![]() Like a Late Night Tales compilation with Moz karaokeing the whole lot. Self-indulgent and self-conscious – would you expect anything less? – but full of slightly off-the-beaten-track curios that may have passed you by. The rather more mundane reality is it’s a so-so covers collection that ranges from the laughable to the not-at-all bad. Equally, it would be hilarious (and even more clickbaity) to be able to report it’s an against-the-odds flick-the-vs triumphal restatement of his singular artistic vision. With his stock so low, it would be convenient (not to mention great for web traffic) to report that California Son is the career-ending joke of an album some people would like it to be. ![]() (We all know they’ll miss him when he’s gone). A case of cry wolf? No, this time they really, really mean it. But there’s been so many previous last straws, it’s hard to keep track. This time, the last straw for people was the wearing of a For Britain badge. Fans are invested, far more than is emotionally wise, in their own constructed image of him, and when he fails to conform to it, they flip. It’s like the Sex Pistols and Public Enemy all over again, only this time it’s The Kids censoring The Man for being a threat to society.īut ’twas ever thus where Moz is concerned. Lily-livered transport companies have pulled his promotional posters as if the mere sight of his face were a hate crime. ![]() Attention-seeking record shops have banned his wares. Ex-fans have been performatively falling over themselves to denounce him on social media, metaphorically burning his albums and declaring him finished. ![]()
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