This song will always resonate with me, as it was my very first introduction to The Smiths/Morrissey.
My friend and I were in his room playing CD’s, circa 1992, and had been playing the ‘Pretty In Pink‘ soundtrack. When this song came on, I instantly asked him who this was, and he said something to the effect ‘I think they are called The Smiths’. I asked to borrow the CD and fell asleep to it on a repeating loop on my CD player, never growing tired of it, even though it didn’t hit 3 minutes.
In the next week, I then sought out and bought ’Kill Uncle’ and the rest is history. By chance, that random playing of this song would go onto to change my music listening habits from DRI and rap, to the music that would literally change my life for the better.
As for the song itself, other’s have since replaced it as my favorite, but the tenderness in Mozzer’s voice to musical arrangement leave it as one of my top 5 of all time. Four minutes would have been too long and 90 seconds not long enough. It is perfect the way it is. And to think, if my memory serves me well, Moz/Marr recorded/composed it in one night proves the absolute brilliance that was/is The Smiths.
Thank you for indulging me as I trip through memory lane….
