One of his best but most neglected solo singles.It was the third to be taken from the much derided LP Maladjusted and the follow-up to the rather appalling Roy's Keen (as featured before in this series).
mp3 : Morrissey - Satan Rejected My Soul
mp3 : Morrissey - Now I Am A Was
mp3 : Morrissey - This Is Not Your Country
The single was in fact the closing track on the LP and surely is one of the greatest song titles ever envisaged with a catchy, sing-a-long tune to boot. It really was much much more deserving than the lowly #39 position in the chart. I really do think that if this had been the lead-off single prior to the release of Maladjusted, it would have been a Top Ten hit, and the subsequent reviews of the LP would have been kinder.
Now I Am A Was really felt as if it was a farewell song from the great man, with its lyric referring to him starting at the top and working his way down.....while This Is Not Your Country is one of the few overtly political songs in his cannon with its observations on life in Northern Ireland. In my humble opinion, one of the best things he has ever written in his whole career.....
It would be almost 7 years until Morrissey released his next single.
Trivia fact. The 7" version did not include This Is Not Your Country, but a limited number of sleeves were printed saying that it did. I saw the misprint on sale on-line the other day for £60.
Happy Listening.
6 comments:
You've got to love record collectors, haven't you? Sixty quid for a misprint of a song that isn't actually included! If bands want to start making money again, they should start making intentional misprints on limited pressings, then sell them at record fairs as 'rare'.
Who would have thought, with this lowly chart position and the Mozfather's own "now I am a was" stance, that he would be throwing his arms around Paris all these years later?
Maybe it took a quiet few years for people to remember how much they loved him?
Just checked...I own the 7" that's a missprint as well, no idea it was worth £60 (well, that people are prepared to pay £60 for it, which is not quite the same thing!)
I adore "This Is Not Your Country" so much, thanks for posting it! I quite agree with your thoughts on it. For once he got his vocal aspirations to match his lyrical hopes.
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