Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-294) and index
Contents:
Here began all my dreams : Morrissey's childhood He kicks me in the showers : Morrissey's adolescence Throw your homework onto the fire : Johnny Marr's childhood Young and alive : Johnny and Andy align Sixteen, clumsy, and shy : Morrissey makes the scene Now, today, tomorrow, and always : Johnny and Angie Oh hello! : the microphone or the typewriter Shoplifters of the world : Johnny finds his way The songs that saved your life : Marr calls on Morrissey If the people stare, then the people stare : the Smiths solidify This one is different; because it's us! : signing to rough trade The good life is out there somewhere : the smiths ascend The low life has lost its appeal : off the dole and on to the radio You're the bee's knees : the Smiths England is mine! : the top 30 and top of the pops Prudence never pays : handsome and popular Caligula would have blushed : a top 10 single, a Henke problem, a Thatcher thrashing, and more Good times for a change : from "how soon is now?" to hatful of hollow Cemented minds : meat is murder I want to be loved : the Smiths conquer America It sounds like a wonderful thing : the queen is dead Do you think you can help me? : Rourke fired, Gannon hired I left the north again : John Hughes, "panic," and the road Alabaster crashes down : Gannon goes, Marr flips Boot the grime of this world in the crotch, dear : a final performance, "Sheila," and a pair of compilations A rush and a push : strangeways, here we come If you think peace is a common goal . . . : the Smiths fall apart Life is very long : after the end At the record company meeting : reissues So I checked all the registered historical facts : the legacy of the Smiths
