JFC you people are thick...what is with the current generation and the need to define EVERYTHING in terms of your gender identity and sexuality? Get over yourselves, literally no one cares. So many of the 'interpretations' here are absurd projection on the part of the writer and have nothing to do with Morrisey or the Smiths.
If you know anything about Morrisey he is a) asexual - for the most part he doesn't like sex and b) by his OWN WORDS he is a 'humasexual', he is attracted to humans - so bisexual if you insist I guess, but the fact that he specifically did not choose that term is telling IMO. He's dated men and women but again, remember he doesn't like sex, these are predominantly emotional relationships for him, not sexual.
So now why the actual F would he write a whole catalog of songs about homosexuality when he's neither sexual nor gay? He wouldn't and he didn't. His songs are intentionally ambiguous, the subject of this or that song could be anybody, male/female/other and the subject could be attracted to anyone. He has specifically said that this was intentional, he wanted the song to appeal to everyone without him making up the listener's mind on who/what specifically it was about. Do we not all know sadness and misery? Have we not all felt unloved or unnoticed? Have we not all laughed at a ridiculous situation? He's a very witty and clever song writer with a slightly twisted sense of humor, that's what Smiths songs are all about, the songs are not intended to be autobiographical, the lone exception I think being 'Bigmouth Strikes Again' which he describes himself to a T.
Now that all said and out of the way Morrisey and the Smiths were a strong counter reaction to the cock rock/hair metal that was going on at the same time so their music attracted those who were outcasts...socially awkward, closeted gay, nerdy theater/art/music kids, these are the people that gravitated to bands like the Smiths because so much of their work speaks to that feeling of being on the outside looking in, being unsure of yourself, being mocked/teased, even beaten up. You want to find the meaning in any given Smiths song, look to that.
JFC you people are thick...what is with the current generation and the need to define EVERYTHING in terms of your gender identity and sexuality? Get over yourselves, literally no one cares. So many of the 'interpretations' here are absurd projection on the part of the writer and have nothing to do with Morrisey or the Smiths.
If you know anything about Morrisey he is a) asexual - for the most part he doesn't like sex and b) by his OWN WORDS he is a 'humasexual', he is attracted to humans - so bisexual if you insist I guess, but the fact that he specifically did not choose that term is telling IMO. He's dated men and women but again, remember he doesn't like sex, these are predominantly emotional relationships for him, not sexual.
So now why the actual F would he write a whole catalog of songs about homosexuality when he's neither sexual nor gay? He wouldn't and he didn't. His songs are intentionally ambiguous, the subject of this or that song could be anybody, male/female/other and the subject could be attracted to anyone. He has specifically said that this was intentional, he wanted the song to appeal to everyone without him making up the listener's mind on who/what specifically it was about. Do we not all know sadness and misery? Have we not all felt unloved or unnoticed? Have we not all laughed at a ridiculous situation? He's a very witty and clever song writer with a slightly twisted sense of humor, that's what Smiths songs are all about, the songs are not intended to be autobiographical, the lone exception I think being 'Bigmouth Strikes Again' which he describes himself to a T.
Now that all said and out of the way Morrisey and the Smiths were a strong counter reaction to the cock rock/hair metal that was going on at the same time so their music attracted those who were outcasts...socially awkward, closeted gay, nerdy theater/art/music kids, these are the people that gravitated to bands like the Smiths because so much of their work speaks to that feeling of being on the outside looking in, being unsure of yourself, being mocked/teased, even beaten up. You want to find the meaning in any given Smiths song, look to that.