournemouth 2015)
95. Reader Meet Author (London Forum 1999)
*96. Redondo Beach (Earls Court 2004)
97. Reel Around The Fountain (Portsmouth 1985)
98. Roy's Keen (London Forum 1999)
99. Rubber Ring (RFH London 2004)
100. Rusholme Ruffians (Portsmouth 1985)
*101. Satellite Of Love (London Palladium 2011)
102. Scandinavia (London Palladium 2011, Manchester Arena 2012, London O2 2014, Bournemouth 2015, Bergen 2016)
102. Seasick, Yet Still Docked (Gt Yarmouth 2009)
103. Shakespeare's Sister (Portsmouth 1985, RFH London 2004)
104. Shoplifters Of The World Unite (Portsmouth 1995, Earls Court 2004, Long Island 2013, BAM 2013)
105. Sister I'm A Poet (Ally Pally 1992, RAH 2002, Roundhouse 2008)
106. Smiler With Knife (London O2 2014, Bournemouth 2015)
+107. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others (Gt Yarmouth 2009 - from outside having been ejected)
108. Something Is Squeezing My Skull (Roundhouse 2008, Gt Yarmouth 2009)
+109. Sorry Doesn't Help (Gt Yarmouth 2009 - from outside having been ejected)
110. Speedway (Portsmouth 1995, London Forum 1999, RAH 2002, London Palladium 2011, Manchester Arena 2012, Long Island 2013, BAM 2013, London O2 2014, Bournemouth 2015, Hammersmith 2015, Bergen 2016)
111. Spring-Heeled Jim (Portsmouth 1995)
112. Staircase At The University (London O2 2014, Bournemouth 2015, Hammersmith 2015, Bergen 2016)
113. Still Ill (Portsmouth 1985, Portsmouth 2006, Manchester Arena 2012, Long Island 2013, BAM 2013)
114. Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before (London Palladium 2006, Roundhouse 2008, Bournemouth 2015)
115. Stretch Out And Wait (Roundhouse 2008)
*116. Subway Train (As an intro to other songs) (RFH London 2004, Earls Court 2004)
117. Such A Little Thing Makes Such A Big Difference (Ally Pally 1992, RFH London 2004)
118. Suedehead (Ally Pally 1992, RAH 2002, London O2 2014, Bournemouth 2015, Hammersmith 2015, Bergen 2016)
119. Sweet And Tender Hooligan (Long Island 2013)
120. Teenage Dad On His Estate (Salisbury 2009)
121. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore (Portsmouth 1985)
122. That's How People Grow Up (Roundhouse 2008)
123. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (RAH 2002, RFH London 2004, Earls Court 2004, London Palladium 2011)
124. This Charming Man (Gt Yarmouth 2009, Salisbury 2009)
*125. To Give (The Reason I Live) (Manchester Arena 2012, Long Island 2013)
126. To Me You Are A Work Of Art (Portsmouth 2006, London Palladium 2006)
127. Tomorrow (London Forum 1999, Roundhouse 2008)
128. Trouble Loves Me (London Forum 1999, Portsmouth 2006, London O2 2014)
129. We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful (Ally Pally 1992)
130. We'll Let You Know (Ally Pally 1992, Portsmouth 1995)
131. What She Said (Portsmouth 1985, Bournemouth 2015, Hammersmith 2015)
132. Whatever Happens, I Love You (Portsmouth 1995)
133. When Last I Spoke To Carol (Gt Yarmouth 2009, Salisbury 2009, Manchester Arena 2012)
134. Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself? (Portsmouth 1995, Roundhouse 2008, Gt Yarmouth 2009, Salisbury 2009)
135. William, It Was Really Nothing (Portsmouth 1985)
136. The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores (RAH 2002, RFH London 2004, Earls Court 2004, Roundhouse 2008, Gt Yarmouth 2009, Salisbury 2009, Hammersmith 2015, Bergen 2016)
137. World Peace Is None Of Your Business (London O2 2014, Bournemouth 2015, Hammersmith 2015, Bergen 2016)
138. Yes, I Am Blind (Hammersmith 2015)
139. You Have Killed Me (Portsmouth 2006, London Palladium 2006, London Palladium 2011, Manchester Arena 2012, Long Island 2013, BAM 2013, Bergen 2016)
140. You Know I Couldn't Last (Earls Court 2004)
*141. You'll Be Gone (Hammersmith 2015)
142. The Youngest Was The Most Loved (Portsmouth 2006, London Palladium 2006, Long Island 2013)
143. You're Gonna Need Someone On Your Side (Ally Pally 1992, London Forum 1999)
144. You're The One For Me, Fatty (Ally Pally 1992, Portsmouth 1995, London Palladium 2011, Manchester Arena 2012, Long Island 2013, BAM 2013)
145. You've Got Everything Now (Portsmouth 1985)

