In praise of ... getting off the stage | Editorial

Though we will miss the music, Morrissey's plan to retire at 55 means he will at least retain the dignity lacking in othersLike Never-Played Symphonies, Morrissey's greatest miserablism languishes on forgotten B-sides. From Munich's unlucky boys of red to "The men full of bluff and ardour" from the Old Valhalla Road funeral parlour, it is a frustrating but fitting fate. Another flip-side figure is the "silly old man" in "misguided trousers" who won't get off the rock'n'roll stage. It is a charac...

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