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| The Smiths – Vicar in a Tutu Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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The "Holy Name Church" is a striking catholic church located on the Oxford Road Corridor across from the Carling Academy at the heart of the Manchester University Quarter.
I think this song is about prejudice and a kind of "those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" Holier than Thou message. "As i was minding my business lifting some lead" is about someone doing something unlawful/socially unacceptable (stealing from a church). This person sees their actions as normal "as i was minding my business" but the person sees the vicar in a tutu as weird/different.
"As rose collects the money in the cannister" is probably about Morrissey's qualms with the money making of the church "all they want is your money" from the queen is dead. |
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| The Smiths – Is It Really So Strange? Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I know everyone looks for "gay" hints in Moz's lyrics but I do think it really is a reference to his sexuality. "You can't change the way I feel 'cause I love you. Is it really so strange?" Is Morrisseys way of questioning societies opinions of homosexuality. Note "queer" being another word for "strange". |
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| The Smiths – Panic Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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Could there be a reference to IRA bombings or at least bomb threats during the troubles? There were certainly attacks in "London" "Birmginham" "Dublin". Not too sure about "Dundee", "Leeds" and "Humberside" (which is the other name for "Hull". Morrissey gives other references to NI in "A rush and a push". |
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| The Smiths – Panic Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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Could there be a reference to IRA bombings or at least bomb threats during the troubles? There were certainly attacks in "London" "Birmginham" "Dublin". Not too sure about "Dundee", "Leeds" and "Humberside" (which is the other name for "Hull". Morrissey gives other references to NI in "A rush and a push". |
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| The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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Even recently, morrissey has been outspoken about how he feels britain has changed for the worse and lost it's identity. I feel the song gives references to the "dear old blighty" that no longer exists. "Oh has the world changed or have I changed?" confirms this. There is also no denying the anti-royalist themes in this song. "how I'm the 18th pale descendent of some old queen or other" is a humourous lyric, showing royal shock of just being a royal by accident of birth. |
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| The Smiths – You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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The song is an objective view of himself. The "son" adds to the patronising manner of which this song is trying to outline. "You must suffer and cry for a longer time" is also the person/people who hold the objective view, showing a lack of compassion and their only advice being to hold tight and it might get better. An upbeat and catchy tune! |
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