The second single taken from Your Arsenal surely contains one of the laziest ever Morrissey lyrics:-You're the one for me, fatty
You're the one I really, really love
And I will stay
Promise you'll say
If I'm in your way
All over Battersea
Some hope
and some despair
Repeated umpteen times with the occasional Buddy Holly impressions(a-hey) thrown in for padding.
It preceeded the album by three weeks and had me a bit worried about how it was all going to turn out. As it was, Fatty was one of the poorest tracks on the LP and was soon a candidate for frequent use of the skip button on the CD player.
Sometimes disappointing singles get rescued by decent tracks on the b-side, but sadly these efforts are quite forgettable.
mp3 : Morrissey - You're The One For Me, Fatty
mp3 : Morrissey - Pashernate Love
mp3 : Morrissey - There Speaks A True Friend
At least the cover was a cracker.....another Linder Sterling photo taken at a concert in Chicago in 1991.
But my opinions weren't shared by the general public....it was a single that climbed higher in the charts than any of those taken from Kill Uncle, hitting #19 in July 1992.
Having said that, looking at the great man doing so many interviews this week to promote his new LP, maybe all of us should sing it back to him at the forthcoming concerts........
Happy Listening.
6 comments:
I still can't believe he was on The One Show... and he behaved himself too!
It seems to me that the reason this single surpassed the chart positions of any of those from Kill Uncle is simply this - though lyrically poor, musically it sounded more like a Moz track than those Kill Uncle efforts. And for that, every Moz fan was grateful.
Either that or lots of record-buyers back them had tubby partners and an irony-rich sense of humour...
Are you getting fatist JC? Nothing wrong with a wee bit of that kind of padding.
The interview on front row on radio 4 was interesting, no arrogance or petulance he even won over for a change.
Ant and Dec are going head to head in a sing off.
The single is for charity... everyone support Dec!
My copy of this single had "There Speaks a True Friend" come to an abrupt end. The song ended at 2:20 without a fade out or the end of a chorus... just an end. Always wished I had a better copy.
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