it is generally acknowledged in music business circles that such lyrics as "I want to leave/you will not miss me/I want to go down in musical history" are oblique reference to the Rough Trade Records/Smiths dispute, with Geoff Travis cast in the central role as "righteous", "holy" and "a pain in the arse". Absent from the lyrics sheet was the spiteful coda "give us your money".
it is generally acknowledged in music business circles that such lyrics as "I want to leave/you will not miss me/I want to go down in musical history" are oblique reference to the Rough Trade Records/Smiths dispute, with Geoff Travis cast in the central role as "righteous", "holy" and "a pain in the arse". Absent from the lyrics sheet was the spiteful coda "give us your money".