See "The Headmaster Ritual", 1985. Morrissey sees very little value in traditional school education.A bad recording and the first live airing, but it's not exactly brilliant, is it? Plus the usual guff of not trusting the government. And not "selling your children to schools"? (What does that even mean? Are schools by definition evil too?)
The third line in the first verse sounds to me like 'Head-trips may very well spill your mind' and in the final verse the second line seems to start 'Shiny, oh yes,'.Trying to decipher the lyrics, this is how far I've got, some gaps (?*****?) which I can't quite make out due to sound quality:
You don’t need to lead a formatted life
And you don’t need to find yet another wife
?*****? may very well fill your mind
Oh, but without music the world dies
Without music the world dies
Without music the world dies
Without music the whole world dies
You don’t need to respect your government
They can’t even govern themselves
You don’t need ?***** for coming high??
Ah, but without music the world dies
Without music the world dies
Without music the world dies
Without music the whole world dies
You don’t need 24-hour news
And you don’t need to send your children to school
And you don’t need to be a billionaire
(They’re everywhere, they’re everywhere, they’re everywhere)
Oh, but without music the world dies
Without music the world dies
Without music the world dies
Without music the whole world dies
You don’t need awards, awards, awards,
?*****? oh yes, but never earned, always bought
On your deathbed you will scream out this final reply
Oh, without music the world dies
Without music the world dies
Without music the world dies
Without music the whole world dies
It's playing in my head right now. I don't mind.Has anyone else had this song stuck in their heads for the past 2 days? It’s so catchy, especially the chorus.
Yes, totally! It's one of those weird things where he basically sings the same note 6 out of 7 times, in the title phrase, but somehow it gets lodged in your brain.Has anyone else had this song stuck in their heads for the past 2 days? It’s so catchy, especially the chorus.
He's probably right on point re; not trusting ('respecting') the government. Just look at the recent debacle that was the 'Johnson period'. Partygate, compulsive lying to the public, & misleading parliament, et al. Btw, Moz is not advocating 'selling your children to school'.A bad recording and the first live airing, but it's not exactly brilliant, is it? Plus the usual guff of not trusting the government. And not "selling your children to schools"? (What does that even mean? Are schools by definition evil too?)