SONGS THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN/HEARD LIVE
(The ones that I would dearly love to see are in bold)

1. Accept Yourself (Not played live since 1983)
2. All The Young People Must Fall In Love
3. Ambitious Outsiders (Not played live since 1997)
4. America Is Not The World (Not played live since 2004)
5. Ammunition (Never played live)
6. Angel, Angel, Down We Go Together (Not played live since 1991)
7. Art-hounds (Only played live once, in 2011)
8. Asian Rut (Not played live since 1991)
9. At Amber (Not played live since 2002)
10. Back To The Old House
11. Bengali In Platforms (Never played live)
12. Best Friend On The Payroll (Not played live since 2009)
13.  Black-eyed Susan (Never played live)
14. Blue Dreamers Eyes (New song - not yet heard anywhere)
15. Born To Hang (Never played live)
16. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
17. Brow Of My Beloved (New song - not yet heard anywhere)
18. Children In Pieces (Never played live)
19. Christian Dior (Never played live)
20. Dagenham Dave
21. Dear God, Please Help Me
22. Dial-A-Cliché (Never played live)
23. Diana Dors (New song - not yet heard anywhere)
24. Disappointed
25. Do Your Best And Don't Worry
26. Drag The River (Never played live)
27. Driving Your Girlfriend Home (Not played live since 1991)
28. The Edges Are No Longer Parallel (Not played live since 1999)
29. Fantastic Bird
30. Forgive Someone (Never played live)
31. Found, Found, Found (Never played live)
32. Frankly Mr Shankly
33. Get Off The Stage (Never played live)
34. Girl Afraid
35. The Girl From Tel-Aviv Who Wouldn't Kneel (Never played live)
36. Good Looking Man About Town
37. Half A Person
38. Hand That Rocks The Cradle
39. Happy Lovers At Last United (Never played live)
40. The Harsh Truth Of The Camera Eye (Never played live)
41. He Cried (Never played live)
42. Heir Apparent (Only played live once, in 2000)
43. Home Is A Question Mark
44. Honey You Know Where To Find Me (Never played live)
45. I Am Hated For Loving
46. I Am Two People (Never played live)
47. I Bury The Living (Never played live)
48. I Can Have Both
49. I Couldn't Understand Why People Laughed (New song - not yet heard)
50. I'd Love To (Never played live)
51. I Don't Mind If You Forget Me (Never played live)
52. I Don't Owe You Anything
53. I Knew I Was Next (Never played live)
54. I Know Very Well How I Got My Name (Never played live)
55. (I'm) The End Of The Family Line (Not played live since 1991)
56. I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
57. I've Changed My Plea To Guilty
58. I Wish You Lonely
59. I Won't Share You (Never played live)
60. If You Don't Like Me, Don't Look At Me
61. In Your Lap (Never played live)
62. I'm Playing Easy To Get (Only played live once, in 2004)
63. Interesting Drug
64. Israel (Never played live)
65. It's Not Your Birthday Anymore (Only played live once, in 2009)
66. Jacky's Only Happy When She's Up On The Stage
67. Jeane (Not played live since 1985)
68. Journalists Who Lie (Never played live)
69. Julie In The Weeds (Never played live)
70. King Leer (Not played live since 1991)
71. Kit (Never played live)
72. Lazy Sunbathers (Never played live)
73. Let The Right One Slip In
74. Lifeguard On Duty (Never played live)
75. Lifeguard Sleeping, Girl Drowning (Never played live)
76. London
77. Lover To Be (New song - not yet heard anywhere)
78. Lucky Lisp
79.  Margaret On The Guillotine (Never played live)
80. Michael's Bones (Never played live)
81. Mountjoy
82. Mute Witness (Not played live since 1991)
83. My Dearest Love
84. My Life Is A Succession Of People Saying Goodbye
