 #1 He's written some fantastic songs.
#6 He carries his greying rockabilly hairdo with panache.
#52 He was in The Polecats.
#61 That photo with the silver beard. Ohhhh! Please may we call you Daddy?
#87 The way he knocked seven shades of shit out of that poor Gretsch guitar on Live in Dallas: my gran was right, it's always the quiet ones.
#99 He has a happy marriage.
#103 Those spectacles - all together now, awwwww!
#112a The look of sheer delight on his face playing congas on "Redondo Beach".
#112b The fact that he looked like the only band member happy to be playing "Redondo Beach".
#134 He's a multi-instrumentalist.
#151 The "Certain People...." video. It shouldn't be legal to look that adorable with a tambourine.
#170 His name rhymes with 'Moz'.
#199 He's the person you want on your side in a pub fight.
#246 For the older ladies, Boz is the heartthrob of Morrissey's boys.
#271 He would make a wonderful prime minister.
#368 The photo of him in a park, holding his daughter's potty.
#399 His wife has interesting taste in handbags.
#412 His looks only improve with age.
#458 The "Tomorrow" video. Everyone else is posing around like mail order catalogue models, but Boz......... is it impolite to laugh out loud and fall in love at the same moment?
#496 His habitual expression is one of slight confusion. |
#506 We doubt you'd find furry covers on his handcuffs. He probably tore them off with his teeth.
#547 He's been on-stage in a dress.
#564 He makes funny faces when you take his photo.
#589 On the back of The Polecats' single "Make a Circuit With Me", it looks like he's wearing blue eyeshadow. But isn't.
#606 He answers fans' emails.
#666 He looked like a slimmer version of Robbie Coltrane in Nuns on the Run when 'Father Steven' dressed up his band for Hallowe'en last year.
#679 He's worked with Adam and The Ants.
#713 He's worked with Edwyn Collins.
#743 The ears.
#762 He's in loads of other bands. Busy chap!
#821 He's got his own recording studios.
#832 He'll smile at you and wave and maybe say hello if you cheer at him when he walks past the queue before a gig. And seems pleased you knew it was him.
#899 He looks huggable.
#903 He watched the support act, The Dead 60s, with Morrissey from the balcony at Blackpool Empress Ballroom last year.
#915 You get the feeling he makes a good Yorkshire pudding.
#950 He always looks delighted to have his picture taken with a fan.
#979 He looks good in hawaiian shirts.
#1000 He looks good in leather pants!
#1001 He can carry off a kilt.
So there you are. There are 1001 reasons to love Boz, and none at all for why you shouldn't.
by Helen, except #170 Miss Fliss, #271, #412, #979 & #1000: WhiteGrrrl, #399 XD, #564 'sweetnessss', #743 Maude Lynn, #61, #151, #458, #506, & #915: Edna Weasels, #99, #679, #950: Shelly, Texas.
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