Talk:That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore

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[edit] Cover Art

Do we know where this cover is taken from? Creid8 23:01, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Interpretation of lyrics

I have corrected what i believe to be an error in the former interpretation. When Morrissey sings "I drove the point home" it would appear obvious that, as I have added, he is making his point in response to the joke and driving the car. In other words, we can surmise that Morrissey is, in fact, the driver and not the passenger (which The Ubik was getting at). It is not the case that Morrissey once sat in the passenger seat that he is necessarily doing so here. I agree with the argument below that nothing in the song's lyrics suggests that murder or suicide has occurred – 89.224.131.202 (talk) 18:26, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

I don't think from the lyrics it can be determined that 'the passenger commits murder to “drive the point home.”' I doubt the 'smothering' is meant to be taken as anything more than an angry threat, to indicate how seriously the narrator takes the joke. If indeed the song is about murder and suicide, it would seriously undercut the poignancy of the repeated final lines ("I've seen this happen in other people's lives, and now it's happening in mine."), which I believe refer to the loss of one's sense of humour and inability to laugh at oneself. This subtle self-examination would not be in keeping with the murder/suicide interpretation. Cdeuskar 03:35, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

I agree - park the car at the side of the road - so I can get off. It would be too far fetched - I don't like your joke so I kill you. Well, The Smiths are more subtle than that. I disagree though that the final lines necessarily mean the loss of one's sense of humor - they might as well mean the loneliness - the loss of one's friends or whatever. The Ubik 16:23, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

I believe that there is a temporal inversion in the narrative - he was actually driving the point home and then the driver made that offensive joke. The Ubik 20:10, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot 01:40, 24 July 2007 (UTC)