and, mwalker and punchyk, I have heard that there were rumours it was about Morrissey, but that's totally ridiculous. So people thought it was about him just because The Smiths had a song called "This Charming Man" and because Morrissey once mentioned Ronnie Kray in a song? LOL If you know anything about Morrissey, it's obvious that the person from this song is nothing like him. "Educated the expensive way"?! "those family shares"?! Morrissey is from working class family who always had little money, his dad was a hospital porter, and his mom was a librarian. She always gave him books to read since he was very little so read a lot, unlike most boys of similar background, but he's had anything but expensive education - and he left his secondary school at the age of 16. While the "charmless man" from the song is a snob from a rich background, who brags he can get anywhere for free, Morrissey is hardly the type of man who tries to socialize with a lot of people or get into parties. Not to mention that people who meet Moz never describe him as charmless - in fact, everyone goes on about how charismatic he is. and as you can see in his interviews, he does not "talk at speed" or "tries so hard to please he's just so keen for you to listen", he talks slowly, and as one journalist said, as someone who's used to being listened to. Being too controversial, confrontational, outspoken, a bigmouth, too critical of others, arrogant, difficult, I've heard all these accusations against Moz, but " trying to please people" is one thing that nobody has ever accused him of.
In short, he's pretty much the opposite of the man described in this song.
and, mwalker and punchyk, I have heard that there were rumours it was about Morrissey, but that's totally ridiculous. So people thought it was about him just because The Smiths had a song called "This Charming Man" and because Morrissey once mentioned Ronnie Kray in a song? LOL If you know anything about Morrissey, it's obvious that the person from this song is nothing like him. "Educated the expensive way"?! "those family shares"?! Morrissey is from working class family who always had little money, his dad was a hospital porter, and his mom was a librarian. She always gave him books to read since he was very little so read a lot, unlike most boys of similar background, but he's had anything but expensive education - and he left his secondary school at the age of 16. While the "charmless man" from the song is a snob from a rich background, who brags he can get anywhere for free, Morrissey is hardly the type of man who tries to socialize with a lot of people or get into parties. Not to mention that people who meet Moz never describe him as charmless - in fact, everyone goes on about how charismatic he is. and as you can see in his interviews, he does not "talk at speed" or "tries so hard to please he's just so keen for you to listen", he talks slowly, and as one journalist said, as someone who's used to being listened to. Being too controversial, confrontational, outspoken, a bigmouth, too critical of others, arrogant, difficult, I've heard all these accusations against Moz, but " trying to please people" is one thing that nobody has ever accused him of.
In short, he's pretty much the opposite of the man described in this song.