Death of a Disco Dancer Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Aurora2 

Cover art for Death of a Disco Dancer lyrics by Smiths, The

I think it's just being critical of the sort of "hippie" mentality in a lot of music in the sixties and seventies that like to pretend they were all about peace and love but when it came down to it everyone just looked after themselves.

I think he is just criticising the sentimentality of some pop songs like "Imagine" for example.