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Shelagh Delaney (25 November 1938 – 20 November 2011) was an English dramatist and screenwriter, best known for her debut work, ''[[Mention::A Taste Of Honey]]'' (1958).<ref name="wshelagh_delaney"/> | |||
She also wrote [[Charlie Bubbles]]. | |||
* Cover star: [[Girlfriend In A Coma (single) | Girlfriend In A Coma]], [[Louder Than Bombs]]. | |||
* A clip from [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXmMsOBrx9g Shelagh Delaney's Salford] was used as one of the tour intermission videos in 2008 and 2009<ref name="ms20100522"/>. Following the news of Shelagh's death in Nov. 2011, Morrissey featured her image as a backdrop on tour.<ref name="ms20111122escondido"/> | |||
* Shelagh Delaney is listed as a one of the "Heroes" in the Morrissey questionnaire culled from the 1985 ''Meat Is Murder'' Tour Programme.<ref name="fismithsvoice"/> | |||
Cover star: [[Girlfriend In A Coma (single) | Girlfriend In A Coma]], [[Louder Than Bombs]]. | * One of Morrissey's favourite books: "The Lion In Love" - via NME interview (1983):<br> | ||
[[https://www.morrissey-solo.com/content/interview/nme0983.html Morrissey - "Portrait Of The Artist As A Consumer"]] | |||
A clip from [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXmMsOBrx9g Shelagh Delaney's Salford] was used as one of the tour intermission videos in 2008 and 2009<ref name="ms20100522"/>. Following the news of Shelagh's death in Nov. 2011, Morrissey featured her image as a backdrop on tour.<ref name="ms20111122escondido"/> | * From an interview with Morrissey by Ian Pye in NME, June 7, 1986 - "Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em":<ref name="finme19860607"/> | ||
Shelagh Delaney is listed as a one of the "Heroes" in the Morrissey questionnaire culled from the 1985 ''Meat Is Murder'' Tour Programme.<ref name="fismithsvoice"/> | |||
From an interview with Morrissey by Ian Pye in NME, June 7, 1986 - "Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em":<ref name="finme19860607"/> | |||
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What he objects to are those smug anal retentives who think they've found you out and denounce your entire canon of work as tainted by theft. "Obviously most people who write do borrow from other sources," he contends. "They steal from other's clothes lines. I mentioned the line 'I dreamt about you last night and I fell out of bed twice' in 'Reel Around The Fountain,' which comes directly from ''A Taste Of Honey'', and to this day I'm whipped persistently for the use of that line.<br/> | What he objects to are those smug anal retentives who think they've found you out and denounce your entire canon of work as tainted by theft. "Obviously most people who write do borrow from other sources," he contends. "They steal from other's clothes lines. I mentioned the line 'I dreamt about you last night and I fell out of bed twice' in 'Reel Around The Fountain,' which comes directly from ''A Taste Of Honey'', and to this day I'm whipped persistently for the use of that line.<br/> | ||
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From an interview with Morrissey by Mike Allen in Graffiti, Oct. 1986 - "Morrissey Makes Six Points":<ref name="figrafitti"/> | * From an interview with Morrissey by Mike Allen in Graffiti, Oct. 1986 - "Morrissey Makes Six Points":<ref name="figrafitti"/> | ||
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'''Are the Smiths literate?'''<br/> | '''Are the Smiths literate?'''<br/> | ||
I've read everything. I've read everything twice. There is one writer I don't think you over here have heard of -- Shelagh Delaney, who came from Manchester in the late '50s. The most famous thing she wrote -- at the age of 19 -- was ''A Taste Of Honey''. It was made into a hugely successful motion picture. She has inspired me more than anybody. I also have a vast collection of Oscar Wilde. I find him endlessly fascinating. I found a first edition here, it cost me $35. | I've read everything. I've read everything twice. There is one writer I don't think you over here have heard of -- Shelagh Delaney, who came from Manchester in the late '50s. The most famous thing she wrote -- at the age of 19 -- was ''A Taste Of Honey''. It was made into a hugely successful motion picture. She has inspired me more than anybody. I also have a vast collection of Oscar Wilde. I find him endlessly fascinating. I found a first edition here, it cost me $35. | ||
