More of Morrissey 1979? (September 13, 2024)

(Sourced by Neil Barker - who'd posted earlier Morrissey images in 2021 via his aunt).
FWD.

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• Morrissey in 1979? - @nb1972 / Twitter - October 6, 2021

 

[ForgivemeJesus]

And is that Johnny Marr? Wow.

That's it's people, that's it.......Johnny wants to be on the cover , call marketing dept now and get that changed, we have to get him to sign.

 

[Anonymous]

That's it's people, that's it.......Johnny wants to be on the cover , call marketing dept now and get that changed, we have to get him to sign.

That’s a good idea, Johnny should troll Moz with that concept.

 

[ForgivemeJesus]

That’s a good idea, Johnny should troll Moz with that concept.

I'd be interested in moz's answer.....another What if?.......Johnny just wants to choose the cover, come on, let him feel like a big shot . For once( sorry I will always, dislike Marrs for quitting so many years ago, always) you can forgive, but you don't forget. HE KILLED THE SMITHS.

Why would he want to reunite? 100 million, nah
He rather plan on making 2000 a night with James. Another Great move Johnny boy.

 

[Leroy]

He and that blonde girl seem to be an item.

I don't think you'd make a good detective.....

 

[ZOOM FROM GLOOM]

It's just a shame that 20-year-old Steven hadn't been "braver" and opted to just be himself instead of unthinkingly trying - like so many of his peers at the time - to ape his/their favourite pop-stars, as though doing so could somehow be taken as a sign of "individuality".

In these pictures we can see clearly that, by the standards of 1979, he'd become the very embodiment of adolescent cliché: boring, banal and brainless in equal measure.

In short, 1970s Steven was evidently just as much of a twat as 2020s Steven.

Tell us anon No 27, how would you dress up going to a Glam THEMED party, you boring, banal, brainless, twat?!!





Posted by guest RickK ….

‘I was the person who invited (Steven) Morrissey to the party which was at my best friends house in Gorse Hill, Streford. It was a glam themed party which is even more evident in a number of other photos taken on the same night. There were other photos taken also featuring Morrissey which I am at present trying to obtain from an old friend who co-hosted the party.’

Morrissey in 1979? - @nb1972 / Twitter

Question Is This Actually Morrissey? Came across this on Twitter today. It's supposed to be a pic of a young Morrissey. What do you think? UPDATE Oct. 7: Posted by Neil Barker in the comments: Hi everyone. Glad you're all enjoying the photos! The blonde woman is my auntie Susan (she...

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[ZOOM FROM GLOOM]

I don't think you'd make a good detective.....

 

[SteveWS]

Who killed the Smiths?

I blame the NME - for all the band's often self-created problems, with which we're all familiar and were probably built-in from the very start, too many music press writers of that time conceitedly, enviously convinced themselves that they were an integral and important part of any popular band's 'scene' and the resultant success or failure. I grew very tired of journalists involving themselves in their Smiths features, especially interviews, as if those reporters were intimates of the band and a crucial part of the drama of it all. Even the reported journeys towards, say, the meetings ahead of interviews with Morrissey became crap and self-indulgent short stories; as if the writers were detectives seeking-out suspects. Frequently, the writers themselves conjured the dramas out of practically nothing but a desire to be viewed as stars themselves. It was a love/hate relationship on their part, and hate i.e. jealousy eventually won-out. That, and the need for sales and/or sensation.

In fact, at least one of the writers openly stated that they ended the Smiths; at very, very least, they worsened the band's fraught situation, and that led to the end.

 

[No 27]

Tell us anon No 27, how would you dress up going to a Glam THEMED party, you boring, banal, brainless, twat?!!

I would've stayed at home.

 

[marred]

Thank f***ing god he dropped that look! JFC!!!

 

[Anonymous]

Imagine that The Smiths had never existed, and Morrissey's career had started in 1988 with 'Suedehead'. I wonder how we'd all feel if photos of Morrissey had surfaced years later looking like he did in 1984 - massive quiff, national health specs, charity shop clothes, flowers in hand - but snapped at some party like this, instead of on 'Top of the Pops'? Would it seems disconcerting/amusing as these photos? Well, I suppose not, but I think it might still be quite an eyebrow-raiser. His look did evolve rapidly for about 15 years between the late 70s and 1990.

 

[Anonymous]

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(Sourced by Neil Barker - who'd posted earlier Morrissey images in 2021 via his aunt).
FWD.

Other earlier post:

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Related item:

• Morrissey in 1979? - @nb1972 / Twitter - October 6, 2021

I just did a double take at that group shot of them all sitting on the couch - for a moment I thought that was Tom Baker in the smaller photo on the wall behind them!

 

[playboy]

It's probably a foot-long menthol cigarette, the kind I once choked upon in a desperate attempt to appear chic and sophisticated despite my entire life being worth 23p plus vat.

As per Billy Duffy:

"When I met Morrissey the first time he was smoking these menthol cigarettes called ‘More’ which were like long cocktail cigarettes."

 

[Jamie]

As per Billy Duffy:

"When I met Morrissey the first time he was smoking these menthol cigarettes called ‘More’ which were like long cocktail cigarettes."

My first thought seeing that picture of M smoking was that it was a menthol cigarette.

One thing's certain: no matter what side of the M/JM divide you fall on, it's irrefutable who wore the Brian Jones bowl cut better. Stick to the quiff, our kid.

 

[The Queen of Batons]

Can’t believe he’s actually smoking! You can even see the lipstick marks. There’s so much that we don’t know about pre-Smiths Moz. I love it. New Romantic Moz for the win!

I always thought the cover photo of "James Dean is not Dead" shows him smoking with a packet of cigarettes on the table.

 

[Ashley_TakeABow]

Had a few minutes left at the end of my shift, so I made a quick doodle -- I had to.

 

[dallow_bg]

As per Billy Duffy:

"When I met Morrissey the first time he was smoking these menthol cigarettes called ‘More’ which were like long cocktail cigarettes."

 

[SteveWS]

Good grief, those cigarettes are so long that Moz could've smoked in the garden while remaining in the house.

 

[ZOOM FROM GLOOM]

Good grief, those cigarettes are so long that Moz could've smoked in the garden while remaining in the house.

spending warm summer days indoors, because he could.

 

[April Snow]

I always thought the cover photo of "James Dean is not Dead" shows him smoking with a packet of cigarettes on the table.

That photo on the cover is of James Dean not Morrissey.
There are several frames of that photo shoot on the Google Images.

 

[April Snow]

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I remember buying those in the 80s as I thought they were cool too.
Now very much an anti-smoker