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Last month Morrissey issued a statement that his book, Autobiography will not be release on September 16th due to "a last-minute content disagreement between Penguin.…
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Why do you come here? And why do you hang around?" - Morrissey
As a longtime Morrissey/Smiths fan, I've decided to start compiling these little clippings from popular culture at
Registered Historical Facts. If you know about a Smiths/Morrissey cover song or just randomly saw it in a movie, send me the details and I'll add it to the registry.
Here's a clipping from a semi-recent issue of
Rolling Stone #1196 (21 November 2013), which reveals Morrissey's Enemies List.
Even more Rolling Stone coverage, they've compiled
15 Quotes that appeared in the Morrissey biography book
Autobiography. On another topic, can I tell you how much I hate these stupid list? It's just a way to sell you ads when you click on the 'next' link.
Even more Morrissey:
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1992: The Sextants' "Morrissey" song was originally released in 1992, but the album I Don't Lie was re-issued last month (28 October 2013).
The song contains Morrissey-esque/"Muppet" vocal styling, "I can sing like that guy from the Smiths, Morrissey, yeah that's his name..."
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1990: In the comedy-drama film Men Don't Leave, actor Chris O'Donnell is seen wearing The Smiths' "There is a Light that Never Goes Out" (Boy eating ice-cream) T-Shirt. When his girlfriend asks why he always wears it, he defends himself by saying, " I like this shirt!".
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1986: An instrumental version of The Smiths' "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" by The Dream Academy was used in a sequence in the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
Also, a large Meat is Murder poster can be seen hanging in his room.
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2013:
Ebony Bones!' album Behold, a Pale Horse features a cover of the Smiths' "What Difference Does It Make?"
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2013: Morrissey, who appeared at a recent Sparks show in Los Angeles is the subject of one of Sparks' song called "Lighten Up, Morrissey". The 2008 song is available on the fourth disc of their New Music For Amnesiacs: The Ultimate Collection boxset.
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1996: In Sleeper's song "Dress Like Your Mother", singer Louise Wener sings, "You sold your old punk records, read the book instead.
You lost your sense of humour, but you kept The Queen is Dead. You don't look yourself, you dress like your mother."
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2013: Keith Top Of The Pops & His Minor UK Indie Celebrity All-Star Backing Band has a song called "Morrissey Will Never Forgive Me" from his album TOTP 2.
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2013:
Dana Gould's comedy album I Know It's Wrong quote Morrissey in his final speech, "The Smiths were really right: It's so easy to laugh, it's so easy to hate, it takes guts to be gentle and kind..."
Hear the excerpt.
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2013:
The Bandana Splits covered Morrissey's "Everyday is Like Sunday" in their 50s doo-wop style.
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Genial!!!
Posted by: zb | 12/05/2013 at 10:58 AM