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Morrissey statement from [https://www.morrissey-solo.com/threads/tty-all-the-best-ones-are-dead.137131/ TTY: All The Best Ones Are Dead] (March 18, 2016): | |||
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"It's very difficult for me, I think, to live now, in this electronic age of atrocity. We are fed nothing but carnage and ruin, and we must digest these images and thoughts every single day ... so is it any wonder we all look slightly terrorised ... this stupid civilization of advertising, advertising, advertising ... things that nobody wants. It's hard to maintain indifference and to not respond. Finally, nothing connects with anything. Even to have imagination suddenly seems hopeless because pop music has become so impoverished and obsessed only with very, very stupid people. It's fascinating to consider how Radio One once interviewed William Burroughs! These days the program planners at Radio One would pass on William Burroughs in favor of Little Boots. So it's a bit like trying to deal with people who have nothing but actually want even less than they have. Therefore I look at Richard Davalos and James Dean not as faces from a more simplistic time, but as faces of a beautiful and secret society. You cannot say that about '''anyone''' in 2016." | |||
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Revision as of 08:25, 17 October 2021
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Morrissey statement from TTY: All The Best Ones Are Dead (March 18, 2016):
"It's very difficult for me, I think, to live now, in this electronic age of atrocity. We are fed nothing but carnage and ruin, and we must digest these images and thoughts every single day ... so is it any wonder we all look slightly terrorised ... this stupid civilization of advertising, advertising, advertising ... things that nobody wants. It's hard to maintain indifference and to not respond. Finally, nothing connects with anything. Even to have imagination suddenly seems hopeless because pop music has become so impoverished and obsessed only with very, very stupid people. It's fascinating to consider how Radio One once interviewed William Burroughs! These days the program planners at Radio One would pass on William Burroughs in favor of Little Boots. So it's a bit like trying to deal with people who have nothing but actually want even less than they have. Therefore I look at Richard Davalos and James Dean not as faces from a more simplistic time, but as faces of a beautiful and secret society. You cannot say that about anyone in 2016."
Mentioned In
- Strangeways, Here We Come
- Best...I
- ...Best II
- The Complete Picture
- Tour Of The Tormentors MMVI 2006-2007 Pre-show Tracks
- Greatest Hits Tour 2007-2008 Pre-show Tracks
- Richard Davalos, RIP - true-to-you.net (March 11, 2016)
- All The Best Ones Are Dead - true-to-you.net (March 18, 2016)
- Death is not the final word - true-to-you.net (December 20, 2016)
- SHAKE THE HAND THAT SHOOK THE HAND - Morrissey Central (January 5, 2024)
Wikipedia Information
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Richard Davalos (November 5, 1930 – March 8, 2016) was an American stage, film, and television actor.
Related Forum Threads
- TTY: Richard Davalos, RIP - Morrissey-solo (Mar 12, 2016)
- TTY: All The Best Ones Are Dead - Morrissey-solo (Mar 18, 2016)
- Morrissey Central: "Minor Detail" (October 3, 2019) - Morrissey-solo (Oct 03, 2019)