Need Publicity? Tell Concert Goers You Wish Bush Had Died Instead of Reagan
Morrissey's alleged Bush remark sparks Internet furor
LONDON (AP)Morrissey, outspoken lead singer of '80s rockers The Smiths, has sparked an Internet storm with reported comments about President George W. Bush.
The Manchester Evening News said Thursday it had received a record number of hits after reporting on its Web site that Morrissey, 45, had interrupted a Dublin concert Saturday with news of former President Reagan's death, adding that he wished Bush had died instead.
Morrissey's record company, Sanctuary Records, could not confirm the remarks.
"We do not have a recording of the gig, but as far as we can tell, Morrissey was just alerting the audience to the fact that Ronald Reagan had died," the newspaper quoted the company as saying. "He then simply followed that up with his comment about George Bush, which was his own opinion. He is no stranger to controversy."
A newspaper spokeswoman said thousands of people, 90% from the United States, had contacted the site to complain. A few expressed support for the remarks.
Formed in Manchester in the early 1980s, The Smiths had a series of British hits and a large cult following around the world, with songs including Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now and Shoplifters of the World Unite.
A longtime proponent of celibacy and vegetarianism who once wrote a song titled Bigmouth Strikes Again, Morrissey drew criticism in the early 1990s when he appeared to flirt with right-wing British nationalism.
He now lives in Los Angeles and is touring Europe for the first time in a decade to promote his latest solo album, You Are the Quarry.
Story from USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2004-06-10-morrissey-bush_x.htm/
I can't really say anything that will make this man seem any dumber than he has already made himself out to be.
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Thank you for your thoughts. I could not have said it better myself!
Sometimes I wish that the kindergarden saying still stands with the adults of this world also. No matter how famous they are or not. "If you can't say nothing nice then don't say anything at all" I really wish this still stood because many of us followed it back when we were toddlers. It kept us from getting in trouble. The Dixie Chicks did it and now The Smiths. What is next?
It is very sad to see a U.S. Leader go that many of us would call a great man, but I personally see Bush as a great man also and I imagine that a lot of others do to. Inspite of the things we may not agree with, he still stands as a great man. These remarks toward him discust me in a way you couldn't imagine and I am a bit ashamed of those that say them. I love how we all have the liberty of the first Amendment but also we as human beings should also take into consideration of the word "RESPECT". It's a word that many of us today do not know or don't take into consideration. I thank you for letting me put my two since in.
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