Morrissey - The Solo Years - {Complete Film}
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- Опубликовано: 20 май 2013
- {Complete Film}. The solo career of Stephen Patrick Morrissey has, to date, lasted five times as long as that of his former band The Smiths. So while, as with the majority of artists, his most memorable and significant work was created during his first few years in the business, his numerous solo records, issued across three decades, prove that Morrissey was the main creative force in The Smiths, Johnny Marr not having released anything memorable since the split, and the other two not having released anything at all except as session musicians. This film documents Morrissey s solo years and tells the story of this period of his life in vivid detail. Featuring rare footage of Mozzer in performance and in interview, contributions from those who have known him best (including Tom Wilson, Stuart Maconie and numerous others), seldom seen photos, location shoots, news clips and a host of other features. Extras include digital Morrissey discography and Morrissey online quiz.
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Morrisey about the only star telling the truth these days
He's an idiot, but a brilliant genius at the same time.
Amazing lyricist, and a sad little man in civil.
morrisey is one of those artists where his ego is absolutely massive, but when criticised for that fact, he subsequently proves why his ego is so massive
Brilliantly put
Typical… but made him exactly who he is. That we love. Bummer he basically ruined the Smiths. They could have been a great band for MUCH longer. All his fault.
I love The Smiths and Morrissey's solo work equally. It really is a shame that so many Smiths fans won't even give Morrissey's solo work a chance even after all these years.
Moz,, marr they were equals and they knew it ....I loved both sides it was a breath of oxygen to me....I suffer from depression and this lot made life bearable for me....Moz was using the words I felt and needed to hear not to punch my own ticket...
I don’t think this is true now. Especially millennial Moz fans despite these facts are usually fans of both.
Viva Hate and Bona Drag* are both masterpieces. Fantastic pop albums with some of the best lyrics Moz has ever written and some of the most risky and adventurous music...
But songs like Sing your Life, Throwing my arms around Paris, You have killed me, Kiss me a lot, The more you ignore me... are enough to build ANY artist's career... Moz' solo career is epic and legendary.
No it isn't. His band career was.
@@LaughingStock_yes. It is.
Most of It's not even new that's the saddest part, Morrissey has been solo for 25 years, his solo work is amazing. But many Smiths fans are stuck in 1987 and won't give any of his solo work a chance.
NOPE…. No respect for his business decisions. Love his voice. It was really Johnny’s band. Major respect of J-Marr. He was the band.
Our village country pub used to have a jukebox. It was filled with old tunes from the 50s and 60s like “ The Crystal Chandeliers “ and the most modern music was Status Quo or Mungo Jerry but somehow “ Girlfriend in a Coma “ was added to the machine One night I walked into The Three Bells - full of crusty old retired Farmers with their Jack Russells & Collies - to suddenly hear the sound of Morrissey crooning loudly above them all ! It was one of the most bizarre musical moments of my life 😁
Nice memory x
Someone picked up on the girl group parody "Leader of the Pack" melodrama down to the "Bye, bye baby, bye-bye" that makes it so funny. Doomed romance was a theme in early rock:Tell Laura, Running Bear, etc.
Life is all about these moments.......
as 'weird' as Morrissey may appear, he's NOWHERE on the scale compared to a farmer and his jack russell
@@maureenlansley671 it is filled with them but it's special when our mind has the wherewithal to take note of them.
Moz solo is top notch. “Speedway” is by far my favorite song of his. Just as good as the best smiths songs.
So true. Speedway is special.
Johnny Marr is undoubtedly a great guitar player, but as a personal opinion, in music it's the lyrics that runs, and upon that point of view, Morrissey is a gifted. He is really someone out of the ordinary. He's a tremendous song writer. God bless him for what he's already gave us.
As I see it, in music it's all about lyrics. You pass a message whether a personal experience, a caleidoscope view of the (your) world, anyway a message that glues, an 3/4 of the success is there. After that it's just a question of a great music writer.
not really. marr was the genius behind the smiths. almost all there biggest songs are iconic because of the guitar work. this charming man,hand in glove, what difference does it make are all big songs because of the guitar
@@fraser7118Yes all The Smiths song started with the tunes from Johnny Marr. Morrissey would live with the tapes Johnny gave him for a few days and come up with the lyrics
I like how Morrissey never ever appears in any documentary about him.
