Death at One’s Elbow
The Smiths * Track #9 On Strangeways, Here We Come
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Death at One's Elbow by The Smiths
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The SmithsProduced by
Morrissey & Johnny Marr & Stephen StreetWrited by
Morrissey & Johnny MarrAbout
Throughout this song, Morrissey keeps returning to themes of death and parting, almost as if he had seen the breakup coming, and dishes out bitter indictments.
Death at One’s Elbow Lyrics
Oh, Glenn, don't come to the house tonight
Oh, Glenn, oh, Glenn
Don't come to the house tonight
Oh Glenn
Because there's somebody here who really, really loves you
Oh, Glenn, stay home
Be bored, It's crap, I know
Tonight
Oh, Glenn, oh, Glenn
Don't come to the house tonight
Oh, Glenn, oh, Glenn
Don't come to the house tonight
Because there's somebody here Who'll take a hatchet to your ear
The frustration it renders me hateful, oh...
Oh, don't come to the house tonight
Oh, don't come to the house tonight
Because you'll slip on the trail of all my sad remains
That's why, that's why goodbye my love, goodbye my love
Goodbye my love, goodbye my love
Goodbye my love, goodbye my love
Goodbye my love, goodbye my love
Death at One’s Elbow Q&A
Who wrote Death at One’s Elbow's ?
Death at One’s Elbow was written by Morrissey & Johnny Marr.
Who produced Death at One’s Elbow's ?
Death at One’s Elbow was produced by Morrissey & Johnny Marr & Stephen Street.
When did The Smiths release Death at One’s Elbow?
The Smiths released Death at One’s Elbow on Mon Sep 28 1987.
The song was criticised, what did the band have to say about the criticism?
Guitarist Johnny Marr defended the track:
It was good sometimes to have a track that wasn’t trying to win the war like There Is A Light That Never Goes Out,“ he said. "It was almost like, ‘We have the right to be slightly less intense.’ I liked Morrissey’s singing and I liked my own backing vocals
Where did the title come from?
The title is taken from published diaries of Joe Orton, which, at the time, Morrissey had just finished reading.
The quote is from December ‘66, when Orton returned home the night before his mother’s funeral:
As the corpse is downstairs in the main living room. It means going out or watching telev...