here's what Morrissey later said about this song (as quoted in Simon Goddard's book 'Songs That Saved Your Life'):
"In a monotonous way, it's quite tongue-and-cheek. The wonderful woman is actually an incredibly vicious person but still at the end of the day she had this incredible magnetic ray to me. All the things that she wanted to do, nasty as they were, were completely forgivable due to whatever reason. It's all metaphysical."
So basically he admited it was autobiographical, whoever it was about. Whether it was about Linder or someone else, we can't know for sure. The femme fatale in question is described as a really vicious person, which makes it odd if it is about her - however, I am well aware that human relationships are complex and that there's a thin line between love and hate and all that, so it is still very possible.
Though it doesn't prove anything and it might be just a coincidence, it is still interesting that in 2002 Morrissey introduced Linder on stage at the second of his his Royal Hall concerts, where she was officially taking photos, as "Linder Sterling - a wonderful woman".
here's what Morrissey later said about this song (as quoted in Simon Goddard's book 'Songs That Saved Your Life'):
"In a monotonous way, it's quite tongue-and-cheek. The wonderful woman is actually an incredibly vicious person but still at the end of the day she had this incredible magnetic ray to me. All the things that she wanted to do, nasty as they were, were completely forgivable due to whatever reason. It's all metaphysical."
So basically he admited it was autobiographical, whoever it was about. Whether it was about Linder or someone else, we can't know for sure. The femme fatale in question is described as a really vicious person, which makes it odd if it is about her - however, I am well aware that human relationships are complex and that there's a thin line between love and hate and all that, so it is still very possible.
Though it doesn't prove anything and it might be just a coincidence, it is still interesting that in 2002 Morrissey introduced Linder on stage at the second of his his Royal Hall concerts, where she was officially taking photos, as "Linder Sterling - a wonderful woman".