Hahaha ikr
He's in one of them. The Quintessence of being Morrissey.
Morrissey really is a fantastic lyricist and singer. He deserves far more attention that he gets.
He is the 🐐
I'm not sure he really suffers from a deficit of attention ..
He DOES get lots of attention. What ARE you on about?? 🙂
i agree
"Deserved". Like Patti Smith, you can only take so many LPs before it gets tiresome.
Delicious singer, heavenly sound, poet and lyricist
Hi I like your accent
He's so dreamy. I love Morrissey.
I would say hairdresser on fire is a awesome song and a personal favourite of mine
Had to check- thought you'd made it up😅
"Your Arsenal" and "Vauxhall" were the masterpieces. Although I really love "World Peace" more than most other fans do
Years of refusal
Your Arsenal was great. But Viva Hate and Bona Drag were classics as well. Poor, poor Kill Uncle. So unappreciated. And that's the tour I first saw him on, as well!
Kill uncle is an incredible album. So under rated
Years of refusal
ya you are right
Morrissey is a genius, and The Smiths are one of the most important bands of all time
Morrissey HAS had a few amazing solo albums, lest we forget. For me Vauxhall and I ranks highest - the best combo of lyrics, songwriting, and relatively understated production in his catalogue. Your Arsenal comes next followed closely by Viva Hate (despite the somewhat cheesy 80's pop production on some of the numbers).
I love Maladjusted...
2023 here and Morrissey just did concerts in Australia
which show he is still in fine form, strong voiced, and genial as ever.
Morrissey's autobiography 1 through 14 is incredibly enjoyable.. The references to the lyrics written in his autobiography are wonderful and I can connect w in the book. Its poetic, witty and elegantly written. I don't love Morrissey anymore, I adore him. He does have a Latin heart.
Morrissey expresses, critics recoil, fans understand.
The Smiths desperately needed a manager Morrissey could respect.
Does such a thing exist?
Anyway, it's great to hear Tony Wilson's perceptive opinions. He was almost always right.
I have to disagree, The Smiths were pure magic a perfect band, lyrically and musically.
@dani cali it's his personality
@dani cali Just because his band are more friends with moz doesn't mean that they make better music.
@@Pazuzu82 the smiths make no music because they couldn't get along
Disagree all you want. People and their fuckin comments
The Smiths-
ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL
The smiths were/are the greatest band EVER, Morrissey is the only songwriter who is in the same league as Dylan ❤️my life is better because of this group, we are very privileged indeed to have known and love them now and forever ❤️💔
He's also one of the greatest lyricists of all time, in my opinion the greatest.
I agree, he is the greatest!
I won't say that, but he knows how to sing his songs! He's one of the best music arrangers around, coz he can take a ridiculous song (Last of the famous international playboys) and work magic. Like Johnny Taylor's 'Rome wasn't built in a day'
Morrissey isn't given enough credit for being an immensely talented GREAT singer like Johnny Taylor or even Marvin Gaye.
Agreed
As a lyricist, he belongs in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame... As a band member, he belongs in with the rest of The Smiths
The magic of the group together I really miss. I love Morrissey...
I'll always worship my musical god Morrissey!
A Morrissey documentary with no Morrissey music in it! Interesting none the less
@dani cali because you're just that dumb
Good show. I recommend! An artist comes goes to Morrissey's house to work on the album cover and sits on a couch. The artists comes back to Morrissey's house another day and notices the couch is gone. The artist asks "Where did the couch go, are you moving?" Morrissey replies with "What couch?" LOL
Very interesting watching this in 2018 as Morrissey comes round again.
Kill Uncle is a fantastic album, and as usual, the critics don't get Morrissey. It kept the spirit of the Smiths but didn't mimic anything, it just kept the style going... to me.
His voice was best in this era
He's an absolutely brilliant guitarist, but we all know he didn't write those songs. He doesn't need to claim them, he's done so much great work and he's certainly appreciated.
Huh?
@@glensky72 John is evidently talking about guitarist Vini Reilly, not Morrissey. In the documentary Reilly claims authorship of songs.
