the song "Southpaw"? I mean the real meaning beyond the words...for example: who's the girl of your dreams? Is HERE all alone? Who is he talking to? Is he referring to himself as a girl? Who ran back to Ma?
I've never been totally sure, myself, what the song is about exactly. I'm not one who looks for gay readings in everything Morrissey does, but I think you could possibly interpret the line "The girl of your dreams is here" as meaning the person in question doesn't realize he's gay, i.e., he doesn't realize the girl of his dreams is a boy. Instead of discovering his sexuality, he ran back to his mother, much to the dismay of the person who loves him and wishes he would admit what he is. Boosting this reading is the fact that "southpaw" means a left-handed person, which also, in some quarters, has been used as slang for gay. If so, it would make the song a cousin of "All The Lazy Dykes", in which the singer encourages someone to "Free yourself, be yourself".
Interestingly there's a Gene song, "Left-handed", with a character very simliar to the one in "Southpaw". They could be the same story; imagine the tracks put together as a two-part Who-like gay opera about a man cutting his mother's apron strings and finding the one he loves:
I said, I have one single success to my name
So take cover, I am coming out today
There is no turn of phrase, no easy way to say
I'll find my feet and I'll choose my own name
It's hard to be left-handed but smile you're not the only one
I know you've been left stranded, bruised, kicked
Lost your mother's love but take it from me
And take it from me but take it from me
I've never been totally sure, myself, what the song is about exactly. I'm not one who looks for gay readings in everything Morrissey does, but I think you could possibly interpret the line "The girl of your dreams is here" as meaning the person in question doesn't realize he's gay, i.e., he doesn't realize the girl of his dreams is a boy. Instead of discovering his sexuality, he ran back to his mother, much to the dismay of the person who loves him and wishes he would admit what he is. Boosting this reading is the fact that "southpaw" means a left-handed person, which also, in some quarters, has been used as slang for gay. If so, it would make the song a cousin of "All The Lazy Dykes", in which the singer encourages someone to "Free yourself, be yourself".
I've never been totally sure, myself, what the song is about exactly.
Considering 'Southpaw' means left-handed in boxing, I always figured Morrissey was using it was a metaphor for a less common way to fight through life's difficulties. Of course, this could mean gay, but it could mean something else entirely. I don't think Morrissey's lyrics talk about sexuality as much as people believe they do.
Also, I think that many songs such as 'Southpaw', are purposefully written in a way which makes them impossible to truly determine their meaning. I think the lyrics probably have more sentimental meaning to Morrissey than will ever be brought to light.
I am left handed.....and left footed...... is there any meaning in that to my life?
Jukebox Jury
Isn't "southpaw" a slang to gay?
I've never been totally sure, myself, what the song is about exactly. I'm not one who looks for gay readings in everything Morrissey does, but I think you could possibly interpret the line "The girl of your dreams is here" as meaning the person in question doesn't realize he's gay, i.e., he doesn't realize the girl of his dreams is a boy. Instead of discovering his sexuality, he ran back to his mother, much to the dismay of the person who loves him and wishes he would admit what he is. Boosting this reading is the fact that "southpaw" means a left-handed person, which also, in some quarters, has been used as slang for gay. If so, it would make the song a cousin of "All The Lazy Dykes", in which the singer encourages someone to "Free yourself, be yourself".
Interestingly there's a Gene song, "Left-handed", with a character very similar to the one in "Southpaw". Imagine the tracks put together as an epic, Who-like gay opera about a man cutting his mother's apron strings and finding the one he loves:
I said, I have one single success to my name
So take cover, I am coming out today
There is no turn of phrase, no easy way to say
I'll find my feet and I'll choose my own name
It's hard to be left-handed but smile you're not the only one
I know you've been left stranded, bruised, kicked
Lost your mother's love but take it from me
And take it from me but take it from me
Can we expect Morrissey and Martin Rossiter to storm Broadway anytime soon?
I am left handed.....and left footed...... is there any meaning in that to my life?
Jukebox Jury
Yeah, you're gay. End of.
do you mean left-footer darling?