Morrissey Central "JIM CONNOLLY, RIP" (July 30, 2024)

"Sometimes too sad to comment. Jim was personal security for me during the Smiths and the early solo years … of good faith, smiles and kindness, Jim was the Dublin of eternal steel. Who else but Jim would wash my clothes by hand - unasked?

These days, we live life one shock at a time. There is no other way. Jim's departure is todays' shock."
MORRISSEY.

JIM CONNOLLY, RIP - MESSAGES FROM MORRISSEY - MORRISSEY CENTRAL - JIM CONNOLLY, RIP

MESSAGES FROM MORRISSEY

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[j*e*t]

 

[Light Housework]

Sounds like Jim was a humble guy, and caring.

 

[goinghome]

A true blue per that description,
Fear iontach.
RIP

 

[Odbmke]

You can see him a bunch in the video Morrissey posted to his instagram on Saturday.

 

[hand in glove]

By what Morrissey had to say, I agree, he sounded like a loving and considerate person. I’m really sorry to see this

 

[Anonymous of Manc]

This is the fella he spoke about who, worried about Morrissey’s diet,suggested he eat some fish. It arrived with the head on. You know the rest.

For those of younger years. Vegetarians lived in a meat society then. So a Fish Restaurant was about as good as it got,, and you’d eat a plate of chips.

 

[The Alchemist]

It's a shame that Morrissey is suffering these losses so badly. Maybe some Kerouac reading could help...

“We were never really born, we will never really die. It has nothing to do with the imaginary idea of a personal self, other selves, many selves everywhere: Self is only an idea, a mortal idea. That which passes into everything is one thing. It’s a dream already ended. There’s nothing to be afraid of and nothing to be glad about. I know this from staring at mountains for months on end. They never show any expression, they are like empty space. Do you think the emptiness of space will ever crumble away? Mountains will crumble, but the emptiness of space, which is the one universal essence of mind, the vast awakenerhood, empty and awake, will never crumble away because it was never born.”

Jack Kerouac

 

[Erik]

It's a shame that Morrissey is suffering these losses so badly. Maybe some Kerouac reading could help...

“We were never really born, we will never really die. It has nothing to do with the imaginary idea of a personal self, other selves, many selves everywhere: Self is only an idea, a mortal idea. That which passes into everything is one thing. It’s a dream already ended. There’s nothing to be afraid of and nothing to be glad about. I know this from staring at mountains for months on end. They never show any expression, they are like empty space. Do you think the emptiness of space will ever crumble away? Mountains will crumble, but the emptiness of space, which is the one universal essence of mind, the vast awakenerhood, empty and awake, will never crumble away because it was never born.”

Jack Kerouac

tra la la la tra la la la

 

[nicky wire's legs]

It's a shame that Morrissey is suffering these losses so badly. Maybe some Kerouac reading could help...

“We were never really born, we will never really die. It has nothing to do with the imaginary idea of a personal self, other selves, many selves everywhere: Self is only an idea, a mortal idea. That which passes into everything is one thing. It’s a dream already ended. There’s nothing to be afraid of and nothing to be glad about. I know this from staring at mountains for months on end. They never show any expression, they are like empty space. Do you think the emptiness of space will ever crumble away? Mountains will crumble, but the emptiness of space, which is the one universal essence of mind, the vast awakenerhood, empty and awake, will never crumble away because it was never born.”

Jack Kerouac

To an egoist, that sort of thing is depressing rather than comforting

 

[Vesper Nocturne]

Poor little honey. I want to away every shock and every single sadness he’s ever had.

 

[nicky wire's legs]

Poor little honey. I want to away every shock and every single sadness he’s ever had.

Oh for f***s sake!

 

[Per]

Poor little honey. I want to away every shock and every single sadness he’s ever had.

Me too! May He never be sad for even a moment. He is a wonderful and enchanting beauty, may nothing ever harm Him.

 

[Ryan]

Me too! May He never be sad for even a moment. He is a wonderful and enchanting beauty, may nothing ever harm Him.

Amen.

 

[BookishBoy]

Lovely photo. I do wish Central would make the effort to find/use images like this, rather than the badly pixelated ones that tend to be used.

 

[The Alchemist]

The Alchemist said:
tra la la la tra la la la

Indeed, he said it himself in that song that bears the name of Neal Cassady, the friend that Kerouac based the character Dean Moriarty on.

Victim, or life's adventurer....

To me, this is Morrissey holding a mirror up to himself.

To an egoist, that sort of thing is depressing rather than comforting

Yes, I think that is the crux of it really. It is very difficult to explain to someone dominated by ego that you can't die if you were never born.

The ego cuts us off, not only from others but from ourselves.

However, I found it interesting that he opened the first night in Las Vegas by saying you must come face to face with your inner self.

Quite a few people he knows (or knew) meditate - most prominently Linder. But also Russell Brand, Michael Stipe and Sinéad O'Connor being others I can think of.

Chrissie Hynde too - 'I can't pass a church without going in to sit and meditate'

Perhaps he is in a tumultuous ongoing tangle with the ego. Maybe he is finding that the answers are within, not without. I hope so, because peace and the end of suffering are waiting there.

Unless he reveals more, we shall never know.

 

[gordyboy9]

may perpetual light shine upon him,its always the good ones who go.

 

[The Alchemist]

The Alchemist said:
tra la la la tra la la la

Reflecting on this song, I actually believe we can consider that segment in particular to be a meditation.

Like many of Morrissey's vocal melodies and musical arrangements (frequently used as stunningly beautiful outro's throughout his work), I feel that the combination of the music and the singing voice is at least one form of meditation for him.

Here it's wonderful to watch and listen to him using the rhythm of the vocal melody and accompanying music to meditate on the question he poses to himself and the audience; 'Are you alive? How do you know?'

Could you describe that outro segment of the song as a mantra?

Probably, yes.

 

[Per]

I can't bear to see this man sad. If only I could take away all his sorrows. I would love to bow down and kiss the places where he steps.

 

[Mimi Ramone]

I can't bear to see this man sad. If only I could take away all his sorrows. I would love to bow down and kiss the places where he steps.

All you alright or are you just taking the piss? Some people...