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[[File:Boy_with_the_thorn.jpg | thumb | right | Cover art]] | |||
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| Name = Rubber Ring | | Name = Rubber Ring | ||
| Album = | | Album = [[The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (single)|The Boy With The Thorn In His Side]]<br>[[The World Won't Listen]] | ||
| Length = 7:56 (12" version)<br>3:46 (Compilation version) | | Length = 7:56 (12" version)<br>3:46 (Compilation version) | ||
| Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Johnny Marr]] | | Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Johnny Marr]] | ||
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| ArtistType = The Smiths | | ArtistType = The Smiths | ||
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==Information== | |||
The 12" version of "Rubber Ring" segues in to "Asleep". | |||
"Everybody's clever nowadays" is from the 1953 radio version of [[Mention::The Importance Of Being Earnest]], spoken by Sir [[Mention::John Gielgud]] (as Jack Worthing). | |||
The song also uses samples from [[Mention::Konstantin Raudive]]'s "Breakthrough: An Amazing Experiment In Electronic Communication With The Dead" (See side A: "A General Introduction With Examples Of The Voices" - 1971). | |||
The song also uses samples from [[Konstantin Raudive]]'s "Breakthrough: An Amazing Experiment In Electronic Communication With The Dead" (See side A: "A General Introduction With Examples Of The Voices" - 1971). | |||
== Lyrics == | == Lyrics == | ||
<poem> | <poem> | ||
A sad fact widely known | A sad fact widely known | ||