Low In High School es un álbum de Morrissey, publicado en 2017. El disco incluye 12 canciones, entre ellas «My Love, I’d Do Anything For You», «I Wish You Lonely», «Jacky’s Only Happy When She’s Up On The Stage» y «Home Is A Question Mark».
Sobre el álbum
"Low In High School" (2017) es una obra audaz y musicalmente expansiva que se adentra en la discografía de Morrissey como uno de sus trabajos más polarizantes y políticamente cargados. En este álbum, el cantante redobla su crítica contra el sistema, los medios de comunicación y la autoridad, adoptando una postura de confrontación sin concesiones. Las letras son directas, provocadoras y, como es habitual en él, abiertas a múltiples interpretaciones.
Musicalmente, el disco es ambicioso y ecléctico. Morrissey y su banda exploran una amplia gama de sonidos, desde el glam rock de "My Hurling Days Are Done" hasta los arreglos de viento con sabor a cabaret de "Spent the Day in Bed". Esta variedad sonora hace que el álbum sea una escucha dinámica y sorprendente, aunque quizás menos cohesionada que otros trabajos.
El sencillo principal, "Spent the Day in Bed", es un himno irónico a la desconexión, una invitación a apagar las noticias y protegerse de la sobreinformación. "Low In High School" es un disco complejo y desafiante, la obra de un artista que se niega a callar y que sigue utilizando su música como un altavoz para sus controvertidas opiniones.
Listado de Canciones
- My Love, I’d Do Anything For You4:43
Letra
Teach your kids To recognize and to despise all the propaganda Filtered down By the dead echelons mainstream media Hey, hey, hey, you know me well My love, I'd do anything for you Society's hell You need me just like I need you Weren't we all Born to mourn and to yawn at the occupations That control every day of our lives We can't live as we wish Live as we wish, live as we wish You know me well My love, I'd do anything for you Society's hell You need me just like I need you Oh, oh, you know me well My love, I'd do anything for you Society's hell You need me just like I need you We all go Our own ways separately in the same direction And here am I Every night of my life always missing someone I'd like to be Blotted out just before I become aware of the pain The more I wish in my heart For someone the less likely they come - I Wish You Lonely2:59
Letra
I wish you lonely If only for one day So that you might see routine for me Since the day I was born, born Think of yourself only Of everything you demand You want and you need And to hell To hell with everybody else Everybody else Turn the key slowly Remember how I can't sleep (Or if ever I do, an earthquake An earthquake couldn't agitate Couldn't agitate) Tombs are full of fools Who gave their life upon command of Monarchy! Oligarch! Head of state! Potentate! And now? Never coming back Never coming back Tombs are full of fools Who gave their life upon command of Romance gone wrong The same old glue And never coming true Never coming true Tombs are full of fools Who gave their life upon command of Heroin! Heroin! Heroin! Heroin! Heroin! And? Never coming back Never coming back I wish you lonely Like the last tracked humpback whale Chased by gunships from Bergen But never giving in Never giving in - Jacky’s Only Happy When She’s Up On The Stage4:19
- Home Is A Question Mark4:00
Letra
I have seen many shores I hugged the land, but nothing more Because I haven't met you I've wined and I've dined With every bogus music mogul No sign of you I brush and I rub Pressing palms, exuding charms But never in arms And that's why Home is a question mark Home is some place I dunno Home is a question mark Home is some place I dunno I have been brave Deep in every shaven cave But none were you Another film on re-play This time, hell with guillaume canet For wingless me And that's why Home is a question mark Home is some place I dunno Home is a question mark Home is some place I dunno Home - is it just a word? Or is it something you carry within you? I'm happy just to be here If I ever find home If I ever find home If I ever find home If I ever find home If I get there, would you meet me? Wrap your legs around my face Just to greet me? If I ever get there, would you meet me? Wrap your legs around my face Just to greet me? If I ever get there Do you really think I will? Do you really think I will? Do you really think I will? How many times I've saved myself! - Spent The Day In Bed3:31
Letra
Spent the day in bed Very happy I did, yes I spent the day in bed As the workers stay enslaved I spent the day in bed I'm not my type, but I love my bed And I recommend that you Stop watching the news Because the news contrives to frighten you To make you feel small and alone To make you feel that your mind isn't your own I spent the day in bed It's a consolation When all my dreams Are perfectly legal In sheets for which I paid I am now laid And I recommend to all of my friends that they Stop watching the news Because the news contrives to frighten you To make you feel small and alone To make you feel that your mind isn't your own Oh time, do as I wish Time, do as I wish Oh time, do as I wish Time, do as I wish Oh time, do as I wish Time, do as I wish Oh time, do as I wish Do as I wish I spent the day in bed You can please yourself But, I spent the day in bed Pillows like pillars Life ends in death So, there's nothing wrong with Being good to yourself Be good to yourself for once! And no bus, no boss (no patrón), no rain, no train No bus, no boss (no patrón), no rain, no train No bus, no boss (no patrón), no rain, no train No emasculation, no castration No highway, freeway, motorway No bus, no boss, no rain, no train No bus, no boss, no rain, no train No bus, no boss, no rain, no train - I Bury The Living7:25
Letra
