Meetings With Morrissey

Download or read book Meetings with Morrissey written by Len Brown and published by Omnibus Press. This book was released on 2010-04-07 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Morrissey is one of the most provocative, individual and controversial performers in popular music. From the formation of his Manchester band The Smiths in 1982, through to the imminent release of his 2008 solo album Years Of Refusal, his career has spanned 50 UK Top 40 singles and 20 UK Top 10 albums. Including previously unpublished encounters, Meetings with Morrissey gets behind the public image to tell Morrissey’s story in his own words and explore in fine detail the extraordinary subject matter of his songs. The book offers in-depth insight into the diverse artists Morrissey has celebrated, via lyrics or Smiths’ covers, including Patti Smith, Pat Phoenix, Billy Fury, Marc Bolan, James Dean and The New York Dolls. Above all, it focuses on Morrissey’s lifelong commitment to promoting the genius of Oscar Wilde. Len Brown, a former NME writer and television producer, has interviewed Morrissey more times than any journalist. He first saw The Smiths back in 1983 and became the first writer to interview the artist about the death of his band and the birth of his solo career in 1988.

Download or read book Autobiography written by Morrissey and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Spend the day in bed” with Autobiography by Morrissey, whose new album Low in High School is out November 17th Steven Patrick Morrissey was born in Manchester on May 22nd 1959. Singer-songwriter and co-founder of the Smiths (1982–1987), Morrissey has been a solo artist for twenty-six years, during which time he has had three number 1 albums in England in three different decades. Achieving eleven Top 10 albums (plus nine with the Smiths), his songs have been recorded by David Bowie, Nancy Sinatra, Marianne Faithfull, Chrissie Hynde, Thelma Houston, My Chemical Romance and Christy Moore, amongst others. An animal protectionist, in 2006 Morrissey was voted the second greatest living British icon by viewers of the BBC, losing out to Sir David Attenborough. In 2007 Morrissey was voted the greatest northern male, past or present, in a nationwide newspaper poll. In 2012, Morrissey was awarded the Keys to the City of Tel-Aviv. It has been said “Most pop stars have to be dead before they reach the iconic status that Morrissey has reached in his lifetime.”

Download or read book The Day I Met Morrissey written by Dickie Felton and published by Young Writers. This book was released on 2009 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Saint Morrissey written by Mark Simpson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-03-07 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A portrait of the contemporary music icon explores his enigmatic personality in light of the author's own fan obsession, tracing his rise as the front man of The Smiths in the 1980s through his solo career.

Download or read book Kimberley Sun written by Di Morrissey and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sequel to Tears of the Moon. The Kimberley - from the red desert to the remote town of Broome - is the backdrop for Kimberley Sun. Lily Barton is beautiful, adventurous and 50-something. She is looking for a complete life change. Sami, her daughter, is 30, driving alone through the outback and finally, reluctantly, confronting her family roots. Together they are swept into a world where legends, myths and reality start to converge. Those who come into their orbit bring stories that change each of them. From Farouz, the old Afghan camel driver, to Bobby, the Chinese/Aboriginal man who is tangled in the murder of a German tourist, to Biddy, the survivor from Captain Tyndall and Olivia's era...and who is the mysterious artist hiding in the desert? All have a secret and all have a story to tell until each finds their place under the Kimberley sun.

Download or read book Ship of Dreams written by Dean Morrissey and published by Prospecta Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trying to stay awake to see the sandman, a young boy finds himself sailing the star-filled night sky with him.

Download or read book Morrissey written by David Bret and published by Franz Steiner Verlag. This book was released on 2004 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Morrissey is Britain's most articulate singer-songwriter, a lyricist of aching loneliness and lacerating wit. His latest album, "You Are the Quarry," is one of his best solo efforts since the disbanding of the Smiths. Here, Morrissey's friends and entourage speak frankly about the reclusive pop idol.