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on Monday March 10 2008, @11:00AM
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Hawksley Workman Appreciates Morrissey's Fat Stomach Friday March 07, 2008 @ 05:00 PM By: ChartAttack.com Staff At the ripe old age of 33, Hawksley Workman is beginning to feel just a little over the hill for popular music. "I don't want to sound old, but when the voice of American pop music is coming out of teenaged mouths, I can't help but feel very... separate from that," he says. "I think the other thing, too, everybody says that everybody made their best record when they were 24, you know what I mean? There's this sense that you're past your prime. I don't like that. That sucks." But while it's unlikely that Canada's favourite cabaret pop stylist will ever compete with the Hannah Montanas or even the Justin Timberlakes of the world, Workman has hope for the future thanks to the likes of Bruce Cockburn, Neil Young and Leonard Cohen. "Bruce is in his fifties, Neil's in his sixties and Cohen's in his seventies," Workman elaborates. "And I was like, 'These guys are still poignant, they're still sexy, they're still cool, they still are hip.' "And this, for me, speaks... not because I think like an 80 year old, but it speaks to me because when pop culture is parading around the 16 year old of the moment on TV — and this is who I'm competing against, this is who I share airtime with in my business — and I think I don't have a hope. I'll never be that beautiful anymore and I'll never be all these things anymore. I'll never look as vital when the camera's rolling in front of a fancy car, or whatever. But it's nice to feel like there's relevance in moving forward." The singer also finds comfort in watching rock stars grow older. Far from being horrified that they no longer look like their 20-something selves, he revels in the growth of a waistline and a shrinking hairline. "Rock 'n' roll has always been a youth industry, but it's been fractured and reassembled in a more saccharine way now than it ever was, I think — which is too bad. I like seeing people age. I'm really starting to enjoy it. I like seeing Morrissey with a gut and, when he takes his shirt off, his gut's hanging out. And I'm like, 'Yeah, all right. Morrissey's got a gut!' This feels good to me. Peter Murphy's losing his hair. That feels good to me. Robert Smith is twice the size he used to be. I like all this. It feels like the permission to be human."
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"Robert Smith is twice the size he used to be..." (Score:0)
So who would win in a heavy weight fight between Morrissey at 245 lbs or Robert at 300 lbs?
It would be an interesting fight.
smart (Score:0)
Hm. (Score:1)
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Why do we obsess over celebrity weight? (Score:1)
And I saw The Cure live not too long ago
It's interesting how it's always members of the same sex who are likely to be critical, or even just mention someone's weight. The only time I've noticed members of the opposite sex criticise is when they're terribly embarrassed about fancying said overweight/underweight person, or they're sending some sort of message to their partner
Hey ho, I guess we'll continue to try to bring those in the public eye down to our level to make ourselves feel better about our sad, plebian, chocolate stuffing existences.... now, pass me that copy of Heat magazine, I want to scribble on Kate Moss's face.
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Brilliant! (Score:1)
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Hawksley Workman (Score:0)
And dont get me started on his emails, erm "newsletters", just overflowing with every crap metaphor ever penned and usually lots over the top Nature refrences.."the snowy stillness has pushed up against the solitude of my weary door and I notice the seeds of spring begin to burst in the darkness of my soul..." BLAH BLAH BLAH-
Write a hit and then come back to me-
Moz weight (Score:0)
Robert Smith on the other hand probably only weighs a little more, maybe 240 - 250 pounds. He only looks fatter because he's shorter than Morrissey but in theory they're both over 200 pounds easily.
A load of lard (Score:1)
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great interview (Score:0)
peter gabriel's best disc is his latest IMO. James Taylor - same thing. Tom Waits is more interesting now than when he started.
my name is a borat (Score:0)