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No way!!!!
I totally love those lines!
Seriously!
Gustaf <[email protected]> (sdu195-237.ppp.algonet.se)
Sweden - Sun, May 09, 1999 at 11:10:28 (PDT)
"send me your pillow
the one that you dream on"
is one of the sweetest things/lines I have ever heard in a song.
e <[email protected]> (spider-tr043.proxy.aol.com)
- Sun, May 09, 1999 at 22:18:12 (PDT)
you know those lines are written by someone else don't ya?
Kakarot <[email protected]> (store-156-80.sssnet.com)
- Mon, May 10, 1999 at 07:41:12 (PDT)
I think the exerpt from "It May All End Tomorrow" says it best:
An amazingly well realised song that is fine testament to Marr's unique composing abilities. In many ways, the apex of a brilliant album, a deeply emotional music is somehow untempered in effect by Morrissey's irrational decision to heap one of his "comedy" lyrics on to it. Quite how The Smiths managed to make Morrissey's absurd lyrics sound so delicate and beautiful I don't know.
The Anthony And Cleopatra referred to are from the classic Carry On Cleo. The coda is in part borrowed from Johnny Tillotson's 1962 hit "Send Me The Pillow You Dream On".
I do very much like the lyrics however. The chorus means exactly what you think it means; Morrissey said that for years he had never realised that, um, some girls are bigger than others.
Roddy Ashworth has suggested that the curious fade in/out at the start is not on purpose
*Though its not one of my favorite songs, like all smiths songs, it still holds a meaning that is deep and profound unlike the works of any other. -maya jade
Maya Jade <[email protected]> (98cbe69c.ipt.aol.com)
- Mon, May 10, 1999 at 13:40:55 (PDT)
uhm...some girls are bigger where? i'm not being silly i just dont know what part is being refrenced to. all else except for one bit seems painfully obvious. but for him to refer to that one bit i just unseemly.
virgin ears
(165.189.142.120)
- Mon, May 10, 1999 at 14:32:10 (PDT)
Well... The third verse:
"On the shop floor there´s a calendar
as obvious as snow... as if we didn´t know"
I think this makes it as obvious as snow what Morrissey is reffering to. But it could also be general; You´re the one for me fatty.
Gustaf <[email protected]> (du172-252.ppp.algonet.se)
Sweden - Mon, May 10, 1999 at 14:36:42 (PDT)
Well... The third verse:
"On the shop floor there´s a calendar
as obvious as snow... as if we didn´t know"
I think this makes it as obvious as snow what Morrissey is reffering to. But it could also be general; You´re the on for me fatty.
Gustaf <[email protected]> (du172-252.ppp.algonet.se)
Sweden - Mon, May 10, 1999 at 14:36:43 (PDT)
I think he means their brains. ;)
Patcho Monk <[email protected]> (master.incyte.com)
- Mon, May 10, 1999 at 14:57:31 (PDT)
no, not brains. I read in "Morrissey in his own word"(I think that's where I read it....maybe not) that he had just seriously not realized the differences in something as simple as womens shapes.....so.....he wasn't looking hard*l*
Corey <[email protected]> (dl9.lucent.bedford.net)
Pennsylvania - Mon, May 10, 1999 at 18:40:48 (PDT)
If he's talking about brains then I want the smartest woman in the world with "two" of the biggest brains there is to offer....
Morris C. <[email protected]> (129.228.72.164)
Back in G.R. - Tue, May 11, 1999 at 07:09:07 (PDT)
I think it is impossible for someone who knows nothing about Morrissey to understand this song. Therefore, it is quite understandable that someone would think the lyrics were poor.
One of the things I think Morrissey does quite well is juggle comedy and tragedy paradoxically. This song can seem so trite, and superficially funny. This runs in direct contrast to the mood of the music. Yet, in these silly words can hide a nihlistic self-parody. I think Morrissey conceals much more in his seemingly trite lyrics than in his most verbose. He is truly a master of words. Some Girls, along with most of The Queen Is Dead, has very funny moments. But, beneath the jokes lies a murderous desire-for melancholy. Morrissey makes me laugh, but it's always an uneasy laugh. He is easily underestimated, and to those who know nothing of him, never understood. His words are just silly slang between him and the boys in his gang.
Chris Lorge <[email protected]>
NJ - Fri, May 14, 1999 at 17:11:39 (PDT)
Oh Jesus. I thought that song was about pooping. I wish someone would analize my nonsense with such benevolence
Copious Mansoup <[email protected]>
- Fri, May 14, 1999 at 19:16:04 (PDT)
ITS HARD TO REALLY SAY WHAT MORRISSEY WAS TALKING ABOUT IN THE SONG. THE FIRST TIME I HEARD IT I WAS CONFUSED. BUT PERHAPS HE INTENDED NO MEANING. MAYBE SOME GIRLS ARE BIGGER THAN OTHERS MEANS SOMETHING DIFFRENT FOR EVERYONE. WHATEVER THE MEANING, I KNOW IT IS A GREAT SONG. VINNIE.
VINNIE <[email protected]>
southern california - Mon, May 17, 1999 at 00:29:30 (PDT)
Amen, Vinnie! I agree. I beleive, like all lyrics, you make of them what you want, you hear what you want(or need). I have a deep appreciation of Morrissey's writing style and lyrics, I identify with much of it. However, what he may be trying to say and what I make of it may be worlds apart. That's "OK" with me. His words have helped me understand my own discomfort with life in general and as the man said on the sitcom "Night Court", "I'm much better now!" Thanks Moz! Much respect. ;)
Yummy <[email protected]>
- Wed, May 19, 1999 at 18:47:21 (PDT)
you stupid bastard I happen to like that song. In fact it runs right up there with "Handsome devil" "Nobody loves us" "Break up the family" etc.
Its kind of like an imaginative or more creative way of saying My moms better than your mom, or even Your moms a big fat pig and mine not
Robert Saenz <[email protected]>
- Wed, May 26, 1999 at 15:37:19 (PDT)
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