Re: The Draize Train
You're probably right.
Morrissey works in mysterious ways.
I think it's solely credited to Marr, because Morrissey didn't give the track its title, like with the other two.
I don't know if Morrissey didn't leave the stage when they played the other instrumentals though.
Again the studio version is weak, but the live version is terrific.
I personally cannot see why Morrissey would think its one of Marr's weakest
compositions. Maybe it's because of the personal tensions between them.
We don't know how it first sounded either.
> I saw The Smiths play it live and as soon as it started Moz left the stage
> for a change of shirt.Here is an excerpt from "Songs That Saved Your
> Life":-
> Morrissey -"I was asked to write words for it but I thought it was
> the weakest thing Johnny had ever done.Geoff Travis came to see me one day
> with a tape of it and said 'It's the best thing Johnny has written and
> it's a number one single if you put words to it' But I said," No
> Geoff,it's not right".
> It was also the only one of the 3 Smiths instrumentals that was credited
> solely to Marr and not Morrissey/Marr which I think sums up Morrissey's
> feelings for the track.
> It's inclusion in "Rank" is seen as a peace offering from Moz to
> Marr in the aftermath of the acrimonious split. Although Moz did not like
> the track it's inclusion on Rank with Marr as sole composer led to greater
> royalties for Johnny.
> Personally,I like the track.