For me it sounds like Morrissey is saying that Maudlin st actually has so many good memories on it, it's almost far too painful to ever go back there again or even think about it, because those times are over. The reason why I say this is because he sings "..and there were bad time times on Maudlin st.." as if he's saying it wasn't all good. I also believe that this place is so painful to remember because he fell in love there and he no longer sees this person and wonders what has become of them, as he sings at the end of the song "wherever you are..." and I cannot believe he would be singing this about a girl...but, thats just my view what do I know.
@Beco Separation of - even categorisation of - "good" and "bad" memories is kind of impossible when you're contemplating the trauma-riddled period of your life (bound to be either adolescence or childhood) that made you the fuck-up you are today. That's my "understanding of" the song and Morrissey's emotional state when he was recording (as Sandie Shaw described it in her book)
@Beco Separation of - even categorisation of - "good" and "bad" memories is kind of impossible when you're contemplating the trauma-riddled period of your life (bound to be either adolescence or childhood) that made you the fuck-up you are today. That's my "understanding of" the song and Morrissey's emotional state when he was recording (as Sandie Shaw described it in her book)
For me it sounds like Morrissey is saying that Maudlin st actually has so many good memories on it, it's almost far too painful to ever go back there again or even think about it, because those times are over. The reason why I say this is because he sings "..and there were bad time times on Maudlin st.." as if he's saying it wasn't all good. I also believe that this place is so painful to remember because he fell in love there and he no longer sees this person and wonders what has become of them, as he sings at the end of the song "wherever you are..." and I cannot believe he would be singing this about a girl...but, thats just my view what do I know.
@Beco Separation of - even categorisation of - "good" and "bad" memories is kind of impossible when you're contemplating the trauma-riddled period of your life (bound to be either adolescence or childhood) that made you the fuck-up you are today. That's my "understanding of" the song and Morrissey's emotional state when he was recording (as Sandie Shaw described it in her book)
@Beco Separation of - even categorisation of - "good" and "bad" memories is kind of impossible when you're contemplating the trauma-riddled period of your life (bound to be either adolescence or childhood) that made you the fuck-up you are today. That's my "understanding of" the song and Morrissey's emotional state when he was recording (as Sandie Shaw described it in her book)