Curtis's Oscar Predictions & Years of Refusal

sHere is who will win and who should win in 8 of the major categories...

Best Picture
Will win - Slumdog Millionaire
Should win - The Reader

Best Actress
Will win - Kate Winslet
Should win - Kate Winslet

Best Supporting Actress
Will win - Penelope Cruz
Should win - Penelope Cruz

Best Actor
Will win - Mickey Rourke
Should win - Sean Penn

Best Supporting Actor
Will win - Heath Ledger
Should win - Heath Ledger

Best Director
Will win - Danny Boyle
Should win - Stephen Daldry

Best Original Screenplay
Will win - Milk
Should win - Frozen River

Best Adapted Screenplay
Will win - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Should win - The Reader
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First Impression Review

Morrissey - Years of Refusal B
He's still wishing you an unhappy birthday (because you're evil and you lie)

Moz is one of if not the best live acts I have ever seen, and Years of Refusal with its sonic force will undoubtedly sound phenomenal performed live. Since 2004's You Are the Quarry, Morrissey has been a critical smash and has somehow reinvented himself with a swagger of 50 year old man (he turns 50 this year), bedding hard-bodied 25 year olds on a regular bases. But the most famous (and allegedly) asexual won't be having any of that. Instead, he has put all of that repressed sexual energy into his songs- and I believe and hang on every note (except for Mama lay softly on the riverbed which I could do without).

I'm throwing my arms around Paris sounds like a man in need of comfort food in a comfort place... What better destination to drown your sorrows after a break up which is what I imagine when I listen to this song. But my favorite track is, It's not your birthday anymore, check out these lyrics:

it's not your birthday anymore/ there's no need to be kind to you/ and the will to see you smile and belong has now gone/ it's not your birthday anymore/ did you really think we meant all those syrupy, sentimental things that we said yesterday?

Years of Refusal has more in common with Ringleader of the Tormentors than the classic Your Arsenal, but most of the songs here are strong and blessed with Morissey's signature wit. The closing track, I'm OK by myself is also among my favorite tracks on the album that is revealing new gems with each spin.