
Hear the Famously Awful Smiths Song Morrissey Called Out in Letter to Johnny Marr
He could have picked out any Smiths classic, but he went with their obscure cover of the 1965 tune “Golden Lights”
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Subscribe NowHe could have picked out any Smiths classic, but he went with their obscure cover of the 1965 tune “Golden Lights”
“Must you persistently, year after year, decade after decade, blame me for everything … from the 2007 Solomon Islands tsunami to the dribble on your grandma’s chin,” former Smiths singer declares
“The worst year of my life concludes with the best album of my life,” the singer says
In real life, he’s quite a bit different than the obese, meat-loving Quilloughby from the Simpsons universe
Singer writes that animated show’s “hatred” is “obviously a taunting lawsuit, but one that requires more funding than I could possibly muster in order to make a challenge”
“‘The Simpsons’ are hurting and they’re trying to be pertinent again,” says Peter Katsis after show features misanthropic, xenophobic singer named Quilloughby. “But this is an effort to be specifically hurtful in some weird kind of way”
“Shoplifters of the World Unite” B-side has been out of his live rotation since 2007
Fan favorite was the B-side to “Shoplifters of the World Unite” and later appeared on the compilation album ‘Louder Than Bombs’
Track will appear on singer’s upcoming LP, ‘I Am Not a Dog on a Chain’
Track will appear on singer’s upcoming album, I Am Not a Dog on a Chain