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posted by davidt
on Tuesday June 06 2000, @08:39AM
blueboy writes:
Morrissey
gets a teasing mention in Tom Doyle's book; 'The
Glamour Chase - The Maverick Life Of Billy MacKenzie':
(this extract is from pages 191 - 192):
(cont.)
"By
May, six tracks of new MacKenzie/Rankine material
had been completed. Retrospectively, the most
musically startling and lyrically intriguing of
these is undoubtedly the insistent glam rock of
'Steven, You're Still Really Something'. In the
early 80s Billy had forged a fleeting friendship
with Morrissey, which had allegedly ended with
MacKenzie stealing a Jane Stein novel and a
favourite shirt from the singer's Manchester flat.
The music industry rumours that the two had enjoyed
a brief affair were fuelled by the release of the
Smiths' sixth single, 'William, It Was Really
Nothing', in September 1984. If then, 'Steven,
You're Still Really Something' is more than likely
MacKenzie's response song, it is nothing if not
likely affectionate, with even the vaguely
threatening 'outing' line 'If I'm going down, I'll
do you down with me' sweetened by the coupling 'And
I loved the way you sent your poetry'.
Billy's song in question has not been officially
released but since his suicide in 1997 there has
been renewed interest in both his solo work and that
of The Associates. This summer will see the
re-release of much of his work including CDs of
previously unreleased material and this may include
the above mentioned song. Anyone who is interested
in Billy can find out more information at this
excellent fan run site: http://www.billymackenzie.com
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