LOOK BOTH WAYS & BE CAREFUL THIS NEW YEAR's EVE & NEW YEAR: "Dial A Cliché" by Morrissey

Earlier this week I posted THE PERFECT COMMUTE PLAYLIST which included every one of the Romance languages that I am currently studying (French, Italian, Portuguese & Spanish) along with songs  by Madonna and Morrissey.


I have previously posted about Madonna several times, but I had to ponder what relevant message I had to offer about Morrissey.  He has always been a favorite of mine, whether as a solo act or as the lead singer for the outfit The Smiths.  I have been focusing on Morrissey for much of the past week.  Finally, this New Year's Eve I have come up with a message.


Morrissey sings a song called "Dial A ClichE" on his album VIVA HATE which I never really made sense of.  A clichE is a saying that has had great significance in the past, but has lost the force of its meaning do to repeated overuse.  Songs often use clichEs, often as part of the hook, which gets repeated over and over over the course of the song.  This repetition has the effect of making the clichE even more clichE.


The title of this post starts with "Look Both Ways" (before you cross the street), a clichE in itself.  I thought about this phrase as I was driving to meet a friend of mine this morning.  I was trying to drive carefully and was looking both ways.  Really I was looking all around.  I wonder why this sage piece of advice only warns us to look "both" ways.


In my experience people often fail to heed this warning and accidents happen. Yesterday when I was driving around Los Angeles I kept hearing tires screech.  I figured that people are preoccupied with the end of the year coming and are impatient to get where they are going.  They are not looking both ways or all ways for that matter.


Morrissey sings about a follower who blindly follows the call of a leader who might be just as blind, blurting out clichE after clichE.  Does the follower fall away by the wayside or does he just die he asks.  Danger lies ahead in the fog.


Haste makes waste.  How many times have you had an accident or angered someone or even hurt yourself when you were rushing around trying to save time.  A stitch in time saves nine.


Be careful as you celebrate the coming of the second decade of this millennium and hopefully you will be better off for it.

HAPPY SAFE HEALTHY PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!!  PEACE MT