I think it was settled after, Vinnie apologised to Stephen
Am I allowed to still love him ?
Yep
yk wot, ppl can love who they wanna lol - there, i said it...
Probably not
Depends. Is your self-esteem predicated on being liked by the wokest-wokesters on Twitter? If so, then, yeah, probably not. If your backbone actually has some calcium in it, you'll be fine. Love away.
By asking that question, my answer would be NO.
Viva hate and Bona Drag were excellent albums that I thought were every bit as good as his stuff with the Smiths, and I saw Morrisey play a few times in his earlier days, up to and including the Kill Uncle tour. I am pleasantly surprised that he kept releasing great albums and his career continued at such a high level for many years after this.
Only men can talk about Morrissey apparently.
Your Arsenal is his masterpiece.
i love morrissey and the smiths. my best ever. and i'm not young.
This is a great documentary.
So good to hear great artists talking about their work on the first period (despite troubles, Street, Reily, Langer, Nevine).
52:40 Kill Uncle is my favorite album... I was in 10th grade and listened to it non-stop for months.. It seemed. I love it.
You might be one of the few, lol.
Morrissey is a lyrical genius and some of his solo songs are just as good as the material from the smiths not as consistent musically as the smiths period but he has got some great songs without a doubt MOZZA is an icon of the music world
"But before you go can you look at the truth,you have a lovely singing voice,a lovely singing voice and all those who sing on key they stole the notion from you and me...so sing your life",it's my fave!Now go home to your mother!
I loved every minute of that.
Growing up in the Midwest US is the early 90s, _Bona Drag_ was about all I had access to after Mike Nelson's Morrissey impression from MST3K had peaked my interest. I had no idea it was a compilation; I just thought it was an absurdly solid album.
I grew up in Springfield, Ohio, a town of like 40k people, near Dayton, Ohio. I had all the Smiths stuff, had Viva Hate, bought all of the singles from Bona Drag before it came out, then bought Bona Drag, then bought Kill Uncle, and saw him live in 1991 in Cincinnati. It wasn't THAT hard to get stuff back then, haha. I was watching it all unfold on MTV's 120 Minutes as it went along. Hell, I wasn't even IN Springfield, I lived in Enon, a village of like 3,000 people between Springfield and Dayton. I had The Stone Roses first album, The Cure discography, the Sundays first album, New Order/Joy Division stuff, Siouxsie, etc. Even Cocteau Twins stuff, Lush, etc. It was all around if you looked.
This is great thanks for uploading!
For me, I have a special affection for Your Arsenal...not least because Ronno produced. ❤❤❤
Thanks for posting! Love you Moz XO
What I like about these unauthorized documentaries, although they don't feature Morrissey himself, is that it does focus solely on the music. Perfect for a nerd like me : )
"some men here, have a special interest in your career they want to help you to grow, and then syphon all your dough, why don't you find out for yourself..."
I think Kill Uncle is my favorite Moz solo album, but Your Arsenal will always be the most important to me because it was the first one i owned, purchased on a whim when i was 13 or so. Buy one get one free used cd deal at my local record store and i end up with Your Arsenal and Penis Envy by Crass
There is one, Maconie !
His voice is heavenly
Don't at all understand Vin's comment near the end when he says Morrissey sounds bored. If I put on a Smith's song say Cemetery Gates, then an early solo like Suedehead, then one of the new songs like Irish Blood English Heart, I don't hear any less commitment or interest in his voice. What is he going on about? Actually, Morrissey seems to have somehow been able to retain an element of genuineness and honesty that makes him as listenable to now as in 1984.
he often sounded board. and the songs were boring, often.
This man is my hero
Street is clearly the honest one here. Vini just basically states that he wrote the music and didn't take credit for it (oh, okay), while Street actually gives some specifics, like citing Kate Bush as the influence for the strings in "Angel, Down We Go Together". I've always thought Morrissey should've stuck with him, and that we missed out on some great music. Those singles after The Smiths - "Interesting Drug", LOTFIP, "Suedehead", etc...- classics.
Totally agree but boy Vini played some beautiful guitar on that album.
Not sure I agree; what else has Stephen Street written? And I can't see where the motivation would be for VIni to lie. I always wonder about those who seem most vehement.
