Morrissey is one of the only musical artists who I can say for sure is relevant to the people. His songs touch emotionally in different ways. Lost love, feeling lost, confused, but also angry towards the world. As someone who is completely sick of the world and the people running it. Morrissey comes out in 2017 with an album that attacks the manipulative mass media, government officials that run the wars, and corrupt leaders. I don’t agree with him on everything, but damn he speaks for the people.
God this song is so good. Glad comments are still allowed here. This album is amazing. Guys I don't mean to brag but I'm going to see him finally in August and it is the greatest thing in my life right now. I am seriously getting through each day at my two "essential" jobs thinking, well, in a few months I'll be happier than I've ever been. Sorry I just had to say that. I'm so grateful Morrissey exists and still is making music like this.
@@johnnymeyer4253 It was amazing! For that brief time he was playing, I forgot all my problems. I think I wrote that comment in 2021. We went in summer 2022 also. Both years were the best concerts I've ever been to, though 2022 was even better, he did so many songs I love. I'm praying he comes back this August...he'll be in the UK in July, and mentioned Israel in July also, but I'm still holding out hope for August.. 🤞🤞🤞
@@glortw Yeah I ve been to about 25 shows over the years since 1991...he is great live, there is no one like him thats for sure. havent been in awhile but met him a oouple times always briefly. One of a kind this one....much peace....JM
A wretched outcast With no point of view What could I do? Just military servants I carry out the powerful vulgarian view I scatter glue Do as I say or I scatter you Oh, no, no, no, no, no You can't blame me I'm just an innocent soldier There would be no war if not for me I'm just a sweet little soldier No, no, no, no, no You can't blame me I'm just an innocent soldier Give me an order I'll blow up a border Give me an order and I'll blow up your daughter Call me brave, call me a peace-making hero Call me anything except what I am From a class without, I haven't a clue What the war is about I haven't got a clue Have you? Oh no, no, no You can't blame me I'm just an innocent soldier There would be no war if not for me I'm just a sweet little soldier No, no, no, no, no You can't blame me After all, I'm just Honor, mad, cannon fodder Honor, mad, cannon fodder I'm honor, mad, cannon fodder I'm honor, mad, cannon fodder I'm honor, mad, cannon fodder I'm honor, mad, cannon fodder I'm honor, mad, cannon fodder Honor, mad, cannon fodder Honor, mad, cannon fodder Duty done by The moment at hand I am answerable Only to Jesus And with the grace of God I will die in my own bed If you wonder what's in my head It's just the hatred for all human life When I lose mine, my mother will say: "He died doing the job he loved" But I died with a bullet to the forehead That wasn't the job I loved That wasn't the job I loved That wasn't the job I loved Funny how the war goes on Without our John Without our John It's funny how the war goes on Without our John Without our John La la la la la la la... Funny how the war goes on Without our John Without our John It's funny how the war goes on Without our John Without our John La la la la la la la...
5:13 why wont he make music like this anymore? WHY? Can't he see that all we need is his voice, his emotion ... and a guitar. We dont need beat samples, programmed bass, hip hop textures, etc in an attempt to be "modern." Morrissey, come back to us. "The War Goes On," we need you.
I Bury the Living: A wretched outcast with no point of view What could I do, just military servants I carry out the powerful vulgarian view I scatter glue, do as I say or I'll scatter you Oh no no no no no no You can't blame me I'm just an innocent soldier There would be no war if not for me I'm just a sweet little soldier no No no no no You can't blame me I'm just an innocent soldier Give me an order, I'll blow up a border Give me an order I'll blow up your daughter Call me brave, call me a peacemaking hero Call me anything, except what I am From a class without I haven't a clue What the war is about I haven't got a clue, have you? Oh no no no You can't blame me I'm just an innocent soldier There would be no war if not for me I'm just a sweet little soldier no No no no no You can't blame me After all I'm just on a mad cannon fodder On a mad cannon fodder I'm on a mad cannon fodder I'm on a mad cannon fodder I'm on a mad cannon fodder I'm on a mad cannon fodder I'm on a mad cannon fodder On a mad cannon fodder On a mad cannon fodder Duty done by the moment at hand I'm answerable only to Jesus And with the grace of God I will die in my own bed If you wonder what's in my head It's just the hatred for all human life When I lose mine, my mother will say He died doing the job he loved But I died with a bullet to the foreheard That wasn't the job I loved That wasn't the job I loved That wasn't the job I loved Funny how the war goes on Without our John Without our John It's funny how the war goes on Without our John Without our John La la la la la Funny how the war goes on Without our John Without our John It's funny how the war goes on Without John Without our John La la la la la Songwriters: Steven Patrick Morrissey / Jesse Tobias
That's a hard argument. I think the original musicians he started off with his solo career are much better than what he has now. Buz is now too fat to perform well.
