Re: The greatness, the majesty that is Life is a Pigsty
Yeah, it's a very good song. I enjoyed reading your enthusiastic reaction to it. Makes me wanna play it loud while I eat my Grape Nuts this morning. And so...off to my stereo....
> Totally worth the price of entry --- I logged on tonight just to post my
> thoughts on this song, but saw this thread and figured I'll just add to it
> rather than starting my own.
> For the first time ever since I've been posting on this site (a LONG
> time), I can finally, at long last say, that he has done something truly
> worthy of and at the level of Vauxhall and I. This isn't to imply that
> Pigsty resembles that album (although I think in a parallel universe,
> Pigsty could have replaced Speedway as that album's closer).... but rather
> to simply say that at long last, Morrissey has done a song that lives up
> to that standard, that is its equal if not its imitator.
> I would easily pay $20 for this song all by itself -- it is sheer
> greatness and majesty. Songs that go up and down the scales often have a
> majestic feel to them, and this one is no exception the way the organ
> steps up 3-4 notes in succession after he says "pigsty." The
> first few times I listened to this song it was on my PC (with middling PC
> speaker quality), and I was focusing more on the music than the lyrics.
> But tonight whilst driving to the gym I had it playing in the car, then in
> the parking lot sat and listened to it 3 times through whilst reading the
> lyrics in the CD booklet, and..... *damn*
> What an effect, everything about this song works -- the crashes, the
> storms, the rolling drums, the majestic organ, and above all his lyrics.
> If I had to pick one single possible letdown, perhaps it is the way the
> song peters out, but that's by design and i don't mind it at all. Easily
> my favourite track on the whole album, and it's the best thing he's done
> since 1995, by far.
> And here's another thing... I don't find it coincidence that the best song
> Moz has done since 1995 also happens to be the one where he's not spending
> all his time up in the higher registers, yodelling, and doing his
> falsetto. Listen to his voice in the opening lines "it's the same old
> SOS, but with brand new broken fortunes".... wow. THERE'S that
> wonderful rich baritone I know and love, that won me over on Vauxhall. His
> voice is gorgeous, and hasn't really declined at all. I thought it had,
> but that was purely due to the way he's chosen to sing on his more recent
> albums. This... this... THIS is how he's supposed to sound!!
> Even if the rest of the album doesn't hold up over time, I will not care.
> Irish Blood English Heart was the highlight of YATQ, but that song,
> brilliant as it is, cannot hold a candle to Life Is a Pigsty. Bless you
> Alain Whyte, you've done it again with a masterpiece of music. And Moz has
> done his part with the vocal range and his lyrics.
> I imagine everyone on this board has bought the CD, but in case anyone
> hasn't and is debating whether or not to --- this song alone is worth the
> price of admission, period. Everything else is gravy.
> Cheers,
> J.T.
