The Ten Funniest Quotes From Morrisey's Autobiography

[AB Editor]

On shopping, p71:
The morning after the Whistle Test, I present 50 pence at Rumbelows in Stretford Precinct and I ask for the New York Dolls single.
"See," said one fat assistant to another, "I told you someone would buy it."
At last I am someone!

On being prescribed medication, p220:
I clamber back to Harley Street to complain to the doctor who prescribed me this hideous mood pill, but I am told he is dead, and I am hardly surprised.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/10385528/Morrisseys-Autobiography-10-funniest-bits.html

Insufferable git, or occasional producer of a decent tune?

[boxtops]

It was being spoken about on the Today programme this morning - it sounds very curious.

[B00]

Doesn't sound pompous and pretentious at all does he...?

[Mattk]

Abolutely loved The Smiths but first couple of singles aside have never got on with his solo work.

[davetuc]

Bit of both really, but has produced some memorable stuff. First of the Gang to Die, Irish Blood, Every Day is Like Sunday, and that's not to mention The Smiths stuff.

[AB Editor]

I quite liked "last of the gang to die" from that album he "came back" with. Had "English Blood, Irish Heart" on it - which was also okay.

But I agree generally disappointing, MattK.

B00 - Very down to earth chap that Moz.

[bazwillrun]

"Insufferable git, or occasional producer of a decent tune? "

both the above but with head firmly stuck up own rs

[Mosaic]

Nay Baz, twasn't his head, twas a bunch of daffodils....

[Gromit]

Loved the Smiths and a lot of Morrissey's solo stuff is great.

[AB Editor]

Quality quiff, it must be said.

[Gromit]

The Daily Telegraph gives it a glowing review. 5/5

// With typical pretension, Morrissey’s first book has been published as a Penguin Classic. It justifies such presentation with a beautifully measured prose style that combines a lilting, poetic turn of phrase and acute quality of observation, revelling in a kind of morbid glee at life’s injustice with arch, understated humour, a laughter that is a shadow away from depression or anger. As such, it is recognisably the voice of the most distinctive British pop lyricist of his era. It is certainly the best written musical autobiography since Bob Dylan’s Chronicles, and like that book it evokes a sense of what it must be like to dwell within such an extraordinary mind. //

[bibblebub]

Peter Serafinowicz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49lPGmnYDw4

[ChillDoubt]

Bit of both really, always admired him but he can sometimes be a bit of a k*ob.

Some of his solo stuff is great but will never quite match the work of The Smiths, a lot of which was pure genius IMHO.

I'll never forget the first time I heard How Soon Is Now?
It blew me away.

[jno]

not everyone at teh Telegraph has been so complimentary

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100241061/in-publishing-morrisseys-autobiography-as-a-classic-penguin-has-destroyed-its-own-reputation/

But those ten quotes are brilliant. If he wrote them himself, which I suspect he did, that's a seriously witty autobiography.

[ludwig]

A pretentious kn*b, but entertaining nontheless.

[mikey4444]

What I can't understand is why this book is being published by Penguin Classics ? How on earth can it be a classic if nobody has read it yet ? Maybe in 50 years time perhaps.

[andy-hughes]

I have interviewed Morrisey, and it is my firm belief that his sense of humour is so dry you could use it for kindling. As I know, and others on here will agree, such humour does not always translate well in written form, and so some of M's pronouncements which are tongue-in-cheek are taken seriously, hence his serious mistrust of journalists my interview was in the mid-80's, and he has not been too forthcoming of late.

The appeal of the music of The Smiths, with the exception of the driving 'What Difference Does It Make' has always utterly passed me by - their legend and legacy a complete mystery.

That said, he was a charming interviewee, poured the tea, and was very polite and smelled really nice - all one wants for afternoon tea with a pop star.

[ludwig]

He always strikes me as trying too hard live up to this image as the miserable Oscar Wilde of pop that he's been saddled with.