Can't believe its that day of the week already.....Today's offering goes back to 1997 and was the second single to be taken off the LP Maladjusted.
Unusually for a Morrissey single, he's nowhere to be seen on the cover - instead its a 1950s photo in a London street (I have to be honest when I bought the CD single that it thought the photo had been taken in the 1970s in my own home city.....)
But there is a snap of the great man himself inside, looking as handsome as ever in a grey checked jacket and white shirt, leaning against an old juke-box.
The reason I'm saying so much about the sleeve is that I really dont have all that much to offer about the actual single which I reckon is one of the poorest and dullest he's ever released. No tune to speak off and a rather lame lyric that relies totally on a pun. In fact,given there's no promo video for the song, I'm guessing there was more enthusiasm from the record company than Morrissey himself.
I can just imagine some executive thinking....'maybe all those Manchester United fans will think its about one of their players....'
mp3 : Morrissey - Roy's Keen
mp3 : Morrissey - Lost
mp3 : Morrissey - The Edges Are No Longer Parallel
I know there's quite a few fans love the song Lost, but I think its nothing more than OK - although it hints at the sort of production that would dominate on You Are The Quarry some 7 years hence...
Happy Listening.
6 comments:
Thanks :) ya know I can't ever get enough of this ... and he's coming to Chicago in APRIL, omg... I'm bursting already xoxo
LOL word verification = fookme, I kid you not!
More often than not the sleeve is at least as good as the music in Moırissey's case.
One of my least favourite Morrissey songs. Just nothing even remotely interesting about it. NOt a high point in his career but the opening track from it's mother album is a belter.
Did you get tickets to see him on his May tour? I've got front(ish) row seats (it's an all seater gig, i'm not getting too old to stand)
This is pish. What you need is some disco!!
Definitely the worst single of his career and possibly the worst track he's released. Both b-sides are better, and when I think of some of the tracks he HASN'T released (Please Help The Cause Against Loneliness) it makes me wonder whatever was he thinking?
here's a youtube clip of song called: 'Dancing to The Smiths' - one of the comments is it's truly awful. not sure what that person prefers. Prodigy perhaps. this is encouraging
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi7aXompZhQ
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