Shoplifters of the world unite and take over (The Smiths)

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The Smiths – ”Shoplifters Of The World Unite” (1987)

Titeln blinkar med kommunistsloganen: ”workers of the world, unite!”

Morrissey har sin vana trogen både gett ledtrådar till vad låten handlar om och spridit ut villospår (Record Mirror, 1987):

”I could talk about nuclear weapons, but it gets quite tiresome, doesn’t it? Everyone gets quite bored with it. I often wonder why shoplifting can be such a serious crime when making nuclear weapons isn’t. That should really be a crime, I think, but it isn’t. We live in a very twisted world, with a very twisted morality.”

Som sagt, Mozzie var bättre förr.

“Learn to love me
Assemble the ways
Now, today, tomorrow and always
My only weakness is a list of crimes
My only weakness is well, never mind, never mind, oh
Shoplifters of the world
Unite and take over
Shoplifters of the world
Hand it over, hand it over, hand it over”