Morrissey Sang The Smiths’ Music Industry Polemic For The First Time In 29 Years

The Smiths' final album, 1987's Strangeways, Here We Come, came out after the band had broken up. It includes "Paint A Vulgar Picture," the band's disgusted song about the music industry. In his acid-tongued lyrics, Morrissey described the "sickening greed" of record execs, "sycophantic slags," rushing to sell music that a "dead star" left behind." On Saturday night, Morrissey performed that song live for the first time in 29 years. I wonder why. The post Morrissey Sang The Smiths’ Music Indus...

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