I didn't buy the single All You Need Is Me, because I think the song's a bit naff. Anyway, I came upon the two B-sides from the single on Youtube, and they happen to both be cracking songs. The lyrics aren't the best ever, but music and vocals are great. Also, for some reason, they both end with great lines after some fairly mediocre lyrics. In the case of Children in Pieces, "but instead of sympathy I find/my sentimental heart hardens/my sentimental heart hardens/Get your hands off me/Kid, you must be bad luck". Also, credit to Morrissey for once again choosing specific and unusual pop-song subject matter, namely the abuse that took place in the schools of the Christian Brothers.
Oh, I said they both end with great lyrics, but maybe the final lyrics to My Dearest Love are only great in context.
It is, indeed, typical that Morrissey should choose for the B-side two songs that completely overshadow the A-side, and I should have known, really. I'm sure he does it on purpose.
Anyway, they're still available to you and I – for now at least – on Youtube:
(PS. Sorry the blog's been low on textual content recently. The pressures of work!)
😥 some of the videos aren´t available in my country yet… 🙁
The Youtube videos?It’s strange that it works like that – country by country. I have experience that, though, being denied access because I’m in the wrong country. Strange.