The Boy with the Thorn in His Side (song)
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The original 12" has "Rubber Ring" and "Asleep" segued into a continuous piece with the voice sample at the end of the former looped and faded into the wind noise preceding the latter. Described by Simon Goddard (in Songs That Saved Your Life, 2nd edition p154) as a "spectacular combination" - a suggestion with which Johnny Marr concurs — this carefully executed sequence can only be found on the original 12" single, the two tracks having been separated on all subsequent compilations.
The words of the B-side etching are the ones heard at the end of the B-side song "Rubber Ring", a sample taken from a recording of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest
. "JM" stands for Johnny Marr.
Etchings on vinyl
- UK 7" and 12": ARTY BLOODY FARTY / "IS THAT CLEVER"...JM
The words of the B-side etching are the ones heard at the end of the B-side song "Rubber Ring", a sample taken from a recording of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at St. James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personae in order to escape burdensome social obligations...
. "JM" stands for Johnny Marr.