"Kegs between legs"; poetic genius or Morrissey's worst lyric?
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it is a totally Morrissey lyric in all things of the spirit of what he has represented as a lyricist. funny, risque, corny, genius - all at once.
if you can't appreciate that lyric I really don't know how you can say you enjoy anything he does unless perhaps, you are a troll or a scenester/poseur.
if you can't appreciate that lyric I really don't know how you can say you enjoy anything he does unless perhaps, you are a troll or a scenester/poseur.
Jones
Senior Member
Well I suggest you stop listening then because I can guarantee Morrissey will come up with many more lines in the future that will agitate you and you will think ugly.
If you called him tasteful he'd probably spit in your eye.
King Leer
Leering since '97
Good idea for a poll, though my choice didn't really fit any of the choices (thanks for including that as an option). Was about to write my thoughts, but the below post nailed it.
I think it's great that it's a highly emotional song with beautifully done music, but he's not afraid to use almost Carry On-like imagery to express such genuine yearning. Nobody else would do it that way and as we can see, it's a lyric that's still talked about today.
I think it's great that it's a highly emotional song with beautifully done music, but he's not afraid to use almost Carry On-like imagery to express such genuine yearning. Nobody else would do it that way and as we can see, it's a lyric that's still talked about today.
Not-so-Mute Witness
Accidental Thead Killer
I just think it's not nearly as creative at it could be. I mean c'mon... it's a song about him getting some. Woopdi. Compared with other songs, I just don't think it holds much water. And I think in general the lyric in question is horrible. It doesn't take balls to sing about having them.... :|
PregnantForTheLastTime
Hideous trait.
It's not just about getting some... my god. No. What a shallow interpretation. I think it's about getting some of the wrong thing that you want very much nonetheless... it's about forbidden booty, be that the wrong gender, someone else's property, someone who has sworn not to be sharin' the booty, or just a relationship that is guaranteed to end up hurting you both... all delicious scenarios, to be sure. So it taps into guilt- this is just the simplest reading, here. How much more delicious is sex when it's tinged with the forbidden? When desire is drawn out so long it becomes physically painful? Much, much more...
There are some good songs on the album but this one is unbearable - I ALWAYS skip it.
But worst ever lyric? He'd have to go a long way to beat:
Your boyfriend he
Went down on one knee
Well could it be
He's only got one knee?
I've always thought it was too twee. And I'm not sure what the poetry police think about rhyming the same word - "knee" and "knee"
Quickly followed with:
I tried to suprise her (or was it "you"?),
with Vodka, or Tizer
I rest my case.
But worst ever lyric? He'd have to go a long way to beat:
Your boyfriend he
Went down on one knee
Well could it be
He's only got one knee?
I've always thought it was too twee. And I'm not sure what the poetry police think about rhyming the same word - "knee" and "knee"
Quickly followed with:
I tried to suprise her (or was it "you"?),
with Vodka, or Tizer
I rest my case.
imogen11
Junior Member
yes I knew, love
i wrote that I shortened the line, but thanks for typing the exact line
mum, Imogen's teasing me
hehe, Am NOT!
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faroffplaces
How I feel in my mind
Thank you Pregnantforthelasttime, that post summed up a lot of what I feel.
Personally I think the line fits the song's atmosphere of lust and discomfort very well.
Personally I think the line fits the song's atmosphere of lust and discomfort very well.
Anaesthesine
Angel of Distemper
This has been covered so thoroughly, but I just thought I would put in a last good word for the kegs, since I have always liked that line.
It is just so Morrissey - it makes me cringe, it makes me smile, and it makes the song. He could have just sung something boring about being frustrated or pent-up, but he took a lovely tune that may have pleasantly meandered by, and made it sting. That line is piquant, vivid, and potentially no laughing matter.
I especially love the prayerful context. Brilliant.
It reminded me of the first time I heard "Hand in Glove" way back when - Morrissey's peculiar brand of unrepentant, pungent wordplay has creeped people out from the very beginning. I love that.
It is just so Morrissey - it makes me cringe, it makes me smile, and it makes the song. He could have just sung something boring about being frustrated or pent-up, but he took a lovely tune that may have pleasantly meandered by, and made it sting. That line is piquant, vivid, and potentially no laughing matter.
I especially love the prayerful context. Brilliant.
It reminded me of the first time I heard "Hand in Glove" way back when - Morrissey's peculiar brand of unrepentant, pungent wordplay has creeped people out from the very beginning. I love that.
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Dave
Guest
I don't want to offend anyone, and I'm not trying to treat a serious subject too lightly, but with the political atmosphere we're in, I couldn't help thinking of that line literally, as if it was sung by a suicide bomber. It goes along with the Middle East interpretation of Far Off Places.
Now, I KNOW that is not what he meant, but it is the literal interpretation. Especially, followed by "dear God, please help me" like he's a fanatic. I know, I'm stupid, that's not what it means, I don't deserve to listen to his music, and so forth. Thank you.
Now, I KNOW that is not what he meant, but it is the literal interpretation. Especially, followed by "dear God, please help me" like he's a fanatic. I know, I'm stupid, that's not what it means, I don't deserve to listen to his music, and so forth. Thank you.
Buzzetta
WOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Worst Morrissey lyric ever.
Now THAT'S genius
You've summed it up wonderfully. When listening to this song, I always feel as if a door opened up to Morrissey's heart. Today's Morrissey, the middle-aged man, with all his struggles, dissappointment, still being able to long after somebody, so much that it hurts.
"Now I'm spreading your legs with mine in between" - it just takes my breath away.
faroffplaces
How I feel in my mind
If he was really thinking of love and suicide bombing together, it'd be both irredeemably shocking and very much in keeping with the rest of ROTT.
You're right, it's probably not what he meant (or if it was, it wasn't the first thing he was thinking of) but it's an outstandingly interesting reading. ...wow.
Nikita
Senior Member
Well, he did worse in the very overrated The more you ignore me :
I will be
In the bar
With my head
On the bar
Jones
Senior Member
Seeing as the song comes directly after I Will See You in Far Off Places and as Danny says, deals explicitly with religion, I would have thought that comparison was very deliberate on Morrissey's part.
Maybe I'm not being fair, I'll let him get away with "bar" and "bar" because later it is brilliant:
Beware !
I bear more grudges
Than lonely high court judges
When you sleep
I will creep
Into your thoughts
Like a bad debt
That you cant pay
Take the easy way
And give in
But "knee" and "knee" never really improves.....
with a homeless chihuahua
you cooed for an hour
NO! TURN IT OFF!!!!
dicartwright
Active Member
With me it's like this: If I imagine it's all about a woman, it makes me puke.
Now, if we're talking about a man, it's ok honey go ahead and describe.
I can not tolerate the idea of Moz and a woman. Not even if it was me.
I prefer him to be alone!
Now, if we're talking about a man, it's ok honey go ahead and describe.
I can not tolerate the idea of Moz and a woman. Not even if it was me.
I prefer him to be alone!
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