After Listening to YOR for the last few weeks. The lyrics, everyone hears something different.
I think he said this album was recorded as live,and the emotion in his voice is very apparent to hear. For me, this album is about Johnny and the demise of The Smiths, subsequent events and leading up to the final track I'm ok by myself, which of course he is. It is the most revealing album so far in my opinion.
The coming together of Johnny and Steven (as he was then) was a meeting of musical minds, intellectually, a loner finding someone who thought like he did. The betrayal of leaving the band was unthinkable and the consequences, spiralling despair.
It sets the scene with Skull
I'm doing very well,I can blackout the present and the past now,.....It's a miracle I've made it even this far.
All subsequent tracks portray emotional questioning, apart from You Were Good In Your Time, a tribute to Mr Marr.
I won't bore you with my interpretations of each song, but just to say I think Mama and Carol are Johnny.
Putting the 2 tracks from the greatest hits on this album has been much talked about, but without them the flow would have been interrupted.
You may all disagree, but when I listen, this is what I hear.
Perhaps I have spent too much time watching paint dry, however love takes many forms, not only sexual.
I can see you are nodding off now.....
After Listening to YOR for the last few weeks. The lyrics, everyone hears something different.
I think he said this album was recorded as live,and the emotion in his voice is very apparent to hear. For me, this album is about Johnny and the demise of The Smiths, subsequent events and leading up to the final track I'm ok by myself, which of course he is. It is the most revealing album so far in my opinion.
The coming together of Johnny and Steven (as he was then) was a meeting of musical minds, intellectually, a loner finding someone who thought like he did. The betrayal of leaving the band was unthinkable and the consequences, spiralling despair.
It sets the scene with Skull
I'm doing very well,I can blackout the present and the past now,.....It's a miracle I've made it even this far.
All subsequent tracks portray emotional questioning, apart from You Were Good In Your Time, a tribute to Mr Marr.
I won't bore you with my interpretations of each song, but just to say I think Mama and Carol are Johnny.
Putting the 2 tracks from the greatest hits on this album has been much talked about, but without them the flow would have been interrupted.
You may all disagree, but when I listen, this is what I hear.
Perhaps I have spent too much time watching paint dry, however love takes many forms, not only sexual.
I can see you are nodding off now.....
Using that logic, Years of Refusal can be viewed as a power grab. This isn't a half-baked effort for the already loyal — this is a declaration to today's youth: Forget all those eyeliner-wearing emo bands I've inspired, kid. Here's the real thing.
At first I wasn't sure about Black Cloud and I'm Ok By Myself but now I can't get enough of Black Cloud and I'm Ok By Myself is pretty good too. The only song I find myself skipping is Sorry Doesn't Help.
the album as a whole is just amazing, really.
Cheers Moz
I am loving this album. I'm just getting back into Morrissey after MANY years. I have a lot of catching up to do. I was a big Smiths/Morrissey fan in 87 - 90 and wasnt sure what to expect with this new album but I LOVE it. Something is squeezing my skull, Paris, Black Cloud, I dont think there is a song I dont like on here. A few need to grow on me but for the most part I love it!
Is there a thread here that talks about all his albums, I need some suggestions on what to go for first as I get ready to see him in concert. I have the Quarry album on its way to me but I'm a little lost on the rest. I have every Smiths album ever made though, and his first couple (I think) solo albums.