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Morrissey Orders Lawyers to Halt Radio From Playing His Demo
- Posted on May 7th 2010 7:30AM by Chris Mugan
Morrissey has called in his lawyers to prevent the broadcast of a 20-second tape of him singing.A demo from early in the former Smiths star's solo career was set to be aired by the BBC on Tuesday, May 4, during a Radio 2 documentary on producer Stephen Street. However, that segment was pulled after lawyers threatened to call for an injunction.
On his website, Street issued a statement saying he was surprised by Morrissey's move, as other stars, including Sir Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen and Phil Collins were happy to have early, unheard work broadcast on the series about record producers.
Street was producer and co-writer on the former Smith singer's debut solo album, 'Viva Hate,' from which the contentious recording emerged. He explained that both he and the BBC received letters from the artist's solicitors.
"Apparently their client [Morrissey] was 'horrified that the proposed material would be broadcast,'" he said. "I cannot understand this way of thinking at all. Throughout the program I am extremely in full praise [sic] of Morrissey and the demo was intended to show that even when he was singing on a four-track cassette he still sounded great!"
Street, who features multitrack recordings from Blur's 'Parklife' on his episode, argued playing demos was an interesting way of showing how a rough song becomes the finished article, before saying with a shrug, "Oh, well, some things -- or people -- never change!"
The programme is to be repeated in a longer format on BBC 6 Music at 8PM on May 9.
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Flabbynabbytabby
I wish a LOT of other singers would take their songs off the radio, so I don't have to keep turning the stations until something goood comes on..
May 10 2010 at 8:51 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
kermit230
Every time I read blogs on Spinner, 1/2 the comments are something to the nature of "who cares" or "who are these guys anyway". My question is, if you are at all interested in music and are reading Spinner, then how do you NOT know who these musicians are? Or are you just stuck in a microcosm of $h|itty commercial music that you can't escape from?
May 10 2010 at 8:41 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Leon
I can't place this guy. Can anyone help me? Give me a couple of his top 10 songs and maybe I will remember him. Was he a lead singer for another band before?
May 10 2010 at 8:20 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
mike
moz can do what he wants.
May 10 2010 at 7:52 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
beatledonny
oh morresy grow up..your all washed up anyway
May 10 2010 at 7:26 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Jim
Ok I dont know who this is, but I would think that if he has a good career going, he would allow his early work to be heard. If it isnt up to his standards of today, it would be an inspiration to aspiring artists to know that the stars of today were not always stars, and that it took work and trial and error to get where they are. I think Morissey is blowing an opportunity to be that inspiration
May 10 2010 at 6:44 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
sparky
I prefer to think I am in the majority, here. Who in h--- is this person? He did what to save us from WW3? Is he groping for publicity, here? If he was, I don't think it worked well for him. It seems obvious to me that he thinks he's big. Well, wait: no - if he were big, he wouldn't have to grope for more publicity, would he? I mean - look at Tiger Woods. He has now opted out with a sore neck or a sore butt - or whatever. Adieu, friends.
Sparky.
Pa
You are the son??? I thought I was the son. Okay, I got it now!!! You the son a bitch! I am just the offspring with the nuts.
May 10 2010 at 2:49 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Pa
Mr. Morrissey and I agree on one thing. I didn't want to hear the 20 second bit, either!
If his music was or is that great. Why doesn't he sell the rights, to all but that f'n 20 sec. bit!!!
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