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May 30, 2008

New Morrissey Video - "All You Need Is Me" (And New Album Title)

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He's been implying as much for a really long time, so this song has been a career in the making. "All You Need Is Me," which we first heard via Craig Ferguson, gets a video pitting Moz in a tropical clime with a tambourine, a sunny disposition, and a band full of boys in tight tees. It comes from the Greatest Hits album, one of two new tracks along with "That's How People Grow Up." You're gonna miss him when he's gone.

Greatest Hits is out via Polydor/Decca. Also in Moz news, the next album of original studio material is due in September in the UK via Polydor (which US Universal label will carry it is TBD) and will be called Years Of Refusal.

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This flaming man

Posted by: alex at 05/30/08 1:43 PM | Reply
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too much

Posted by: austin at 05/30/08 4:53 PM | Reply
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'You're gonna miss him when he's gone'.....
Amen, brother. I don't see too many other people like Morrissey coming around again anytime soon. Even when he's off his game, which has happened more than occasionally during his solo career, he's infinitely more interesting than just about anybody going today. Which is unfortunate, because people like Moz should be an inspiration to people, not just someone who is poorly imitated or used as a reference point in, usually wildly inaccurate, record reviews. I always read how some mopey song is 'Smiths-like', which completely misses the wit and self-deprecation that he's incorporated in his writing for, man, 25 years. So many musicians today seem to take themselves so damned seriously, it's utterly joyless. I'm not wishing for 100 new versions of Wesley Willis, god forbid, but somebody who would look beyond the ridiculous navel gazing so prevalent in 'indie rock'. I don't mean Craig Finn's tedious Springsteen recitations, either. Something a bit less meat & potatoes, please.

Posted by: Withnail at 05/30/08 6:27 PM | Reply
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has there ever been a bigger douche in musical history?

scratch that...in all of time?

Posted by: joey at 05/30/08 7:25 PM | Reply
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Does Johnny Marr get on his knees every night and thank God his days behind this pompous, self-important ass are through?

Posted by: Dw. Dunphy at 05/30/08 8:17 PM | Reply
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How can anyone not find this funny? Consistently making the funniest music. Take note Jack Black.

Posted by: Sav at 05/31/08 2:25 PM | Reply
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No, Dw. D. Johnny looks at his varied and unfulfilling discography since abandoning the Smiths and the fans shrugged at his various attempts to find another muse.

Posted by: Jack at 06/01/08 8:57 PM | Reply
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this man so does not give a fuck anymore. which is kind of awesome.

Posted by: erik at 06/02/08 5:33 AM | Reply
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Video is bizarre but I like this song better than anything off of "Ringleader ..."

Posted by: Ice at 06/02/08 12:56 PM | Reply
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