I think this is about Morrissey relating his boring, sad and depressing existence (and in life in general) through relating it to a wet, seaside town on a Sunday. Bearing in mind it was the late 80s when there wasn't much open or to do on a Sunday anywhere let alone a seaside town out of season in Britain. I think he just describes a powerful scene of a lonely seaside town as an example which we relate to. This is typical of him in many of his and the Smiths songs to describe things we can relate to as a means to portray a point.
@CharmingMan You failed to mention that the 80s were the height of 'nuclear panic'. So many series about our imminent destruction were made and received, too. 'Threads' and 'The Day After' were particularly chilling and terrifying in their prognoses of our fates at the hands and outcome of nuclear war. 'Mutually Assured Destruction' was the term for any nuclear attack, because that's exactly what it would entail. Morrissey's somewhat flippant use of it is the coyness that marks so much of his writing, too. In essence, though, I like you comment a lot.
@CharmingMan You failed to mention that the 80s were the height of 'nuclear panic'. So many series about our imminent destruction were made and received, too. 'Threads' and 'The Day After' were particularly chilling and terrifying in their prognoses of our fates at the hands and outcome of nuclear war. 'Mutually Assured Destruction' was the term for any nuclear attack, because that's exactly what it would entail. Morrissey's somewhat flippant use of it is the coyness that marks so much of his writing, too. In essence, though, I like you comment a lot.
I think this is about Morrissey relating his boring, sad and depressing existence (and in life in general) through relating it to a wet, seaside town on a Sunday. Bearing in mind it was the late 80s when there wasn't much open or to do on a Sunday anywhere let alone a seaside town out of season in Britain. I think he just describes a powerful scene of a lonely seaside town as an example which we relate to. This is typical of him in many of his and the Smiths songs to describe things we can relate to as a means to portray a point.
@CharmingMan You failed to mention that the 80s were the height of 'nuclear panic'. So many series about our imminent destruction were made and received, too. 'Threads' and 'The Day After' were particularly chilling and terrifying in their prognoses of our fates at the hands and outcome of nuclear war. 'Mutually Assured Destruction' was the term for any nuclear attack, because that's exactly what it would entail. Morrissey's somewhat flippant use of it is the coyness that marks so much of his writing, too. In essence, though, I like you comment a lot.
@CharmingMan You failed to mention that the 80s were the height of 'nuclear panic'. So many series about our imminent destruction were made and received, too. 'Threads' and 'The Day After' were particularly chilling and terrifying in their prognoses of our fates at the hands and outcome of nuclear war. 'Mutually Assured Destruction' was the term for any nuclear attack, because that's exactly what it would entail. Morrissey's somewhat flippant use of it is the coyness that marks so much of his writing, too. In essence, though, I like you comment a lot.