Video: The Youngest Was the Most Loved - Morrissey

Watching the music video for Morrissey's most recent single ("All You Need Is Me"), it occurred to me that something felt oh so very familiar about it... the outstretched arms? The tambourine? Mozzer surrounded by boys? Yes those, okay, sure. But more than that, it's the walk . Morrissey singing and walking towards the camera: the most basic of Morrissey music video tactics. How many other videos of his can you name that feature this overplayed action-infusing device?? I came up with a total of eight... [...]

Ringleader of the Tormentors , Morrissey's "Italy record," was a rebound from the disappointing You Are The Quarry --it was full of melodrama, lush guitars, and even a little bit of sex. But "The Youngest Was The Most Loved," with its children's choir singing "There is no such thing in life as normal" as if it's a schoolyard taunt, is our favorite track; Morrissey's "la-da-da"ing at the song's outro puts the finishing touch on its birth-of-a-killer tale. Morrissey - The Youngest Was The Most Loved [MP3] The Youngest Was The [...]

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