Despite hesitation from many hardcore Latino and Mexican fans to see Morrissey as anything other than divine, Haslam said eventually that it may be impossible even for them to separate the art from the artist.
Eventually someone needs to say something. He has a habit of making political statements while on stage. Do you turn your ears off between songs? Hundley, speaking from Los Angeles, home of his most strident fans, summed up the thoughts of many music fans. It's definitely it's own culture but it definitely has a correlation. Mexicans are known for this machismo and exaggerated pride that most of the Spanish music throws out there, but there is also another side.
Lots of oldies, Rancheras and lots of Morrissey songs deal with heartbreak and death and shattered dreams. Something that Mexicans would call wimpy instead is blasted at every Sunday carne asada. This expands to more than just music, it's a lifestyle. These are my cousins Jerry and Victor and they both love Morrissey. Marina Garcia-Vasquez, co-founder of the New York City-based Mexican cultural site Mex and the City and Californian of Mexican descent, thinks it's the British singer's own background as an ethnic Irish and the sense of alienation in his songs that resonates with fans.
The monthly Moz fete—which will next take place on November 7 — features Smiths' tunes and solo songs, as well as Spanish-language covers, Latin pop, and other music of the era like Joy Division. So we just did it as a one-off event and everyone was so excited about it that we decided to make it a monthly. On the lines outside Morrissey's sold-out Terminal 5 shows this past Friday and Saturday evenings, Latino fans' opinions on his Moz's Latin mystique varied.
Llamil Mena Brito, 28, a writer from Mexico City who came specifically to see Morrissey, echoed Marina's sentiment and said that it was Morrissey's strong sense of empathy that first drew him to the Brit. There is a song about Mexico, but it's always been something very natural and intimate," he mused. Llamil has seen Morrissey every time he's played Mexico since his first show in The Terminal 5 shows were his eighth and ninth times seeing the singer.
He will also be attending Morrissey's Las Vegas show on November
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