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Old 01-21-2013, 03:11 PM   #163 (permalink)
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That's not poetic lyricism, that's conversation.
This, in my opinion, is the genius of Morrissey: his embellishment of simple emotion when it works best. Though, I will say he has his share of cheeky, if not quite transcendent, poeticism when he calls to mind Oscar Wilde on such tracks as "Handsome Devil."
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