Store detectives of the world unite

[manfred e.]

any morrissey 'lifting'

i have two:

'flower-like life' [Wilde, de profundis]

'will the world end in the night-time?' [the mad kid in the film Rebel Without a Cause]

 

[manfred e]

...guys?
guys?

[this is just like one of my discussions in real life]

this is an alleged 'borrowing':

'hector was the first of the gang to die' [a monument to the memory of hector pieterson in south africa]

 

[Raphael Lambach]

But does it mean?

 

[manfred e.]

But does it mean?

hello Raphael. I fear it doesn't mean. [no object- good point.]
but perhaps i havent been clear
or perhaps no one has anything to say
or even- noone is interested

but look, what i wanted is this: has anybody stumbled on the source of any of M's words. for eg. reading the Wilde book above i found the expression 'flower-like life'- very very likely M. has read this work and he's made a note of it and used it [i presume everybody here knows it is used in Miserable Lie].

likewise 'does the world etc': is from 'Stretch out and wait'

Morrissey is too great a writer not to have borrowed a lot more extensively than this....and I was wondering if anyone had any others...

 

[Kewpie]

Re:

It seems people aren't interested in the subject.

There was a website which listed the source of some lyrics, but I cannot find the link.

 

[MORRIZSEY]

Re:

It seems people aren't interested in the subject.

There was a website which listed the source of some lyrics, but I cannot find the link.

Was it this?

http://www.compsoc.man.ac.uk/~moz/nicked.htm

 

[Kewpie]

Re:

Was it this?

http://www.compsoc.man.ac.uk/~moz/nicked.htm

Yes, thank you very much.

 

[manfre e.]

same here [thankyou]

 

[Dave2006]

Re:

Was it this?

http://www.compsoc.man.ac.uk/~moz/nicked.htm

Nicked from PJLM? http://web.archive.org/web/20110715051945/http://passionsjustlikemine.com/influence.htm

Dave

 

[MORRIZSEY]

Re:

Nicked from PJLM? http://web.archive.org/web/20110715051945/http://passionsjustlikemine.com/influence.htm

Dave

To be fair, it does give a glowing reference and link to PJLM, so I think 'nicked' may be a bit harsh

http://www.compsoc.man.ac.uk/~moz/info.htm

 

[Kewpie]

Re:

Nicked from PJLM? http://web.archive.org/web/20110715051945/http://passionsjustlikemine.com/influence.htm

Dave

I think IMAET was possibly the first to list those sources before PJLM.

I know Stephane kept adding some info as appendix to each song lyrics and subsequently created influences section sometime in 2007 or 2008.

 

[Raphael Lambach]

Re:

Was it this?

http://www.compsoc.man.ac.uk/~moz/nicked.htm

It was exactly I was thinking about.

 

[Tingle3]

Re:

I still think that Morrissey probably lifted the following from Malcolm Bradbiry's "Eating People is Wrong".


"Look, I'm a human being, you know," said Louis. "I need love like everyone else....."

http://www.morrissey-solo.com/archive/index.php/t-107304.html