The inspiration for this song came from an olde 45 owned by Michael Marr's parents. '(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame' was an Elvis Presley chart-topper the year before John Maher married Frances Doyle. Written by the great Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman partnership, the song contained a memorable riff which Marr liberally adapted and aligned to a rockbilly rythm. "The real idea was to do something from the fairground," he explained. "I'd spend a lot of time at the fair in Wythenshawe Park and I worked at a speedway in a place down in Cheshire. I still maintain that the best place to hear music is at the fairground. If you get your records played at the fair you're a great pop group. I used to go there al the time, not necessarily to go on the rides, but to look at girls. I had this really romantic feeling when I was at the fair."
-Morrissey & Marr-The Severed Alliance, written by Johnny Rogan
Morissey once joked about marrying Victoria Wood, to which Victoria responded pubicly with the witty announcement, "Morrissey and I have been married for 11 months, though due to touring commitments, we have yet to meet."
The inspiration for this song came from an olde 45 owned by Michael Marr's parents. '(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame' was an Elvis Presley chart-topper the year before John Maher married Frances Doyle. Written by the great Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman partnership, the song contained a memorable riff which Marr liberally adapted and aligned to a rockbilly rythm. "The real idea was to do something from the fairground," he explained. "I'd spend a lot of time at the fair in Wythenshawe Park and I worked at a speedway in a place down in Cheshire. I still maintain that the best place to hear music is at the fairground. If you get your records played at the fair you're a great pop group. I used to go there al the time, not necessarily to go on the rides, but to look at girls. I had this really romantic feeling when I was at the fair."
-Morrissey & Marr-The Severed Alliance, written by Johnny Rogan
Morissey once joked about marrying Victoria Wood, to which Victoria responded pubicly with the witty announcement, "Morrissey and I have been married for 11 months, though due to touring commitments, we have yet to meet."