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on Friday September 09 2005, @12:00PM
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Full transcript of GQ Article/Interview Here you go... Transcript of Article/Interview in GQ magazine (October 2005 edition) N.B - the fashion shoot was conducted in L.A in June 2005-09-09. The interview is part of a series of interviews with GQ’s award winners. MORRISSEY The former Smiths frontman has had “20 very odd years”: from indie outsider to LA’s least typical expat, via court battles and enjoying self-imposed exile. Fresh from a triumphant world tour (sic), and enjoying (yes, enjoying) solo success, GQ honours this charming man. Story by Adrian Deevoy; Photographs by Simon Emmett; Styling by Tanya Gill Update: 09/10 15:37 GMT: link to scans of article posted by Keely in the comments section. ---
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I am the first to read this item (Score:0, Funny)
God,I am so sad!
Robert Sharples([email protected])
I wasn't impressed (Score:2, Funny)
Nice to see new pictures though, i'm sure he's doing something different with his quiff.
The picture of him in the pull-out inlay definitely supports this theory. It's looking even better than ever. Must be the baking soda.
Having flicked briefly through the rest of the magazine, i'm not entirely sure men can claim that women's magazines are especially full of crap.
Besides Morrissey, the experience of spending my money on GQ was made better only by the smell of its pages (have a sniff, honestly), & the advert with Johnny Depp appearing in it on page 92.
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Thanks Uncleskinny! (Score:2, Interesting)
He who knows and knows he knows, he is a wise man; seek him.
He who knows and knows not he knows, he is asleep; wake him.
He who knows not and knows he knows not, he is a child; teach him.
But, he who knows not and knows not he knows not, he is a fool; shun him!
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Big Jesse (Score:0)
St Anthony (Score:0)
Excellent (Score:2, Insightful)
Imagine that, sitting in a pub getting pissed with Morrissey! I laughed so much at that bit where it goes "Bollocks" after talking about underwear, but more because I can just imagine him slamming down his pint and slurring his words. Fantastic!
He was on top form and even though it was only a transcript he seemed alot more relaxed. Very honest and open, Im not sure I believe that There is A Light isnt about Johhny though, it just seems to fit so well! Maybe thats more clutching at straws on my part than anything else, heh.
Have to say the main reason I found the interview enjoyable though was...
"It transpires that Jesse Tobias – red wine, specialist subject: obscure Eighties punk bands – has co-written the majority of Morrissey’s new album which they agree is in the same vein as You Are The Quarry, only better. “I realise now that I’m in it for the long haul,” says Morrissey, polishing off his pint. “Disappointing as it will sound, I’m not planning to go away.” "
When last year on shows like Janice Long he was umming and ahhing and saying "Im not saying anything, ive got lockjaw" when asked about retirement and dropping alot of rather unsubtle hints on the tour.
And unless im being completely ignorant it also says there will be a new song called “In The Future When All’s Well”.
Anyway, yes, very good interview, nice to come home from a good evening and read it, a privilidge for younger whippersnappers like myself who dont get many new interviews to read as alot of the older lot on here did in his Smiths days.
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Things I learned and found interesting: (Score:2, Interesting)
1. Dog named Shame. (if true, that's super cute)
2. New song called "In The Future When All's Well"
3. He uses email a lot.
4. Does in fact like Orange Juice, contrary to popular belief.
5. Has never heard Can!
And so much more.
This was an excellent interview.
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Shit mag £3.40 of hard earned dole money wasted. (Score:0)
Thanks uncleskinny..provide photos, too? (Score:1)
I thought it was more honest than most, and a lot of fun to read.
Could you please, please, please scan pics?
If you can, then thanks!
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‘Every Day Is Like Sundae’ (Score:0)
and the next best (fitting today):
GQ: “Ten years on, does it strike you as ironic that Vauxhall And I is seen as something of a masterpiece?”
M: “If you were to remove the ‘something of’ from that sentence, then yes. But you could have fooled me. It’s never mentioned by anyone. There are weekly lists of the 2,000 Most Potent Albums In The History Of Music which I scan avidly, and it has never appeared.”
see this is why i don't know if i could handle ever meeting him. it didn't stop me from looking for a jag when i drove by his street in la, but i know i would sound like a mumbling idiot if i ever had a chance to speak with him. the wonderful wit and charm...truly one of the greatest of our time.
