BookishBoy
Well-Known Member
We enter the final stretch of songs beginning with "I" with this Morrissey/Manzur composition, the closing track on Low in High School.
What do we think?
His playing always reminds me of Mike Garson on “Lady Grinning Soul”. I like “Neil Cassidy Drops Dead”. “Israel” is ok but not a song I would seek out to play outside of listening to “Low in High School” as an album. I take the lyrics “I can’t answer for what armies do, they are not you” as Morrissey’s comment on the supporting Israel but not necessarily Zionism argument.Lyrically, it’s horrible. Musically, it’s pretentious and plodding in true Gustavo fashion, but it’s not without atmosphere. And thanks to the atmosphere, it’s far from being Gustavo’s worst composition. But still, it’s light years away from the best modern day Morrissey compositions.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Gustavo is a fine musician, but he can’t hardly write a decent song (One of Our Own is an exception, but a lot of its greatness is thanks to Moz’ vocal melody).
I can’t believe the music was as praised as it was. To me, it varies between plodding, circus-type music and Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. There are a few exceptions, but not many. I guess the reason the critics praised the music of the album was to piss off Moz, because they had it in for him. “The only good thing about your album is the one thing you had nothing to do with.”The comparison between Israel the country and Morrissey the person is inescapable. The outsider status of both is essential to the song.
The opening line made me laugh when I first heard it and is typical Morrissey.
Again you can hear why the music for the album was praised by many critics.
In the poll on the Hoffman board it ranked 72nd from 264 solo songs.
I can’t believe the music was as praised as it was. To me, it varies between plodding, circus-type music and Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. There are a few exceptions, but not many. I guess the reason the critics praised the music of the album was to piss off Moz, because they had it in for him. “The only good thing about your album is the one thing you had nothing to do with.”
Brazil, Belgium, Bahrain, Venezuela, Mexico, Egypt, Ukraine...Now I'm wondering...what other countries / nation states have been mentioned in lyrics by Morrissey, either solo or with The Smiths? We have Israel here, and obviously England and America...and Luxembourg. How many more are there?
Now I'm wondering...what other countries / nation states have been mentioned in lyrics by Morrissey, either solo or with The Smiths? We have Israel here, and obviously England and America...and Luxembourg. How many more are there?
Maybe he could do a whole album with this kind of tracklisting:
1. Scotland
2. North Korea
3. Honduras
4. Libya
5. South Sudan
6. Papua New Guinea
7. Chile
8. Bulgaria
9. Finland
10. Madagascar
11. United Arab Emirates
12. Kyrgyzstan
Spanish cities.arent there a bunch in bullfighter