Morrissey Central "BMG DUMP MORRISSEY" (November 16, 2020)

https://www.morrisseycentral.com/messagesfrommorrissey/bmg-dump-morrissey

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BMG Records have dropped Morrissey. Following the March 2020 release of I AM NOT A DOG ON A CHAIN
(#1 Scotland, #1 Poland, #3 Britain, #3 France, #10 Spain, #13 Germany, #2, #9, #17, #18 U.S.A. - depending
on which official chart you follow), BMG have appointed a new Executive who does not want another Morrissey
album. Instead, the new BMG Executive has announced new plans for 'diversity' within BMG's artist roster, and
all projected BMG Morrissey releases/reissues have been scrapped.

"This news is perfectly in keeping with the relentless galvanic horror of 2020," said Morrissey, "we would be critically insane to expect anything positive."

Morrissey is once again in search of a new label willing to release his music.

"My three albums with BMG have been the best of my career, and I stand by them till death. Recording them has been a pivotal period in my life, and I thank the previous BMG team and everyone involved for that. It's still important to me to do music my own way, and I wouldn't want to be on a label that dictates so specifically how their artists should behave - especially when the word 'talent' is notably never mentioned."

Morrissey's duet with David Bowie is now available on Parlophone via Warner.

"There are too many cases of successful artists languishing at labels who are no longer interested in them." Alistair Norbury, BMG.

Morrissey's Las Vegas residency remains in place for 2021.

above quotes collected by V.Pearson for M.Central.
full interview will be printed shortly.

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Media items:

• Louder Than War: "BMG drop Morrissey from label" - November 16, 2020
• Metro: "Morrissey confirms he’s been dropped from BMG as he hits out at record label for ‘dictating how artists should behave’" - November 16, 2020
• Mirror: "Morrissey announces he's been 'dropped' by label, lamenting 'relentless horror of 2020'" - November 16, 2020
• Morrissey Parts Ways With Another Record Label, BMG - Variety. Link from shoplifterromo.
• Morrissey Blames Push for ‘Diversity’ for Label Dropping Him - SPIN

 

[King fly]

He should do a dreamy Country album for Island, ON an Island, maybe in Ireland?

 

[GirlAfraidWillNeverLearn]

In music, contracts are rarely perceived as being fulfilled per se. They are often expected to provide some reference for the next contract negotiations. I anticipate that’s what Morrissey hoped for, though I doubt he invested too much in the idea of such widespread practices actually applying to him.

As I've stated before, I also assumed they were negotiating an extension (if the announced reissues were any indication).

It's still not the same thing as being dumped of course, but it would be very un-Morrissey for him to not take this decision personally.
I doubt that he's furious about it though.
He seems to need that outcast position.

 

[Mayfly]

I believe we found SER to be using some 'industry only' music chart portal a while back and the figures for the US market have always been notoriously difficult to view accurately - so I'd be inclined to let him off on this occasion
That said, the quoting of something from 2016 to bolster a 'diversity' argument in 2020 - having been with BMG for 3 years after said quote is just plain daft. The terms of the contract were never clear and the assertions re: 2 record deals etc were never substantiated. That said, he's had a reasonable run with them and certainly released more product with them than most anticipated.
Personally, I think this is a 'usual' exit strategy - where blaming BMG is required. The fact that he's released 2 products via 2 other companies in the last couple of months and how that might sit with BMG doesn't appear to get any consideration.
Regards,
FWD.

Thanks for another insightful and well documented post, FWD.
Regarding the products he released via other channels, there's the upcoming T Rex cover with David Bowie, and which is the other one?
My interpretation is that this "news" isn't so new but has been held back for some time, presumably because Morrissey was carried away by other upsetting events.
As you also mentioned elsewhere, the termination of his contract with BMG was already hinted at last year around this time. At best, there was some hope of renewal after IANADOAC, but as it was more of a commercial flop, these hopes must have been shelved months ago.
In that case, it would only be reasonable for Morrissey to try to release some music via another company. All artists are looking for ways to make some money in these difficult times.
Problem with Morrissey is that he has never been good at mentioning the facts and their chronology. It's just all about the drama with him. But by now, we should be used to it.

 

[Deleted member 28251]

Good good. Don’t worry anyway, I think my time here is coming to an end, for real this time. Not because I’m leaving, but because it’s so f***ing boring on here. Apart from a handful of names I won’t mention because I don’t want to look like an arselicker, all it is every day is the same old thing, you & your little clique saying this:-

I hate Morrissey because he’s racist.
(Insert username) is a racist / neo -nazi / troll.
General put downs to show how superior you all are to everyone else.

Virtually no-one is interested in discussing anything else, it’s pathetic!

But don’t worry, I won’t leave completely, I’ll still be here to downvote everything you say every day or so,so it f***s your feed up & you have to switch it off like Radis.

Fella.

It was always the intention of Radis to take you to this point SR. His ilk want this site to substantiate the myth that Morrissey has no audience. And they would love potential suitors to stumble across Solo, as ‘fan’ site shot through with nothing but their poison.

With Brexit on the horizon, and Morrissey a free agent, the sun is beginning to shine again—and the things of the night will be seeking the safety of the shadows soon.

