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MORRISSEY: The Youngest Was the Most Loved |
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Wednesday, 17 May 2006 |
 "...The Morrissey Masterpiece" - Observer Music Monthly
"...A slice of quintessential Moz genius" - Mojo
Morrissey
'The Youngest Was The Most Loved'
Attack/Sanctuary
Single released June 5th
Throughout our acquaintance with Morrissey he has turned up simple phrases that eloquently express complex ideas, resonating beyond the mere language as universal truths delivered from this unlikeliest of oracles. In this it is fair to say Morrissey is unique in modern music and, in speaking to us about our lives at the same time as singing his own, he gives us real reason to love him as much as we do.
So when, during 'The Youngest Was The Most Loved', Morrissey sings, "there is no such thing in life as normal", we shouldn't be surprised that this, on first look, near-glib observation comes with an undertow of meaning that makes you question the assumptions you make every day about the nature of people, their relationships, what is and is not acceptable within the family and the world.
On its own the lyric stands as one of the great Morrissey moments, but in the context of a song about the early life of a sociopathic killer, it takes on shades and nuances that make it so much more, standing as a kind of pop bookend to Gordon Burns' chilling 'Happy Like Murderers'. Add to this the fact that, as the song progresses, the line is intoned by a queasy, lurching choir of children's voices, and the song becomes a masterpiece of the edgiest pop music of this or any era.
A characteristically paradoxical bright, breezy, brilliant 2'59" of chart-bound glory, 'The Youngest Was the Most Loved' shows Morrissey fully restored to the height of his powers. Only Morrissey can do this. What a single! Whadda guy!
An early favourite on Morrissey's current sold out 30 date UK tour, 'The Youngest Was The Most Loved' comes backed by: 'Ganglord', 'If You Don't Like Me, Don't Look Me', and a cover of Magazine's 'A Song From Under The Floorboards'.
The single will be released on CD (maxi), 7" and mini CD.
'The Youngest' is the 2nd single to be taken from Morrissey's number 1 album 'Ringleader Of The Tormentors'.
Morrissey completes an extensive 30-date UK tour in May with 3 shows at the London Palladium. Full tour dates as follows:
27/4 GLASGOW ACADEMY
29/4 WHITEHAVEN CIVIC
30/4 GATESHEAD SAGE
1/5 ALEXANDRA PALACE, LONDON
3/5 SHEFFIELD CITY HALL
4 /5 GRIMSBY AUDITORIUM
6/5 MANCHESTER APOLLO
7/5 MANCHESTER OPERA HOUSE
8/5 MANCHESTER BRIDGEWATER
10/5 HALIFAX VICTORIA HALL
11/5 BLACKBURN KING GEORGES
12/5 LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC
14/5 LONDON PALLADIUM
15/5 CARDIFF ST DAVIDS
17/5 READING HEXAGON
19/5 PORTSMOUTH GUILDHALL
20/5 BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY HALL
21/5 LONDON PALLADIUM
23/5 TRURO HALL FOR CORNWALL
24/5 CHELTENHAM TOWN HALL
25/5 OXFORD NEW THEATRE
27/5 KINGS LYNN CORN EXCHANGE
28/5 LONDON PALLADIUM
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