85. My Love, I'd Do Anything For You
86. My Love Life
87. Never Had No One Ever
88. The Never Played Symphonies
89. Nobody Loves Us
90. Noise Is The Best Revenge (Never played live)
91. Now I Am A Was
92. Oh Phoney (Never played live)
93. Oh Well, I'll never Learn (Never played live)
94. On The Streets I Ran (Not played live since 2006)
95. The Operation (Not played live since 1995)
96. The Ordinary Boys (Never played live)
97. Oscillate Wildly (Never played live)
98. Our Frank (Not played since 1991)
99. Paint A Vulgar Picture (Not played since 1997)
100. Papa Jack (Never played live)
101. Pashernate Love (Not played live since 1991)
102. Piccadilly Palare  (Not played live since 1992)
103. Please Help The Cause Against Loneliness (Never played live)
104. Pregnant For The Last Time (Not played live since 1991)
105. Pretty Girls Make Graves
106. The Public Image (Never played live)
107. A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours
108. Safe, Warm Lancashire Home (Never played live)
109. Satan Rejected My Soul (Not played live since 1997)
110. Shame Is The Name (Never played live)
111. Sheila Take A Bow (Only played live once, in 2012)
112. Sing Your Life (Not played live since 1991)
113. The Slum Mums (Never played live)
114. Sorrow Will Come In The End (Never played live)
115.  Southpaw (Never played live)
116. Spent The Day In Bed
117. Striptease With A Difference (Never played live)
118. Suffer Little Children (Only played live once, in 1982)
119. Sunny
120. A Swallow On My Neck
121. Sweetie-Pie (Never played live)
122. The Teachers Are Afraid Of The Pupils
123. Teresa, Teresa (2007 song. Never played live - not yet heard anywhere)
124. There's A Place In Hell For Me And My Friends (Not played live since 1991)
125. There Speaks A True Friend (Never played live)
126. These Things Take Time (Not played live since March 1 1985 - 2 days before I saw The Smiths)
127. This Is Not Your Country (Never played live)
128. This Night has Opened My Eyes (Not played live since 1986)
129. This Song Doesn't End When It's Over (New song - not yet heard anywhere)
130. Tony The Pony (Never played live)
131. Treat Me Like A Human Being (Never played live)
132. Unhappy Birthday (Never played live)
133. Unloveable (Never played live)
134. Used To Be A Sweet Boy (Not played live since 1995)
135. Vicar In A Tutu
136. Well I Wonder (Never played live)
137. What Difference Does It Make? (Not played live since 1984)
138. When I Was Young (2007 song. Never played live - not yet heard anywhere)
139. When You Open Your Legs
140. Who Will Protect Us From The Police?
141. Wide To Receive (Not played live since 1997)
142. Will Never Marry
143. Wonderful Woman (Not played since 1984)
144. You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby
145. You Must Please Remember (Never played live)
146. You Should Have Been Nice To Me (Never played live)
147. You've Had Her (Never played live)
148. You Were Good In Your Time (Never played live)

And as if there weren't already enough lists and stats for one day, here is......

THE WRONG ARMS CHART

1. YOU'LL BE GONE (LIVE IN LONDON 2015) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cToLKtHv9ng

2. JACKY'S ONLY HAPPY WHEN SHE'S UP ON THE STAGE - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZuB5TWrSv4

3. IN YOUR LAP - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jumNAMAy3M

4. TROUBLE LOVES ME (LIVE IN LONDON 2014) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L9W-27XWEM

5. HOME IS A QUESTION MARK (LIVE IN NEW YORK 2017) - MORRISSEY (DOWN 4) https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=er5j6tnhpis

