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MORRISSEY

MORRISSEY

 

He’s not a god

But growing up in the crumbling north

He was more…

 

Whilst Wham blasted out Club Tropicana

And flags waved our troops home

He reminded me that you don’t have to be a thug to be a man, and to read is a blessing not a curse

 

He’s not a god

But growing up in the crumbling north

He was more

 

Made me stop

Think

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Morrissey

Not so Bohemian now

In the 1980s there was anger in the air

Thatcher’s children breathing fire with bile-fuelled despair

And thick, treacly green gel bound my spiky hair

The Mary Chain’s screeches echoed in my ears

Morrissey’s tortured words fuelled my every angst and fear

A bedroom rebel hiding from the day-glo Tory cheers

Oh how I felt so Bohemian then

 

Wham’s false jollity was d...

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Echo and the Bunnymen   Iggy Pop   Margaret Thatcher   Morrissey   The Fall   The Jesus and Mary Chain   The Smiths   Bohemian   John Peel   Pete Shelley   John Lydon   Sex Pistols   shamen   Fairytale of New York   Mark E Smith   George Michael   Shakin; Stevens   Glastonbury

Not so Bohemian now

In the 1980s there was anger in the air

Thatcher’s children breathing fire with bile-fuelled despair

And thick, treacly green gel bound my spiky hair

The Mary Chain’s screeches echoed in my ears

Morrissey’s tortured words fuelled my every angst and fear

A bedroom rebel hiding from the day-glo Tory cheers

Oh how I felt so Bohemian then

 

Wham’s false jollity was d...

Read and leave comments (0)

Echo and the Bunnymen   Iggy Pop   Margaret Thatcher   Morrissey   The Fall   The Jesus and Mary Chain   The Smiths   Bohemian   John Peel   Pete Shelley   John Lydon   Sex Pistols   shamen   Fairytale of New York   Mark E Smith   George Michael   Shakin; Stevens   Glastonbury

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