and i think everything was going so pop and so mainstream and he was the alternative to that. and i think there is a lyrical element to his words that resonated with the latino community. >> and people said that his lyrics, his songs resonated with traditional mariachi in that sense. >> right. >> the songs are so much about finding somebody beautiful or even funny about getting relentlessly -- over and having [bleep] go wrong, i mean. >> i think morrissey really speaks -- you know, it's so odd he's this white guy -- about displacement and this longing for a mythic home. you know, because when i go to mexico, i'm like a sore thumb there. you know, my spanish is horrible, the way i dress, the way i talk. but there's just something about it, like morrissey really