It's likely that they both had input, and were not able to sort out recognition.
There's such a lack of recognition of Vini Reilly on that album's packaging that I was suspicious at the time of it's release. I worked with record labels not long after that time, and can tell you that people were quite dubious about credits, and much of it was over money. Oh, the days of sales of physical product generating real money ...
Great guitarist Vini...King of the reverb and one of Manchester's gems on the music scene.
Whatever Reilly's motivations he really can't be taken very seriously given the things he said here. His claim that he played the string quartet backing track for Angel Angel We Go Down Together on a keyboard was quite simply laughable.
Maybe Morrisey did take the piss, and I've heard enough to agree that Reilly is an extremely talent musician in his own right; he's made some fantastic records, and his guitar playing on Viva Hate is great. It's just his claims in this documentary are suspect, and at least one is verifiably nonsense.
"as it were"….thank you for sharing
I agree with everything he says regarding animals x and his thoughts to do with the Chinese and others and their abuse and total disregard of sentient animals on the planet , long live people like him.his openness is disarming to the bland.
yes - and sentient is the key word.
Bigot lmao
Great vid despite the Marr and Smiths bashing in the video description.
I agree. I think that's very unfair.
Adam Nicholls Unfair and untrue.
David Adams explain the untrue. Please, as someone whos worked with marr and morrissey i'd LOVE to hear this.
Please?
+tom foolery And I'm the Pope.
Crass, not particularly classy...but untrue? How so? Morrissey kept going, making great music. Johnny was a great guitarist and the first in a long line of successful collaborations Morrissey has had. But what has Marr done since? I know he played with Modest Mouse, not on their most successful album, but after. And he did something with The The. But I couldn't name one post-Smiths track of Marr's. Rourke was a great bass player, but come on, that's what he was, a great bass player, adding his contribution to songs written by other people. And ol' Mike can go shit in his hat. He wasn't even a particularly great drummer. I agree the description didn't need to be said, but it's certainly not lies.
I'm enjoying this... it has a spinal tap/extras vibe...
'He stayed true to himself'. Nuff said.
Fantastic my amigos.....
Not one note of music in this documentary - Which is bizzarre for a music documentary!
I believe Stephen Street when he says he wrote the music for the Viva Hate album. I've seen him play guitar onstage for Peter Doherty's solo gig at Camden Roundhouse in 2009, he was good. Graham Coxon played guitar on Pete's solo album but when he couldn't make it to a live show Stephen would fill in for him and he is a good guitarist and it wasn't just songs from Pete's solo album that Stephen played but he played some Babyshambles songs at that gig too.
I love the fact that the guys are arguing with each other about who wrote what- It’s really funny for some reason
Morrissey has always been important as a songwriter and his
head strong attitude was always refreshing. I love Vauxhall And
I. Still his best album with some exceptional l tracks. Viva Hate was
important too as Morrissey made his mark as a solo performer after
The Smiths disbanded. Thank You Craig in Stocksbridge. : )
Some of his later stuff is excellent. His last one ‘I am not a Dog on a Chain’ is an absolute belter.
⭐️🎙🎶✨️I love all Morrissey Songs Their My favourites all of Them ✨️🎵🎸⭐️
Still going strong in Vegas
Well done!
while i like plenty of Morrissey songs it seems a bit silly when people talk about Moz having a longer career as a solo artist than The Smiths has a group. well...so what? longevity has nothing to do with uniformity of quality. The Smiths were magic from beginning to end. nobody would assess the quality of Paul McCartney's solo work against the work he did with The Beatles based on how long his solo career has been. it makes no sense.
I really couldn't agree more with this statement...Spot On!
Well put...
other then that the beatles is shit,just like paul
You are talking specifically about that NME guy's comment, right? People love Morrissey's solo stuff. There's at least four solo albums that I'd rate as good as The Smiths. He's has had a long career, complete with rabid fans. Just 'cause you're not that into it, that doesn't invalidate the guy's point. The Smiths were, what, 83 to 87? There were some low periods over the years, but he's still mostly been huge. What are you disagreeing with?
(And incidentally, both Paul and John made some great solo stuff, stuff people care about quite a bit.)
