VOLUME 28.5.3

[In Sickness & Unwell: Five Nerves – Week 3]

“Girlfriend in a Coma”
by The Smiths




3 thoughts on “VOLUME 28.5.3”

  1. The Smiths – Girlfriend in a Coma
    I’ve heard it referenced more than I’ve heard it recently. I didn’t remember how short it was. It’s got a nice lilt & bounce to it and wonderfully disaffected vocals by the infamous Morrisey. “I know, I know…” Quite a good one.
    Note: Bonus points to anyone who noticed it was first posted as “Girlfriend in a Comma” – a completely different issue.

  2. “Girlfriend in a Coma”/The Smiths. Dancing on the line between dark humor, camp and (feigned?) earnestness is a Morrissey specialty, and he pulls it off again here (regardless of whether said girlfriend will “pull through”). Or maybe they’re all kinda the same thing to him? Interesting arrangement has a vaguely baroque feel, especially with those strings. And so short! I guess he had to hurry back to her bedside.

  3. “Girlfriend in a Coma” by The Smiths: a serious situation painted inside a rather bright cheery frame. Throws a left hook at you. Perhaps this was the point. Cool Song.

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