For everyone looking for the sampled song at the beginning of "I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday"

I finally found it. Turns out she was actually saying "just my Bill" and the song is called Bill.

 

[Famous when dead]

Add the German spoken radio segment (with segue in to French) and Nevin fiddling with the dial and there you have it.
FWD.

 

[Art-Hound]

In my head, it always sounded like "just like a dream".

Thank you for finding this!

 

[ZOOM FROM GLOOM]

Love this find.

I always heard it as .. ‘just like me’.

Now it doesn’t take a stretch of the imagination to think that Morrissey likes this show tune. But still I wonder if this was added from his suggestion, or was it by chance, all caught off the radio by Nevin (?).

 

[Watson]

Splendid detective work! Doffs cap...

 

[hand in glove]

You can also hear James Dean as Jim Stark saying, "It's like living in zoo" or “it’s a zoo” from Rebel Without a Cause.

 

[The Wild Turkey]

Wonder if them intro lines inspired the song
"I used to dream that I would discover
The perfect lover someday"

Heck of a catch!

 

[realfundip]

Love this find.

I always heard it as .. ‘just like me’.

Now it doesn’t take a stretch of the imagination to think that Morrissey likes this show tune. But still I wonder if this was added from his suggestion, or was it by chance, all caught off the radio by Nevin (?).

According to this post (https://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=82231#unread), Morrissey said he was just playing with the radio and didn't know what the song was. But as The Wild Turkey just pointed out the opening lyrics are VERY fitting. If by chance, this is a very wild coincidence

 

[Famous when dead]

The site above is relying on sistasheila's translation of the Spex article (2006) back here in 2008. However, the translated Spex interview is at odds with Alain & Nevin. He also said it in one translated interview - nowhere else.
FWD.

Edit:
Alain contradicts Morrissey's interview:

 

[Anonymous]

Good catch - hopefully no one starts legal action with a copyright claim now!

 

[Daniel Boratto]

Wow!!! I always wanted to know!! Ava Gardner, what a surprise! A movie goddess!!

 

[Anonymous]

Incredible! I've wanted to know this since 1992. How did @realfundip solve this? If I casually heard the Ava Gardner song, I probably wouldn't have made the connection.

 

[ACTON]

Great detective work.

 

[ACTON]

You can also hear James Dean as Jim Stark saying, "It's like living in zoo" or “it’s a zoo” from Rebel Without a Cause.

Is that at the start? My ears must be a bit duff and deaf.

 

[hand in glove]

Is that at the start? My ears must be a bit duff and deaf.

No - it's kind of in the middle to the end. If you listen very closely, you'll definitely hear "Zoo" and I recognized it from Rebel Without a Cause.

 

[realfundip]

Incredible! I've wanted to know this since 1992. How did @realfundip solve this? If I casually heard the Ava Gardner song, I probably wouldn't have made the connection.

Funny enough, I wasn't deliberately searching. I just happened to be watching the 1936 version of Show Boat because of my fascination with Jerome Kern's work. I had always heard of the song Bill but hadn't listened to it until Helen Morgan started singing it in the movie. As soon as she sung at the end "because he's just my Bill" I knew it was the song. I just had to find out which version. I found that video after searching through many different singers, it turns out it was actually a very popular song back in the day.

 

[SeniorLife]

Love this find.

I always heard it as .. ‘just like me’.

Now it doesn’t take a stretch of the imagination to think that Morrissey likes this show tune. But still I wonder if this was added from his suggestion, or was it by chance, all caught off the radio by Nevin (?).

Me too.

 

[Lujissey Moz my Beboton]

Wonder if them intro lines inspired the song
"I used to dream that I would discover
The perfect lover someday"

Heck of a catch!

!!!! Oh oh Moz Nobody, nobody, nobody says like him!! it is certainly the best of all

 

[moho1]

very well done
in my opinion morrisseys best song
appreciated

 

[ACTON]

Me too.

#MeToo too.