Morrissey in Conversation: The Essential Interviews
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Editor: Paul A. WoodsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-09-09
ISBN: 0859653943
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Plexus Publishing
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Book Review: Nothing to declare but his genius!
Summary: 4 Stars
Imagine a dinner party taking place where the guest list includes Oscar Wilde, Joe Orton, Victoria Wood, Kenneth Williams and Alan Bennett. Standing in the corner, paying rapt attention, is a solitary figure scribbling notes and recording the finer observations and conversations of the gathering.
Reading this collection of interviews one could reasonably assume that the solitary figure was Steven Patrick Morrissey once the front person of the world's greatest band and arguably still the worlds greatest lyricist.
No one gives better interview than Morrissey as this collection clearly attests. These pages are drenched with the influence of the dinner party guests: The flowery, poetic and slightly anachronistic influence of Wilde's language. The witty, often poignantly accurate character observations of Wood and Bennett. And, most significantly, the camp `knowing' humour of Orton and Williams.
Like many lines from his songs, some of Morrissey's responses to questions or his observations on life are genuinely laugh out loud funny. I furrow my brow and shake my head crossly at the fact that this man was once considered by many to be `the ambassador of doom' during his reign in the 80's and early 90's. The truth is that Morrissey showed comedic genius in almost everything he did. Oh how his contemporaries must have wept with envy whenever they came across a Morrissey interview in the music press.
Read this book and agree with me wholeheartedly or, to paraphrase the master, risk being spanked with a wet plimsoll!
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