The Importance of Being Morrissey (part 5)

A documentary about Morrissey (part 5)

[@thebjm1967]

i looooooooooooooove how frank and honest he is. he makes me laugh and it is so refreshing. he really doesn't care if he upsets people, famous or not. god, i just love that.

[@LunaLoveBad6969]

When I saw Bowie and Morrissey on the same stage I wanted to cry of sadness and happiness and then what he said about him afterwards made my want to rip out my hair. I think morrissey is the only man who can play with my emotions in such a short period of time lol

[@Thisway2Norway]

"I am what i am, but you aren't allowed to know what i am". I feel the same!

[@rachycakes03]

The most beautiful man in the world. ever Moz is a genius!

[@dprague]

Morrissey is not an artist. He is Morrissey.

[@IMNOTYOURSSORRY]

bowie+morrissey singing Marc Bolan=

[@joaquingonzalez6862]

Proud to see my hometown's SPORTS ARENA!!!! SAN DIEGO LOVES MORRISSEY!!!!!!

[@nightdriveblush]

Lovely. Thank you so much for posting.

[@lizlovesbatsy]

Morrissey says what he wants and I love it!

[@jpjames1]

He is refreshing its good when sum1 is completely different. When most people are the same or similar

[@squidcake]

fucking hell...if i was there to see morrissey AND bowie together i'd shit my pants. my two favorite artists ever. god, that's epic...

[@MIGHTYBOOSCH198]

Fair points. I'm not disagreeing with any of that. However, I never said that Moz should take a back seat to Bowie or his ego. All I'm really saying is that it's fine to prefer Morrissey but stupid to insult Bowie because of that, because Morrissey himself at least was a fan and probably to a degree still is.

[@johnnygonzalez1683]

sparks intervention is hilarious ! 3:50

[@MikeBaas]

Morrissey should go on Eric Andre.

[@MikeBaas]

Fax me, Morrissey!

[@LipsCollide]

shame their relationship couldn't of been more symbiotic.. their voices sound great together.

[@HarveyDentLives]

Wow I think that's the first time I ever heard Ron Mael talk.

[@TheGlowIsGone]

"All I said was, bring me the head of Elton John." VIVA MOZ

[@d1sintegration]

the song at the start is "personality crisis" by the new york dolls, if that helps :]

[@sonetlumiere12345678]

I never saw what all the fuss was about Bowie.

[@RideMyBMW]

min 2:04 "All I said was 'bring me the head of Elton John' " XD!!! Fu%$in priceless! :D

[@BelatedCommiseration]

I totally appreciate what your saying. Morrissey's debt to Bowie is obvious, but I'm not sure if Bowie really is as popular nowadays as he was. They said here that Morrissey sold out more seats than even Michael Jackson or Madonna, both notionally more 'mainstream' (even if they both, in their day, re defined what mainstream was). I think Bowie was one of many spring boards for Morrissey, but he is definitely his own artistically and why should he take a back seat to Bowies ego?

[@MIGHTYBOOSCH198]

I think maybe what Morrissey meant when he said Bowie is no longer fascinating, is that in 70-71 he was Stardust which was truly amazing and although a lot of his stuff has been brilliant since then, perhaps to Moz he hasn't captured that same magic he had in the Stardust era. If that is what he means, Moz has a point but I think Bowie always has always will be fascinating.

[@mattgoodmangoodmanlawnmowi2454]

Yes he is allowed to strive to be true to his values and he is under no moral obligation to reveal them. Especially because most people but especially the British music press love to tear him apart and mischaracterize him - Dan.

[@Monterey2am]

I agree with you, Bowie is so... something or other. Morrissey rocks.

[@BelatedCommiseration]

That's fair enough...personally I think Bowie was much more interesting when he went to Berlin and recorded 'Low', but I'm a bit of a sucker for 80's synth and new wave, so I'm pretty in to 80's Bowie also, even though a lot of stuff he did after the mid 80's I can see, objectively, isn't as artistically important. 90's Bowie...I dunno...I kind of agree with Moz that he was showing the first signs of irrelevance, but I wouldn't backdate this as far as 1971! No way!

[@Garlicbreadbat]

Lol at 2:10. His facial expression. XD

[@Nhernandez7]

OMG! that cover of T-REX!! what album is that on??? cosmic dancer!

[@KtotheY77]

I never answer the phone either!!!!!!!!! I just let it ring and ring.

[@FluXez00]

Morrissey, king of my time.

[@indianna22]

Is Alan Bennett 'former neighbour' at 4:29 wearing a toupee? I wonder if he bought it especially for the show?

[@mtstrat1]

the fax machine

[@Garlicbreadbat]

:) Fair do's.

[@lahmpowder]

what song are they singing?

[@raitisfreimanis]

1:34 Morrissey gets it wrong about David Bowie

[@ThePled9e]

Raitis Freimanis sheest mun!!!

