History YMMV / Morrissey

* NeverLiveItDown:
** Best known for being in Music/TheSmiths and his vegetarianism. In more recent years, he's become notorious for cancelling tours and tour dates, as observable from [[http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/06/heres-every-tour-morrissey-has-ever-canceled/ this handy compilation of his cancellations.]] This becomes HarsherInHindsight after his reveal that he has been undergoing treatments and surgeries for cancer.
** His lengthy reasons as to why The Smiths won't reunite is this.
* OvershadowedByControversy: Throughout his solo career, he has been suspected by some of holding racist or ethno-nationalist opinions, due to his use of British patriotic and homoerotic [[UsefulNotes/{{Skinheads}} Skinhead]] iconography, the lyrics of certain songs, especially "Bengali in Platforms", "Asian Rut", and "The National Front Disco" and comments in interviews about the music business (most notoriously his insinuations that the entire genre of reggae music was anti-white racism, his open disdain for hip-hop, and his claim that it was impossible for white artists to get on ''Series/TopOfThePops'' in the 1980s). In 2012 he settled a libel case with the ''Magazine/{{NME}}'' over a 2007 interview which he claimed had undergone TwistingTheWords to depict him as anti-immigration. However, he basically burned his boats on the subject in 2017, first when after the suicide bombing at Music/ArianaGrande's Manchester concert he tweeted that he blamed immigration[[note]]The bomber was born in Britain[[/note]] for the attack and that politicians were too PC or frightened to condemn Islam the way that it deserved to be, and then a few weeks later, during a live radio broadcast, when he expressed support for Anne Marie Waters, a very anti-Muslim candidate for the leadership of the nationalist UK Independence Party who had been rejected by the party's members. And this is not even getting into his ''other'' stances.

* OvershadowedByControversy: Throughout his solo career, he has been suspected by some of holding racist or ethno-nationalist opinions, due to his use of British patriotic and homoerotic [[UsefulNotes/{{Skinheads}} Skinhead]] iconography, the lyrics of certain songs, especially "Bengali in Platforms", "Asian Rut", and "The National Front Disco" and comments in interviews about the music business (most notoriously his insinuations that the entire genre of reggae music was anti-white racism, his open disdain for hip-hop, and his claim that it was impossible for white artists to get on ''Series/TopOfThePops'' in the 1980s). In 2012 he settled a libel case with the ''Magazine/{{NME}}'' over a 2007 interview which he claimed had undergone TwistingTheWords to depict him as anti-immigration. However, he basically burned his boats on the subject in 2017, first when after the suicide bombing at Music/ArianaGrande's Manchester concert he tweeted that he blamed immigration[[note]][[CriticalResearchFailure The bomber was born in Britain]][[/note]] for the attack and that politicians were too PC or frightened to condemn Islam the way that it deserved to be, and then a few weeks later, during a live radio broadcast, when he expressed support for Anne Marie Waters, a very anti-Muslim candidate for the leadership of the nationalist UK Independence Party who had been rejected by the party's members. And this is not even getting into his ''other'' stances.

* OvershadowedByControversy: Throughout his solo career, he has been suspected by some of holding racist or ethno-nationalist opinions, due to his use of British patriotic and homoerotic [[UsefulNotes/{{Skinheads}} Skinhead]] iconography, the lyrics of certain songs, especially "Bengali in Platforms", "Asian Rut", and "The National Front Disco" and comments in interviews about the music business (most notoriously his insinuations that the entire genre of reggae music was anti-white racism and his claim that it was impossible for white artists to get on ''Series/TopOfThePops'' in the 1980s). In 2012 he settled a libel case with the ''Magazine/{{NME}}'' over a 2007 interview which he claimed had undergone TwistingTheWords to depict him as anti-immigration. However, he basically burned his boats on the subject in 2017, first when after the suicide bombing at Music/ArianaGrande's Manchester concert he tweeted that he blamed immigration[[note]][[CriticalResearchFailure The bomber was born in Britain]][[/note]] for the attack and that politicians were too PC or frightened to condemn Islam the way that it deserved to be, and then a few weeks later, during a live radio broadcast, when he expressed support for Anne Marie Waters, a very anti-Muslim candidate for the leadership of the nationalist UK Independence Party who had been rejected by the party's members. And this is not even getting into his ''other'' stances.

