Part of the brilliance of growing up - even in a desolate period of the mid-80's - was that nobody really defined what being " cool" was all about. This was something left to the kids on the streets.
Some say it was Heavy Metal, some grew up in rural places and had to accept what ever, "Friday Night Videos" on NBC showed them. Then there were the kids who fell in between the cracks. Those that did stumbled onto bands like, THE FALL, THE SMITHS, THE SAINTS and just about anything else they could get their hands on.
In short life was interesting.
So much has been written on Morrissey and the Smiths so I'll keep it short. This band really spelled out what was waiting for you out there in this world -- adulthood -- the echo of emptiness -- relationships and deviant psychotic behavior. The sad songs were loveable even though the man who delivered them claimed he was not. That was what made this band so interesting.
.... That and the fact that we were constantly reminded of our mortality. This was a heavy concept for a 20 year old when on commercial radio Jefferson Starship was singing, "We Built This City". It seemed like a cruel joke.
Ah yes, but that joke isn't funny anymore.
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