For godsake not every song connects to one personally but all of Morrissey and the Smiths used to before WPINOB. I think that Morrissey view on song writing before was that how can you think of saving the world or anything else when you can't save yourself, when it takes a army to find a reson to get out of bed or to even be able to survive the week. Morrisseys change in songwriting reminds of John Lennons change in song subjects. John during the Beatles wrote song about his personal experiences,Love and other "selfish" subjects (i used selfish for a lack of better words but i meant it in a good way). But the John matured and "accepted himself". He realized that there was greater things to write about. Thus he started to write songs like imagine and Nobody told me. I belive that something similar has happend to moz but it is a shame because it does not feel like its true to morrisseys core. Morrissey had a amazing ability to make his personal experiance to something universal. He could strip any emotional experience to its clean form so that whoever you are you felt that Morrissey described you to the point. Who has not lied in their bed listening to moz and the Smiths and been dumbstrucked over the fact that he explain everything that you are in one single song/sentence.
If Morrissey has decided to think on a global scale rather than trie to connect to people on an personal level, than that is hos choice. But he and we have to accepted that he will not connect with us anymore. The songs might still sound good, be witty or intelligent and etc but the emotional investment is gone.
I sadly don't belive Morrissey could write songs like "i know its over", "well i wonder", "there is a light that never goes out or songs like "i've changed My plea to guilty", "come back to camden" and so on. But what ever direction he chooses to go, i will still buy his records and be loyal to him. He has given me so much.
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Why snap! I agree without I don't like WPINOB either
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Wft happend with the quote function?!
So Art-hounds write something
And those that do are judged by those
Who tried and found they couldn't do
Written for people like you. Maybe you two should write Moz a letter in which you tell him the things he is allowed to write about and which topics he should avoid to satisfy your needs. Maybe you should also give him advise about how you bring emotion into songs because he, obviously, knows nothing about it. And, as your are at it, just take his freedom as an artist away from him.