Morrissey - A Song From Under The Floorboards (Magazine)

[buddybustagut]

Dundee or not ...thanks for posting that. My fave song ever by my 2nd fave band ever. thanks for that

[DancesWithMrsWoolf]

I miss his shows... :/

[iainwish]

Mozza is like Elvis - he can sing anything and it is his style.....I am sure Howard would appreciate it!

[7diceliving7]

Morrisey has sung some good stuff but he hasn't done this classic song any justice at all. No guts. I think he dedicated a song to Howard once -" The Last International Playboy".

[lovesGenet]

i love Morrissey .nice of him to venture a runin with a nother songsmith famous for his words but this needs work!

[abagail4me]

Bullshit cover.Absolutely no apologies for making this comment.

[iris2gamera]

A completely lame run-through of a great song. Hear the original to know what attitude is!

[steffsteve]

Agree. Even Lolita Pop made a better version of this song.

[LeonJRichard]

The original sounds like it was sung by a machine. This version has life and feeling.

[pancake1979]

@LeonJRichard

come on you cannot be serious...

[dam0nk3yking]

im agreeing .. it was disapointing

[rexswindoll]

wow, they sure fucked that one up

[Alianger]

It's okay I guess, I'm not really feeling it.

[maney2001]

He knows how to murder a great song.

[CultureShockxox]

I'm sorry to say this

but I don't like it

he changed the mood of the song, with his voice

he has a nice voice I know but it's Commercial and plain in this cover and that disgusts me because this is one of my fathers best songs

I grew up listening to this song and I think he just destroyed part of it for me Oh well lol

[bluebeat1972]

Not a fan of the moz but maybe it was a tip of the hat to a friend and fellow manc.

[thatbookbloke]

I ripped the lid off a tin of Dundee cake once! Didn't Devoto sing 'proud as hell about that'? it scans a lot better

[Lilbudpump]

He didn't have to change the lyric to "Then I got tired of counting these so-called blessings". The notion that they were 'so-called' was already inferred. Less is more.

[dutylux]

technically, it was implied, not inferred. and in the original it's implied by howard devoto's tone and delivery. morrissey's delivery is different in this, and maybe the same level of contempt and sarcasm wasn't coming across without changing the line. either way it means that morrissey's version is inferior, and of course it is, but i do like that morrissey put his spin on it. morrissey didn't really HAVE to do anything to the original, but what would be the fun in a rote recitation?

[uptoeleven]

not as good as Jason Falkner's version :(

[NeilThompson30]

In 1988 when I saw Luxuria at the Town and Country Moz ran on stage, read a poem and ran back off again. Great gig.

[boogerbenson]

Great song by Magazine done really well by Mozzer! Nice one for putting this up! :-)

[anokok4u2]

really not very good........seems that not all that the Moz turns to gold.

[laydeevixen]

Changed lyrics. :/

[Hurricane1A]

lame :(

[siarung]

they re not mozzers lyrics you tool.they re howard devotos

[ruasonid]

And more than that, they're based on the beginning of Dostoevsky's "Notes from Underground": "I am a sick man... I am a wicked man. An unattractive man."

[kgis17]

"i am ugly, I am ill and I am as ugly as sin"

you are so beautiful Morrissey

You are my life and these lyrics are the best!

love for you, Morrissey

<3333333333

[shakypam]

y'know towards the end I really warmed to his approach to the "sacred text"... surely things need to be fucked up to be interesting?

[marinarea]

i totally agree with mumbomedia - but Morrisey is just amazing, as are Magazine

[djadjective]

Simply one Mancunian icon paying tribute to another. Devoto helped put Manchester on the map and Morrissey helped bring it to full flower.

Magazine, not just in Dundee and especially here in the US, has always been undervalued; their catalog is rife w/ innovative Formula/McGeogh riffs and clever terse songwriting. It doesn't surprise me at all to know Moz is a fan.

[allen63b]

Agreed

[Antebios]

I think Moz does this song better than the original. Now roast me.

[miguelpaleta]

"I take it that Magazine didn't exactly rip the lid off Dundee then. But then, who did?" Seems Moz didn't get a great reaction from the crowd. I quite like his version although the originals are always the best - it's easier to sex up a brilliant song than compose it in the first place, n'est-ce pas?

[thequeenizdead]

Yeah..He only covered as a B-Side about two years ago. Nice to know all his fans genuinely hardcore.

[Ballardian]

Wow... Had no idea that Moz was a Magazine fan.

It works quite well.

[alspence]

I think he's friends with Devoto.

[mumbomedia]

Like watching a drunk doing dental work on a toddler with power tools.

One of the greatest songs by (imho) the greatest band absolutely bolloxed by a great singer.

A tough one to pull off.

[rizzodaily]

Morrisey IS a bit cheeky when he changes the original lyrics. Listen closely.

(Clearly he thinks his audience is full of idiots). --

Would have been nice to hear him thank Devoto personally.

[TuccoBenedicto]

Bizarre, not a bad cover for a brilliant song. Ty for adding it

[exproggo]

Morrissey does this very well.

For the record..his backing group are brilliant.

[mm261989]

wow. morrissey covered a howard devoto track? it sounds pretty cool.

[madderstill25]

watch the mozzer destroy a sacred song oh well

[Whaddafuq]

I LOVE THE TITLE OF THIS SONG!

[rutgersprof]

Just sems a bit flat.

[solarhealers]

Yeah, wharra Suprise! We're talking Morrissey's band here, not John McGeogh, Barry Adamson and Howard Devoto! Moz's band struggle to give texture to their own material, especially in the studio. Without Morrisseys obvious charisma and vocal talents it'd have been over a long time ago for them

[murdenis]

Two of my favourite acts. Thank you for recording and posting this.

[neile2001]

Nice tribute to Howard and Magazine. Gimme the original tho!