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April 29, 2008

Morrissey To Craig Ferguson: "All You Need Is Me"

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At Coachella we spotted a couple Moz tattoos. People probably got that ink based on Steven Patrick's older work. The McCain disser, decked in an American Idol tee and jacket, doesn't sound as great as he once did during this Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson performance, but then his band's jacked-up so loudly, he seemingly has to drop some vocal smoothness for a semi-yowl just to keep apace. We'd also argue that the song's guitar solo's kinda useless -- though maybe it's there so he can catch his breath. We're not complaining, because as Mr. Morrissey correctly sings in his wry inversion of "All You Need Is Love": "There's so much destruction all over the world / And all you can do is complain about me."

Of course, during this fraught political season, maybe he should've done a reprise of this:

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He has aged well. I hope I look that good when I'm pushing 50.

Posted by: mike at 04/29/08 4:14 PM  | Reply
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nice shirt steve

Posted by: bigmouth at 04/29/08 4:35 PM  | Reply
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Morrissey sucks...come on, what a male diva.

Posted by: GBman at 04/29/08 7:54 PM  | Reply
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"We'd also argue that the song's guitar solo's kinda useless"
What guitar solo are you talking about? The 10 seconds of guitar at the 2:24 point? That's called part of the song. Moz is still better than 95% of the crappy indie rock around these days.

Posted by: jjazznola at 04/29/08 11:57 PM  | Reply
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