Morrissey Archives: 01/2025

The Smiths - Morrissey - Andy Rourke - Mike Joyce - Johnny Marr

Demons and Lyrical Absurdity: the 10 most poetic songs by The Smiths

The power of lyrical absurdity.

Jan 13, 2025

The Smiths - Morrissey - Andy Rourke - Mike Joyce - Johnny Marr

“Heaven knows I’m miserable now”: The five most depressing songs by The Smiths

Masters of doom and gloom.

Jan 12, 2025

The Smiths - Morrissey - Johnny Marr

The Smiths song that left both Johnny Marr and Morrissey furious: “Hiding it away on a B-side was sinful”

Annoyance decades apart.

Jan 10, 2025

Was Morrissey's solo career always doomed from the start?

‘Shoplifters of the World Unite’: The Smiths song that Morrissey said was during their peak

One of their best.

Jan 5, 2025

The Smiths - 1980s

‘Half a Person’: how The Smiths perfectly captured aimless adolescence

Angst turned into words.

Jan 2, 2025

Patti Smith - 1970s

“They found it”: The artists Patti Smith called her musical descendants

The next generation of thinkers.

Jan 1, 2025