Ticket Giveaway: Morrissey @ The Warner Theatre
This post was written by TNG founder Zack.
In the clearing stands a boxer...How much introduction does Morrissey need in a queer blog? The frontman of The Smiths touched many an angsty, closeted or lovelorn teens life with songs like "There is a Light That Never Goes Out" and "Cemetery Gates" and in his own ongoing (yet less storied) solo career. But like Jodi Foster or Anderson Cooper, Morrissey has left a miniscule amount of doubt as to his queer orientation without straight-up admitting it. So when he plays The Warner Theatre on Saturday, March 14, you can expect many fans of the homo persuasion who have paid full price for his tickets. You, however, don't have to.
To win a pair of tickets simply answer the below question as both a comment and an email to Zack@Thenewgay.net. Most creative interpretation of the question wins. Please do not enter unless you are able to attend the show:
Which of Morrissey's song lyrics are actually a coded admission of homosexuality? Is every day like Sunday because Sunday is when Morrissey likes to bang dudes? Is the light that never goes out in the window of a British GLBT Youth Center?
Contest closes on Friday at Noon. Check below the fold for a Morrissey mixtape.
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10 comments:
there are a number of songs that fit this description. i think "there's a light" does. what else would he want to tell the person in the darkened underpass? but i think the most obvious are "handsome devil," "dear god please help me," and "stretch out and wait." there's also "hand in glove," "this charming man," etc.
i was just reminded that my response was supposed to be funny. do i take morrissey too seriously? back to the drawing board . . .
how about reel around the fountain. you can pin and mount me like a butterfly?
also, girlfriend in a coma is basically a perfect description of my teenage fantasy where my best friend's (with whom i was sort of in love) girlfriend would just...go away somehow. but i would hate anything to (actually) happen to her.
It's "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side," although it reveals a tragic failure of the British sex education system. That's not where the thorn goes, Morrissey.
All I ask of you,
Is one thing that you never do,
Would you put your arms around me,
(I won't tell anyone).
Tomorrow,
Does it have to come.
Couldn't be more clear. I sang this song so many times in high school.
Sadly, I'll be out of the country for the show.
Though I am one of those "fans of the homo persuasion" who paid full price for these tickets in order to ensure that I got good seats... I will still enter this contest because I feel it my duty as a Smiths/Morrissey fan.
The obvious choice is from "This Charming Man" (Will nature make a man of me yet?) but I've always thought that "Sister I'm a Poet" was code for "Sister I'm a Homo"
"With no reason to
Hide these words I feel
And no reason to
Talk about the books I read
But still I do
That's cuz I'm a ---
Sister I'm a ---
All over this town"
Just say it Moz, you're a 'mo.
OfficeSupplyGeek: I think "Sister I'm A Poet" is one of Morrissey's best song's ever. Ever. Glad someone else out there is a fan of that track.
-M
I always thought "Girlfriend in a coma" was closet code for:
"yea, I heard that blokes always with another bloke on the count of his girlfriends in a coma"
Michael! You should play Sister I'm a Poet at Mousetrap tonight! Although I can't be there, I'm sure other people out there would appreciate it. Also, I've always thought that Barbarism Begins at Home is an under-appreciated Smiths gem that is ideal for booty shaking.
And the winner is...Al. For being so very thorough.
Good job, Al! And everyone else, thanks for playing.
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