I have this DVD where Morrissey walks around and chats with Margie Clarke and she asks him if this song was inpsired by Oscar Wilde and he says no, the thorn is the music industry, the radio stations that never payed their records and never believed in them - so if after all this time they still don't believe, what else can a poor boy do.
Intresting - I thought it was about something completely different....
i don't believe moz with this one :) i still think this song swings more towards the inability to spend time with his homosexual lover due to the thoughts of others.
i don't believe moz with this one :) i still think this song swings more towards the inability to spend time with his homosexual lover due to the thoughts of others.
@lilikoi This seems pretty obvious. The theme of the whole record is that the music industry was screwing them. Frankly, Mr. Shankly directly addresses it. Bigmouth Strikes Again is pretty much the same territory. I could go on, but it's pretty much The Smiths "Complete Control".
@lilikoi This seems pretty obvious. The theme of the whole record is that the music industry was screwing them. Frankly, Mr. Shankly directly addresses it. Bigmouth Strikes Again is pretty much the same territory. I could go on, but it's pretty much The Smiths "Complete Control".
I have this DVD where Morrissey walks around and chats with Margie Clarke and she asks him if this song was inpsired by Oscar Wilde and he says no, the thorn is the music industry, the radio stations that never payed their records and never believed in them - so if after all this time they still don't believe, what else can a poor boy do. Intresting - I thought it was about something completely different....
i don't believe moz with this one :) i still think this song swings more towards the inability to spend time with his homosexual lover due to the thoughts of others.
i don't believe moz with this one :) i still think this song swings more towards the inability to spend time with his homosexual lover due to the thoughts of others.
@lilikoi This seems pretty obvious. The theme of the whole record is that the music industry was screwing them. Frankly, Mr. Shankly directly addresses it. Bigmouth Strikes Again is pretty much the same territory. I could go on, but it's pretty much The Smiths "Complete Control".
@lilikoi This seems pretty obvious. The theme of the whole record is that the music industry was screwing them. Frankly, Mr. Shankly directly addresses it. Bigmouth Strikes Again is pretty much the same territory. I could go on, but it's pretty much The Smiths "Complete Control".