* OvershadowedByControversy: Throughout his solo career, he has been suspected by some of holding racist or ethno-nationalist opinions, due to his use of British patriotic and homoerotic [[UsefulNotes/{{Skinheads}} Skinhead]] iconography, the lyrics of certain songs, especially "Bengali in Platforms", "Asian Rut", and "The National Front Disco" and comments in interviews about the music business (most notoriously his insinuations that the entire genre of reggae music was anti-white racism and his claim that it was impossible for white artists to get on ''Series/TopOfThePops'' in the 1980s). In 2012 he settled a libel case with the ''Magazine/{{NME}}'' over a 2007 interview which he claimed had undergone TwistingTheWords to depict him as anti-immigration. However, he basically burned his boats on the subject in 2017, first when after the suicide bombing at Music/ArianaGrande's Manchester concert he tweeted that he blamed immigration[[note]][[CriticalResearchFailure The bomber was born in Britain]][[/note]] for the attack and that politicians were too PC or frightened to condemn Islam the way that it deserved to be, and then a few weeks later, during a live radio broadcast, when he expressed support for Anne Marie Waters, a very anti-Muslim candidate for the leadership of the nationalist UK Independence Party who had been rejected by the party's members. And this is not even getting into his ''[[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment other]]'' [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment stances]].

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: He has a large Latino fanbase, mostly due to his hammy, melodramatic lyricism and singing style unintentionally evoking the Ranchera style of Mexican music. Morrissey loves this fanbase as much as they love him: He frequently tours in southern California and Mexico. He even said: "I wish I was born Mexican." Even better, his popularity among Latinos comes into play briefly in [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Marvel Studios']] ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' thanks to that movie's Latino character Luis.

* OvershadowedByControversy: Throughout his solo career, he has been suspected by some of holding racist or ethno-nationalist opinions, due to his use of British patriotic and homoerotic [[UsefulNotes/{{Skinheads}} Skinhead]] iconography, the lyrics of certain songs, especially "Bengali in Platforms", "Asian Rut", and "The National Front Disco" and comments in interviews about the music business (most notoriously his insinuations that the entire genre of reggae music was anti-white racism and his claim that it was impossible for white artists to get on ''Top of the Pops'' in the 1980s). In 2012 he settled a libel case with the ''NME'' over a 2007 interview which he claimed had undergone TwistingTheWords to depict him as anti-immigration. However, he basically burned his boats on the subject in 2017, first when after the suicide bombing at Music/ArianaGrande's Manchester concert he tweeted that he blamed immigration[[note]][[CriticalResearchFailure The bomber was born in Britain]][[/note]] for the attack and that politicians were too PC or frightened to condemn Islam the way that it deserved to be, and then a few weeks later, during a live radio broadcast, when he expressed support for Anne Marie Waters, a very anti-Muslim candidate for the leadership of the nationalist UK Independence Party who had been rejected by the party's members. And this is not even getting into his ''[[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment other]]'' [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment stances]].

* OvershadowedByControversy: Throughout his solo career, he has been suspected by some of holding racist or ethno-nationalist opinions, due to his use of British patriotic and homoerotic [[UsefulNotes/{{Skinheads}} Skinhead]] iconography, and the lyrics of certain songs, especially "Bengali in Platforms", "Asian Rut", and "The National Front Disco". In 2012 he settled a libel case with the ''NME'' over a 2007 interview which he claimed had undergone TwistingTheWords to depict him as anti-immigration. However, he basically burned his boats on the subject in 2017, first when after the suicide bombing at Music/ArianaGrande's Manchester concert he tweeted that he blamed immigration[[note]][[CriticalResearchFailure The bomber was born in Britain]][[/note]] for the attack and that politicians were too PC or frightened to condemn Islam the way that it deserved to be, and then a few weeks later, during a live radio broadcast, when he expressed support for Anne Marie Waters, a very anti-Muslim candidate for the leadership of the nationalist UK Independence Party who had been rejected by the party's members. And this is not even getting into his ''[[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment other]]'' [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment stances]].

* NeverLiveItDown: Best known for being in Music/TheSmiths and his vegetarianism. In more recent years, he's become notorious for cancelling tours and tour dates, as observable from [[http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/06/heres-every-tour-morrissey-has-ever-canceled/ this handy compilation of his cancellations.]]
** This becomes HarsherInHindsight after his reveal that he has been undergoing treatments and surgeries for cancer.

