Comtesse
Starved Of Mirth
It's hard to explain why, but I get really irritated when Morrissey uses "we" instead of "I" in songs. Like, "You were good in your time and WE thank you". And, "WE love them/WE mourn for them... WE miss them/Every night WE kiss them". It just sounds weird to me - like he's trying to be spokesperson for a group or something. "WE represent the Mopey Pop Guild, the Mopey Pop Guild, the Mopey Pop Guild."
He's always represented himself as such a loner, an outcast, an individual, that to hear him use "we" just sounds wrong to me. (I know he did it on "We'll Let You Know" but he was singing from an alternate perspective of a football hooligan, so it didn't grate so much. And "Nobody Loves Us" is sheer perfection so it doesn't count.) I just think that the chorus of "You Were Good In Your Time" would work much better if he kept it personal: "You were good in your time and I thank you". It would be more touching because he wasn't trying to speak for someone else - it would be from his own heart which is hurt. As it is, I get this image of him as a lawyer representing the Estate of Morrissey or something: "On behalf of Morrissey, we would like to thank you for your achievements in being good in your time."
Does anybody feel the same way I do?
Oh, and I've decided I shouldn't post when I'm in the midst of a bout of depression as I was the other day. It leads to uncouth behavior, unsound judgement, and uncharacteristic rudeness. Though Sorry won't bring my teen years back to me, I'd like to say it anyway.
He's always represented himself as such a loner, an outcast, an individual, that to hear him use "we" just sounds wrong to me. (I know he did it on "We'll Let You Know" but he was singing from an alternate perspective of a football hooligan, so it didn't grate so much. And "Nobody Loves Us" is sheer perfection so it doesn't count.) I just think that the chorus of "You Were Good In Your Time" would work much better if he kept it personal: "You were good in your time and I thank you". It would be more touching because he wasn't trying to speak for someone else - it would be from his own heart which is hurt. As it is, I get this image of him as a lawyer representing the Estate of Morrissey or something: "On behalf of Morrissey, we would like to thank you for your achievements in being good in your time."
Does anybody feel the same way I do?
Oh, and I've decided I shouldn't post when I'm in the midst of a bout of depression as I was the other day. It leads to uncouth behavior, unsound judgement, and uncharacteristic rudeness. Though Sorry won't bring my teen years back to me, I'd like to say it anyway.