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From Marianne Faithfull to The Velvet Underground. Singer Morrissey shares his castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From November 2009.

From Marianne Faithfull to The Velvet Underground.

Singer-songwriter Morrissey shares his castaway choices with Kirsty Young.

As the lead singer of The Smiths, he captivated a generation of angst-ridden teenagers and, a quarter of a century later, he remains the outsider's outsider.

As a child, Morrissey was enthralled by the emotion and beauty in pop music. He discovered the joy of public performance when, as a six-year-old boy, he stood on a table and started singing. But from an early age he felt he had to avoid everything conventional life had to offer.

'I just didn't want the norm in any way, he says, 'and I didn't get it. And I'm very glad.'

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in November 2009.

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