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* From an interview with Morrissey by Andrew Male in Mojo, Apr. 2006 - "Happy Now?":<ref name="mapbmojo2006"/> | |||
From an interview with Morrissey by Andrew Male in Mojo, Apr. 2006 - "Happy Now?":<ref name="mapbmojo2006"/> | |||
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'''Given how much your early songs were influenced by such inspirational writers as Shelagh Delaney and Elizabeth Smart, what was the | '''Given how much your early songs were influenced by such inspirational writers as Shelagh Delaney and Elizabeth Smart, what was the first unfettered song you wrote, where you thought, these people have helped me but now I can fly free?'''<br/> | ||
It's a good question and it probably didn't happen until very late because a spark of me was always very, erm, unsure and that's when I think you rely on other people's ideas. I mean, I know I overdid it with Shelagh Delaney. It took me a long, long time to shed that particular one. [But] no one is ever quite as original as they think they are. I always considered the great mesh of all my influences had emerged in me as something that was (unique ''enough''). | It's a good question and it probably didn't happen until very late because a spark of me was always very, erm, unsure and that's when I think you rely on other people's ideas. I mean, I know I overdid it with Shelagh Delaney. It took me a long, long time to shed that particular one. [But] no one is ever quite as original as they think they are. I always considered the great mesh of all my influences had emerged in me as something that was (unique ''enough''). | ||
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* Statement by Morrissey on Shelagh Delaney's death in Nov. 2011 on true-to-you.net<ref name="ttyshelaghdelaney"/><ref name="msshelaghdelaney"/>: | |||
Statement by Morrissey on Shelagh Delaney's death in Nov. 2011 on true-to-you.net<ref name="ttyshelaghdelaney"/><ref name="msshelaghdelaney"/>: | |||
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SHELAGH DELANEY<br/> | SHELAGH DELANEY<br/> | ||
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==Image Gallery== | |||
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File:Shelagh delaney salford.jpg | [https://tekdeeps.com/faces-from-the-cover-of-the-smiths-she-is-responsible-for-half-of-the-songs-of-the-smiths/ source] | |||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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<ref name="mapbmojo2006">{{cite | title=Happy Now? | url=http://motorcycleaupairboy.com/interviews/2006/happynow.htm | pub=Mojo | auth=Andrew Male | date= | dom=motorcycleaupairboy.com | type=ext }} | <ref name="mapbmojo2006">{{cite | title=Happy Now? | url=http://motorcycleaupairboy.com/interviews/2006/happynow.htm | pub=Mojo | auth=Andrew Male | date= | dom=motorcycleaupairboy.com | type=ext }} | ||
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<ref name="ttyshelaghdelaney">{{cite | title=Shelagh Delaney | url=http://true-to-you.net/morrissey_news_111121_02 | pub=True To You | auth= | date=2011-11-21 | dom=true-to-you.net | type=ext }} | <ref name="ttyshelaghdelaney">{{cite | title=Shelagh Delaney | url=http://web.archive.org/web/20111125073453/http://true-to-you.net/morrissey_news_111121_02 | pub=True To You | auth= | date=2011-11-21 | dom=true-to-you.net | type=ext }} | ||
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<ref name="msshelaghdelaney">{{cite | title=Shelagh Delaney has died | url=http://www.morrissey-solo.com/content/467-Shelagh-Delaney-has-died | pub=Morrissey-solo | auth=Uncleskinny | date=2011-11-21 | dom=morrissey-solo.com | type=ext }} | <ref name="msshelaghdelaney">{{cite | title=Shelagh Delaney has died | url=http://www.morrissey-solo.com/content/467-Shelagh-Delaney-has-died | pub=Morrissey-solo | auth=Uncleskinny | date=2011-11-21 | dom=morrissey-solo.com | type=ext }} | ||
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