“We Latinos are a very passionate people and Morrissey is a very passionate guy.”
--Jose Maldonado- lead singer of the Smiths cover band Sweet and Tender Hooligans- tries to make sense of the connection between English rocker Morrissey and his Latino fanbase.
Maldonado’s remarks were made as part of this report for Swedish television on the adoration of Morrissey by Mexican-American fans living in
(Hat tip: Morrissey-solo).
Previous blog posts on Morrissey here, and here.
Sources- SVT, Morrissey-solo, The Latin Americanist
Image- Rhino Magazine
1 comment:
Given all your Smiths references (I did not know Morrissey was so popular in Latin America!) I thought I would pass along this link about Johnny Marr becoming a music professor: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8SCF7KG0&show_article=1
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