BookishBoy
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Our penultimate K-song is this Morrissey/Boorer composition, from the Maladjusted sessions but never officially released.
What do we think?
Very much of its time and its time was mediocre.
Shows endless promise and definitely deserved to have been completed.
Would have made a great b-side. Wonder why Morrissey decided not to use it. Boz with his moody compositions, the verse the guitar picking and chorus effect sounds almost goth-Banshees and love the second part of the chorus. But, I don’t think the grandiose like parts and the driving march drumming really match well with the subject matter of the lyric. Love the part when Morrissey sings higher though. Could have been, should have been ... a good piece of kit. Poor Boz
"Poor Boz" is synonymous with the entire Maladjusted period. After managing a mere two co-writes in the Southpaw Grammar era after his impressive contributions to Vauxhall, he was now forced to complete with Spencer (as well as Alain) for co-writing credits and witnessed "Kit" go unfinished
and the glorious "I Know Who I Love" scrapped altogether.
Not to mention his only single co-write, "Satan Rejected My Soul," was a massive dud in the 1997 charts. Poor Boz (and Moz) indeed.
A massive dud? Well, not a huge success but it made the top 40 at least unlike the previous single (Roy's Keen)."Poor Boz" is synonymous with the entire Maladjusted period. After managing a mere two co-writes in the Southpaw Grammar era after his impressive contributions to Vauxhall, he was now forced to complete with Spencer (as well as Alain) for co-writing credits and witnessed "Kit" go unfinished and the glorious "I Know Who I Love" scrapped altogether. Not to mention his only single co-write, "Satan Rejected My Soul," was a massive dud in the 1997 charts. Poor Boz (and Moz) indeed.
A recovered treasure. I thought I remembered a version of this where it's Boz as a guest at an Alain Whyte appearance. You can find Boz singing it on youtube but this was a live show somewhere.
Here's Boz but a demo I guess?
This is from Maladjusted-era sessions? It reminds me of Sunny/Boxers-era. Anyway, I'm not knowledgeable about all of this. I just remember when it was one of those things you could find in the days of soulseek filesharing and that adds to the nostalgic value, too. I think it's probably the best of the unreleased songs or songs that used to take some effort to hear. This and "Honey, You Know Where To Find Me" are near the top of the list anyway,
I imagine @Famous when dead might have the live version done at Alain's show unless I'm misremembering. I used to have it myself but just an mp3 on a hard drive and I don't think I could find it again. The way I remember they're both playing guitar and the crowd is really into it.This recording is from a solo acoustic set that Boz played while opening up for Jimmy Gnecco of the band Ours. I believe the show happened in New York sometime in 2002 before the wheels of Morrissey's comeback really started turning. As usual, @Famous when dead probably remembers better.
It's an interesting song and, like @The.Truth., holds some mystique and nostalgic value for me in the way that it brings to mind some early memories of file sharing. It's kind of a distant musical cousin to "Wonderful Woman," with that evocative, gothic riff. I always wanted Morrissey to explore that sound a little bit more.
Morrissey has released demos (and even finalized songs) where the instrumentation was more embryonic and the tune much less carved out than here, so I suppose Morrissey being unhappy with his own vocal performance was the main reason for keeping it on the shelves. Such a shame.