It's 1982 and a new 'pop group' hoping for commercial success release this on their debut album - one of the first songs Morrissey /Marr wrote together. The contrast between them and everything going on around them is so stark , it's a kind of manifesto - for artistic courage , honesty and integrity.

One of the most underrated songs of all time!!!

The murderer from the Netflix documentary Don’t F*ck with Cats was a fan of this song and used parts as clues for those he knew were trying to track him down.

Here I must recycle one of my past comments: Notes - (1) The Moors are the grassy uplands in Lancashire and Yorkshire, (2) "Hindley wakes" is a pun on the play Hindle Wakes, which was better-remembered at the time, (3) The ghostly voice ("we will be by your side") is addressed entirely to Hindley and Brady, (4) Hindley did say to the police "whatever Ian has done, I have done" The heavy stuff - (5) It's unclear whether Brady raped Lesley-Anne before killing her - but it seems she was tortured in some way (based on Brady's audiotape), (6) If you go with the theory that, on the same album, The Hand That Rocks The Cradle is about a paedophile planning to kill himself and his son, it's describing a Brady-esque character (but influenced also by someone known to Morrissey) Other detail - There's a well-known outtake of the song where it grinds to a halt and then segues into a suitably funereal piano solo

Last Of The Famous International Playboys is probably my favourite Morrissey solo track.

Break up the Family - Morrissey solo. Highly recommend if you havent already heard.

Powerful song... maybe also check out some more of Morrissey's solo work, you'll love it x

Reaction to Morrissey’s Bengali in Platforms if you want to react to another song with some controversy.

Not one of my favorites, though it is powerful. I request "Sweet and Tender Hooligan" and "London."