![]() ![]() ![]() The interview began with Morrissey, looking especially thin and petulant, speaking directly into the camera. “Now you should hear Morrissey actually speak,” Michael explained, exchanging a knowing smile with me over the laptop. After watching that for a minute, Michael switched to another video, this one a 1986 interview of Morrissey from the cult MTV program, The Cutting Edge. “He’s pretty animated.” Morrissey swayed and clutched the tangle of beads around his neck, artfully turning his face to the spotlight as he sang. A tangled bouquet of long-stemmed roses dangled from the back pocket of his jeans. Michael started the video and there was Morrissey, wheeling around in a loose blouse unbuttoned to his navel, kicking and waving his hands in the air. “Well, I was married to a strange guy so I’m used to it.” He just does and says whatever is on his mind, and doesn’t worry about how it comes off. “But he can be a little polarizing to some people.” “I think Morrissey’s style is great,” I said. So you can see what a Morrissey performance is like.” He cued up an mid-eighties video of the Smiths performing “ This Charming Man” on the laptop. “Let’s start with a video of one of the Smith’s live performances. “Really? I have to hear that.” She is a life-long vegetarian, too. “The title song on that album is about a slaughterhouse.” “Morrissey is a very outspoken vegetarian,” I said. ![]()
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