Oboe Concerto
| MORRISSEY song | |
|---|---|
| Name | Oboe Concerto |
| Album/single | World Peace Is None Of Your Business |
| Length | 4:07 |
| Writer/composer | Morrissey/Boorer |
| Producer | Joe Chiccarelli |
| Release | July 2014 |
| Recorded | February 2014 |
Information
Oboe Concerto is a song that appears on Morrissey's tenth solo album, World Peace Is None Of Your Business. The song was produced by Joe Chiccarelli and co-written by Boz Boorer.
Further regarding the sample used.
Joe Chiccarelli was cited as saying (via Radio.com):
"He had a character not unlike Dame Edna, it was called 'Mrs. Shufflewick.' Boz, or maybe Donnie the tour manager, had a bunch of videos of this guy's performances and we were all kind of obsessed with him. He was hilarious. He did this character for some time, maybe twenty years or more."
"One day Moz decided to use it, and I remember him looking for this one particular line in the video. So, we cleared [the publishing on] it."
("Mrs. Shufflewick" is also known as Rex James on)
Recording
Morrissey began the recording of World Peace Is None Of Your Business on 1 February 2014 in France with producer Joe Chiccarelli. On 7 March 2014 it was announced that the forthcoming album was finished and provisionally set for a late June/early July release through the Harvest Records label.
Release
World Peace Is None Of Your Business was released on 15 July 2014.
Lyrics
"and he spoke with his voice while he was talking with his mouth"
Oboe concerto all the best ones are dead and there's a song I can't stand and it's stuck in my head
Oboe concerto all I do is drink to absent friends and there's a song I can't stand and it's stuck in my head
The older generation have tried, sighed and died which pushes me to their place in the queue
and the rhythm of life goes 'round.
The beginning of the song contains the line "And he spoke with his voice while he talked with his mouth". This line is sampled from the Mrs. Shufflewick album Live At The Black Cap.
Live History
Play count (Morrissey concert): 35
Morrissey live history:
- Visalia, California 2015-08-29 (Morrissey concert)
- Plymouth, England 2015-09-15 (Morrissey concert)
- Hull, England 2015-09-18 (Morrissey concert)
- London, England 2015-09-20 (Morrissey concert)
- London, England 2015-09-21 (Morrissey concert)
- Paris, France 2015-09-24 (Morrissey concert)
- Brussels, Belgium 2015-09-28 (Morrissey concert)
- Frankfurt, Germany 2015-09-30 (Morrissey concert)
- Cologne, Germany 2015-10-01 (Morrissey concert)
- Lausanne, Switzerland 2015-10-04 (Morrissey concert)
Appears On
Mentioned In
Related Forum Threads
- Morrissey A-Z: "Oboe Concerto" - Morrissey-solo (Jul 02, 2021)