I think this song is about expressing boredom and suppression. The boring holiday in a sea side town seems to be a spiritual place to reflect the boredom where everyday is like sunday; all the shops are closed and there's nothing to do. The first verse implies that he feels naked and alone and he wishes that the sea side town (his boredom) could just be destroyed and made rid of. This is one of the best songs I've ever heard to express unhappiness and boredom, which also cleverly makes fun of typical holidays, for instance "etch a postcard, how i dealy wish i was not here", replacing the typical "wish you were here" with a message more honest, almost like a cry for help.
@Tom_999 It's based on the Gregory Peck movie "On the Beach." It's after WWIII and people in Australia are waiting for the nuclear cloud to make its way to them, resulting in their deaths. So they try to make the best of their last days.
@Tom_999 It's based on the Gregory Peck movie "On the Beach." It's after WWIII and people in Australia are waiting for the nuclear cloud to make its way to them, resulting in their deaths. So they try to make the best of their last days.
@Tom_999 Your interpretation seems to suffer from your purely personal situation in life. I'm not going to say that it's wrong, as nobody even knows what it's about, but for me, it doesn't seem accurate in the slightest. I think the song probably arose from Morrissey not getting a decent cup of tea while visiting some 'seaside town', hence the lyrical negativity. Nuclear bombing seems a rather extreme reason to bomb the place, though, but Morrissey's sarcasm is quite very dark indeed.
@Tom_999 Your interpretation seems to suffer from your purely personal situation in life. I'm not going to say that it's wrong, as nobody even knows what it's about, but for me, it doesn't seem accurate in the slightest. I think the song probably arose from Morrissey not getting a decent cup of tea while visiting some 'seaside town', hence the lyrical negativity. Nuclear bombing seems a rather extreme reason to bomb the place, though, but Morrissey's sarcasm is quite very dark indeed.
I think this song is about expressing boredom and suppression. The boring holiday in a sea side town seems to be a spiritual place to reflect the boredom where everyday is like sunday; all the shops are closed and there's nothing to do. The first verse implies that he feels naked and alone and he wishes that the sea side town (his boredom) could just be destroyed and made rid of. This is one of the best songs I've ever heard to express unhappiness and boredom, which also cleverly makes fun of typical holidays, for instance "etch a postcard, how i dealy wish i was not here", replacing the typical "wish you were here" with a message more honest, almost like a cry for help.
@Tom_999 It's based on the Gregory Peck movie "On the Beach." It's after WWIII and people in Australia are waiting for the nuclear cloud to make its way to them, resulting in their deaths. So they try to make the best of their last days.
@Tom_999 It's based on the Gregory Peck movie "On the Beach." It's after WWIII and people in Australia are waiting for the nuclear cloud to make its way to them, resulting in their deaths. So they try to make the best of their last days.
@Tom_999 -,thanks - I thought it might be about Blackpool or maybe a resort in North Wales .... is a 'cheap tray' a tray of cuts of meat btw ?
@Tom_999 -,thanks - I thought it might be about Blackpool or maybe a resort in North Wales .... is a 'cheap tray' a tray of cuts of meat btw ?
@Tom_999 Your interpretation seems to suffer from your purely personal situation in life. I'm not going to say that it's wrong, as nobody even knows what it's about, but for me, it doesn't seem accurate in the slightest. I think the song probably arose from Morrissey not getting a decent cup of tea while visiting some 'seaside town', hence the lyrical negativity. Nuclear bombing seems a rather extreme reason to bomb the place, though, but Morrissey's sarcasm is quite very dark indeed.
@Tom_999 Your interpretation seems to suffer from your purely personal situation in life. I'm not going to say that it's wrong, as nobody even knows what it's about, but for me, it doesn't seem accurate in the slightest. I think the song probably arose from Morrissey not getting a decent cup of tea while visiting some 'seaside town', hence the lyrical negativity. Nuclear bombing seems a rather extreme reason to bomb the place, though, but Morrissey's sarcasm is quite very dark indeed.