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There is no other contemporary artist who is so famously difficult, so seemingly enigmatic, and so passionately loved by his fans as Morrissey. From the moment he caught the public's eye in the early 1980s as the iconic front man of the Smiths, and through his subsequent solo career, the patron saint of misfits has fascinated and baffled in equal measure. Yet, as Mark Simpson argues in this wickedly funny and deeply sacrilegious psycho-bio -- told through the lens of his own obsession as a lifelong fan -- Morrissey isn't quite so enigmatic as he might appear. To understand this most private (and sexually ambivalent) of stars, one need only uncover the countless clues to his personality in his startlingly candid song lyrics and his innumerable provocative interviews. Simpson deftly explores why Morrissey bewitched a generation -- and why he remains as intriguing as ever. Both an insightful look at the singer's career and a personal story of a boy's first love for his music idol, Saint Morrissey is, like its subject, shrewd, sharp-witted, charming, and utterly original.… (mais)
An extraordinarily energetic book. Saint Morrissey treated lyrics as literature a decade before Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize. Not to mention the cultural anthropologist's look at several decades of British pop.
But the final chapters were what stay with me. My takeout: misanthropy can be a highly moral act. If violence—cultural or physical—breeds more violence, a principled withdrawal from a world that provokes it can stop the cycle. At what cost to the misanthrope? Simpson gave me a sense that Morrissey knew what price he paid, and it was steep.
The author calls it a psychological biography, but it goes far beyond that. Cultural anthropology, literary criticism, and a political portrait of the time—Saint Morrissey rewards the reader on many levels. ( )
Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent. George Orwell, Shooting an Elephant
Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography. Oscar Wilde, Intentions
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
For the other Steven in my life. Also a ruffian butterfly collector.
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
Morrissey. The name, like the artist, like the unmistakable if somewhat dated hairdo, stands apart. Aloof in an age of ghastly accessibility. Aristocratic in an age of dumb democracy. Inimitable. Indigestible. Irredeemable.
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There is no other contemporary artist who is so famously difficult, so seemingly enigmatic, and so passionately loved by his fans as Morrissey. From the moment he caught the public's eye in the early 1980s as the iconic front man of the Smiths, and through his subsequent solo career, the patron saint of misfits has fascinated and baffled in equal measure. Yet, as Mark Simpson argues in this wickedly funny and deeply sacrilegious psycho-bio -- told through the lens of his own obsession as a lifelong fan -- Morrissey isn't quite so enigmatic as he might appear. To understand this most private (and sexually ambivalent) of stars, one need only uncover the countless clues to his personality in his startlingly candid song lyrics and his innumerable provocative interviews. Simpson deftly explores why Morrissey bewitched a generation -- and why he remains as intriguing as ever. Both an insightful look at the singer's career and a personal story of a boy's first love for his music idol, Saint Morrissey is, like its subject, shrewd, sharp-witted, charming, and utterly original.
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But the final chapters were what stay with me. My takeout: misanthropy can be a highly moral act. If violence—cultural or physical—breeds more violence, a principled withdrawal from a world that provokes it can stop the cycle. At what cost to the misanthrope? Simpson gave me a sense that Morrissey knew what price he paid, and it was steep.
The author calls it a psychological biography, but it goes far beyond that. Cultural anthropology, literary criticism, and a political portrait of the time—Saint Morrissey rewards the reader on many levels. (