OK, so this is going to be one of those 'What Does Morrissey Mean to Me in 25 Words or Less?" That's impossible to do... its like Bob Dylan's "Last Thoughts on Woodie Guthrie." First of all I don't really think of Morrissey the musician, it’s more of Morrissey the poet to me I listen to Vauxhall and hear Wilde, I see his face and I see Dorian Gray. Loneliness, solitude I don’t even know, it’s like everything that He does people look upon as depressing and play that whole "awwwww poor you" game and it’s annoying. The music (poetry, what have you) puts me in the most serene state of mind, and it makes me feel better to know that somebody else in this world feels so inadequate and different at least some of the time I’m sure he probably wouldn’t care about that, and it’s probably nothing as to why he writes. I mean when I write, I do it all for myself. It’s conceited, but I’m beginning to believe that it’s not always such a bad thing. Well rightly so I promised myself that I wasn’t going to babble on forever so experience his work for yourself and I’ll pick some of my favorite songs out to share.
I know that this is the song that definitely did it for me. And as I climb into an empty bed, Oh well. Enough said. In my first semester of college I’d be driving home from school and just listening to this song after I had been in my introductory Literature class and be amazed at the amount of those stupid supposedly "poetic" terms that are crammed down your throat constantly. Loud, loutish lover, especially sticks out in my mind the alliteration, assonance, and consonance and until the moment that I realized that, I had never seen how it worked. The song is smooth and constant, the music beautiful, the singing in accordance with the rest. And forgetting the rest, the lyrics alone are amazing. They make my heart pound and sink. I know it's over and it never really began but in my heart it was so real" I think it’s one of those things that you just have to have that immediate connection or it just seems like Morrissey is from Mars. Love is Natural and Real But not for you, my love Not tonight, my love
"If you're so funny then why are you on your own tonight?
And if you're so clever then why are you on your own tonight?
If you're so very entertaining then why are you on your own tonight?
If you're so very good-looking why do you sleep alone tonight?
I know ...
'Cause tonight is just like any other night that's why you're on your own tonight
with your triumphs and your charms while they're in each other's arms..."
OK, why I chose this song? Keats and Yeats are on your side while Wilde is on mine I will be brutally honest here for a moment. I’ve read Keats and Yeats and they never really made all the great of a connection with me. So, I figured hey I like Morrissey and I checked out Wilde. I bought The Picture of Dorian Gray and it is the most amazing book. Actually now that I read the lyrics more closely I think the song greatly resembles Dorian. A dreaded sunny day so let's go where we're happy And I meet you at the cemetry gates The irony, I find this song greatly amusing plus it makes me dance.
"There's too much caffeine In your bloodstream And a lack of real spice In your life"
This is probably the first non-commercial (which is dumb to say because none of Morrissey’s music is really very commercial) song that I really listened to. You ask why is this song so wonderful? Moz growls. It is really that very simple. I’m easy to please. Besides that, there is a message that I’ve been trying to get across for ages. Oh, but don't mention love I’d hate the strain of the pain again To quote J. Giles Band Love Stinks. It always seems like the minute you push a person so far away, that’s when you realize that your own dummy self has fallen for them. *Grrrrrooowl*
"I could have dragged you in guilt by implication by association I’ve always been true to you in my own strange way "
And when you slam down the hammer can you see it in your heart? It is so simple, yet so true. The vocals on this song are utterly amazing, as with the entirety of Vauxhall and I. The song is just "what have you the right" type of thing. I agree though, what right does anybody have to make dumb judgments or go around spreading rumors trying to ruin one person to all the other jerkoids that make too many judgments. I’m not saying that I’m free from this sin, but well yeah. All of the rumours keeping me grounded I never said, I never said that they were completely unfounded.
Well, I worked on this quite awhile ago, but I thought that parts of it were pretty interesting (Can you tell it's from the time period when I first started studying English as my major or what?). I don't listen to the Moz-Man too often anymore. However, if you asked me now my favorite song is Ask Me (ohhhhh the duplicity). I've been avoiding the dreary lately. Anyway, Here are some quotes from Oscar Wilde - for that special Moz-connection and you can visit the Music Page on my main website