AND THEN THERE WERE NONE

Abdul Fakir (white coat, above) RIP - the last surviving member of The Four Tops.

MOZ SQUAD

Goldmine, the Music Collector's Magazine, brings joyous news of Melanie and Morrissey:

Los Angeles, CA - In late 2023, just months before her death in January of this year, folk and counterculture icon Melanie and her son Beau Jarred Schekeryk began work on what she intended to be her next album, the Second Hand Smoke collection of covers. Several songs had already been completed when she died: the Trent Reznor composed, Johnny Cash immortalized “Hurt”; the Moody Blues’ “Nights in White Satin,” recorded with daughter Leilah; and Morrissey’s “Ouija Board,” for an upcoming Morrissey tribute album. Others, including numbers by Radiohead and Depeche Mode were in varying states of completeness; others, including Britpoppers Ash’s “Uncle Pat” (already a staple of her live show), were still underway...

A Song Of America 2024

songs from which Morrissey feels most lyrical self-fulfilment

1. IRISH BLOOD, ENGLISH HEART
2. HOW SOON IS NOW?
3. LAST NIGHT I DREAMT THAT SOMEBODY LOVED ME
4. SMILER WITH KNIFE
5. SEASICK, YET STILL DOCKED
6. TROUBLE LOVES ME
7. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LET ME GET WHAT I WANT
8. PAINT A VULGAR PICTURE
9. ONCE I SAW THE RIVER CLEAN
10 REBELS WITHOUT APPLAUSE
11 GIRLFRIEND IN A COMA
12 HOLD ON TO YOUR FRIENDS
13 FIRST OF THE GANG TO DIE
14 WE'LL LET YOU KNOW
15 WHY DON'T YOU FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF
16 A RUSH AND A PUSH AND THE LAND IS OURS
17 ASLEEP
18 READER MEET AUTHOR
19 I WISH YOU LONELY
20 LIFE IS A PIGSTY
21 HOME IS A QUESTION MARK
22 YES, I AM BLIND
23 I WILL SEE YOU IN FAR-OFF PLACES
24 EVERYDAY IS LIKE SUNDAY
25 THAT'S HOW PEOPLE GROW UP
26 THE HEADMASTER RITUAL
27 THE GIRL FROM TEL-AVIV WHO WOULDN'T KNEEL
28 THE FATHER WHO MUST BE KILLED
29 JACKY'S ONLY HAPPY WHEN SHE'S UP ON THE STAGE
30 BECAUSE OF MY POOR EDUCATION
31 I'M NOT A MAN
32 LET ME KISS...

[Originally posted in the Strange/unexpected Moz references? thread.]

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From Kathy Burke’s Wikipedia:

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