Moz Angeles
I know no one here cares about Morrissey, but I thought i’d link to something I found today about a phenomenon I’d heard about awhile ago but had forgotten: a Latino obsession with Morrissey.
The most striking similarity, though, is Morrisseys signature beckoning and embrace of the uncertainty of life and love, something that at first glance might seem the opposite of macho Mexican music. But check it out: for all the machismo and virulent existentialism that Mexican music espouses, there is another sidea morbid fascination with getting your heart and dreams broken by others, usually in death. In fact, Morrisseys most famous confession of unrequited love, “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out,” (“And if a double-decker bus/Crashes into us/To die by your side/Would be a heavenly way to die”) emulates almost sentiment for sentiment Cuco Sanchezs torch song “Cama de Piedra” (“The day that they kill me/May it be with five bullets/And be close to you”).