A Link in the Chain of Freedom
Captain_Pass | San Leandro, CA United States | 06/28/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I don't have much to add that has not already been addressed as to the music, as the album is top to bottom exceptional, except to say that, as a straight guy who was a teenager when "Hatful" and "the Smiths" (twin sides from the Atlantic) hit the record shops, I immediately responded to the incredible musicality of Marr and lyricism of Morrissey. What intrigued me most, and does so to this day, is that Morrissey was able to convey the subjectivity of a gay man and make it accessible to someone who was not so. Yes, the Glam rockers introduced the world to gay men (think Queen), but Morrissey made gay sensibility a serious pursuit and an intellectual construct worth considering."