6. ISRAEL - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCKjotJEWjo

7. HOW SOON IS NOW? (LIVE IN LONG ISLAND 2013) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAweuiHZQN0

8. IT'S HARD TO WALK TALL WHEN YOU'RE SMALL (LIVE IN BERGEN 2016) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=issfdiq16p8

9. YES, I AM BLIND (LIVE IN SANTA ANA 2014) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sTDWGqBdfo

10. HAVE-A-GO MERCHANT (LIVE IN BERGEN 2016) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hWMv6vWtck

11. WHO WILL PROTECT US FROM THE POLICE (LIVE IN NEW YORK 2017) - MORRISSEY (DOWN 7) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTHS-KuH6Ms

12. NOBODY LOVES US (LIVE IN LONDON 1995) - MORRISSEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqCTvimkPz4

13. I KNOW IT'S OVER (LIVE IN MANCHESTER 2012) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4U0IZ4q8TA

14. OBOE CONCERTO (LIVE IN LONDON 2015) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30gxhiemV8A

15. STILL ILL (LIVE IN NEW YORK 2012) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPqwwA0ZQiQ

16. LAST NIGHT I DREAMT THAT SOMEBODY LOVED ME (LIVE IN SINGAPORE 2012) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwJjeUMvbww

17. I'M NOT A MAN (LIVE IN BOURNEMOUTH 2015) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_e5PKxZXrg

18. I COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOUR LOVE - PETULA CLARK (RE-ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWTun8B1lHg

19. NEVER TURN YOUR BACK ON MOTHER EARTH - SPARKS (RE-ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haf5s0b--zw

20. MUNICH AIR DISASTER 1958 (LIVE IN NEW YORK 2017) - MORRISSEY (DOWN 13) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSQ5gV7Twjg

21. LET ME KISS YOU (LIVE IN HOLLYWOOD 2017) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=UEwBOl9IOW4

22. THAT'S ALRIGHT MAMA (1968 COMEBACK SPECIAL) - ELVIS PRESLEY (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJd-av4HgRw

23. THE BULLFIGHTER DIES (SPOKEN VERSION) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=OrQTxeLPMEg

24. COMMENT TE DIRE ADIEU - FRANÇOISE HARDY (RE-ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7wIzUOaJ4I

25. ONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS SONG - GERALDINE MCQUEEN (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2A-wYBDRv4

26. THESE DAYS - NICO (RE-ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTb4404YOFg

27. EVERYDAY IS LIKE SUNDAY (LIVE IN HELSINKI 2014) - MORRISSEY (RE-ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSpWK19XscQ

28. SURFIN' BIRD (LIVE) - THE CRAMPS (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb1bTiu4fW4

29. COWBOYS AND ANGELS - GEORGE MICHAEL (RE-ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTCJIrHiue4

30. BODY TALK - IMAGINATION (NEW ENTRY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KnYAVjraEo

I am continuing to search through my drawers looking for an old MorrisseysWorld blog article that references the band wearing turquoise outfits; as mentioned by Morrissey pessoa, 'Jon the Con' on Sunday. I haven't yet been able to locate the said article, but I am certainly having some fun re-reading some of the old MW classics, and have also stumbled across a few FTM entries that were never published. One such FTM entry is Day 1098 from September 17th 2014, which it would seem I didn't publish at the time, because I was disillusioned at the lack of interest or interaction with both Morrissey and FTM. I have now published Day 1098, along with a few others.

And as it is a dull, rainy day, here is one of those old MW classics to warm your cockles. It is from late August 2011. Enjoy:

Mozzer's Perspective: A Dark World Aches For a Splash of the Sun, Def Leppard grease balls and other topics


Dumb ass teens with fixed grins fall out of buses and fast food death shops clutching their energy drinks; armies of cloned skinny boys in rakish-cut jeans, with Bieber-mops and imitation 70s satchels over a pointy shoulder laze here and there with The Strokes on their iPods; and then there's the sorry pale wretch with long fuzzy hair, a leather jacket and personal hygiene so poor Bob Geldof is Liberace by comparison, skulking around some street corner, wishing he was somebody else entirely - no, not Russell Brand, silly - a Def Leppard fan, friendless and pathetic; this, my friends, is modern Britain. And where does Old Mozzer fit into this crass multi-cultural meat parade? Oh, nowhere - nowhere at all.


