Old music: The Smiths – Miserable Lie

Morrissey knew that windswept mystical air. It meant he'd like to seize your underwearWith typical self-loathing, Morrissey's lyric on this early Smiths song – a version was recorded for their first Peel session, in May 1983, and another appeared on their debut album – offers insights into bodily embarrassment and pessimistic views of love and romance: "I look at yours/ You laugh at mine," as Morrissey puts it. It encompasses everything that came to represent the band, from the prophet of do...

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