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davidt
on Tuesday December 24 2002, @10:00AM
Fallon writes:
There's an interview with Simon Goddard at 3AM Magazine [link resizes browser] which talks at quite some length about his Smiths finds when researching "Songs That Saved Your Life". Excerpt: 3AM: Some of the little details you uncover are fascinating also. In the initial takes of "There Is A Light..." for example, Morrissey sings: "There is a light in your eyes and it never goes out." A tiny insight like that is very revealing... SG: It is, isn't it. I found that one particularly interesting because I always though that the light was, I don't know, in someone's bedroom window or in the car or something. So it being a light in one's eye, like the symbolic light of love, I think that's just beautiful. Very interesting to ponder on why exactly he cut that out, it certainly adds to the mystery. But I was fascinated also that at his recent UK shows, even playing "There Is A Light" as the encore he never sang the song's title at the end (the audience normally compensated) and he never used to when on stage with The Smiths either. These are the things that keep one awake at night I suppose.
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Woah! (Score:0)
What a great interview. (Score:0)
Heavy Track! (Score:0)
interesting... (Score:1)
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EXCELLENT Interview (Score:1)
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help! (Score:0)
Re:help! (Score:2, Informative)
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That damn book! (Score:0)
- Fallon
Wow! (Score:0)
Goddard's insight is truly interesting, and I agree with much of his assessment of The Smiths' legacy, and the role of the band.
I believe that this book can be purchased through Amazon.com UK, but is still unpublished in the U.S.
I definitely have to get my hands on it.
Lovely jubbly (Score:1)
Is this chap saying he thought TIALTNGO was literally about a light which never went out??! I rather thought everyone would take it to mean something more poetic than that. I doubt it would be such a fan favourite if people thought it was about long-lasting lightbulbs.
But anyway - fine work Mr Goddard!
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But he's not a great writer... (Score:0)
http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=dickon_edwards&itemid=20968
no wonder morrissey sends four letter words (Score:1)
ordinarily it seems self righteous and a bit pathetic to critique the musical tastes of others, but his comparisons to the smiths are insulting. i really don't see any likeness between the smiths and nirvana, to compare their first record to the strokes is downright cruel, and am i the only one who is sick of hearing about oasis?
the obvious animosity towards morrissey is funny, though.
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when will it be published in the u.s.? (Score:0)
Slight correction (Score:1)
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Can't be that good (Score:0)
Rourke and Joyce were excellent musicians and of course they knew how to match after a non stop playing, recording and touring. But their insight on the songs will always be limited. It was M & M who ruled.
I don't want anyone to explain me what There's A Light or I Won't Share you are about. I WON?T BUY IT.
Manuel
Happy Christmas to everyone who reads this! (Score:1)
Far more insightful than Johnny Rogan's books, concerning the songs anyway. This book is an absolute goldmine!
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Songs That Saved Your Life (Score:1)
One the subject of "There Is A Light...", i always did think of the light as being love for somebody, and the love will never die.
I strongly recommend the book to all music lovers, as it gives an excellent insight as to how the songs that saved your life were created.
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Please Please Please (Score:2, Interesting)
There's info in there that's never been revealed before - lost lyrics, recording info, technical stuff, some REAL trivia - a lot of the anecdotes are quite funny and even if he gets a bit carried away (surely nobody can like "Death Of A Disco Dancer" THAT much?) Goddard obviously loves the Smiths to pieces and his passion validates that of the reader. Better a book like this be written by a proper fan, which he obviously is, than some cynical journo on the make. And it sounds like those people who are slagging it off are just a bit pissed off that they never knew all this stuff until now.
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first Smiths record and mail for MORRISSEY (Score:1)
NYC Rocker
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"There is a Light...," (Score:1)
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Aternative interpretation of "There is a light..." (Score:1)
In Catholic tradition, a candle is placed on the grave of a beloved one on All Saints or All Souls Day. This candle is supposed to "never go out" and thus symbolize the entering of the soul into eternity. Given Moz's Irish background I am pretty sure he was aware of this symbolism and used it deliberately in this song.
Surely the "light" in a metaphorical sense such as the light in someone's eyes (as refered to in the original version) or the light of love are also meanings that Morrissey wanted to put into this line. But given that the line comes up only at the very end of the song, when the morbid phantasies of the singer have become apparent, I believe the interpretation above also comes into play...
Well, these are my two Euro-Cents....
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I've currently reading Songs That Saved Your Life (Score:0)
Andreas Stavros