You are arguing a point the guy didn't even make. He's just saying the Smiths were a short-lived band, compared to Morrissey's long career. That's an empirical fact. He didn't compare the music. But again, Viva Hate, Your Arsenal, Vauxhal, and Quarry are as good as any Smiths record, imo. But that isn't the point.
Jason Lefler well yes it does seem silly for you to talk about it. So what? So...several solo albums that eclipse his smiths work, so song writing that has grown and matured continues to blossom 30 years after the smiths, so packed auditoriums worldwide, so........?
Morrissey was the Smiths
So why is everything post-Viva Hate increasingly dull AOR?
This is just so wrong
More like the Smiths were Van Halen.
VIVA MORRISSEY
Okay, Vini Reilly. You probably truly do believe you wrote those songs. No more drugs for that man, mmmkay
I have hair as bad as Vinny but I’m hooked on OxyContin 🙄
Good observation. Our greatest weakness is our judgement of others.
I thought I had something open in another tab. Yeah, no. The music is way too loud with the voice over.
Morrissey, I’m a poet..
this is a [sharp] documentary
The background of that rift tarnished Morrissey's career over a long period. I heard this was a big problem to him. The doc did a great job of fleshing out this dispute with the interviews of these two players.
Adoro a Mozz!!
"He's a tricky swine you never know with him." I get the feeling he was looking for the attention, but I don't know. At any rate, his music is some of the most authentic expression I've ever heard, when he sings it is as though he is singing directly to me and he has created a world that has remained strong and fascinating throughout his solo career. There is simply no one like him and as an artist he has produced excellent work
If only Morrissey had stayed with Stephen Street, he could have had multiple great albums instead of just three (Viva, Bona, and Vauxhall)
most underrated singer/songwriter of all time. Morrissey. (brett anderson also but morrissey is the ultimate).
Okay fellas.. fellas..! Let's get back to the video above. As I watched this especially the commentaries by Vinny Riley and Steven Street the doc' becomes surreal as it captures the whole meaning behind 'Find out for Yourself'. These are the very players Mo' was talking about in that song. Vinny esp. seems still destroyed by the experience of not hitching up with Morrissey and becoming his new Johnny Marr.
I wrote Viva Hate and so did my wife!
Marc Skeldon Haha me too, I taught Morrisey everything he knows. I wrote the Smiths songs as well. I mean I played video games but I could have written them if I wanted to I just didn't feel like it. yeh
life of brian reference! you're so english. :)
Marc Skeldon )ll
You still have a more valid claim than Vini Reilly
Hah.
I believe vinny
No one ever mentions "bona drag", compilation or not it sold shed loads at an important time! It just never gets mentioned, even here where "world of Morrissey" is mentioned.
It does get mentioned here.
Morrissey the first of the gang to fly
That is My BIG ROCK STAR!!!
Interestingly placed on the timeline, I do think this film is an expansive examination of the impressions of those who had worked with him. But I do think the most illuminating observations come from Tony Wilson. The Smiths songwriting owes it's uniqueness to the LACK of conventional pop songwriting inherent. They simply had not mastered conventional songwriting, except perhaps on a song like "Light". JM and M both like to think they have advanced as songwriters but ofcourse the evidence is refuted by their earlier work. They had a unique writing style. It ensured the records would mostly not become pop classics, like say a Neil Diamond song or whatever. But their style was part of the esoteric, enclosed world which retains an appeal for so many of us. I comb his solo back catalogue with real interest, however. Wrap Your Arms Around Me verbalises emotional pain uniquely. It has indeed proven difficult to find a consistant anchor, judging by the erratic results, and I wonder if he has really blown in it Britain now (2018). He is a complex man isn't he. I wish I could identify myself actually because one of The Smiths is a big fan of my work, and given a chance I know I could make a good record with M.
I never figured out why as a diehard Smiths fan for many many years, I never got into his solo work
I love the Smiths but, just like you, I can't listen to his solo stuff. Mostly, Johnny M's guitar is mostly why I loved the Smiths
Maybe because they are very different but both fantastic. :)
+tom dp It's been a long haul for me as well. After the Smiths broke up, yes I bought Viva Hate, but that would end up being the first and last album I actually purchased. Not that it was bad, but it did not offer me the same experience I got from the Smiths. Regardless, now as I've gotten older, I've started to gradually warm up more to Morrissey's stuff. There are some bloody brilliant gems to be found within the many albums if you have the patience to peruse them and search.
