Morrissey: Forgotten Genius

Posted Tuesday 05/06/2008 12:40 PM in Blender Blog by Mike Errico

Filed Under: Smiths, Morrissey, Genius

For reasons we can hardly explain without legal counsel, our recent list entitled "The Top 50 Geniuses of Pop Music" was delivered to the Internets with one glaring omission: The Smiths lead singer, solo artist, and indisputable genius, Morrissey. In order to make right a small part of the world he might agree is anything but, we add this entry to our now-definitive list. Sorry, Moz.

13.5 Morrissey
Fabulously Miserable
Genius credentials: It is arguable that whatever James Brown did for hip-hop, Morrissey did for emo. By transforming personal annihilation into high art and degradation into grandiose pop theater, the Moz went deeper than one thought possible, mobilizing a legion of loners and weaklings into a ferociously loyal army in the process.
His peers agree! "I would be devastated if Morrissey didn't like us" — Brandon Flowers, the Killers
Genius zenith: The Queen is Dead (Warner Brothers, 1986)

BONUS GENIUS: "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before"

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Posted by Josh White on 05/07/2008 3:28 AM	report abuse
Your "list" is a giant pile of shit!!! How are Missy Elliott,Tupac, and Kurt Cobain "geniuses"? Missy has taken pre programmed music and made a catchy song out of it, does that make her a "genius"? (if that were the case, Vanilla Ice should be on the list too). Tupac? lemme guess: He's "defied a generation" and "the great rapper ever... blah blah blah" right? Cobain, made one great album, and the rest of the Nirvana catalog sucked. This is why i dont take too much "stock" into your list and your magazine, you obviously have no #$%&@ing clue as to what good music is, and what the requirements are to be a "genius". No wonder why folks don't take anything you say serious.
Posted by mozzman cometh on 05/06/2008 6:15 PM	report abuse
Damn straight. you're 13.5 off, but it's right

Morrissey: Forgotten Genius

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