[ April 26, 2024 ]
It is a rare thing indeed when someone in the entertainment or music business whose work I love is of politically sound mind. Beloved icons of my youth such as Elvis Costello and Bruce Springsteen were, in fact blithering idiots, making it difficult to listen to their music.
Morrissey, on the other hand, is a source of constant joy, his music and his political philosophy. His new song, Israel, off his new album, Low in High School
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Morrissey’s love of Israel stretches back over a decade – he once appeared on stage in Tel Aviv draped in an Israeli flag.
The singer’s love for Israel has been well documented over the years. Morrissey has performed in Tel Aviv several times, and received a key to the city at a concert in 2012 during which he draped himself in an Israeli flag. He has since pointed out that no other city — including his hometown of Manchester, England — has honored him in that way.
Nevertheless, it’s rare to encounter an explicit defense of the Jewish state — or, for that matter, any take on Israel at all — from a mainstream pop artist. (For context, his previous album, 2014’s “World Peace Is None of Your Business,” entered the UK album chart at No. 2.)
In 1983, Bob Dylan released the song “Neighborhood Bully” on his album “Infidels” in which the folk legend points out that Israel is “outnumbered about a million to one” in the Middle East” and gets called a bully for defending itself against attackers.
read more: https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/1.822267
Morrissey: Israel haters are just ‘jealous’ of the country
JC, November 16, 2017:
New Morrissey song ‘Israel’ openly takes critics of the Jewish state to task – while a second song on his new album makes reference to a Holocaust related theatre production
Pop icon Morrissey has accused those who “rain abuse” on Israel of doing so because they are “jealous” of the country.
In the lyrics of his new song entitled Israel the former Smiths frontman also accuses unnamed enemies of wanting to instil their own “dark sky” on the Jewish state.
The near six-minute long pro-Zionist ballad is the closing track on Morrissey’s new album Low In High School.
In typically hard-hitting fashion, the singer, who has regularly performed concerts in Tel Aviv, sings: “In other climes they bitch and whine/Just because you are not like them – Israel, Israel”.
Referencing Israel’s critics, he adds: “And they who rain abuse upon you – they are jealous of you as well”.
Elsewhere in the song Morrissey appears to take issue with non-Jewish religious-based criticism of Israel, referring to “virgin priests”, perhaps a nod to his own uncomfortable Catholic upbringing.
Morrissey also attempts to avoid accusations of becoming an apologist for excessive Israeli military actions, suggesting he “can’t answer” for army matters.
Israel is not the only track in which Morrissey deals with Jewish-related themes on the new album.
On a song called The Girl From Tel Aviv Who Wouldn’t Kneel, the star pays homage to the theatrical production of the same name based on the diaries of Etty Hillesum, who was murdered in Auschwitz in 1943.
Morrissey’s positive stance on Israel stretches back over a decade –he once appeared on stage in Tel Aviv draped in an Israeli flag.
In 2008 he ignored calls by BDS campaigners to pull out of a concert there and ended a show saying: “God bless Israel”. He also appeared in a video with the word “Israel” tattooed on his forearm in Hebrew.
In 2012 Morrissey was given a key to the city of Tel Aviv by Mayor Ron Huldai . “I have become a small face of Tel Aviv. I will be very happy to represent with integrity and loyalty,” the singer said.
He also once attacked political critics for blaming the entire population of Israel for the election of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
But Morrissey has also drawn criticism for seemingly adopting chauvinistic views of non-white cultures in recent years.
His new album, which is his first since 2014, is out on November 17.
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22 Comments
6 years ago
The heavy metal band Sabaton made an awesome song about Israel.
6 years ago
Sweet! Love me some “Suedehead”! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AvuweztG4Q
6 years ago
Thanks to Roger Waters (spit), I’ll never listen to Pink Floyd again.
6 years ago
So very nice to see a celebrity that is not on the liberal socialist turnip wagon.
6 years ago
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6 years ago
Thank you pamela geller xlnt article, and nice to know one of the brighter minds of our time can see through the rubbish known as hating Israel. I have a similar background to Morissey, but somehow many in my family thought it ok to hate Israel. Somedays you are the statue some days you are the pigeon.