Did Morrissey and Pete Burns have a thing going back in the day...anybody..???
no they were just friends nothing more
Morrissey Legacy is a huge piece of the British *Musician* Industry 👌 🇬🇧🏴😎.
..p.s... hey we're all human..we all make mistakes ...But , No-One Can Ever Take Away The B- Side Of Morrissey's Music Genius - ism .
Listening In From Liverpool England 🏴
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I believe Vinny Reilly.
Why does it feel like Street (the producer) is lying about who wrote Viva Hate? Giving all the cues.
He seems a bit too tenacious in trying to convince us of his writing on VH. Vini Reilly was paid £800 for working on that massive album. Wonder how much Moz got for it? Add a few more 0000s!
I feel like the other guy was lying.
I don't know the answer. My gut says that if the music was great, then a great musician wrote/played the music. I.e. Vini is great and imaginative. Street is workmanly. I'm going with Vini.
2ndly: Who is it that had reason to play-down Vini's role? Morrissey did. If he let Vini's name be all over the album credits, people would know it was a Vini album with Morissey just singing over it.
On Street's behalf, Vini does seem a bit odd. So I don't know what kind of memory / ego problems he may have. People in comments saying that Street is suspiciously defensive. Well, if someone makes claims to work that you yourself have done, you'd be pissed off too.
Also, pro-Street: Vini says he told Street in the studio that he doesn't want credit on the album? Pretty much NO ONE ever says that. I don't quite believe it. Unless Vini got a big fee just to be there.
What a weird thing. Morrissey is to blame.
So the song that frames the beginning and end is from a Hartlepool, UK band called Demon Summer - who only have 1 EP that I can find on iTunes and unfortunately this song isn't on it.
been tryin to think of it myself lol
what is the name of the song at the beginning of the video ???
Demon Summer - "Founder"
Vauxhall and I is Morrissey's masterpiece ❤️
Vini Reilly aka Shaggy from Scooby Doo
@James RichardsObviously you know nothing about Vini Reilly. He's a brilliant and original musician in his own right. He performed under the name "The Durutti Column". Brian Eno described his album LC as his favourite piece of music and John Frusciante described him as the greatest guitarist in the world. In 2010 he had a stroke affecting his musical ability. He has worked with dozens of artists and is reverred by many artists. It's easy to mock when you're a talentless, ignorant twat.
@@AnthonyMonaghan well said
@@AnthonyMonaghan well, to be fair, the negativity, I'm fairly certain, was born of his ridiculous claims. He wrote all the songs but didn't want credit? Please. Street, whatever you think of him, can offer specific commentary on what inspired him, what he was aiming for with a particular musical idea. Reilly sat quietly for two decades and then turned 'round and went, "Viva Hate? Oh, I wrote that." It's clearly bullshit.
Edit: or maybe he's telling the truth. Street, in my opinion, seems far more believable. Any audio-geeks out there? Street claims the strings on "Angel, Angel" are an actual string section; Reilly that he played them on a synth. Not that that would automatically prove his other claims, but it would do a bit. Anyone know how it could be determined for sure? They sound like strings to me, I have to say. My opinion is Vin Reilly is a crazy person. But what do I know?
😂😂🤣😅😭
I would like to hear those original Stephen Street demos
Steven street sounds like a typical guy hangung around studio recording ,making tea, running to the shop then when all have left,, in his head he wrote the lp..
ABSOLUTELY!
Totally agree. Stephen Street sounds like a deluded prat.
I think when it all boils down to it, Stephen Street is a Southerner.
As much as I think Street is a cocky twat I think he contributed significantly to the sound of The Smiths and Mozzers albums he worked on....I like the clean sound he gets during his production, he doesn't over produce or over engineer things !
In my head, too - Street's contribution is grossly UNDERESTIMATED. If you want the proof, it's there in the record grooves - just listen to Mozzer with Street involved and without.
Beautiful boy
VIVA HATE n BONA DRAG were awesome
1. Your arsenal, 2. Bona drag, 3. Viva hate, 4. Vauxhall.