Interesting that none of the songs off the NME list made it onto Under the Influence, then again there is a 15 year gap between the two! I think I'll complile my own list and another in 2020 and compare the two...

damn right!

...but not to be cremated with; they’re mostly too full of life for that. Morrissey’s funeral songs would trawl much wider today I’d imagine, and maybe it’s better to hear about ‘songs to save your life’ instead.

Anyway Johnny Rogan figured that Morrissey developed his musical preferences relatively independently, citing a school disco in 1970 when he was 11: “Morrissey, meanwhile, contributed a baffling assortment of singles by Twinkle, Sandie Shaw and his favourite of the moment – Susan Maughan’s 1962 hit, “Bobby’s Girl”. “I assumed that came from Jackie” observed [classmate] Luke, forgetting that Morrissey’s sister would only have been five at the time of the disc’s original release. Even in 1970, Morrissey’s tastes were eclectic and traversed into his parents’ era with no sense of incongruity. His enjoyment of girl singers was constant, but he was aware that even Sandie Shaw had become unfashionable”.

"Digged" up? Surely they mean "dug"?

Pah.