Rebel without Applause

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I am just saying you know you are alive by virtue of the fact that someone acknowledges your existence. Gambling on promoting this piece without publicly having a home for his new record, Morrissey hopes to will his latest piece into existence with willpower alone.

One a piece of rebellious redemption, another a track from a yet-to-be-released album from Morrissey. Rebels Without Applause certainly appears to be a guiding torch for that – and perhaps proof that Morrissey is not completely spent just yet.

Morrissey fans were left surprised after an unexpected single from his upcoming album, Bonfire of Teenagers, was released over-night. Lemn Sissay is a musician, a stand up comedian, radio and television producer, a playwright, and, lastly and firstly, a poet. I have been invited to read my poems in some beautiful places: on stage at Singapore Botanic Gardens and Emperor Haile Sellassie's Palace reception area in Ethiopia.

Always thought Shepherds BushWas an illegal herbal viceAnd how the hell did PeckhamGet married to Posh Spice? Ten years before this poem was first published in The Guardian, Sissay’s debut collection, Tender Fingers in a Clenched Fist (1988) was first published by the radical publishers Bogle-L’Ouverture Press. This is a celebration of sound,Words said after the phone’s put down,After the door’s shut at the editor’s cut –Thoughts held after the word ‘but …’;This is the sound before death;In the beginning it wasn’t the word,It was breath.Before we get to know each other
And sing for tomorrow
And unearth yesterday
So that we can prepare our joint grave
You should know that I have no family,
Neither disowned nor distanced - none. Most of these 44 poems are political and angry, in a way that would certainly be mesmerising for the right audiences.

I am the guilty secret of an innocent woman
And a dead man - tell your parents, they'll want to know. Producer Hank Shocklee revealed that the creation of “Rebel Without a Pause” was inspired by Eric B.The title is a play on that of the 1955 movie Rebel Without a Cause which starred James Dean; an actor who Morriessy has obessed over and admired, writting a book about the man in 1983.