Morrissey A-Z: "(The) Public Image"

[Amy]

Lazy and forgettable non-song. Very poor vocal melody, it sounds like 50 other Moz songs from the same era.

 

[Mayfly]

It feels like a very similar vocal melody to Christian Dior, neither song does much musically and what's a song without music?

I later realized that it was closer to Christian Dior than to This is not your country.
Both are fine b- sides imo, though not the most original soundwise.

 

[Deleted member 28602]

Honestly I can say that I didn't know this song. Makes me wonder which lines are sung by the 95% or 5% .
So, 5% is feeling (vulnerability) and 95% thick skin.

 

[marred]

A great song and I much prefer the Quarry B sides to the actual album.

 

[Geoffrey Ingram]

Always liked this song and a few other Quarry b sides like Friday Mourning too.
One interesting line is where he sings
"I had a love and she was...."
How many other songs does her mention a female love?

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Always liked this song and a few other Quarry b sides like Friday Mourning too.
One interesting line is where he sings
"I had a love and she was...."
How many other songs does her mention a female love?

Yeah. He had rarely if ever been that explicit before nor has he since.

 

[Ketamine Sun]

Yeah. He had rarely if ever been that explicit before nor has he since.

‘I’m a girl and you’re a boy’

I think we can safely assume that in
a Morrissey song, she and he are interchangeable.

Then again, by singing/using the word ‘she’ he is, even in this song,
playing with his public image, the image his fans have of him.