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SUPAHSTAR!
Ok, so I'm very much aware that Morrissey gets alot of his inspiration and ideas from other things such as movies and plays and Oscar Wilde. but I'm almost halfway through reading "Songs that Saved your Life" and I'm becoming frustrated, as it seems that almost EVERY song, the author refers to an exact line or idea that Morrissey completely plagiarized. I didn't realize he was SO blatant about it. Lines from "Well I Wonder" "Still Ill" and "That Joke isn't Funny Anymore" just for example, certain lines that I've sat and listened to and thought "wow, that line is amazing, how did he come up with that?"...turns out he didnt come up with it at all!! I was halfway reading through the section on "That Joke..." and as soon as i read that the line "I've seen this happen in other peoples lives, and now its happening in mine" was word for word taken from something else, i went "ahhhh!" and threw the book down in disgust. In another part of the book (I forget exactly what song it was) but Morrissey was saying how some people were upset about a certain line that he had plagiarized, and he went on to say "well the rest of the lyrics are completely from my brain." and then the author went on to say (and im paraphrasing) "well not really, he took such and such line from THIS. and then such and such line from HERE." I'm kinda upset over this. Am I being silly? I mean, I know they say "genius steals" but cmon! Has anyone else had a similiar experience when they read this book (or other material) and discovered these things?? Please, someone make me feel better about this!!! I don't want to be disappointed in Morrissey, but I'm feeling slightly deceived. help!