[@owenmartin3307]

would love to dissect some famous people with moz over tea !

[@-killerqueen-5858]

Morrissey and bowie, don't have to get on. Not everyone has to like each other. Who's to say that their relationship wasn't just whipped up by the media. The performance was good but why should they love each other and their work? Madness.

[@JBinOtown]

Morrissey has attacked a lot of people. He should probably refrain from that. Bowie is still a great artist , as the Reality CD proved.

[@wisesatyr72]

wow Moz hates Bowie//meow cat fight lol

[@UnderTheAffluence]

I am partial to a bit of dissecting people as well. Me and Morrissey would get on well.

[@Monterey2am]

"bring me the head of Elton John" - brilliant. "He has nothing to say". Correct

[@HowToLootBrazil]

@bjm2670 wrong.

[@plasterofparisify]

David Bowie is over Morrissey is now!

[@flowerlike42]

no wonder about what he says concerning communicating by fax or that he does not pick up the phone to talk to someone...he's a WRITER ...call him a poet or lyricist ..A WRITER!!

[@RafaelDivoz]

Bowie.

[@MoveOverCasanova]

not even morrissey is worth judging bowie, but the idea of bowie taking over the stage, as i understood it, was just offending, and morrissey did right to leave the tour i guess!! but lets not forget what an outworldly musician david bowie is,-- what is all that "once he was great but not now"? -- he IS amazing, always was and will be

[@lennoxt.anderson8966]

2:04 - 2:15 Being Very Savage

[@lennoxt.anderson8966]

2:14 how is this funny?

[@sonofdrcross]

Jack the Ripper

[@ashleyburns6752]

He spelled words in the incorrect American style in his autobiography (favorite etc)

[@sjsbass6519]

I noticed that, I was a bit annoyed about it!

[@syncopate.]

this comment. you don't have to bash other artists to like someone...

[@someonenoticeimdead]

ive met enough of his fans to know

[@cmrock456]

Morrissey's 1991 tour statistics are incredible in regard to tour merch sales and how fast he sold out certain arenas, but this doc is incorrect when it says Morrissey sold out Madison Square Garden faster than the Beatles bc the Beatles NEVER played the Garden lol

[@joby2009]

Jonny

[@MIGHTYBOOSCH198]

Well his latest album was surprisingly awesome, but that aside your comment is stupid. Bowie has produced a ton of great songs we can listen to whenever, so why on earth should it matter that he went ten years with out an album. By your logic, 50 years from now no one should give a dam about Morrissey

[@southerner4566]

I saw Morrissey suport Bowie in Exeter about 10 years ago Bowie was crap ,well past his sell by date, Moz was as good as ever of course

[@abbielovesoasis]

@DeathOrGlory622 its actually awsome XD

[@cheshirepixie]

Moz and I could be best friends

[@salsollo]

there's sth about this DBowie. I don't like him 'he's greedy'

[@gingerbreadface]

'I like singers who know the world's fucked. I don't like singers who think songs can change it.' Well that about sums up the level of intelligence here. I guess The Beatles, Curtis Mayfield, Sly Stone, etc., must be crap then because they all sung songs about peace, love and harmony.

[@KraigOliver]

i'm sure youd know personally.

[@jbdean55]

as much as i love bowie's music, i think moz is right. bowie hasn't been relevant since 1980 or thereabouts. still love him though.

[@Myung13]

its one of his few friends, you bloody plank :S

[@nevernever22]

@ModernNosferatu haha, i am :)

[@grilp37]

Glad to see more Bono haters. Bono is infuriating. I've heard him sound similary wankerish in clips about Ian Curtis and Thom Yorke. I like singers who know the world's fucked. I don't like singers who think songs can change it.

[@mikedowd66]

It's not his style to dial

[@bensimps123]

no you dont but moz is best .

[@byan85]

@burytilidie Boo.

[@XanBcoo]

1:50 Completely sums up what I don't like about Morrissey. Amazing lyricist and songwriter, but he just comes off as a a smug twat most of the time.

[@athleticscoach2012]

Its better to listen to his records. So nobody says anything interesting in 5 years. Did Nancy Sinatra say anything interesting & would Morrisey really associate with her if she was not famous? I thought Morrisey was a legend but he is a just too pompous. As for his comments on Bowie, he is not the only one whose best days are behind him.

[@Garlicbreadbat]

@fundy76 No. Just no.

[@someonenoticeimdead]

David bowie was a prat.

[@owenmartin3307]

all that "little wonder" stuff is crap re bowie

[@bjm2670]

Morrissey can't be compared to Bowie Bowie is so much better. What he says about Bowie he is just jealous Bowie is a legend, morrissey is a footnote in Rock.

[@rainbowsalads]

shame he doesn't really care about animals : /

[@averyragnarsson2773]

What do you mean? He cares greatly about animals, more than other people.

[@komlaa2k]

Jack the Ripper