 

[Surface]

Hope you don't mind me interrupting here, but all this tit for tat nonsense, & silly name calling, needs to stop, please.

It's getting to a stage where this forum is becoming more like a primary school playground than anything else. I know it happens on various occasions, but recently it's become very silly & juvenile across quite a few threads.

I don't think @Surface has ever accused Morrissey of being 'racist', in fact I'm more than sure he's stated that he does not consider Morrissey to be a racist.

Maybe @Surface is willing to confirm his position, in the interest of providing clarity, once & for all?

Correct, I have never said and have never thought he is racist. I think he is disconnected from the wider public feeling hence the stunned silence at the BBC6 gig when he made his uninformed comment.

 

[Deleted member 29227]

Correct, I have never said and have never thought he is racist.

Thank you.

 

[Silent Reader]

It was always the intention of Radis to take you to this point SR. His ilk want this site to substantiate the myth that Morrissey has no audience. And they would love potential suitors to stumble across Solo, as ‘fan’ site shot through with nothing but their poison.

With Brexit on the horizon, and Morrissey a free agent, the sun is beginning to shine again—and the things of the night will be seeking the safety of the shadows soon.

Cheers Hovis, yeah I can’t wait, CANNOT WAIT for Brexit.

The tears in the eyes of the remoaners on Dec 31st at midnight...glorious. We need to raise a toast at that time

 

[Silent Reader]

Correct, I have never said and have never thought he is racist. I think he is disconnected from the wider public feeling hence the stunned silence at the BBC6 gig when he made his uninformed comment.

Ok, in that case I apologise for lumping you in with the people who DO say that, day in day out.

 

[Deleted member 28251]

Cheers Hovis, yeah I can’t wait, CANNOT WAIT for Brexit.

The tears in the eyes of the remoaners on Dec 31st at midnight...glorious. We need to raise a toast at that time

The beers are in, the veggie snacks are awaiting in the freezer, and they’ll be crying a river—as I play ‘Irish Blood, English Heart’ as the clock strikes twelve.

After the toast it’s The Loneliness of a Long Distance Runner followed by On Her Majesty’s Secret service. Then to bed before beginning the hard work of 2021. Which is likely to be shitter than this year—but that’s show business.

 

[Stephen Hofmann]

I used to be a fan of Echo and the Bunnymen, in my early 20's, back in the 80's. That was before I knew of The Smiths. This quote by Ian McCulloch is disgusting. No wonder Echo no longer appeals to me

I saw Ian a few yrs ago, doing an acoustic show, and he came out with his Moz/Smash Hits meeting story. Still didn't like him. Detested him actually. His voice is still decent but I think he's had a lot of alchol problems over the years.

 

[ZOOM FROM GLOOM]

I saw Ian a few yrs ago, doing an acoustic show, and he came out with his Moz/Smash Hits meeting story. Still didn't like him. Detested him actually. His voice is still decent but I think he's had a lot of alchol problems over the years.

He seems bitter that he didn’t make
as much of an impact on music culture as Morrissey did.

 

[Stephen Hofmann]

He seems bitter that he didn’t make
as much of an impact on music culture as Morrissey did.

You could be right. The Bunnymen could have been a lot bigger.

 

[Surface]

He seems bitter that he didn’t make
as much of an impact on music culture as Morrissey did.

That's not quite right, he's bitter they weren't as big a U2.

 

[ZOOM FROM GLOOM]

You could be right. The Bunnymen could have been a lot bigger.

Everyone could be a lot bigger, it’s up to the label on how much they want to spend on promotion.


But even without the big promotion, Morrissey made a impact just by being himself in a way that Ian never could.

 

[ZOOM FROM GLOOM]

That's not quite right, he's bitter they weren't as big a U2.

Everyone’s bitter because they aren’t as big as u2.

 

[GirlAfraidWillNeverLearn]

Everyone could be a lot bigger, it’s up to the label on how much they want to spend on promotion.


But even without the big promotion, Morrissey made a impact just by being himself in a way that Ian never could.

An impact not even U2 have made.

 

[Silent Reader]

The beers are in, the veggie snacks are awaiting in the freezer, and they’ll be crying a river—as I play ‘Irish Blood, English Heart’ as the clock strikes twelve.

After the toast it’s The Loneliness of a Long Distance Runner followed by On Her Majesty’s Secret service. Then to bed before beginning the hard work of 2021. Which is likely to be shitter than this year—but that’s show business.

I just watched 'Loneliness' again recently on TV, first time in over 20 years I'd seen it. Great film & IMO one of the all time great film endings.

 

[Deleted member 28251]

Everyone’s bitter because they aren’t as big as u2.

Except The Cure—who seem to be coming up on the inside as U2’s legs tire.

 

[Silent Reader]

An impact not even U2 have made.

Many many years ago there was a Moz documentary on C4, where I believe Bono made a comment along the lines of Moz being a genuine icon & there wasn't many of them around anymore.

Something like that anyway, it was a long time ago.

 

[Deleted member 28251]

Many many years ago there was a Moz documentary on C4, where I believe Bono made a comment along the lines of Moz being a genuine icon & there wasn't many of them around anymore.

Something like that anyway, it was a long time ago.

2003?