> does this song really exist? i have a song downloaded under that title,
> but it sounds like f***ing jarvis cocker - not morrissey. (i do like pulp
> before anyone bitches at me.) what gives?
This 'Melanie' song is a real mystery. It's NOT Morrissey that's for sure, but it was played at least once on BBC Radio One in the UK as 'Morrissey's new single' (around the time of Sunny/Boxers if I remember rightly), and from the evidence at the start of the MP3 going around, on Dutch(?) radio, also as 'Morrissey'. Now, was the joke on the DJs (i.e. someone sent them this saying it was Morrissey) or were the DJs playing a joke on the listeners (ie, they knew who it was but thought it sounded a bit like Moz, so let's have a laugh)? I actually quite like it, and would love to know who it is ACTUALLY by!
I always though it would be a good joke for Morrissey to cover it in concert, and if he's doing Gilbert O'Sullivan covers, who knows...
The other thing is that this seems to have become associated with the title 'A Girl I used To Know', although it's not in the lyric and was not given as such when played on the radio. This was a previously rumoured Moz title and people seem to have lumped them together. So the possibility exists that there is still a lost song of that title somewhere in the vaults. Although, another theory is that this was the working title of 'You've Had Her', which would fit the lyrical thread.
A Stitch To Wear