Where's the book? (Score:0)
Broons all roond (Score:1)
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Scans (Score:3, Informative)
GQ Magazine Interview & new photo shoot [photobucket.com].
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Splendid (Score:1)
It's also reassuring to know he is available at long weekends.
And he uses e-mail!!!
Like a real person!
Whoever would have thought?
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Bagpuss (Score:2, Funny)
But I still love him, in an Emily-loves-Bagpuss kinda way.
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Nice (Score:0)
And, to top it all, a new writing partner. No idea what Mr Tobias is capable of but I'm naturally optimistic.
Diamond Crosses - Nice (Score:0)
Yummy!
vegan friendly? (Score:1)
Is it vegan?
and yeah, "everyday is like sundae".haha
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Lovely pics (Score:0)
"Hand on heart" Jesus, "Kneeling" There is a light, "Hurling the cloth" Who put the M.
Not very interesting, but nonetheless.
g.q. (Score:1)
thanks
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Great Interview (Score:1)
Glad to hear that Jesse is involved in the songwriting. I look forward to hearing what he can add to the mix.
Get ready for 2006 people...off we go again!
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GQ Extra (Score:2, Informative)
They're introducing the photographer Simon Emmett.
Quote:
" Pressed for tales of diva behaviour from our Men Of The year,Emmett is, as ever, the soul of discretion: "Genuinely," he says, "there wasn't one problem person on the whole production. They were all good, but Morrissey would have the edge. He was a very pleasant surprise!"
Which is funny because that's exactly what I said when I found him in my bathroom this morning.
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Another thing... (Score:1)
The pictures taken were clearly not. Ive not known Mozz to do many photoshoots that arent related to an album or something, maybe it was the recording of a video or something for a new single or something like that. Could be clutching at straws though.
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Drunk Morrissey (Score:1)
Anyone else notice that he looks like Nip/Tuck's Julian McMahon in these pictures?
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Contentedly skewwhiff! (Score:1)
But the prize and NYD film called for a bit of a splash-out. I wonder why he called his dog “Shame”. Friends of mine, who took in a cute little stray, named him Kamir which is sorta clever. So Jesse’s the main writing partner for the new album, likely to deliver quite a different sound. Morrissey’s ‘not planning to go away’- good! The same crew who publish GQ is just launching another similar new magazine, Men’s Vogue, for rich over-35’s; hopefully they might chase Moz down again for that.
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Morrissey in GQ (Score:0)
Story of My Life (Score:1)
LOL, but from what I understand, a good manager or agent would suffice!
Nice photos, thanks, Keely.
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Wow... (Score:0)
Nice. (Score:1)
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Thanks Keely!! (Score:1)
Wow! My heart skipped a beat.
He's still my hero. But then again, even
if he just wore jeans and a t-shirt I'd still love him.
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Older but ok (Score:1)
But still in ok shape physically.
Wonder how much he weights?
Anyhow. He's the man.
Clever interview too.
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"Dave, why do I keep losing me birds?" (Score:1)
And yes, Keely - I think it has rather an alluring smell too . . . it's just rather a shame about the rest of the content on the whole:
"Try a navy silk scarf with a white random spot. It's very influential look."
Resoundingly feeble . . .
Well, I'm now going to go and scan all of the pictures and pritt-stick them onto my stationery in the hope of making the prospect of work more attractive. The thing is, it actually will work - it always does.
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He's never looked better (Score:0)
Oh let me!!!
Thanks for the link (Score:0)
Isn't it ironic? (Score:1)
It's like ten thousands spoons when all you need is a knife, to stab the man of your dreams' beautiful wife.
I really do think.
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what is... (Score:1)
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Aftershave (Score:0)
Best Dressed 2005 - compiled by GQ (Score:0)
54 JOHNNY MARR
The healer
NEW ENTRY!
"Still the best-dressed ex-Smith by a mile."
John Naughton, super scribe
17 MORRISSEY
Bigmouth strikes again
NEW ENTRY!
"Growing old gracefully in Fifties-style eveningwear, he was the man who pioneered the dinner jacket and jeans look a decade ago in his 'Dagenham Dave' video."
David Walliams, Mr Little Britain
Fashion keen (Score:2, Interesting)
"I remember standing outside concert halls in the early '70s, people would just walk past you and start kicking the queue. Everybody would just cower under a mass of Afghan coats."
And now those happy days are here again?
