Tim Booth mentions Morrissey and references forum post during the James concert in Los Angeles (September 25, 2024)

Summing up info posted in the forum thread James and Johnny Marr US Tour:

Thanks again to @Famous when dead for finding the video with the actual quote.

At about the 24:30 mark:



"The lyric to that song was put up in a Morrissey forum as an example of how awful my lyrics are. 'Life's A f***ing Miracle'... doesn't quite tally, maybe, with Morrissey's message."

The forum post referenced is by @Lucifer Sam posted on May 7, 2024 in the thread.

Yes, I'm well aware. But so far Morrissey hasn't done anything as cheesy, gimmicky, and washed-up as performing with a full orchestra like Johnny Marr and James have done. Plus I was listening to the new James album the other day ("their first no. 1 in 40 years!" cheer the dads) and I couldn't even make it past the first two songs. The second song was so bad I thought, "what is this shit?" and the answer is: Life's a F*cking Miracle. Musically it's as awful as Knockabout World, but lyrically it's fathoms worse. I will reproduce the lyrics. I am confident that Morrissey, no matter how lazy he gets, will never write anything so gooey. You can just picture the suburbanites shaking their asses and singing along.

LIFE'S A F*CKING MIRACLE

I'm another dumb fish in another dumb bowl (oh)
Screaming in an echo chamber
Waste so much time, sucked online (oh)
Waste so much time, review my life
How sharp's my knife
Raise your glass
Life's a f*cking miracle
We're made of light
Our form is physical
If we love life
Life loves reciprocal
Celebrate
She, he, we, they
Welcome sign
(She, he, they, we)
She, he, we, they
Welcome sign
(She, he, they, we)
What shapes our lives is our mind
Thoughts become material
Power lies with those who control (oh)
Our storylines
This body's mine
And love's no crime
Raise your glass
Life's a f*cking miracle
We're made of light
Our form is physical
If we love life
Life loves reciprocal
Celebrate
She, he, we, they
Welcome sign
(She, he, they, we)
She, he, we, they
Welcome sign
(She, he, they, we)
(She, he, they, we)
She, he, they, we
(She, he, they, we)
She, he, they, we
(She, he, they, we)
She, he, they, we
(She, he, they, we)
Raise your glass
Life's a f*cking miracle
We're made of light
Our form is physical
If we love life
Life loves reciprocal
Celebrate
She, he, we, they
Welcome sign
(She, he, they, we)
She, he, we, they
Welcome sign
(She, he, they, we)

 

[Johnnie Ray]

I have to say, I LOVE Tim Booth.

 

[Johnnie Ray]

Jesus, I don't think the person who wrote 'Notre Dame' and 'You're the one for me, fatty' has any room to criticise!

Especially Notre Dame. Oh my goodness, that song is such a dog, lyrically.

 

[Surface]

I have to say, I LOVE Tim Booth.

As did 23500 people at the new Co Op live arena in Manchester a couple of months ago.

 

[Mohnny Jarr]

This just reminds me of how I recently walked past Tim Booth and was so out of it that I loudly said, “isn’t that the James guy?” And then proceeded to walk away. He definitely heard me. And I still feel quite bad about it