TLDW; We won't know until Morrissey says whether it is or isn't.
I need to hear itI
It does sound quite funny, bloody funny, in fact
Where did that come from?"Panic" is pure genius, obviously. And I love that when you see the handwritten lyrics, they look like they were written by someone half deranged:
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When Stevie himself was eventually sent to the farm I really hoped he would sign off with Panic on repeat.Funny isn't it, back in the grimy old 80's old Stevie and his ilk were the enemy but as time moves on, and these people get replaced by younger non entities you realise they weren't that bad after all.
Because Morrissey and Marr have said it's specifically about Steve Wright.It’s odd to me that some people in this thread are so firmly against the idea that Panic could be about Savile and his crimes. Marr is on record as saying that the song was inspired by a Steve Wright BBC Radio 1 broadcast; do you know who else was hosting a show on BBC Radio 1 in 1986? Jimmy Savile! So those people are fine with the song being inspired by one BBC Radio 1 DJ, but balk at the notion that it could be about another (even comparing it to the ‘flat earth’ conspiracy). Make it make sense!
Because Morrissey and Marr have said it's specifically about Steve Wright.
Steve and his Posse getting it spot on, specially with the line about his singles going down after Top of The Pops and Morrissey at his playful best.I need to hear it
It was on one of the promotional posters for PanicWhere did that come from?
I thought the story was that Marr asked Steve Pomfret to take him round and all three were present. I enjoyed the fairly detailed account in "Set the Boy Free".I don’t believe ‘em! Just like I don’t believe their origin story of Marr knocking on Morrissey’s front door and Morrissey letting him in. I think they just ripped it off from the story of how Leiber and Stoller met each other. There must have been at least a phone call first but they left that part out in interviews because it sounded better without it. I’m looking at their Steve Wright explanation with the same suspicion.
Not only front page but they can't even spell his name right in the title.... there's only one L in SavileHow did this lunatic rubbish make the front page? It's bad enough with Morrissey doing his conspiracy theory nonsense in 'Notre Dame' without this crap as well.
America, you are not the worldNobody in the US gives a shit.
Not only front page but they can't even spell his name right in the title.... there's only one L in Savile
Obviously if it was about Saville Morrissey wouldn’t say; he’s shy like that—never names names. Ever.
I assume anyone replying to the thread cares to some degree.....Who the f*** cares?
Indeed. If it was about Saville, I don’t see why Morrissey would be shy about saying so. But Saville is nevertheless captured in the context Morrissey was criticising.Apart from "Little Man, What Now?". But no one knows who "Margaret On The Guillotine" was about.