Mexrrissey Transforms Irish Singer Morrissey Songs Into Mexican Pop Anthems Yezmin Villarreal - LA Weekly
go to original March 5, 2016

Mexrrissey - International Playgirl (Mexrrissey)

Everyone has an opinion about why Mexicans love Morrissey. It's been written about by every major publication, this intimate connection between Mexican immigrants, who straddle American and Mexican identities, and the "Irish Blood, English Heart" singer, who reflects that experience in his music.

"I have heard so many theories, and all of them have some piece of truth," says Camilo Lara, who leads Mexico City-based electronic music collective Mexican Institute of Sound. "He was a migrant; he moved from Ireland to England, so he did the same thing we have done." His personal favorite theory: "We always love these kind of sexually ambiguous characters," he says, comparing the infatuation fans have for Moz to their similar passion for Juan Gabriel, the Mexican divo who also faces the same type of rumors about his sexuality.

As the mastermind behind Mexrrissey, Lara gets asked the "Why do Mexicans love Morrissey so much?" question a lot. The supergroup of indie Mexican musicians, which also features Ceci Bastida (Tijuana No), Sergio Mendoza (Calexico), Alejandro Flores (Cafe Tacvba), Chetes, Jay de la Cueva and Ricardo Najera, is releasing an album, No Manchester, full of Morrissey songs translated into Spanish and remade as Mexican songs, mixing in elements of mariachi, cumbia and "cha cha cha," as Lara likes to call it.

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