Cemetry Gates
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"Cemetry Gates" is a 1986 song by English alternative rock band the Smiths from The Queen Is Dead, their third album. Written by Morrissey and Johnny Marr, the song centres around a guitar riff that M
The gates of Southern Cemetery, Manchester, which inspired the song
John Keats' grave at the Protestant Cemetery, Rome
W. B. Yeats' grave at St Columba's Church, Drumcliff
Southern Cemetery is a large municipal cemetery in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England, 3 miles south of the city centre. It opened in 1879 and is owned and administered by Manchester City Council
Cemetry Gates
…bit of blessed relief. It's delicate, but it's still got power". Morrissey's lyrics were inspired by his walks with his friend, Linder Sterling, to the Southern Cemetery in Chorlton. The song's lyrics describe two friends spending a day at the graveyard, where one friend lectures the other on plagiarism while ironically…
Gravestones and memorials in Southern Cemetery
The West Chapel
North Chapel Interior
North Chapel