{"id":46174,"date":"2017-09-20T00:19:36","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T23:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesenseofdoubt.com\/?p=46174"},"modified":"2017-09-22T07:47:21","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T06:47:21","slug":"morrissey-spent-day-bed-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/box2305.temp.domains\/~thesent5\/morrissey-spent-day-bed-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Morrissey – ‘Spent The Day In Bed’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ghost of\u00a0Tomita<\/strong> surrounds the opening keyboard sequence of ‘Spent The Day In Bed’, Morrissey<\/strong><\/a>‘s brand new single. You’ll not find the jangly guitars (please move on). Instead, Morrissey<\/strong>\u00a0surprisingly relies on Gustavo Manzur<\/strong>‘s synthesizer and simple, but evocative wording.<\/p>\n

In the first take of Low in High School <\/em>Morrissey <\/strong>favours apathy and the art of doing nothing (although the ‘bed’ fixation is likely an observation on depression). The current state of the world does not look promising and alienation prevails so the idea of getting up from bed and deal with ordinariness and the conventional rhythm of life is not appealing: “spent the day in bed \/ as the workers stayed enslaved<\/em>“. Morrissey<\/strong> once again brilliantly blends acute social commentary with a pop song. This time the language he uses to describe big ideas is straightforward and simple.<\/p>\n

The pop melody sticks in your head and it is during the chorus that Moz goes against media manipulation and news organisations: “Stop watching the news! \/ because the news contrives to frighten you \/ to make you feel small and alone \/ to make you feel that your mind isn’t your own<\/em>“.<\/p>\n

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‘Spent The Day In Bed’ is a much better single than ‘WPINOYB’ and better than any other single from Years Of Refusal<\/em>. A catchy pop song with Morrissey’s witty observations on life and sarcastic humour (Who else can drop a line like “No emasculation \/ No castration” in a 3:30 min pop song?) Musically, this is a peculiar addition to his catalogue, but somehow, it is still very\u00a0Morrissey<\/strong><\/a>-esque.<\/p>\n

“Be good to yourself for once \/ And No Bus \/ No Boss \/No Rain \/ No Train”<\/em><\/p>\n