Death of a Disco Dancer Lyrics

Lyric discussion by BobC 

Cover art for Death of a Disco Dancer lyrics by Smiths, The

I always thought this song was about the AIDS crisis and the contempt people showed thsoe who were dying of it in the late 80's. I remember the AIDS jokes. We've come a long way from those days but at that time it was scary how people thought it was so funny that gay people were dying of this disease. It was chilling. I remember being more afraid of people finding out I was gay than dying of that disease. fortunately I never contracted it!

I was just about to post the AIDS interpretation as well. One could almost think this was a lost lennon masterpiece.