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

AFRIKAANS	gelukkige nuwejaar / voorspoedige nuwejaar
AKPOSSO	ilufio ètussé
ALBANIAN	Gëzuar vitin e ri
ALSATIAN	e glëckliches nëies / güets nëies johr
ARABIC	عام سعيد (aam saiid) / sana saiida
ARMENIAN	shnorhavor nor tari
AZERI	yeni iliniz mubarek
BAMBARA	aw ni san'kura / bonne année
BASQUE	urte berri on
BELARUSIAN	З новым годам (Z novym hodam)
BENGALI	subho nababarsho
BERBER	asgwas amegas
BETI	mbembe mbu
BOBO	bonne année
BOSNIAN	sretna nova godina
BRETON	bloavezh mat / bloavez mad
BULGARIAN	честита нова година (chestita nova godina)
BURMESE	hnit thit ku mingalar pa
CANTONESE	sun lin fi lok / kung hé fat tsoi
CATALAN	bon any nou
CHINESE	xin nian kuai le / xin nian hao
CORSICAN	pace e salute
CROATIAN	sretna nova godina
CZECH	šťastný nový rok
DANISH	godt nytår
DARI	sale naw tabrik
DUALA	mbu mwa bwam
DUTCH	gelukkig nieuwjaar
ENGLISH	happy new year
ESPERANTO	feliĉan novan jaron
ESTONIAN	head uut aastat
EWE	eƒé bé dzogbenyui nami
FAROESE	gott nýggjár
FINNISH	onnellista uutta vuotta
FLEMISH	gelukkig nieuwjaar
FRENCH	bonne année
FRISIAN	lokkich neijier
FRIULAN	bon an
GALICIAN	feliz aninovo
GEORGIAN	გილოცავთ ახალ წელს (gilocavt akhal tsels)
GERMAN	ein gutes neues Jahr / prost Neujahr
GREEK	kali chronia / kali xronia eutichismenos o kainourgios chronos (we wish you a happy new year)
GUJARATI	sal mubarak / nootan varshabhinandan
GUARANÍ	rogüerohory año nuévo-re
HAITIAN CREOLE	bònn ané
HAWAIIAN	hauoli makahiki hou
HEBREW	שנה טובה (shana tova)
HINDI	nav varsh ki subhkamna
HMONG	nyob zoo xyoo tshiab
HUNGARIAN	boldog új évet
ICELANDIC	farsælt komandi ár
INDONESIAN	selamat tahun baru
IRISH GAELIC	ath bhliain faoi mhaise
ITALIAN	felice anno nuovo, buon anno
JAVANESE	sugeng warsa enggal
JAPANESE	akemashite omedetô
KABYLIAN	asseggas ameggaz
KANNADA	hosa varshada shubhaashayagalu
KAZAKH	zhana zhiliniz kutti bolsin
KHMER	sur sdei chhnam thmei
KINYARWANDA	umwaka mwiza
KIRUNDI	umwaka mwiza
KOREAN	seh heh bok mani bat uh seyo
KURDE	sala we ya nû pîroz be
LAO	sabai di pi mai
LATIN	felix sit annus novus
LATVIAN	laimīgu Jauno gadu
LIGURIAN	feliçe annu nœvu / feliçe anno nêuvo
LINGALA	bonana / mbula ya sika elamu na tonbeli yo
LITHUANIAN	laimingų Naujųjų Metų
LOW SAXON	gelükkig nyjaar
LUXEMBOURGEOIS	e gudd neit Joër
MACEDONIAN	Среќна Нова Година (srekna nova godina)
MALAGASY	arahaba tratry ny taona
MALAY	selamat tahun baru
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MALTESE	is-sena t-tajba
MANGAREVAN	kia porotu te ano ou
MAORI	kia hari te tau hou
MARATHI	navin varshaachya hardik shubbheccha
MOHAWK	ose:rase
MONGOLIAN	shine jiliin bayariin mend hurgeye (Шинэ жилийн баярын мэнд хvргэе)
MORÉ	wênd na kô-d yuum-songo
NDEBELE	umyaka omucha omuhle
NORWEGIAN	godt nyttår
OCCITAN	bon annada
ORIYA	subha nababarsa / naba barsara hardika abhinandan
PASHTO	nawe kaalmo mobarak sha
PERSIAN	سال نو مبارک (sâle no mobârak)
POLISH	szczęśliwego nowego roku
PORTUGUESE	feliz ano novo
PUNJABI	ਨਵੇਂ ਸਾਲ ਦੀਆਂ ਵਧਾਈਆਂ (nave saal deeyan vadhaiyaan)
ROMANCHE	bun di bun onn
ROMANI	baxtalo nevo bersh
ROMANIAN	un an nou fericit / la mulţi ani
RUSSIAN	С Новым Годом (S novim godom)
SAMOAN	ia manuia le tausaga fou
SANGO	nzoni fini ngou
SARDINIAN	bonu annu nou
SCOTTISH GAELIC	bliadhna mhath ur
SERBIAN	srećna nova godina / Срећна нова година
SHIMAORE	mwaha mwema
SHONA	goredzva rakanaka
SINDHI	nain saal joon wadhayoon
SINHALA	suba aluth avuruddak vewa
SLOVAK	šťastný nový rok
SLOVENIAN	srečno novo leto
SOBOTA	dobir leto
SOMALI	sanad wanagsan
SPANISH	feliz año nuevo
SRANAN	wan bun nyun yari
SWAHILI	mwaka mzuri / heri ya mwaka mpya
SWEDISH	gott nytt år
SWISS-GERMAN	es guets Nöis
TAGALOG	manigong bagong taon
TAHITIAN	ia orana i te matahiti api
TAMAZIGHT	assugas amegaz
TAMIL	iniya puthandu nalVazhthukkal
TATAR	yaña yıl belän
TELUGU	నూతన సంవత్శర శుభాకాంక్షలు (nuthana samvathsara subhakankshalu)
THAI	สวัสดีปีใหม่ (sawatdii pimaï)
TIBETAN	tashi delek / losar tashi delek
TSHILUBA	tshidimu tshilenga
TSWANA	itumelele ngwaga o mosha
TULU	posa varshada shubashaya
TURKISH	yeni yiliniz kutlu olsun
TWENTS	gluk in'n tuk
UDMURT	Vyľ Aren
UKRAINIAN	Щасливого Нового Року / З Новим роком (Z novym rokom)
URDU	naya saal mubarik
UZBEK	yangi yilingiz qutlug' bo'lsin
VIETNAMESE	Chúc Mừng Nǎm Mới / Cung Chúc Tân Niên / Cung Chúc Tân Xuân
WALOON	ene boune anéye, ene boune sintéye
WALOON ("betchfessîs" spelling)	bone annéye / bone annéye èt bone santéye
WELSH	blwyddyn newydd dda
WEST INDIAN CREOLE	bon lanné
WOLOF	dewenati
XHOSA	nyak'omtsha
YIDDISH	a gut yohr
ZULU	unyaka omusha omuhle

PEACE MT