BookishBoy
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Today's song is Morrissey's cover of this Orbison/Dees composition, off the California Son album. The original reached #1 on the UK singles chart a month after Morrissey turned five.
What do we think?
Today's song is Morrissey's cover of this Orbison/Dees composition, off the California Son album. The original reached #1 on the UK singles chart a month after Morrissey turned five.
What do we think?
This review says what I was going to say, only better.Morrissey’s vocals on It’s Over are, of course, beautiful and the production sounds, to these untrained ears, faultless. But as to the song itself, neither this or the original really does a great deal for me – it is… nice. I suppose this sentiment reflects my overall position with California Son in general – some lovely songs to be found, but I don’t really think of it as a ‘proper’ Morrissey album, much like I don’t think of David Bowie’s Pinups or Kicking Against the Pricks by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds as part of those artists’ true canon.
When I listen to It’s Over I largely just recall the shambolic release of it as a 7” single, which has been well documented elsewhere and mentioned above. The last physical single released by BMG, I believe?
To be honest, it was terrible to have to log all that nonsense. Had it been a simultaneous release instead of 'given' away with vinyl 11 months off, it could have 'done' a lot better - assuming that's what he's meant to care about.Snip...
When I listen to It’s Over I largely just recall the shambolic release of it as a 7” single, which has been well documented elsewhere and mentioned above. The last physical single released by BMG, I believe?