"So English" most likely refers to English photographer Jake Walters, with whom Morrissey was in a short-term romantic relationship in the 1990s. This song is from 1997, so it probably is about how Morrissey dealt with the break-up. I do not think we can say for certain that everything mentioned in this song is exactly what Morrissey experienced himself. Perhaps he did run "into the wrong arms" on the "flesh rampage", aka slept with random people, or perhaps it is rather something his fictional self would have done. But it seems like Morrissey did feel haunted by his memories with Jake Walters, and this is how he got over it – by turning the pain into art.
@SisOfNight That's definitely reaching lol. I think it's a sarcastic reference to the unemotional british "keep a stiff upper lip" type of attitude. The same thing as "We may be cold / We may even be the most depressing people you've ever known / We are the last truly British people you will ever know"
@SisOfNight That's definitely reaching lol. I think it's a sarcastic reference to the unemotional british "keep a stiff upper lip" type of attitude. The same thing as "We may be cold / We may even be the most depressing people you've ever known / We are the last truly British people you will ever know"
Morrissey seems to have a problem with that lack of emotion english men are allowed to display even though he follows the custom himself. In his autobiography he writes about seeing a childhood friend on the street but because they're english men they can't be open to each other and reconnect.
"Ten years later we pass one another in the street, and we nod as we pass, because that’s what northern males do, and can only do"
"So English" most likely refers to English photographer Jake Walters, with whom Morrissey was in a short-term romantic relationship in the 1990s. This song is from 1997, so it probably is about how Morrissey dealt with the break-up. I do not think we can say for certain that everything mentioned in this song is exactly what Morrissey experienced himself. Perhaps he did run "into the wrong arms" on the "flesh rampage", aka slept with random people, or perhaps it is rather something his fictional self would have done. But it seems like Morrissey did feel haunted by his memories with Jake Walters, and this is how he got over it – by turning the pain into art.
@SisOfNight That's definitely reaching lol. I think it's a sarcastic reference to the unemotional british "keep a stiff upper lip" type of attitude. The same thing as "We may be cold / We may even be the most depressing people you've ever known / We are the last truly British people you will ever know"
@SisOfNight That's definitely reaching lol. I think it's a sarcastic reference to the unemotional british "keep a stiff upper lip" type of attitude. The same thing as "We may be cold / We may even be the most depressing people you've ever known / We are the last truly British people you will ever know"
Morrissey seems to have a problem with that lack of emotion english men are allowed to display even though he follows the custom himself. In his autobiography he writes about seeing a childhood friend on the street but because they're english men they can't be open to each other and reconnect.
"Ten years later we pass one another in the street, and we nod as we pass, because that’s what northern males do, and can only do"
@SisOfNight Interesting.
@SisOfNight Interesting.