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MORRISSEY - 'FIRST OF THE GANG TO DIE'
In which the year's other big pop comeback (after the Pixies) temporarily forgets he's from Manchester, England, and reinvents himself as a former member of a hispanic gang with a chap called Hector, who is sadly no longer with us. Ever the sympathetic narrator, Moz spins his yarn with heartfelt sympathy for the high-flying Hector, and conjures the necessary mixture of respect and regret in equal measure. People rarely write songs like this any more, so even if this didn't have a killer melody and high sense of drama, we'd be willing it to succeed, but as it turns out, we don't have to after all. Phew!
In which the year's other big pop comeback (after the Pixies) temporarily forgets he's from Manchester, England, and reinvents himself as a former member of a hispanic gang with a chap called Hector, who is sadly no longer with us. Ever the sympathetic narrator, Moz spins his yarn with heartfelt sympathy for the high-flying Hector, and conjures the necessary mixture of respect and regret in equal measure. People rarely write songs like this any more, so even if this didn't have a killer melody and high sense of drama, we'd be willing it to succeed, but as it turns out, we don't have to after all. Phew!
