Having just learnt the guitar chords for this song, I've just been playing it over and over and really becoming absorbed into it. This song has so much going for it. The structure, the rhythm, the poetry, the plaintive vocals - so poignant and (I imagine) so cathartic for Morrissey.
Thanks everyone for the above comments, it's really helped me appreciate Mozza's empathy towards the victims and his fascination with Myra Hindley.
My research tells me that he was born in 59 and the Moors Murders were in 63-65 - so you can imagine the nightmares kids his age and moreso their parents were having at the time.
In Sydney it was the Wanda Beach murders in 1965 that shocked a nation - but unfortunately we don't have a Morrissey to so eloquently and beautifully elucidate it. Well done Johnny Marr too!!
Having just learnt the guitar chords for this song, I've just been playing it over and over and really becoming absorbed into it. This song has so much going for it. The structure, the rhythm, the poetry, the plaintive vocals - so poignant and (I imagine) so cathartic for Morrissey. Thanks everyone for the above comments, it's really helped me appreciate Mozza's empathy towards the victims and his fascination with Myra Hindley. My research tells me that he was born in 59 and the Moors Murders were in 63-65 - so you can imagine the nightmares kids his age and moreso their parents were having at the time. In Sydney it was the Wanda Beach murders in 1965 that shocked a nation - but unfortunately we don't have a Morrissey to so eloquently and beautifully elucidate it. Well done Johnny Marr too!!