A wretched outcast With no point of view What could I do? Just military servants I carry out the powerful vulgarian view I scatter gloom Do as I say or I'll scatter you Oh, but no, no, no, no, no, no You can't blame me I'm just an innocent soldier There would be no war If not for me I'm just a sweet little soldier No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no You can't blame me I'm just an innocent soldier Give me an order! I'll blow up a border Give me an order And I'll blow up your daughter Call me brave Call me a peace-making hero Call me anything except what I am From a class without I haven't a clue What the war is about I haven't got a clue Have you? Oh but no, no, no, no, no, no You can't blame me I'm just an innocent soldier There would be no war If not for me I'm just a sweet little soldier No, no, no, no, no, no You can't blame me After all, I'm just honour-mad, cannon-fodder Honour-mad, cannon-fodder I’m honour-mad, cannon-fodder I’m honour-mad, cannon-fodder Duty done by The moment at hand I am answerable Only to Jesus And with the grace of God I will die in my own bed If you wonder what's in my head It's just the hatred for all human life When I lose mine, my mother will say He died doing the job he loved But I died with a bullet to the forehead! That wasn't the job I loved! That wasn't the job I loved! That wasn't the job I loved! It's funny how the war goes on Without our John Without our John It's funny how the war goes on Without our John Without our John La la la la la la la - In Your Lap4:36
Letra
The Arab Spring called to us all The people win when the dictators fall I heard a bang and an almighty crack And I just want my face in your lap The people sing when the warlords all burn Do not feel sad, it's simply their turn They tried to wipe us, clean off the map And I just want my face in your lap I just want my face in your lap I rescued you in so many ways You're good for a laugh — that's all you can say Summer is winter and winter prevails And I'm so tired of counting the days I am so tired of counting the days The Security Force is always the worst Government advised, they're spraying our eyes They live to kill and they love just to harm And I'm dreaming of touching your arm - The Girl From Tel-Aviv Who Wouldn’t Kneel4:57
Letra
The girl from Tel-Aviv who wouldn't kneel The girl from Tel-Aviv who wouldn't kneel Nor for husband, dictator, tyrant or king Humble homes with mottoes on the walls Symbols and signs in framed designs Sure to keep the poor poor In fear of a God who hadn't saved them after all And all of my friends are in trouble They're sorry, they're sick and they know All of my friends are in trouble There's no need to go into that now The girl from Tel-Aviv who wouldn't kneel The girl from Tel-Aviv who wouldn't kneel Nor for husband, dictator, tyrant or king The sorrow my countenance shows Is hardly worth mentioning now Impartial application of the law (In other words, legalized torture) And all of my friends are in trouble They're sorry, they're sick and they know All of my friends are in trouble There's no need to go into that now Of prince's and king's and their costly parade Blitz them all back to the Stone Age The American way displayed proudly Is to show lots of teeth and talk loudly And the land weeps oil The land weeps oil What do you think all these armies are for? Just because the land weeps oil And the land weeps oil The land weeps oil What do you think all these conflicts are for? It's just because the land weeps oil - All The Young People Must Fall In Love3:37
Letra
Spend more on nuclear war If that's your chosen illusion Incinerate innocent men and women and children The kids around here have the best idea They say presidents come, presidents go But all the young people they must fall in love All the young people they must fall in love Presidents come, presidents go And oh look at the damage they do They never stop talking They aren't allowed to say They cannot say what they really mean Do you ever say what you really feel? Oh presidents come, presidents go All the young people must fall in love To watch or to do? It's up to you Presidents come, presidents go And nobody remembers their name Two weeks after they go All the young people they must fall in love All the young people they must fall in love All the young people they must fall in love In love, in love, in love, in love - When You Open Your Legs3:17
Letra
It's 4 am and once again I am asked to leave this club in Tel Aviv It's 4 am and once again I am asked to leave this club in Tel Aviv Everything I know deserts me now When you open your legs Everything I know deserts me now When you open I see it all I see it all as plain as day How people only give once they receive Soon there will come the very final pull of Earth And until then I will scream out your word Everything I know deserts me now When you open your legs Everything I know deserts me now When you open Everything I know deserts me now When you open your legs Everything I know deserts me now When you open - Who Will Protect Us From The Police?4:05
Letra
Say daddy, who will protect us From the police? Say daddy, who will protect us From the police? Baby, God will! Say daddy, who will Protect us from the police? Say daddy, who will protect us From the police? Baby, God will! Say daddy There are flames high in the sky tonight Tanks on the street Attacking free speech We must pay for what we believe We must pay for what we believe We must pay for what we believe We must pay for what we believe We must be killed for what we believe Say daddy I'm sorry I just cannot believe you Say daddy I'm sorry I just cannot believe you So what should I do? What should I do? Baby please run You were right all along! Baby, please run Baby, please run! Venezuela! Venezuela! - Israel5:56
Letra
You realize if you're happy Jesus sends you straight to hell? Israel, Israel And should you dare enjoy your body Here tolls hades welcome bell Israel, Israel You've found a middle-course existance We are all bones and flesh and shell Israel, Israel I can't answer for what armies do They are not you They are not you They are not you In other climes they bitch and whine Just because you're not like them Israel, Israel The sky is dark for many others They want it dark for you as well Israel, Israel Earth is just one big asylum An explodes a prison cell See us squirm in our own Damaged spell You were born as guilty sinners Before your stood upright you fell Put the fear of many gods In Israel Nature gave you every impulse Who are virgin priests to tell You, how to love, how to live Israel? And they who rain abuse upon you They are jealous of you as well Love yourself as you should Israel