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Ouija Board, Ouija Board

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Saddened lyrics make up this (as the majority of) Morrissey song as Moz adds a soft sense of request to an already demanding tune. As the title of the CD suggests, Morrissey is seeking the help of a Ouija Board to reach a long lost love. Haunting and beautiful at the same time, you can't help but tap your foot and sing along as even Morrissey's varying levels of speech become intoxicatingly rhythmic and familiar. If you do not have the time to buy Moz's Hulmerist video, I highly recommend you buy this CD to reminice over in the car or at home. Equally sad and yet more misty is the second song on the single "Yes, I Am Blind". Though not as memorable, fast or catchy as "Ouija Board", it is much more likable than the third track "East West", which in my opinion is not some of Morrissey's best work.

The contrast b/w the silliness of the title and the melancholy lyrical content really stands out, what some 17 years since I first heard it? I can't believe it was that long ago! I can listen to it more objectively now than as a rabid Smiths back then, and I still love it! Don't get me wrong -- I will always be a fan (of the Smiths/Morrissey). But it's likely many of us have dropped the late teens/early 20s fanatic self-identification with a specific genre of music.

Anybody know why the video for this tune is so hard to find? I don't believe it's on any of his DVD releases. It's a wonderfully wacky video that I haven't seen in about 15 years when MTV use to show it on 120 minutes Sunday nights.

Oh yeah, and the two other tracks are pretty good too! :-) For the price people are selling it here, just buy it. It's a great addition to the collections of people who have great taste in music!

A fine single to add to the collection! Just the whole subject matter of this song is so Morrissey. I find the song very amusing.
I agree if you have the Bona Drag LP you do not need this single however the B-sides, East West and Yes, I Am Blind, make this worth owning. These are two great songs that lyrically hold their own. The former is a cover originally written and recorded by Herman's Hermits. If you didn't know better, you would have sworn it was a Morrissey song.

Many of my favourite Moz songs were released when he was freshly solo (and I was only 15 and in a whirlwind with it all).. He was so mellow then and continues to represent a quality that cannot be duplicated. Highly Recommended~!~

In this single, there are the great "Ouija Board, Ouija Board" and "Yes, I Am Blind" - which are one of the best tracks of "Bona Drag". It doesn't testify, though, about the last track "East West" which is really not astounding, merely average. If you have "Bona Drag" LP, you will not probably listen to this track alone, so why bother buy it?!