After this single, he can release Crashing Bores and retire.

Goodnight and thank you.

Yes, I know there will be an album in 2005. It's called Beethoven Was Deaf, part II.

This is my favourite song on the album so I'm delighted he's released it. The video is awful, of course. Morrissey just can't make a good video. I don't understand why.

The b-sides seem OK, nothing special. sadly, the best one seems to be the James Maker cover. Oh well. Still, pretty good all round.

I found Slum Mums a nice grower with some bitter (but amusing!) lyrics.
No One Can Hold A Candle my favourite and well worth tracking down the original to compare it for those that didn't get the NME cover CD a few months back.

somebody is listening radio 2 right now?
moz will be soon!

That there is no mention on the sleave of who co-wrote the new B-sides. This hasn't happened before, as far as i know.

HMV actually had a card for the new single, but no single! All the stores in Ireland get the new CDs on Friday or Saturday, but it's Monday and still no sign :(

I actually thought this was the best set of b-sides yet. I also thought LMKY had the worst b-sides. The production seems slightly edgier on these three b-sides. 'Candle' has a production quite similar to the original, and yes, it is the best of the three b-sides, but I also thought 'Slum Mums' and 'Public Image' were great, melancholy, bitter tracks too. It helps that they're largely acoustic in nature - JF's production can't much affect acoustic guitars. But I have to say that I was very satisfied with these three b-sides. I still think IHFJ is lame though.

Oh yeah, and the photo on the back of the single is, to my eyes, the best picture to come out of these sessions - Moz walking past the derelict building in LA. Beautiful.

Nice to see that they've credited the drums to 'Deano Butterworth'. I don't recall him ever being called 'Deano' on the sleeve before. Very cool.

A great picture of the lads when you open up the sleeve of the second single.

Jesse really is Peter Andre.

So I order the linksave pack of IHFJ (2 cds and 7") from HMV, and today it says 'Product line cancelled - Order will not be sent to you' in the order tracker.

Why oh why? What on earth? Grr...

Does anyone know if the b-sides are going to be available for purchase online, through the Attack store, iTunes, or elsewhere? The "Let Me Kiss You" single, with all b-sides, was available from the Attack store. Haven't heard anything at all about this one yet ...

Sloppily done, I know, but here's my touch typing transcript:

Six filthy children from six absent fathers
But then you turn to us for suckers
Because you think we're just suckers
We may be welfare oh yeah but we don't care
And we're paid to dispise your counsil house eyes
Oh you can change your name and bleech your skin
Camoflage your accent so even you don't recognise it
But you won't escape from the Slum Mums
Because you are one because you even breed like one
And the labour government can't stand the slum mums
It's engrained underneath your fingernails
The office of the social service is strategically placed
In a dowdy rowdy part of town to discourage you from signing
We make you feel like you're whining
when you claim what's legally yours

Oh you can change your name and bleech your skin
Camoflage your accent so even you don't recognise it
But you won't escape from the Slum Mums
Because you are one because you even breed like one
And the labour government can't stand the slum mums
It's engrained underneath your fingernails
Take you and your rat pack brood to the long grass of the meadow; administer 7 doses. Lethal
and illegal which may render you elswhere.

I see it is HMV's Single of the Week.

There weren't many left when I bought mine. Is this under-ordering or the rush for cynicism to relieve ourselves of the incredibly insipid Bland Aid 20 sweeping them from the shelves?

Dear Jim,

What is up with Moz using my photograph on his EP cover?!

Signed,

Dermot Morgan

There, i've done it clones. Hopefully now everyone will stop sending me their 'Father Ted' emails. They are not funny! The only resemblance 'Father Ted' has to Moz, is that it's an Irish guy in a priest suit. That's it! If Moz was a 'toe-head', maybe then I could see a stronger resemblance. I also don't want to hear about how Dermot Morgan is Morrissey's first cover star in many years. Only Morrissey's sideburns are gray, not his whole head. If Moz dons the priest suit in ten more years...that's another story. I think i've just about covered it all. I've already said it, there's no need to send more 'Father Ted' smack.

OUT

New Entry This Week
Rank Position 4 as of Tuesday 14th December 2004
"I Have Forgiven Jesus"
Morrissey
Label: Attack
Company: Sanctuary
Corporate Group: Sanctuary
Distributor: Pinnacle
Cat no: ATKXD011
3,163 / CDs Sold
746 / 7" Sold
Total sold Morrissey: 3910

Number One
"Do They Know It's Christmas"
Band Aid 20
Total sold: 55,215

Number Two
"Father and Son"
Ronan Keating Featuring Yusuf
Total sold: 6,381

Number Three
"I Believe In You"
Kylie Minogue
Total sold: 5,601

Total sold Morrissey: 3910

Number Five
"You Can Do It"
Ice Cube Featuring Mac 10 and MS
Total sold: 3,411

theres a God awful imposter mp3 out there now entitled "Morrissey - The Slum Mums". its 112quality and runs at 4:15 or 4:16. it sounds like a rip off of The Magnetic Fields, "The Flowers She Sent And The Flowers She Said She Said She Sent" [a great song fromthe 'Holiday' record] by a very poor sounding Morrissey impersonator with even worse lyrics. he's even copped the lyric "the world is full of crashing bores".

beware!

does anyone know the lyrics to and/or know if/where there is an mp3 of this song available?

Does anyone out there know how to access the slum mums and the public image b-sides from your pc? All I seem to get is the video for IHFG. I thought all the audio tracks could've been played through media player or winamp.

Was it Just me or was the enhanced CD video on CD2 of the new single (I Have forgiven Jesus) badly out of synch. It was like a bad mime performance. Its bad enough moz splitting the new tracks on to two CD's so we have to spend more 'hard earned' without the 'extras' not working properly. Why oh why join the ranks of other bands who spread sub standard material over 2 CD's. (apart from the amazing No one can hold a candle to you). I have seen my other favourites -Suede do the same and go down the pan. I need 1 CD with 3 great tracks, not 2 CD's containing 4 limp ones.

Any word on a U.S. release of IHFJ...or should I break down and order the U.K. versions?