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segunda-feira, 1 de abril de 2024

“Louder Than Bombs”

 


A mulher da capa de “Louder Than Bombs”


''Shelagh Delaney, nasceu no dia 25 de novembro de 1938 em Salford, Manchester, norte da Inglaterra, escreveu aos 18 anos a peça “A Taste of Honey” (Um Gosto de Mel), que conta a história de uma jovem proletária que engravida de um marinheiro negro, para então encontrar consolo ao lado de um estudante de arte homossexual. A obra foi revolucionária por falar sobre assuntos restritos a época, como racismo e homossexualidade. A peça estreou em Londres quando a autora ainda era adolescente.

Em 1961, a obra foi adaptada para o cinema, também com sucesso, e rendeu o Bafta (equivalente britânico ao Oscar) para Delaney e para o corroteirista Tony Richardson. [A personagem Jo é interpretada no filme pela atriz Rita Tushingham, que aparece na capa do single “Hand in Glove” e do vídeo de “Girlfriend in a Coma”.]
A peça original inspirou as músicas “A Taste of Honey” e “Your Mother Should Know” gravadas pelos Beatles.
Em declarações à NME em 1986, Morrissey disse: “Eu nunca fiz nenhum segredo do fato de que pelo menos 50 por cento da minha razão de escrita pode ser atribuída a Shelagh Delaney.”
Em 1985, fez sucesso com “Dançando com um Estranho”, contando a história de Ruth Ellis, última mulher a ser enforcada na Grã-Bretanha, em 1955.
No mesmo ano, Shelagh foi eleita membro da Royal Society of Literature.
Morrissey usou trechos da sua peça “A Taste of Honey” nas músicas: Hand In Glove, Reel Around The Fountain, This Night Has Opened My Eyes, Shoplifters Of The World Unite e Alma Matters.


Ela também está na capa do single Girlfriend in a coma (1987).''


sexta-feira, 6 de janeiro de 2017




I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour
But heaven knows I'm miserable now


I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
And heaven knows I'm miserable now


In my life
Why do I give valuable time
To people who don't care if I live or die?


Two lovers entwined pass me by
And heaven knows I'm miserable now


I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
And heaven knows I'm miserable now


In my life
Oh, why do I give valuable time
To people who don't care if I live or die?


What she asked of me at the end of the day
Caligula would have blushed


"Oh, you've been in the house too long" she said
And I naturally fled


In my life
Why do I smile
At people who I'd much rather kick in the eye?


I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour
But heaven knows I'm miserable now


"Oh, you've been in the house too long" she said
And I naturally fled


In my life
Oh, why do I give valuable time
To people who don't care if I live or die?

Written by Steven Morrissey, Johnny Marr

sábado, 19 de março de 2016

segunda-feira, 14 de março de 2016






"I Know It's Over"
(originally by The Smiths)


Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
And as I climb into an empty bed - oh well, enough said
I know it's over still I cling, I don't know where else I can go
Over and over...
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
See the sea wants to take me, the knife wants to slit (cut) me
Do you think you can help me
Sad veiled bride please be happy - handsome groom give her room
Loud loutish lover treat her kindly though she needs you
More than she loves you - and I know it's over - still I cling
I don't know where else I can go - over and over...
I know it's over and it never really began but in my heart it was so real
And she even spoke to me and said
"If you're so funny, then why are you on your own tonight?"
"And if you're so clever then why are you on your own tonight?"
"And if you're so very entertaining then why are you on your own tonight?"
"And if you're so very good looking, then why do you sleep alone tonight?"
I know - 'cos tonight is just like any other night - that's why you're on your own tonight
With your triumphs and your charms - while they're in each other's arms
It's so easy to laugh it's so easy to hate it takes strength to be gentle and kind - over and over...
It's so easy to laugh it's so easy to hate it takes guts to be gentle and kind - over and over...
Love is natural and real - but not for you my love not tonight my love
Love is natural and real - but not for such as you and I my love
Oh mother... [etc.]

segunda-feira, 14 de dezembro de 2015

domingo, 25 de maio de 2014

quinta-feira, 22 de maio de 2014

quinta-feira, 6 de março de 2014

Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now






I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour
But heaven knows I'm miserable now
I was looking for a job,
And then I found a job
And heaven knows I'm miserable now
In my life
Why do I give valuable time
To people who don't care
If I live or die?

Two lovers entwined pass me by
And heaven knows I'm miserable now
I was looking for a job,
And then I found a job
And heaven knows I'm miserable now
In my life
Oh, why do I give valuable time
To people who don't care
If I live or die?

What she asked of me
At the end of the day
Caligula would have blushed
"You've been in the house
Too long", she said
And I naturally fled
In my life why do I smile
At people who I'd much rather
Kick in the eye?

I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour
But heaven knows I'm miserable now
"You've been in the house
Too long", she said
And I naturally fled
In my life
Why do I give valuable time
To people who don't care
If I live or die?

sexta-feira, 8 de novembro de 2013

quinta-feira, 16 de maio de 2013

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