* {{Wangst}}: Practically a requirement.
* TheWoobie: How (some of) his fans see him.
** JerkassWoobie: Probably the most notable example of one since Music/JohnLennon. Morrissey may have a lot of problems of his own to deal with, but there's no denying that some of his views and actions are controversial, to say the least.

* OvershadowedByControversy: Throughout his solo career, he has been suspected by some of holding racist or ethno-nationalist opinions, due to his use of British patriotic and homoerotic [[UsefulNotes/{{Skinheads}} Skinhead]] iconography, and the lyrics of certain songs, especially "Bengali in Platforms", "Asian Rut", and "The National Front Disco". In 2012 he settled a libel case with the ''NME'' over a 2007 interview which he claimed had undergone TwistingTheWords to depict him as anti-immigration. However, he basically burned his boats on the subject in 2017, first when after a suicide bombing at a pop concert in Manchester he tweeted that he blamed immigration[[note]][[CriticalResearchFailure The bomber was born in Britain]][[/note]] for the attack and that politicians were too PC or frightened to condemn Islam the way that it deserved to be, and then a few weeks later, during a live radio broadcast, when he expressed support for Anne Marie Waters, a very anti-Muslim candidate for the leadership of the nationalist UK Independence Party who had been rejected by the party's members. And this is not even getting into his [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment ''other'' stances]].

* OvershadowedByControversy: Throughout his solo career, he has been suspected by some of holding racist or ethno-nationalist opinions, due to his use of British patriotic and homoerotic [[UsefulNotes/{{Skinheads}} Skinhead]] iconography, and the lyrics of certain songs, especially "Bengali in Platforms", "Asian Rut", and "The National Front Disco". In 2012 he settled a libel case with the ''NME'' over a 2007 interview which he claimed had undergone TwistingTheWords to depict him as anti-immigration. However, he basically burned his boats on the subject in 2017, first when after a suicide bombing at a pop concert in Manchester he tweeted that he blamed immigration[[note]][[CriticalResearchFailure The bomber was born in Britain]][[/note]] for the attack and that politicians were too PC or frightened to condemn Islam the way that it deserved to be, and then a few weeks later, during a live radio broadcast, when he expressed support for Anne Marie Waters, a very anti-Muslim candidate for the leadership of the nationalist UK Independence Party who had been rejected by the party's members. And that's not even getting into his [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement ''other'' less savior beliefs]].

* OvershadowedByControversy: Throughout his solo career, he has been suspected by some of holding racist or ethno-nationalist opinions, due to his use of British patriotic and homoerotic [[UsefulNotes/{{Skinheads}} Skinhead]] iconography, and the lyrics of certain songs, especially "Bengali in Platforms", "Asian Rut", and "The National Front Disco". In 2012 he settled a libel case with the ''NME'' over a 2007 interview which he claimed had undergone TwistingTheWords to depict him as anti-immigration. However, he basically burned his boats on the subject in 2017, first when after a suicide bombing at a pop concert in Manchester he tweeted that he blamed immigration[[note]][[CriticalResearchFailure The bomber was born in Britain]][[/note]] for the attack and that politicians were too PC or frightened to condemn Islam the way that it deserved to be, and then a few weeks later, during a live radio broadcast, when he expressed support for Anne Marie Waters, a very anti-Muslim candidate for the leadership of the nationalist UK Independence Party who had been rejected by the party's members.

* WhatTheHellHero: Some fans had this reaction when Morrissey began making statements that could be perceived as anti-immigrant or islamophobic in TheNewTens.

* MusicToInvadePolandTo: Throughout his solo career, he has been suspected by some of holding racist or ethno-nationalist opinions, due to his use of British patriotic and homoerotic [[UsefulNotes/{{Skinheads}} Skinhead]] iconography, and the lyrics of certain songs, especially "Bengali in Platforms", "Asian Rut", and "The National Front Disco". In 2012 he settled a libel case with the ''NME'' over a 2007 interview which he claimed had undergone TwistingTheWords to depict him as anti-immigration. However, he basically burned his boats on the subject in 2017, first when after a suicide bombing at a pop concert in Manchester he tweeted that he blamed immigration[[note]][[CriticalResearchFailure The bomber was born in Britain]][[/note]] for the attack and that politicians were too PC or frightened to condemn Islam the way that it deserved to be, and then a few weeks later, during a live radio broadcast, when he expressed support for Anne Marie Waters, a very anti-Muslim candidate for the leadership of the nationalist UK Independence Party who had been rejected by the party's members.