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"You know your trouble, Morrissey, you never had the guts to kill yourself" Rob Gretton
When and where was it that Rob Gretton said that brilliant and classic line? Memory tells me it was on The Tube at The Hacienda thing, January 1984 but i'm sure that's not correct
Is there any footage of Rob saying this brilliant, classic line anywhere?
I've read about this,I think it was done off air,and Morrissey supposed to have said something to Tony Wilson along the lines of JD are only poplular because Ian topped himself.
Tony Wilson talking about Morrissey in 2003
... he's actually one of the most miserable. . . he's actually, let's be really honest about it, he's actually a nasty person, as a human being. As was John Lennon. Because he treats good human beings who help him - this isn't me, I've never helped him, he treats excellent good human beings who try to help him like pieces of dog dirt. He tramples on them. It's not his fault, he's just a terribly unpleasant human being, in terms of pure human values, he is not a nice person." Why do you think he's like that? "I've no idea. Some people are nasty people. One of the things was, from the beginning, very cleverly, when he was doing his second gig, he behaved like he was Little Richard, like a major pop star. With that arrogance, with that treatment of other people. That was his thing and it worked. But he's a miserable, he's not a nice human being."
Well said Tony
