Morrissey Central "REPULSION !" (September 26, 2024)

September 26, 2024

"Oscar Wilde was physically a work of art. The new statue 'of' him in Chelsea (by Eduardo Paolozzi) is even more grotesque than the ridiculous statue in Merrion Square in Dublin by Danny Osborne. Both statues are too repulsive to be shown here - or anywhere. As Oscar Wilde said, 'All art is quite useless'."
MORRISSEY.

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MESSAGES FROM MORRISSEY on MORRISSEY CENTRAL

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[ZOOM FROM GLOOM]

gotta admit, that’s pretty funny.

 

[gordyboy9]

im off to youtube to watch insignificant nicks morrissey friday,this weeks song is heir apparent if anyones interested.

 

[Uncleskinny]

The time when Morrissey's opinion meant anything to the world passed a long time ago.

Does anyone think his expatiations will change anything? They will not.

 

[TheSmiths_1985]

The time when Morrissey's opinion meant anything to the world passed a long time ago.

Does anyone think his expatiations will change anything? They will not.

 

[gordyboy9]

The time when Morrissey's opinion meant anything to the world passed a long time ago.

Does anyone think his expatiations will change anything? They will not.

hes not trying to change anything hes just saying its a shit statue.

 

[general disarray]

The only one of those close to the new Cure track is River Clean. And even that is galaxies away.

The new Cure song is good, the lyrics are good although pulled and culled from the poem 'dregs' but Once I Saw the River Clean is easily the best, imo

 

[Ashley_TakeABow]

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Ridiculous indeed

Wtf, why'd they make his face like that.

 

[SteveWS]

Wilde, with an equestrian statue of the emperor Marcus Aurelius as an insignificant backdrop

 

[SteveWS]

I didn't know Oscar Wilde was a skinny man with a permanent smirk.

That reclining statue made him look like an early 90s Nicky Campbell.

 

[sparacus]

I don't know how anyone can look at what's been happening with Morrissey these past few years and think it's just like past times. I'm not happy about it... but I think for numerous reasons he's in a far worse place now. The record industry and his status in it has changed but he can't seem to accept it. Thankfully Morrissey didn't have Central in those past wilderness years or he might have tanked those deals as well.

Morrissey is widely regarded as one of the finest pop/rock lyricists ever. I was watching the DVD of his 2004 Manchester show last night and it was triumphant. He has made comebacks before. As I have said before, it would be great for his catalogue to be united under one label and I expect Parlophone would love to have him back.

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Morrissey is widely regarded as one of the finest pop/rock lyricists ever. I was watching the DVD of his 2004 Manchester show last night and it was triumphant. He has made comebacks before. As I have said before, it would be great for his catalogue to be united under one label and I expect Parlophone would love to have him back.

What gives you that impression?

 

[spiritual atom bomb]

This makes me wish that Morrissey would get into show business — imagine a Wendy Williams type show. Never seen a more opinionated man or more biting words. Lean into it. Shy yes, but there is a diva waiting to get out. Or do audiobooks. Would love to hear him read Dubliners or something like that. Can’t be fun sitting around waiting for the phone to ring

 

[Ashley_TakeABow]

This makes me wish that Morrissey would get into show business — imagine a Wendy Williams type show. Never seen a more opinionated man or more biting words. Lean into it. Shy yes, but there is a diva waiting to get out. Or do audiobooks. Would love to hear him read Dubliners or something like that. Can’t be fun sitting around waiting for the phone to ring

I WISH. Even a podcast -- Mozcast. I would listen to him and his opinionated self all the time. I love that side of him so much.

 

[sparacus]

What gives you that impression?

They like re-releasing his albums with them and show intrest. The reissued ‘Beethoven Was Deaf’ for example.

 

[The Queen of Batons]

Could this mean he is in the UK? To pass comment on a statue you would surely have to see it, then there's the time that the Maggie Smith news was shared on Central.

 

[TheSmiths_1985]

Could this mean he is in the UK? To pass comment on a statue you would surely have to see it, then there's the time that the Maggie Smith news was shared on Central.

I think he’s a permanent resident of Cuckoo Land these days.

 

[goinghome]

I always quite liked the Merrion Square statue. It is kind of ridiculous, but it captures the vanity of the younger man, and a splash of colour too.

The feedback I've heard over the years is that while it's not considered a great sculpture, there's much affection for it, and several nicknames have been invented for it

Dublin Statues and their Surprising, Tongue-in-cheek Nicknames

Dublin statues aren't just odes to important historical figures, but a chance for Irish humour. Check out these Dublin statue nicknames.

notesofnomads.com

Not sure I agree, but I don't think Wilde would have wanted a statue (if he would have wanted one at all) that didn't have detractors.

Even with his epigrams, he often playfully undermined them in the next sentence. What helped him hone this skill of wit was translating a Chinese wise-man's book early in his career:

"In 1890 Oscar Wilde wrote a review of the first complete translation into English of the fourth-century BCE Daoist sage, Zhuangzi (Chuang Tsŭ as then transliterated). From numerous echoes in his subsequent work, we may surmise that in Zhuangzi Wilde discovered a fellow spirit, one who would, in the event, crystallize Wilde’s most distinctive ideas, among them the fundamental uselessness of everything useful and that creed of dandyism that articulates Zhuangzi’s concept of wu wei (“the principle of inaction”). Finally, Zhuangzi’s advocacy for the non-government of mankind resonates throughout Wilde’s one political essay, “The Soul of Man under Socialism.”

Discovering Zhuangzi thus became a crucial agent in transforming Wilde’s inherently Irish style of thinking into that of the most startling British intellectual of his day."

Oscar Wilde: As Daoist Sage

In 1890 Oscar Wilde wrote a review of the first complete translation into English of the fourth-century BCE Daoist sage, Zhuangzi (Chuang Tsŭ as then transliterated). From numerous echoes in his subsequent work, we may surmise that in Zhuangzi Wilde discovered a...

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Merrion Square is a well-maintained park in a nice area of Dublin city. There's a closed underground nuclear bunker from WWII at one end, and towards the other, The Joker's Chair, after Father Ted.

Double Take: The 'Joker's Chair' in the heart of Dublin - and where it got its name

Take a seat and remember Ireland’s favourite fictional priest.

www.thejournal.ie

 

[celibate]

Lots of people that time age and before [Asia let out] had bad teeth,..1 thing to add, read all about Oscar Wilde,or 'the complete works' by Richard Ellman ... in which Vyvian Holland [Wilde's son,he had 2 by Constance, Oscars married women till she died, before Wilde] got the copy of his fathers writing in prison The Profundis, some parts were added. Enjoy.

 

[Mozscofflaw]

Anything and everything but a release date for one of Morrissey's two completed albums gathering dust somewhere.

 

[SuedeMoz]

Morrissey is widely regarded as one of the finest pop/rock lyricists ever. I was watching the DVD of his 2004 Manchester show last night and it was triumphant. He has made comebacks before. As I have said before, it would be great for his catalogue to be united under one label and I expect Parlophone would love to have him back.

OK, so you're thinking 20 years later, a 2004-style comeback is still in the cards for Morrissey complete with a major label deal? If so, what does he need to do to make it happen?