Bill Poster
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Moz is pushing 60. What does he know about being in high school these days? The world has changed immeasurably and irrevocably since he was there. This should be...interesting.
I imagine its a bit like Southpaw Grammar (school of hard knocks) not referring to an actual high school, but more a 'university of life'.
I think what irks me, is that many of us graduate high school, and don't ever really think of it again. I know I had precisely zero interest in attending any of my reunions. I kept the ones I wanted to, and left the rest behind. So when a man of nearly 60 announces an album with a title so silly, it makes me roll my eyes. I rolled my eyes over Staircase as well, and the attempt at writing from a college aged girl's perspective.
It's kind of the same feeling I got when I caught Alice Cooper on television a few months back and he was singing "I'm 18 and I like it."
No, sorry, friend. You're much closer to the grave than 18.
The idea that a title somehow defines the album and that he must fit people's understanding of age and appropriateness is hilarious. Do you know how many albums there are that don't have literal connections between title and songs!!??
Morrissey was too old to attend 'Southpaw Grammar' too, but oddly only one song directly referenced schools and that was sung from an adult POV. So why would this new album HAVE to be about schools?
To assume that it's about high schools and his knowledge of youth culture today is beyond premature and probably grossly wrong. He delights in the confusion of it all - which would be part of his intention in the first place when naming it.
Regards,
FWD.
I think that title has been completely misunderstood. It's not a school per-se, but the grammar, the how-to, of being a Southpaw, a left-hander, left-footer, a misfit.
This is wrong. Morrissey himself said it refers to "the school of hard knocks"
In an interview, yes. Do you think Vauhxall and I is about a Cavalier? On a secondary point - are the the kind of person who takes everything this recording artist says at face-value, always?
I think Viva Hate does...have ANY of the album titles given any significant indication of the contents/themes of the songs? Most Morrissey album titles involve some sort of cryptic statement using wordplay that have little to do with the album itself in any immediately clear way.
Morrissey never said Vauxhall and I was about a cavalier though did he. He did however say the quote about Southpaw didnt he. No I dont take EVERYTHING he says at face value but this is a specific and direct response to the question. Do you think EVERYTHING he says is cloaked in some other secret meaning. Or do you just think YOU know better than him?
On a secondary point why are you such a bore?