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| Skeeter Davis – The End of The World Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I was thinking more of Funeral Blues by Auden. Its "dismantle the sun; Pour away the ocean" bit reminds me of the opening of the song and the rest is similar too. |
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| Morrissey – Ammunition Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I disagree. I think the sort of bridge bit (i.e. I've been crying...) is very telling and sort of clarifies the meaning of the rest of the song. I think the roads are metaphorical and Morrissey means the paths leading back to the depression he later refers to, as there are often warning signs. The "veering cliffwards" part also supports this. |
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| Morrissey – Honey, You Know Where To Find Me Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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This song was an outtake from the Southpaw Grammar sessions. An instrumental has been available for some time, but this version leaked recently online. In my opinion it should have been saved because it has so much more potential than most discarded songs, although I appreciate that it wouldn't really have fit in on the album. It could have been a b-side though, along with Nobody Loves Us and You Must Please Remember, two other great songs from the same session. I guess we'll never know why, but it anyone would like to hear it, feel free to email me. |
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| The Smiths – Pretty Girls Make Graves Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Yes, you're right, "Pretty girls make graves" is a quote from the Dharma Bums. In the book, the philosophy behind it is that "pretty girls" lead to lust, which in turn leads to birth, which in turn leads to suffering and then, inevitably, death, or "graves".
Based on this, the character sees celibacy as the only way of breaking the cycle, if you like. Therefore, I don't think the trick that nature played is that the narrator is gay, as some people have said. I think the trick Morrissey is reffering to is actually lust, something which seems to lead to pleasure, but is actually the cause of all suffering. |
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| Morrissey – It's Hard to Walk Tall When You're Small Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I don't think it's in the vein of self-deprecation. As Ringo Starr was the drummer in The Beatles, the "Hey Ringo" bit leads me to believe that Morrissey is probably singing about Mike Joyce, or another ex-drummer. |
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| The Associates – Stephen, You're Still Really Something Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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This song is apparently about Morrissey, as he and Billy Mackenzie were rumoured to be lovers in the Eighties. Some people think that the Smiths song "William, It Was Really Nothing", was written with Mackenzie in mind and this was his answer, although that theory falls down slightly when one learns that this song is actually credited to Alan Rankine, not Mackenzie. Also, Morrissey's first name is spelt "Steven", although this could just be an error on the writer's part. Perhaps Mackenzie wrote the lyrics and just wasn't credited, or perhaps Rankine decided to "reply" on Mackenzie's behalf. Or perhaps it's all just one big coincidence/pubilicity stunt. Who knows? |
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| Morrissey – Striptease With A Difference Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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What about the first verse?
"Bending the rules of a late night card game
Where the loser removes an item of clothing
You're dreading each deal so urgent and grave
Have shufty over your shoulder (Well, it's a shady game)"
There's also more to the "bad winner" bridge bit:
"Jack! Ace! Queen! King!
no! no-no! no! no-no! no-no!
no.......no.....no..... "
Then he goes "They won't let me lose" and then just says "I'm bending the rules of a late night card game" again.
I think there is two versions of the leak, one with just part of the song. |
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| Morrissey – Munich Air Disaster 1958 Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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As the title makes clear, this song is about the Munich Air Disaster, when a plane carrying a team of Man United players crashed in 1958, killing over half of them. I think it's a pretty straight forward lyric about how the fans felt afterwards, although I suppose, as Morrissey was born in 1959, the "I wish I'd gone down, gone down with them" part could be taken to mean something along the lines of "I wish I'd never been born", although that's probably just me reading into things too much. |
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| Morrissey – Sunny Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I think it could be about Sonny Liston, but the second verse and chorus, being so personal, makes me think it's more likely about a person Morrissey was close to, possibly a lover, whose life held parallels to the boxer's. I think Morrissey is using Sonny Liston's story to tell another, comparing a person to Sonny Liston. Also, the spelling is different, which may seem trivial, but Morrissey seems to notice these things. |
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| Morrissey – Ganglord Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I thought Morrissey meant that if you come from a working class background or a "ghetto" the police will never show you respect or protection. Also "To protect and to serve" is the motto of the Los Angeles Police Department. |
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| Morrissey – A Song From Under The Floorboards Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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This song is a Magazine cover. There are a few lyric changes, for example "I'm very proud of that" was originally "I'm proud as hell of that fact" and Devoto sings "my irritability keeps me alive and kicking". |
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| Morrissey – Tony The Pony Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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It should be "soft touch Tony", not "fucked up Tony"
I doubt Morrissey would ever use the word "fuck" in a song. |
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| Guillemots – Trains to Brazil Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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But that doesn't make sense with the rest of the song, particularly the "they'll still remind me of when we were at school" bit. |
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