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[[Category:Negative Influences on Morrissey]] [[Category:Influences on Morrissey - Music]] [[Category:Songs used in pre-show]] [[Category:Supported The Smiths]] [[Category:Tour Iconography]] [[File:Madonna thumb.jpg | 200px | right | thumb |Madonna]] == Relevance == In November 2024, Morrissey wore a Madonna t-shirt for the encore at Dallas and her song "Frozen" was added to the pre-show video tracks.<br> From "MORRISSEY ON... MODERN MUSIC", Melody Maker (September 23, 1989)<ref name="mm19890923"/>, likely quoted from [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKDoJtUNLVA#t=06m22s The Smiths special on The South Bank Show] (Oct. 18, 1987): :"The whole spectrum of pop is being laid to rest. It's obvious that ultimately pop will end: the ashes are already around us. For example, Madonna has to be the last female icon. Where can it go from here?"<br> From a Morrissey interview in NME (June 7, 1986)<ref name="nme19860607"/>: :"Obviously Madonna reinforces everything absurd and offensive. Desperate womanhood. Madonna is closer to organised prostitution than anything else. I mean the music industry is obviously prostitution anyway but there are degrees.<br> From a Morrissey interview in Creem (1985) <ref name="creem1985"/>: :"I must be quite honest," announces Morrissey of the Smiths. "I can understand that people can find me very irritating. And I accept that to an almost absurd degree, because I know that I'm not... I'm not... well, I'm not really a pop pushover." :"And that can irritate people, because they want their music to be quite simplistic, and they don't really want any fuss and bother and any seriousness. And I know I'll certainly never fit into that bill. But ultimately I feel that if people are saying no to the Smiths, they're saying yes to Madonna. And I find that the biggest sin of all." == References == <references> <ref name="mm19890923">{{cite | title="MORRISSEY ON... MODERN MUSIC", Bands Of The Eighties supplement - Melody Maker, September 23, 1989 | url=http://foreverill.com/interviews/post87/eighties.htm | pub=Smiths Presumably Forever Ill| auth=Melody Maker | date=1989-09-23 | dom=foreverill.com | type=ext }} </ref> <ref name="nme19860607">{{cite | title="Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em - NME, June 7, 1986 | url=http://foreverill.com/interviews/1986/mothers.htm | pub=Smiths Presumably Forever Ill| auth=Ian Pye | date=1986-06-07 | dom=foreverill.com | type=ext }} </ref> <ref name="creem1985">{{cite | title=We'll Meat Again - Creem, 1985 | url=http://foreverill.com/interviews/1985/creem.htm | pub=Smiths Presumably Forever Ill| auth=Dave DiMartino | date=1985 | dom=foreverill.com | type=ext }} </ref> </references>
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