MorrisseyMy Early Burglary Years

*MP3 -Morrissey "Cosmic Dancer" 3:56 (.mp3)

Morrissey's cover of Marc's "Cosmic Dancer" was once a sort after live concert recording in the bootleg market (Both Marc's & Morrissey's) it was finally released in 98' on "Early Burglary Years". Just get the song !!! ;-)..In a recent interview Morrissey talked about the excitement of his first concert

"Well, T Rex were very special to me because they were the first group I saw in '72. So... very passionate moment for me. I was 12 and a half I think at the time which is quite young to see somebody like that because he was quite wild in his own way.

In a quote from "Smiths" guitarist and co-writer Johnny Marr discussed Marc's influence on the band

"The influence of T-Rex is very profound on certain songs of The Smiths I.e. "Panic" and "Shoplifters". Morrissey was himself also mad about Bolan. When we wrote "Panic" he was obsessed with "Metal Guru" and wanted to sing in the same style. He didn't stop singing it in an attempt to modify the words of "Panic" to fit the exact rhythm of "Metal Guru". He also exhorted me to use the same guitar break so that the two songs are the same!!!" - Johnny Marr, Les Inrockuptibles, 4/21/99

There is also a Live recording of Morrissey and Bowie doing a Duet of "Cosmic Dancer" from Madison Square Garden 1991 in the "RealAudio" section


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