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It strikes me that there is so much expectation (and latent vitriol) around a new Morrissey release that the songs aren't really given an open-minded airing in many quarters. The dissection starts before the listening truly begins.
Hearing 'I'm Not A Man' at the moment, and it sounds absolutely excellent. The lyrics are funny ('beefaroni'), cleverly playful ('two-fisted hombre, olé'), passionate ('ways to sit / And of course, ways to stand'), and deeply principled ('I would never kill or eat an animal')
I can't help wondering that if some of the stronger songs had been placed on Viva Hate or Vauxhall they might well have become oft-cited classics.
Hearing 'I'm Not A Man' at the moment, and it sounds absolutely excellent. The lyrics are funny ('beefaroni'), cleverly playful ('two-fisted hombre, olé'), passionate ('ways to sit / And of course, ways to stand'), and deeply principled ('I would never kill or eat an animal')
I can't help wondering that if some of the stronger songs had been placed on Viva Hate or Vauxhall they might well have become oft-cited classics.