"Not for me! But I've seen a tramp with an Afghan coat on. I think we'll reach the stage where tramps no longer wear old 1930s overcoats and cloth caps, that they'll be actually going round in platforms and Chicory Tip t-shirts. It will happen! The tramps of the future obviously have to move with the times."
I don't exactly know what situation he is alluding to...what is his relation with Afghan coats and tramps?...
It seems, though that our middle-aged Moz is living much less repressive times, which he likes to be reflected on his mediterranean-stlye outfits. Fashion = Freedom, and in an odd way he proves it!
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Timeless tailoring (Score:2, Interesting)
Wherever Proust went, he was also impeccably dressed in a well-tailored suit, which always carried a delicate flower to complement his unusual image. Proust's wardrobe was always anachronicaly elegant, while a blazé, more care free image was become fashionable at the time. He always communicated through his suits the beauty and harmony which he used to feel needed in a society on the verge of modernity. Proust was hysterically sensitive to bad taste, and he thought modernism, abruptly brought in after the war, were killing the very things that inspired him to live for/write about - this time to appreciate and perpetuate beauty.
Are we talking about Moz or Proust? Well....I just think, whenever I see Morrissey, that he is so proustian in all this!
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Parent
Glasses (Score:0)
Morrissey Brown Ale - and Football Management (Score:2, Informative)
The stats:
Bitter Pint 200
Draught Ale Pint 200
Pale Ale Pint 200
Brown Ale (for the Geordies) Pint 160
Stout (including Guinness) Pint 220
Strong Ale (like Real Ale) Pint 440
Lager Pint 180
* Quote from feelingok.uk not me!!!!!
Brown Ale: Some Facts and Figures
Did you know? Newcastle is home to Newcastle Breweries Ltd., makers of the famous Newcastle Brown Ale, originally produced in 1927. Legend has it that Newcastle was the first place in Britain to brew beer.
If you want too know more about what your (our?) king is drinking, here is a link, but there is loads of stuff to google (you may have to remove a rouge space to view it, this often happens when posting a link).
http://www.waitrose.com/food_drink/wfi/drinks/bee
Newcastle United
We have a shite football team. It is preferable to watch them after gallons of Brown Ale. I asked Morrissey to manage the team when he came to Newcastle September last year, but he said ‘I really don’t think so, I am interested in high art. I cant attain it, but I am interested in it’.
I wonder how many pints he had when he was in Newcastle?
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Attitude makes the Man (Score:2, Interesting)
Moz is always in fashion, because he is always out of it. Only the world's greatest non-conformist could continue to sneer into middle age, refuse to be humbled by gravity, look so damn good, and sound even better. Only Moz could be so tenderly contemptuous of the dictates of time.
Makes me go all weak...
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Johnny Marr & Morrissey (Score:1)
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Choice of drink........ (Score:1)
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please help me with this (Score:0)
i thought that morrissey interview was included on the american gq edition
i will really apreciate it
Fragrance (Score:0)
First in the Gang to die!! (Score:0)
M: “Me: I’ll be shot – probably by one of the ex-Smiths.”
Maybe Joyce with a tommy gun kill mozzer for royalties
It's 1985! (Score:1)
Everyone is excitedly talking about what aftershave he wears and what he's like after a few pints, not court cases and label problems and other grim crap.
It's proper hero worship and abandon, excellent! Just what this site, and more importantly Moz, is all about!
What a wonderful interview. Adrian Deevoy is a long standing veteran of NME in the 80's, VOX, Q, and the broadsheets. He knows EVERTHING there is to know about Morrissey's professional career and I'm guessing that's why Moz just took him down the pub instead of being guarded. There was no point in being ellusive with Deevoy, he knows the score.
It's new album speculation time, it's great new interview time, it's all kicking off again... HEEEEEEEE-HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Adrian Deevoy's got a great pedigree. And, in the great spirit of Brit rock journalists, he get's to the point by sinking a few, asking Moz what pants he wears, and not only getting away with it just fine, but being invited to a piss-up!
(Question - what would you rather attend..... A one-off Moz concert where he played your perfect setlist, or go down the boozer with him?)
I love it when journalists do the business with Moz because it makes for great reading. I'm not Anti-American by a long shot but Moz DEFINATELY relaxes more with Irish or British journalists he trusts. They can handle the ale.... (oh stop it, a joke)
Sorry, I'm fucking rotten after a day in the pub celebrating The Ashes.
VIVA NEW ALBUM!!
NIGHT!
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