The Glue That Holds Me Together

As Morrissey's fall U. S. tour comes to a close, I want to thank Our Moz for playing one of my favorite songs, Glamorous Glue. This song brings back some very fond memories of a better time for me. I am not much into nostalgia but with an artist such as Morrissey, with a wonderful catalogue of songs to choose from it's is nice he is able to take songs from different eras and meld them into a vibrant concert. Music is meant to bring out emotions and make folks feel whatever that particular song means to them. Glamorous Glue takes me to a time when life was dynamic and full of possibilities. Each concert I am able to pull up the Youtube video of Mozza singing it gives me a 4:01 time frame that takes me away to a different place and time. It is much appreciated and I am very grateful.

                                                                     Glamorous Glue

The line of the song that has the most meaning to me is "I used to dream and I used to vow, I wouldn't dream of it now" has a special place. It may possibly be my favorite quote of all time. It tells me of someone who was once idealistic and non compromising, with the whole world in front of him, all possibilities on the table. And now one who has been beaten down by the world, maybe with some small sliver of idealism left, waiting for the inevitable end.

The Morrissey tour has come to a close with some very stormy seas. The tour opened with such excitement and spirit, with the new album and enthusiastic crowds. Good times! The good times never stay. The controversy with interviews and the last two concerts being cancelled have brought out the long knives. Our Moz has seen rough seas before and I'm sure he will navigate these troubling times and continue to be the amazing artist and poet of our generations.

                                                             All You Need Is Me

What concerns me most anytime I hear Morrissey is ill, is how bad is it? Our Moz has had some very serious health problems over the last several years. Anytime I hear he is sick, a little voice in my head says "Could this be the end". I hope not and I hope this is just the flu or a cold. I will miss Morrissey very badly when he is gone. My question is what will all the naysayers and haters do when he is gone? Why do people who hate him, spend so much of their valuable time degrading him? Why don't they find something they like and immerse themselves in that? It's a question I will never be able to answer.

The last date on the tour is the KROQ Almost Acoustic festival on December 10, where Our Moz is the headliner. There is some doubt at this point if the show will go on. I hope Mozza is able to be there, if nothing more to silence his vapid critics.  Regardless, the world will continue to staggeringly turn in the age of Trump and Roy Moore. People will be murdered in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. The future appears to be going from dim to black. Is there nothing or no one left to believe in?
Why do we continue to go on? Living daily meaningless lives devoted to nothing. One constant "glue" if you will in my life has been Our Moz, his words, his music and for that I am forever thankful.