6 years ago
Flotillas of hatred, caught in the matrix…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP2OCs1fRgQ
6 years ago
Reply to
Andy_Lewis
The next time the f’ing muslums do this Israel’s response should be a spread of torpedoes.
6 years ago
Haha. Springsteen was my rock n roll hero too. Blithering idiot is a fair response to his stupidity. I had been wavering but when he appeared for Hillary he completely lost me and I will not see him perform again (13 shows and two meetings). Was unhappy enough that he was Obama’s best buddy. It was like a divorce from a loved one though I managed it. I had 2 stickers on my ute. One simply read ‘BRUUUCE’. The other ‘POLITICAL CORRECTNESS IS SO GAY’. Bruuuce is gone gone gone
6 years ago
That’s Morrissey for you. Love him or hate him (I’m a fan btw), but a true and fearless uncensored genius.
6 years ago
Reply to
Philip Dyer
I used to love the way he would appear on stage with that tree hanging out of his back pocket as he danced. LOL! An actual baby tree.
6 years ago
A song from Morrissey’s new album:
‘Who Will Protect Us from the Police?’
Say Daddy, who will protect us from the police? Say Daddy, who will protect us from the police? “Baby, God will!”
Say Daddy, who will protect us from the police? Say Daddy, who will protect us from the police? “Baby, God will!” Say Daddy There are flames high in the sky tonight Tanks on the street Attacking free speech We must pay for what we believe We must pay for what we believe We must
pay for what we believe We must pay for what we believe We must be
killed for what we believe Say Daddy I’m sorry I just cannot believe you
Say Daddy I’m sorry I just cannot believe you So what should I do? What
should I do? “Baby please run You were right all along! Baby, please
run Baby, please run!” VEN-E-ZUE-LA! VEN-E-ZUE-LA! VENEZUELA! VENEZUELA!
6 years ago
His critics sound much like Demoncraps in America. We must fall to TURD world levels before we can gain any respect. We must become “them”. WHAT???
Reminds me of the story of the Awa crabs in a bucket. They pull down any other crab that tries to escape.
6 years ago
Is his album cover suggesting the UK monarchy be overthrown and the Royal Family beheaded?
6 years ago
I love Morrissey! Way to go Morrisey and I love your music!
Shabbat Shalom
6 years ago
I’ve actually ALWAYS loved Morrisey’s music for decades – REALLY loved it – bought it, danced to it, sung along to it with car-fulls of people on car trips, etc. BUT now to find out his politics are so admirable too … wow.
6 years ago
Too Loud
Too loud, too pushy, too smart, too brash
You’re a schemer, you’re a plotter, you deserve what you get
Pack your bags again, time to move on
You’re not welcome friend, get gone, gone
You’re the headline, you’re the subtext, you’re the reason we’re awash
You’re the other, you’re the other and it’s always your fault
Pack your bags again, time to move on
You’re not welcome friend, get gone, gone
Change your name again, find another trade again
Go back to where you came from
You’re a spy, an infiltrator, you’re always underfoot
And where the hell is your messiah you keep banging on about?
Pack your bags again, time to move on
You’re not welcome friend, get gone, gone
Shove your moral stances, let go of my finances
No more second chances for you
Take your book for what it’s worth
Your children will wander the earth
Exiled and cursed for what you do
You’re a victim, you’re a whiner, you’re the most vilified
You unite the rest of us to hate that you survive
Pack your bags again, it’s time to move on
You’re not welcome friend, get gone, gone
And when you rise in self-defense, build yourself a brand new fence
We’ll force you to recompense your foes
‘cos you keep getting greedier
You own Hollywood and the media
You assimilate like a chameleon but you show
You’re a bleeding hearted socialist you’re a Neo-Con with an iron fist, you’re a
coward and a recidivist
And you think, you think you’re chosen
6 years ago
Someone in the music industry who sides with Israel, is indeed a very rare thing. It’s amazing he hasn’t been totally blacklisted for his views. Maybe more people in this country will hear his message and see Israel in a different way.
6 years ago
Reply to
santashandler
Can’t be blacklisted as he is heavily revered & many other musicians cite him as an influence. Always been an individual, a contrarian & in my view … a genius.
