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The song's lyrics, which commemorate the dreariness of a seaside town in the off-season, [3] were reportedly inspired by Nevil Shute's On the Beach, [4] a novel about a group of people waiting for nuclear devastation in Melbourne, Australia. Of the song's lyrics, Morrissey commented, "The British holiday resort is just like a symbol of Britain ...
The song also features the lyrics, "It was a good lay", which Morrissey jokingly commented was actually a mishearing of "It was a bootleg". [ 5 ] "Suedehead" was Morrissey's first songwriting collaboration with former Smiths producer Stephen Street .
"November Spawned a Monster" is a song by the English singer Morrissey, released as a single in April 1990 by HMV. It was written by Morrissey and Clive Langer and features one of Morrissey's former colleagues from the Smiths, Andy Rourke, on bass guitar. The single reached number 12 on the UK Singles Chart.
In a 1989 interview, Morrissey joked " 'The Last of the Famous International Playboys' are Bowie, Bolan, Devoto and me." [2] Lyrically, however, "The Last of the Famous International Playboys" largely mythologizes the notorious pair of vicious London gangsters known as the Kray twins Ronnie and Reggie, who held a tight rein on the East End of London during the 1950s and 1960s. [3]
Morrissey Alain Whyte: You Are the Quarry: 2004 [1] "All the Young People Must Fall in Love" Morrissey Boz Boorer Low in High School: 2017 [2] "All You Need Is Me" Morrissey Jesse Tobias: Years of Refusal: 2009 [3] "Alma Matters" Morrissey Alain Whyte Maladjusted: 1997 [4] "Alsatian Cousin" Morrissey Stephen Street: Viva Hate: 1988 [5 ...
The song, which tells the story of a gang member named Hector, is seen as a tribute to Morrissey's significant Hispanic fanbase. [2] Whyte commented, "All these Hispanic kids were coming to see us, with quiffs and leather jackets, shouting for Morrissey. The Latinos embraced him because they relate to all that isolation in his lyrics.
"You're the One for Me, Fatty" is a single by Morrissey released in July 1992. It was taken from the then-unreleased Your Arsenal album and was the second Morrissey single to be co-written with Alain Whyte and produced by glam rock legend Mick Ronson. The title is a reference to the Marvelettes' song "You Are the One for Me, Bobby". [4]
Reaching number eight on the UK Singles Chart, the single became Morrissey's first top-10 hit since "Interesting Drug" in 1989. It is also Morrissey's only charting single on the US Billboard Hot 100, reaching number 46, and it became his second Modern Rock Tracks number-one hit. The song also reached the top 50 in Canada, France and Ireland.