Librarian in Black Blog – Sarah Houghton

So I’m listening to Morrissey’s splendid new live album, Live at Earls Court (recorded December 2004), and I’m bopping along to track 5: "Big Mouth Strikes Again."  <sidenote>Yes, I was bopping to Morrissey.  Moz is quite boppable if you give him the chance.</sidenote>

Now, the lyrics on the original recording (The Queen is Dead, The Smiths, 1986) were:

Now I know how Joan of Arc felt
as the flames rose to her Roman nose
and her Walkman started to melt.

But on the live version, Moz sings:

Now I know how Joan of Arc felt
as the flames rose to her Roman nose
and her iPod started to melt.

Huh.  When Moz picks up a new technology and throws it into a classic Smiths song, you know it’s gotta be big.