Morrissey might scoff at the fact that someone like me - who lumps electronic, pre-fab European pop music among his favorite things to listen to - also enjoys The Smiths to a large degree. But I can't help it if they're amazing. If you ask people what their favorite Smiths song is, the majority of them would probably say "How Soon Is Now?" (or "Asleep", if you're a character in The Perks of Being A Wallflower), but for me, "This Charming Man" takes the cake. Morrissey himself said that writing the song was about eschewing many of the standards of mainstream gay culture back in the 1980s (which still exists in many forms today); he sought something that was more refined and sophisticated than the crude, macho facades of bears or leather daddies or other such aspects of homo-ism. Everything from the lush, brisk feel of the guitars to the intriguing story of a veiled flirtation between a young man stuck on a hill with his bicycle and the gentleman who offers him a lift in his luxurious car. It's a beautiful song, sharply contrasting to the decadance and synthesized assembly line music of the 1980s.
Anyway, enough of my attempts at refined babbling. Play the video if you want to hear "This Charming Man".
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