History Music / Morrissey

* LastNoteNightmare: "[[{{Margaret Thatcher}} Margaret]] On The Guillotine" - nice calm music and then, at the end... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the title event]].
* LongTitle: Many, often full sentences - prompting {{Elvis Costello}} to remark that he writes good titles, but forgets to write the songs.

** Viva Hate: Similar in style to The Smith's last album, minus, you know, The Smiths.
** Kill Uncle: Rockabilly, experimental.
** Your Arsenal: Alternative pop.
** Vauxhall And I: Soft Rock.
** Southpaw Grammar: Punk Rock, which dabbles in progressive rock at times.
** Maladjusted: Alternative rock, experimental.
** You Are The Quarry: Similar in style to Vauxhall And I and a bit of Your Arsenal.
** Ringleader Of The Tormenters: More rock-driven than You Are The Quarry.
** Years Of Refusal: Heavy punk rock, similar to Southpaw Grammar, but with some Spanish/Latin influence thrown in.

** Years Of Refusal: Heavy punk rock, similar to Southpaw Grammar.

** You Are The Quarry: Similar in style to Vauxhall And I and bit of Your Arsenal.
** More rock-driven than You Are The Quarry.

** You Are The Quarry: Similar in style to Vauxhall And I a bit of Your Arsenal.

** Kill Uncle: Rockabilly, experimental

** Maladjusted: Alternative rock, experimental
** You Are The Quarry: Similar to Vauxhall And I Southpaw Grammar.

* PerspectiveFlip: Back in the Music/TheSmiths, Morrissey wrote "The Headmaster Ritual", which protested the abuses of the BritishEducationSystem only two years before corporal punishment was criminalised. On ''Southpaw Grammar'', he wrote "The Teachers Are Afraid of the Pupils", which reverses the situation and instead depicts the abuses perpetuated by the [[TeensAreMonsters students]].

* MetaphorIsMyMiddleName: "Action Is my Middle Name"

* TakeThat: Often. Better-known targets include [[TheCure Robert Smith]], the British royal family, and Jamie Oliver.
* ThreeMinutesOfWrithing: The video for November Spawned a Monster.

His controversial opinions about subjects ranging from [[UnfortunateImplications immigration]] to [[AnimalWrongsGroup vegetarianism]], as well as his contrary and somewhat arrogant nature, mean that he is very much the type you either love or hate. Although [[HatesEveryoneEqually misanthropic]], he is charming and [[JerkWithAHeartOFGold genuinely affectionate]] towards devotees and the few people who have gained his trust.

* LastNoteNightmare: "Margaret On The Guillotine" - nice calm music and then, at the end... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the title event]].

* LastNoteNightmare: "Margaret On The Gullotine" - nice calm music and then, at the end... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the title event]].

Many are of the opinion that his music has a lot of [[HoYay subtext]], though [[FanNickname Moz]] himself has said that he believes that sexual orientation doesn't matter. Indeed, his lyrics tend to be [[GenderIsNoObject gender- (and thus orientation-) neutral]]. Despite - or perhaps due to - his desire for privacy, debate still rages on as to his sexual orientation. Is he [[NoBisexuals gay]]? Bisexual? {{Asexual}}? The best answer is perhaps simply that he's Morrissey.

His controversial opinions about subjects ranging from [[UnfortunateImplications immigration]] to [[AnimalWrongsGroup vegetarianism]], as well as his contrary and somewhat arrogant nature, mean that he is very much the type you either love or hate. Although [[HatesEveryoneEqually misanthropic]], he is charming and [[JerkWithAHeartOFGold genuinely affectionate]] towards fans and the few people who have gained his trust.

His fans tend to be very loyal, much to the annoyance of the music press and many non-fans.

* LastNoteNightmare: "Margaret On The Gullotine" - nice calm music and then, at the end... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheLabel the title says it all]].

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