Welcome to the world's least successful celebrity blog. Cowering politely under the shield of quasi-anonymity, holding for grim life on to the sword of irony that has served me so well these years, Old Mozzer has fashioned himself a small voice in the pixelated wilderness of what George W. Bush once referred to as 'the internets.' In a world where the planet's least articulate man is charged with arguing the case for perpetual war, talent contest winners publish their memoirs before embarking on life, Sir Elton John is considered a recording artist, and people - in their utter desperation - turn to a mystical 230lb benefit-scrounging slob called Buddha for lifestyle advice, failure is the ultimate vindication of one's talent.

And so, as if to confirm the mind-warping madness of this world we quietly or not-so-quietly inhabit, our gaze turns inexorably towards Peter Mardles'excruciatingly bland review of Young The Giant's debut album. Beginning with the de rigeur dig at Old Mozzer's post-2004 output, before moaning his way through the aforementioned masterpiece with all the flair and deftness of touch of a hod carrier down the local building site, and finishing arguably the dullest review I've ever read with a back-handed compliment to the singer - how Mardles actually finds work is the biggest mystery of all.

Mardles can't even impress the English teacher when he returns to the old school to bore the boys with anecdotes from his life among letters, leaving - as he does - his comma dangling outside of his inverted commas. Oh dear, what is journalism coming to? They can't even manage basics these days, it seems. My, how standards at the broadsheets have fallen. But then this is the Guardian/Observer we're talking about, home of Petriditis and Empire. C'est la vie. Glancing back over Mardles' previous reviews, one finds the same snotty I-wish-I-had-been-a-proper-writer angst permeates all of his 'contributions,' the same studied pretension of disinterested good taste, the same nauseatingly middle class pseudo-humility, and the odd grammatical howler. What? His name is Paul? Well, Peter/Paul - it matters little. If he's lucky his family will remember him when he's gone. Regards art critics as useless and dangerous, said Filippo Tomaso Marinetti; had he lived to witness the living car crash that is Mardles' journalistic career he may well have added the word 'irritating' to that list. What is truly extraordinary is that we allow such talentless, uncreative souls to stand in judgement of anybody at all. Why must mediocrity constantly seek to undermine genius? Jesus, Galileo, Oscar Wilde, Anne Frank, Neil Hamilton, Morrissey and now Young The Giant... will the persecution never end?

Speaking of the talentless, following on from my entirely reasonable critiques of Dep Leppard's singing moron and one-armed wife beater of a drummer (it's always the drummer...), according to the site stats, we have been flooded by angry, long-haired Def Leppard fans from board.defleppardnow.com, and facially tattooed maniacs more generally from forums.metalsludge.tv. Most of the criticism seems to relate to my comments about the supreme cowardice of a one-armer taking out his bitterness at having only one upper limb by using said arm to give his wife a good slap around the face. Quite honestly, I don't understand the anger. Whatever next? One-legged man on mobility scooter takes time out during trip to the library to stamp on unsuspecting homeless person sleeping in the gutter? Man with only two fingers tries to strangle his life partner to death while he sleeps? Elton John attempts to say something witty/insightful? Come now. We all have our limitations. Learn to live with them, and don't take it out on everyone else.

As for the dreary dullards writing libel about Old Mozzer in the metal sludge forums, I strongly suggest you CEASE AND DESIST immediately. If those comments continue, I shall contact my lawyers and sue you, using legal coercion to have you named and shamed, regardless of your delusions of anonymity. You have been warned. I strongly suggest that if you value the roof over your head, you rein in your fingertips. And do please stop bringing over to my ironic homepage the stench of body odour and self-pity. The whole pity-me attitude of those heavy metal ponces makes me sick, quite frankly. You've got your health, you're not Elton John. What is there to whinge about really? Over here in Morrissey's World our focus is global: the cancellation of third world debt; tackling the blight of starvation in Africa; and strategies for preventing Elton John ever having a number one record again...

