Years of Refusal es un álbum de Morrissey, publicado en 2009 por Polydor. El disco incluye 12 canciones, entre ellas «Something Is Squeezing My Skull», «Mama Lay Softly on the Riverbed», «Black Cloud» y «I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris».
Sobre el álbum
"Years of Refusal" de 2009 es, posiblemente, el álbum más ruidoso, rápido y agresivo en la discografía de Morrissey. Producido por Jerry Finn, conocido por su trabajo con bandas de punk-rock como Blink-182, el disco es una explosión de energía guitarrera. Es la obra de un artista que, pasados los cincuenta años, decide firmar su trabajo más juvenil y desafiante.
Desde el primer tema, "Something Is Squeezing My Skull", el tono queda claro: guitarras afiladas, una batería contundente y un Morrissey cantando con una urgencia y una ferocidad notables. El álbum fue el último en contar con el guitarrista y co-compositor Alain Whyte, cuya aportación es fundamental para el sonido del disco.
A pesar de su potencia, no faltan los momentos de sensibilidad pop, como en el primer sencillo "I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris". No obstante, el tono general es de confrontación y rabia. "Years of Refusal" es un disco visceral y sin concesiones, una descarga de rock and roll que demuestra que la llama de la rebeldía seguía muy viva en el artista.
Listado de Canciones
- Something Is Squeezing My Skull2:38
Letra
I'm doing very well I can block out the present and the past now I know by now you think I should have straightened myself out Thank you, drop dead Something is squeezing my skull Something I can barely describe there is no love in modern life I'm doing very well it's a miracle I even made it this far the motion of taxis excites me will when you peel it back and bite me? Something is squeezing my skull Something I can barely describe there is no hope in modern life Something is squeezing my skull Something I can't fight no true friends in modern life diazepam (that's valium) tamazepam... lithium ...hrt, ect how long must I stay on this stuff? Don't gimmie anymore don't gimmie anymore don't gimmie anymore don't gimmie anymore PLEASE DON'T gimmie anymore gimmie anymore gimmie anymore... oh you swore you swore! you swore! you swore you would not gimmie anymore gimmie anymore gimmie anymore - Mama Lay Softly on the Riverbed3:53
Letra
Mama, why did you do it? Mama, who drove you to it? Was it the pigs in grey suits Persecuting you? Uncivil servants unconcerned At how they frighten you? Life is nothing much to lose It's just so lonely here without you Mama, why did you do it? Mama, who drove you to it? Spare priggish money-men Who scared the life out of you Bailiffs with bad-breath I will slit their throats for you Life is nothing much to lose It's just so lonely here Without you, Mama Life is nothing much to lose It's just so lonely here without you, so We're gonna run to you We're gonna come to you We're gonna lie down Beside you, Mama We're gonna be with you We're gonna join you We're gonna lie down Beside you, Mama And we will be safe and sheltered in our graves We'll come before you And we will kiss you By way of one final hug, Mama - Black Cloud2:48
Letra
(Can you see the black cloud?) The one I love Is standing near The one I love Is everywhere I can woo you I can amuse you But there is nothing I can do to make you mine Black cloud, black cloud The one I love Roosts in the mind Can snap this spell Or, increase hell I can chase you And I can catch you But there is nothing I can do to make you mine Black cloud, black cloud Oh, black cloud Oh, black cloud I play the game of Favorites now I can I must I will I do I can please you Or, I can freeze you out But there is nothing I can do to make you mine Black cloud, black cloud, black cloud I can choke myself to please you And I can sink much lower than usual But there's nothing I can do To make you mine - I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris2:31
- All You Need Is Me3:13
Letra
You hiss and groan and you constantly moan But you don't ever go away That's because All you need is me You roll your eyes up to the skies Mock horrified But you're still here All you need is me There's so much destruction All over the world And all you can do is Complain about me You bang your head against the wall And say you're sick of it all Yet you remain 'Cause all you need is me And then you offer your one and only joke And you ask me what will I be When I grow up to be a man Me? Nothing! There's a soft voice singing in your head Who could this be? I do believe it's me There's a naked man standing, laughing in your dreams You know who it is But you don't like what it means There's so much destruction All over the world And all you can do is Complain about me I was a small, fat child in a welfare house There was only one thing I ever dreamed about And fate has just Handed it to me - whoopee You don't like me, but you love me Either way you're wrong You're gonna miss me when I'm gone You're gonna miss me when I'm gone - When Last I Spoke to Carol3:24
Letra
When last I spoke to Carol I said: "I can't pretend it gets easier." She said: "I've hung on, I have edged around this narrow ledge Since the day I was born in 1975." When last I spoke to Carol I said: "I can't pretend I feel love for you." She said: "I've hammered A smile across this pasty face of mine Since the day I was born in 1975." When I said goodbye to Carol Black earth upon the casket fell She had faded to Something I always knew To the rescue Nobody ever comes - That's How People Grow Up2:59
- One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell2:57
Letra
Always be careful when you abuse the one you love The hour or the day no one can tell But one day "goodbye" will be "farewell" And you will never see the one you love again You will never see the one you love again I have been thinking ("What with?") My final brain-cell How Time grips you slyly in its spell And, before you know, goodbye will be farewell And you will never see the one you love again And the smiling children tell you that you smell Well, just look at me - a savage beast I've got nothing to sell And when I die I want to go to hell And that's when goodbye should be farewell Ta-ta, ta-ta, ta-ta-ta Ta-ta, ta-ta, ta-ta-ta Ta-ta, ta-ta, ta-ta-ta Ta-ta, ta-ta, ta-ta-ta One day "goodbye" will be "farewell" So grab me while we still have the time - It's Not Your Birthday Anymore5:10
- You Were Good in Your Time5:01
Letra
Let the heart rest Lay back your head You were good in your time And we thank you You made me feel less alone You made me feel not quite so Deformed, uninformed and hunchback Time takes all breath away You were good in your time And we thank you so You said more in one day Than most people say In a lifetime, it was our time And we thank you An end-of-the-ride sigh Your soft smile says: "Please understand, I must surrender." Then you grip with your hand Now so small in mine Are you aware wherever you are That you have just died? - Sorry Doesn't Help4:03
- I'm OK by Myself4:48