ONE SONG BY THE SMITHS...A SERIES FOR SATURDAYS (Part 36)

Possibly the least lauded track on The Queen Is Dead:- mp3 : The Smiths - Never Had No One Ever It is a bit of a strange one. It's been described as the defining, as opposed to definitive, song by The Smiths and "a stark expression of the inner sadness which bonded Morrissey and Marr to begin with" It's certainly far from the jauntiest tune that Johnny ever composed and it's up there with some of the most melancholic lyrics Moz have ever wrote. Seemingly, although it is hard to imagine given th...

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