@@henryprzepiorka8239 Don't say it's miles better, I think they're vastly different, vastly. There's also a very big difference between Morrissey's solo albums while the Smiths albums were very pretty similar to each other. Morrissey didn't really compose any of the music in the Smiths, he just made the lyrics and accompanied it with the best vocals I've heard in my life, so yeah, I wouldn't say the two are really comparable.
Yes. Very sad, thinking of how an elderly couple would be saying this to each other as their son was killed in a meaningless war to enrich the bloodthirsty trillionaires who run this world.
I simply can't understand why this album gets such negative reviews but previous one was praised. This is defintely not worse, it's better if anything.
It's called a media witch hunt because he has opinions and voices them and if the reviewer doesn't agree they trash the album no matter how good it is.
hmmm almost agreed with u but than there are I'm not a man, art hounds and earth is the loneliest planet those for me are in the levels we are talking about :D
This is the very same excitement as waiting at the record store so long ago for each new 7" single of Viva Hate. This song, in particular, sounds so reminiscent of that time.
Greetings from Oz! Glad to see you're releasing your new material on RU-vid, even though I've paid for a digital copy. Don't let a bad experience in Brisbane stop you from playing here next time you're in Oz, Moz; I swear we've grown up a lot since the 90's and I spent thousands travelling to Sydney to see you at the opera house in 2015. You let a lot of us down in 1991, playing Brisbane, then skipping SYDNEY. Who can stay mad at Moz for long though? XO
the official track from the album of probably best songwriter about love gets only maybe 200K views in 2 years. I think this shows that the new generation does not understand or value love.
This is a great album. I prefer it to the last one. I'm a great believer of each to their own, but to say he hasn't done any good albums in years is ignorence.
Morrissey this song and all the other tracks on Low in high school proves that you are the most relevant artist in the music industry. I have been a massive fan of you for many many years and I'm more of a fan now than I have ever been.
from my first listen to this NEW song i like it. Very political but hey! Morrissey does politics very well as people know! musically it is excellent. I will be purchasing the Axe the monarchy lp 😁
wretched outcast with no point of view What could I do? Just military servants I carry out the powerful vulgarian view I scatter glue Do as I say or I scatter you Oh, no, no, no, no, no You can't blame me I'm just an innocent soldier There would be no war if not for me I'm just a sweet little soldier No, no, no, no, no You can't blame me I'm just an innocent soldier Give me an order, I'll blow up a border Give me an order, I'll blow up your daughter Call me brave, call me a peace-making hero Call me anything except what I am From a class without, I haven't a clue What the war is about I haven't got a clue, have you? Oh no, no, no, no You can't blame me I'm just an innocent soldier There would be no war if not for me I'm just a sweet little soldier No, no, no, no, no You can't blame me After all I'm just Honour, mad, cannon fodder Honour, mad, cannon fodder And honour, mad, cannon fodder And honour, mad, cannon fodder And honour, mad, cannon fodder (honour, mad, cannon fodder) And honour, mad, cannon fodder (honour, mad, cannon fodder) And honour, mad, cannon fodder (honour, mad, cannon fodder) Honour, mad, cannon fodder (honour, mad, cannon fodder) Honour, mad, cannon fodder (honour, mad, cannon fodder) Duty done by the moment at hand I am answerable only to Jesus And with the grace of God I will die in my own bed If you wonder what's in my head It's just the hatred for all human life When I lose mine, my mother will say: "He died doing the job he loved" But I died with a bullet to the forehead That wasn't the job I loved That wasn't the job I loved That wasn't the job I loved Funny how the war goes on Without our John, without our John It's funny how the war goes on Without our John, without our John Funny how the war goes on Without our John, without our John It's funny how the war goes on Without John, without our John
I remember so much hate on this song when it came out. People totally misinterpreted it imo as an attack on the military (though it is anti war), it feels just another character study type song about a thug who chose war as a way to do terrible things without repercussion and the governments glee in allowing them to do their bidding. It’s Literally in the opening refrain. Some people probably do join the army to handle a gun… not to say all do. It’s a great song that I hope will be properly reassessed some day.
There is musical scope and ambition here. He's had a fairly consistent run of collaborators since Marr left. I think that particular team had run its course, and so it goes on. I think Morrissey is a great artist and one of our greatest performers. Boz Boorer seems to be a stalwart, and has helped produce a lot of great work.
