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MORRISSEY Song
Name	Little Man, What Now?
Album/Single	Viva Hate
Length	1:48
Recorded	Autumn-Winter 1987
Writer	Morrissey/Street
Producer	Stephen Street

Information

Little Man, What Now? is a song that appears on Morrissey's debut album, Viva Hate. It was co-written and produced by Stephen Street.

Recording

Recording for Viva Hate commenced at The Wool Hall studios in Bath, England in early October and would last until late December. Street recruited Durutti Column guitarist Vini Reilly and session drummer Andrew Paresi to back Morrissey, with Street himself taking over bass duties.

Release

Viva Hate was was released on 14 March 1988 by HMV Records and debuted at #1 on the UK charts.

Re-releases

EMI, in celebration of their 100th anniversary, released a special edition of Viva Hate in the UK in 1997. In addition to featuring brand new artwork, including a new cover shot by Eamonn McCabe, the Centenary Edition features 8 bonus tracks — only one of which was contemporaneous with the album. Surprisingly, "Hairdresser On Fire" does not appear on this version despite originally appearing on the North American version of the album as a bonus track.

On 02 April 2012, a newly remastered special edition of Viva Hate, supervised by Stephen Street, was released. Controversially, Morrissey chose to omit one of the album's original tracks, "The Ordinary Boys," and include the session demo "Treat Me Like A Human Being." In addition to the track list changes, the intro and extended fadeout of "Late Night, Maudlin Street" has been edited. The original album artwork was restored for this release, however, the typeface font on the front cover has been changed, as was the case with the 2011 Bona Drag remaster.

Lyrics

An afternoon nostalgia
Television show You spoke in silhouette But, they couldn't name you Though the panel were very polite to you
But I remembered you Friday nights 1969 ATV - you murdered every line Too old to be a child star Too young to take leads Four seasons passed And they AXED you
Nervous juvenile - WON'T SMILE! - What became of you? Did that swift eclipse torture you? A star at eighteen and then-suddenly gone Down to a few lines on the back page Of a faded annual Oh, but I remembered you I remembered you

Personnel

Morrissey - Vocals
Vini Reilly - Guitars, Keyboards
Stephen Street - Bass guitar, guitars
Andrew Paresi - Drums
John Metcalfe - Viola
Fenella Barton - Violin
Mark Davies - Cello
Richard Koster - Violin
Robert Wollard - Cello
Rachel Maguire - Cello
Producer - Stephen Street
Assistant Engineer - Steve Williams
Art co-ordination - Jo Slee
Layout - Caryn Gough
Photography - Anton Corbijn
Photography - Steve Wright

Live History

Play count (Morrissey concert): 58

Morrissey live history:

... further results

Appears On

Viva Hate

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+[[Category:Morrissey Lyrics]]
+==Information==
+'''Little Man, What Now?''' is a song that appears on [[Morrissey|Morrissey's]] debut album, ''[[Viva Hate]]''. It was co-written and produced by [[Stephen Street]].
+===Recording===
+Recording for ''Viva Hate'' commenced at The Wool Hall studios in Bath, England in early October and would last until late December. Street recruited Durutti Column guitarist [[Vini Reilly]] and session drummer [[Andrew Paresi]] to back Morrissey, with Street himself taking over bass duties.
+===Release===
-==Information==
+''Viva Hate'' was was released on 14 March 1988 by HMV Records and debuted at #1 on the UK charts.
+===Re-releases===
+EMI, in celebration of their 100th anniversary, released a special edition of ''Viva Hate'' in the UK in 1997. In addition to featuring brand new artwork, including a new cover shot by Eamonn McCabe, the Centenary Edition features 8 bonus tracks — only one of which was contemporaneous with the album. Surprisingly, "[[Hairdresser On Fire]]" does not appear on this version despite originally appearing on the North American version of the album as a bonus track.
+On 02 April 2012, a newly remastered special edition of ''Viva Hate'', supervised by Stephen Street, was released. Controversially, Morrissey chose to omit one of the album's original tracks, "[[The Ordinary Boys]]," and include the session demo "[[Treat Me Like A Human Being]]." In addition to the track list changes, the intro and extended fadeout of "[[Late Night, Maudlin Street]]" has been edited. The original album artwork was restored for this release, however, the typeface font on the front cover has been changed, as was the case with the 2011 [[Bona Drag]] remaster.
 == Lyrics ==
 {{lyrics
-|
+|An afternoon nostalgia
+Television show
+You spoke in silhouette
+But, they couldn't name you
+Though the panel were very polite to you
+But I remembered you
+Friday nights 1969
+ATV - you murdered every line
+Too old to be a child star
+Too young to take leads
+Four seasons passed
+And they AXED you
+Nervous juvenile
+- WON'T SMILE! -
+What became of you?
+Did that swift eclipse torture you?
+A star at eighteen and then-suddenly gone
+Down to a few lines on the back page
+Of a faded annual
+Oh, but I remembered you
+I remembered you
 }}
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 * [[Morrissey]] - Vocals <br>
-* [[Stephen Street]] - Bass guitar, guitars<br>
+* [[Vini Reilly]] - [[Guitarists|Guitars]], [[Keyboardists|Keyboards]]<br>
-* [[Vini Reilly]] - Guitars, keyboard<br>
+* [[Stephen Street]] - [[Bassists|Bass guitar]], guitars<br>
-* [[Andrew Paresi]] - Drums<br>
+* [[Andrew Paresi]] - [[Drummers|Drums]]<br>
 * John Metcalfe - Viola<br>
 * Fenella Barton - Violin<br>
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 * Robert Wollard - Cello<br>
 * Rachel Maguire - Cello<br>
-* Producer - Stephen Street<br>
+* [[Producers|Producer]] - Stephen Street<br>
 * Assistant Engineer - Steve Williams<br>
 * Art co-ordination - [[Jo Slee]]<br>
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 * Photography - Steve Wright<br>
-==Live History==
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