Morrissey
Wedding Bell Blues single
BMG Rights Management Ltd
It had to happen eventually--a gay version of Laura Nyro’s "Wedding Bell Blues"--and Morrissey has done it on his upcoming album California Son.
Great camp, all the more so because he’s serious in his tale of woe about how much he loves Bill, but Bill won’t marry him. Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day plays sympathetic friend on backing vocals. There is a Theremin. It all adds up to good fun.
Hopefully this will send a few people to listen to the original. Nyro is probably the most underrated and misunderstood cult artist ever, and her classic 60s albums shouldn’t be missed.
The B-Side, "Brow Of My Beloved," is a happy love song, a nicely dreamy ballad, and very adult rock.
Andrea Weiss
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