Originally Posted by
AntonioBrazil
One of the tracks of "Strangeways, Here We Come". I guess that during those days (back in 1987), the feeling was already a bit sad, maybe Morrissey was sensitive about the situation with Marr (Johnny was working with other artists like New Order, The Pretenders, Bryan Ferry) and that was probably causing some kind of predesintegration atmosphere within the group, Morrissey felt this like no one else. The album is fantastic but then again you have something in the air. Paint a Vulgar Picture shows the total discontentment with the music industry, he speaks about the idea of the parties arranged by the record company, and also the meetings they force the artists to attend. You have to be nice to people while visiting the radio station during the release of a new record, you have to be gentle to the press/media (he mentions BPI, MTV, BBC). Ironic? Maybe. Mainly it is a real picture of what the music industry looks like, a portrait painted by someone who belonged to that industry, even against his own will, he protested against himself ("You could have said no, if you wanted to, you could have walked away, couldn't you?").
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