The Smiths: Meat Is Murder; The Associates: Perhaps
Barney Hoskyns, New Statesman, Spring 1985
MORRISSEY OF The Smiths is still the unlikeliest pop star of all. Watching him jerk and flounder about on Top Of The Pops last week, I was struck anew by his physical oddness, his contortive pulling at himself, his habit of exposing and rubbing his tummy. He is like a sulky schoolboy trying to annoy the grown-ups.
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