Cover of Louder Than Bombs
Johan Li
Why did the Smiths put the picture of that lady on the front
cover of "Louder Than Bombs"?
thrill racer practising trouble maker
On 15 May 1996, Johan Li wrote:
> Why did the Smiths put the picture of that lady on the front
>
> cover of "Louder Than Bombs"?
>
'Cos maybe they liked her, ever thought of that?
thrill
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Patrick CHAUSSEPIED
Its the picture of the playwright Shelagh Delaney, who was a major
influence on Morrissey's lyrics, he once said fifty percent of them owed to
her writings, the influence is particularly sensitive in his earlier songs,
such as "Reel around the fountain", "The hand that rocks the cradle" or
"Handsome devil". She also appears on the sleeve of "Girlfriend in a coma".
Mozzhead
And, it may even be that "sheila take a bow" is directed at her (although
the spelling is a bit off...) er, not directed at but as a tribute to...
LLivermore
>her writings, the influence is particularly sensitive in his earlier
songs,
>such as "Reel around the fountain", "The hand that rocks the cradle" or
>"Handsome devil". She also appears on the sleeve of "Girlfriend in a
>coma".
For example, "I dreamt about you last night, and I fell out bed twice" and
"The dream is gone but the baby is real" are lifted almost verbatim from
Shelagh's "A Taste Of Honey."
Tim Sorrell
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On Wed, 15 May 1996, thrill racer practising trouble maker wrote:
> On 15 May 1996, Johan Li wrote:
>
> > Why did the Smiths put the picture of that lady on the front
> >
> > cover of "Louder Than Bombs"?
> >
>
> 'Cos maybe they liked her, ever thought of that?
> thrill
Isn't it this woman who's on 3 other smiths covers?
just a thought...I'll look it up in "The Art of Morrissey" when I get home..
tim
E.P. Concannon
On 15 May 1996, Johan Li wrote:
> Why did the Smiths put the picture of that lady on the front
>
> cover of "Louder Than Bombs"?
>
I seem to recall that the lady is Sheila Delaney who wrote " A taste of honey",
a film with Rita Tushinhgam as a girl who gets pregnant to a sailor type.
Morrissey lifted a few lines from the film. " I dreamt about you last night.
I fell out of bed twice" ( Reel around the fountain.) and some others that I cant
recall at the moment.
ed...
Tim Sorrell
I looked this up in Jo Slee's excellent "Peepholism" book on the art of
Morrissey and the Smiths....
It is a picture (as many know) of Shelagh Delaney from the Saturday
Evening Post. She was born in 1939 in Salford and did indeed write "A
taste of Honey" a play which Morrissey has claimed was the source of his
first impulses to write. Shelagh also appears on the cover to
"Girlfriend in a Coma" and is the person with whom Morrissey used to hang
out in graveyards with (i.e. an inspiration for Cemetry Gates)
I hope this helps....the books dead good too, so go and buy that.
Tim
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Peter Higgins
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>It is a picture (as many know) of Shelagh Delaney from the Saturday
>Evening Post. She was born in 1939 in Salford and did indeed write "A
>taste of Honey" a play which Morrissey has claimed was the source of his
>first impulses to write. Shelagh also appears on the cover to
>"Girlfriend in a Coma" and is the person with whom Morrissey used to hang
>out in graveyards with (i.e. an inspiration for Cemetry Gates)
Well, hang on a second! Yes, it is Shelagh Delaney on the cover of both
Louder and Girlfriend, but steady on matey, Mozz and her did NOT hang
around graveyards together.
As far as I know, the two have never met. The person you're thinking of
is Linder (sic) lead singer with Ludus.
Of course, maybe Mozz and Shelagh are best of friends, but I've never
heard him mention her in this way in any interviews, books, etc.
thrill racer practising trouble maker
On 21 May 1996, Peter Higgins wrote:
> Of course, maybe Mozz and Shelagh are best of friends, but I've never
> heard him mention her in this way in any interviews, books, etc.
I thought she died a long time ago.
thrill
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Matthew Brooks
Tim Sorrell (tps...@york.ac.uk) wrote:
: It is a picture (as many know) of Shelagh Delaney from the Saturday
: taste of Honey" a play which Morrissey has claimed was the source of his
: first impulses to write. Shelagh also appears on the cover to
: "Girlfriend in a Coma" and is the person with whom Morrissey used to hang
: out in graveyards with (i.e. an inspiration for Cemetry Gates)
Are you *sure* it says that in there? Morrissey used to hang out at
Southern Cemetery with Linder (who did the book "Morrissey Shot" and also
backup vocals on "Driving Your Girlfriend Home.") That's what Linder
said on the "South Bank Show" Smiths special, anyway. Delaney would be
20 years older than Moz anyway.
Eamonn Acton
Morrissey didn't hang out with Shelagh Delaney in graveyards! He hung out with
Linder Sterling (as can be verified by anyone who watches 'The Smiths on The
Southbank Show with Melvyn Bragg').
ACTON
'Famous When Dead'
Rhys Williams
Tim Sorrell <tps...@york.ac.uk> writes:
>I looked this up in Jo Slee's excellent "Peepholism" book on the art of
>Morrissey and the Smiths....
>It is a picture (as many know) of Shelagh Delaney from the Saturday
>Evening Post. She was born in 1939 in Salford and did indeed write "A
>taste of Honey" a play which Morrissey has claimed was the source of his
>first impulses to write. Shelagh also appears on the cover to
>"Girlfriend in a Coma" and is the person with whom Morrissey used to hang
>out in graveyards with (i.e. an inspiration for Cemetry Gates)
No! Shelagh Delaney the playwright is the cover star you
mention, but the person who Moz used to meet at the cemetry gates on a
sunny day was somebody else... I can't for the life of me remember her
name at the moment, but she's a photographer (and has published a book
of Morrissey photos), and used to be in a band called Ludus... Linder
Sterling, it's come back to me just in time. All this is documented in
the seminal South Bank Show programme.
Rhys
Peter Higgins
Yes, it's Shelagh Delaney, who wrote "A Taste of Honey" and appeared on
the front of "Girlfriend in a coma" also. Mozz is a big fan (is she
still alive??) hence his "plagiarising and taking on loan" of several
of her lines, such as "I dreamt about you last night..." and a great
deal of the lines from "This night has opened my eyes"
JIM ALIMISIS
I believe she's still alive. AND she gets to be buddies with Albert
Finney. Barb V.