Incidentally, don't think for a moment that the band pictured above would fear bumping into those hard rock gurly boys Def Leppard at the Grammy's, or indeed elsewhere. Morrissey's band is the hardest band around - there's Boz with his steel toe caps, Jesse with his street connections, and the Walkers, of course, who must be the hardest married couple in pop now that Sonny and Cher are no more. Def Leppard certainly wouldn't want to bump into us down a dark alley. I beg your pardon?.. Now that's just rude.

I'm pleased at the generally positive response to my recently announced US/Mexican tour. To those feeling dejected at my avoidance of almost all of the United Staes, fear not: the odd date is likely to be added in the not-too-distant future, TV schedule permitting. You will also see me appear with either a white rose or a red rose before Christmas, and at some point a manufactured act will adorn my breast. Another pledge. One can only hope it's not the face of Robert Smith - surely a bridge too far?

To those who noted the 'All Ages!' reference in the Santa Fe poster, and who correctly surmised the reason for the exclamation mark was the recent Aunty Mozzer's advice column - age restrictions at Mozzer's live strip shows - well done. I'm thrilled any of you still bother to scour my symbolism for hidden meaning, particularly after I forced you all to endure 'OK By Myself' on my 2009 tour: a song without any primary meaning, let alone secondary.. I shouldn't have played it. Some things are just wrong. Never again - possibly!

The joys of speaking freely to the intelligentsia are matchless. Thank you for listening.

Morrissey






Last night I went to see Shed Seven at the O2 Academy in Boscombe, Bournemouth. The venue was originally called The Boscombe Grand, and is a very intimate venue that both Bowie and Bolan have played. I must confess, that until last night, I had never heard of the place.  I would LOVE to see Morrissey play here. I put the idea to Morfessa on Twitter earlier today, and got the humorous reply, "This would of course depend on their cancellation policy..."....at least, I think it was a humorous reply, it could quite possibly be very serious!


SHED SEVEN AT THE BOSCOMBE GRAND

And finally, on Monday I reported that Morrissey had issued a statement regarding his recent interview with Der Speigel. In the statement Morrissey wrote that he would:
1. Never Kill Donald Trump
2. Never Support Kevin Spacey's private proclivities
3. Never Support abuse of children
4. Never Never support sexual harassment
5. Never support rape

Morrissey also added that Der Speigel didn't convey his views fairly, and that he would never speak to the print media again.  He signed off by reporting that he had requested an unchopped, un-fiddled with audio of the interview, which had been refused.

Yesterday, in response to Morrissey's statement, the interviewer, Juliane Liebert released the audio. I haven't personally bothered to listen to it, but funnily enough, it has been confirmed that ALL FIVE of the above points are correct. Yes Morrissey gave a view on each of the five subjects, but he DIDN'T give support; just as he DIDN'T give support with his statement about the UKIP leadership election. Der Speigel could have used a whole number of positive headlines for the interview, but they went with:

""The person who is called a victim is only disappointed""

and then added a sub-heading of:

"Morrissey praises the Brexit referendum, defends Kevin Spacey and Harvey Weinstein and calls Berlin a "rape capital" - because of the open borders. Seriously?"

Der Speigel purposely looked to sensationalise Morrissey's views, in the quest for worldwide publicity.... and it worked, with the mainstream UK and USA media picking-up on the interview, and making sensational headlines of their own. As the headlines got more and more ridiculous,  Juliane Liebert took to Twitter - as reported on Day 2368 of FTM - to state that Morrissey HADN'T supported the killing of Trump, and HADN'T supported abuse of children, but her original headlines had already caused the damage. Oh, Juliane!




There really is nothing left to say about the Der Speigel interview. Those Morrissey fans who have decided to believe the sensational headlines, and who now spend all day every day chastising him, should just move away from The Mozziah, and get on with their lives without Morrissey. They will probably feel like it is a bereavement, but they have brought it upon themselves. If only they had opened their eyes.  Those of us who can see through the bullshit media, will continue to enjoy listening to Morrissey's music, will enjoy attending his concerts, and will enjoy reading his views on various subjects. The world is FULL of crashing bores.

And now to far more important matters, looking for that 'turquoise' reference, and watching the remainder of The Promise.

*Goes off singing* Oh, he said he'd cure your ills, but he didn't and he never will....and I'm not happy, and I'm not sad.