This Disarming Man

Morrissey's Smiths Solo

When ageing Smiths fans like me sing along to ‘This Charming Man’, their second, breakthrough 1983 single - and the song that ruined our lives - we fondly imagine ourselves achieving some kind of crude approximation of his famous vocals, after all these years of study and devotion. Trying to live up to the lyrical command of that soliciting single.

But a…