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Many people don't notice, but that is the great Stephen Street playing the synthesizer in the video. I've always felt he has never gotten his due from Morrissey or the fanbase for the excellent contributions he made to Moz's career (not to mention The Smiths). The songs on Viva Hate quite literally saved Morrissey at a time when he (and the fans) needed it most. I'm so glad he was brave enough to step forward and offer his songs because knowing Morrissey that suggestion could have gone badly. And what a superb collection of songs they turned out to be. Of course, with the help of other very talented people to flesh them out. How lucky could Moz get though? To be in that position after the breakup and have to look no further than a guy who is already a friend and cohort that just happens to have a knack for writing amazing songs that you will become best known for. Amazes me still. The way Moz treated him after the Oujia Board release and "failure" was when I first started to realize that Morrissey was not the man I thought he was. Stephen deserved better and it's possible that "Kill Uncle" would have been even more interesting with Street involved. Who knows?
Two things I've always wondered about this video is how much Morrissey had to do with the decorations on the wall of the boy and what was supposed to have been used image wise on the green screen staging that they are performing on? I figure it was probably some kind of Kray's footage and that Moz was unable to get permission to use it by the deadline for release of the single so they just went with it as is. Maybe the director of the video would know.
Two things I've always wondered about this video is how much Morrissey had to do with the decorations on the wall of the boy and what was supposed to have been used image wise on the green screen staging that they are performing on? I figure it was probably some kind of Kray's footage and that Moz was unable to get permission to use it by the deadline for release of the single so they just went with it as is. Maybe the director of the video would know.