Arthur Conan Doyle was born May 22, 1859. Morrissey was born May 22, 1959. ...
THE QUEEN IS DEAD - Song 7: THE BOY WITH THE THORN IN HIS SIDE
1859: Arthur Conan Doyle (the
creator of
Sherlock Holmes) is born May 22. ...
1959: On the 100th anniversary of Doyle's
birth, Morrissey is born May 22. ...
Arthur Conan Doyle was born May 22, 1859.
Morrissey was born May 22, 1959. ...
In the only 2 verses in song 2 on side 2 of the vinyl edition of THE QUEEN
IS DEAD, Morrissey's lyrics feature these elements:
"thorn in his side"
"murderous desire"
"plundering desire"
(to plunder means to rob)
In his 2nd Sherlock Holmes novel,
THE SIGN OF THE FOUR,
Arthur Conan
Doyle constructs a mystery around these elements:
"a long dark thorn stuck in the skin
just above the ear"
"It means murder"
"They have robbed him of the
treasure" (robbed means
plundered)
In his only 2 verses to song 2 on side 2 of THE
QUEEN IS DEAD, Morrissey combines these elements: "the thorn in his side" and "a murderous desire" and "a plundering desire." (To
plunder means to rob).
In his 2nd Sherlock Holmes novel, Arthur Conan Doyle combines these
elements: "a long, dark thorn stuck in the skin just above the ear" and "It
means murder" and "They have robbed him of the treasure!" ...
While dining in a hotel on the night of August 30, Arthur Conan Doyle
was commissioned to write, THE SIGN OF THE FOUR. ...
After dining in a hotel on the night of
August 30, Princess Diana suffers a car crash and she later dies at precisely
FOUR a.m. ...
On the night of August 30, after dining in a hotel restaurant,
Princess Diana suffers a car crash and she dies hours later at exactly FOUR a.m.
...
Morrissey has the same birthday as Arthur
Conan Doyle and in Song 5
of THE QUEEN IS DEAD he sides with Wilde. ...
On the night that Arthur
Conan Doyle is contracted to write the novel, THE SIGN OF THE FOUR, he dines
with Wilde:
On August 30, 1889, Philadelphia publisher Joseph M.
Stoddart, managing editor of
Lippincott's Monthly Magazine,
invited a
few guests to dinner at the Langham Hotel in London. Among them were two
promising young writers:
Arthur Conan Doyle and Oscar Wilde.
As a result of that evening, Doyle
contributed to Lippincott's
his second Sherlock Holmes story, "The Sign
of Four."
Wilde published his first version of
The Picture of Dorian Gray
in the magazine's July 1890 issue.
- CLIFF'S NOTES: THE PICTURE OF DORIAN
GRAY
Morrissey was born on Arthur Conan Doyle's birthday.
In song five on THE QUEEN
IS DEAD, Morrissey sides with Oscar Wilde.
On the same night that he's
contracted to write the novel THE SIGN OF THE FOUR, Arthur Conan Doyle
dines with Oscar Wilde.
THE
DIANA-MORRISSEY PHENOMENON